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The Buddhists maintain that there is no Creator but an infinitude of creative powers, which collectively form the one eternal substance, the essence of which is inscrutable — hence not a subject for speculation for any true philosopher.

— Helena Blavatsky

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"There is often greater martyrdom to live for the love of, whether man or an ideal, than to die" is a motto of the Mahatmas.

Maitreya is the secret name of the Fifth Buddha, and the Kalki Avatar of the Brahmins - the last Messiah who will come at the culmination of the Great Cycle.

Where two women meet, there a market springs; where three congregate, a bazaar is opened; and where seven talk, there begins a fair.

Gems from the East (1890)

Inaction in a deed of mercy becomes an action in a deadly sin.

There is no religion higher than truth.

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There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

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Every morning
I shall concern myself anew about the boundary
Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No
And pressing forward honor reality.

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In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.

John C. Lilly The Human Biocomputer (1974)

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