Universe Is a Communion and a Community
“It is especially important in this discussion to recognize the unity of the total process, from that first unimaginable moment of cosmic emergence through all its subsequent forms of expression until the present. This unbreakable bond of relatedness that makes of the whole a universe becomes increasingly apparent to scientific observation, although this bond ultimately escapes scientific formulation or understanding. In virtue of this relatedness, everything is intimately present to everything else in the universe. Nothing is completely itself without everything else. This relatedness is both spatial and temporal. However distant in space or time, the bond of unity is functionally there.
The universe is a communion and a community. We ourselves are that communion become conscious of itself.”
–Thomas Berry (American Historian, Catholic Priest and Author, 1914-2009)
Empathy and Compassion
“Let thy Soul lend its ear to every cry of pain like as the lotus bares its heart to drink the morning sun.
Let not the fierce Sun dry one tear of pain before thyself hast wiped it from the sufferer’s eye.
But let each burning human tear drop on thy heart and there remain, nor ever brush it off, until the pain that caused it is removed.
These tears, O thou of heart most merciful, these are the streams that irrigate the fields of charity immortal.”
–Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Russian Author, Translator and Founder of the Theosophical Society, 1831-1891)
“The Voice of the Silence (Verbatim Edition)” (Helena Petrovna Blavatsky)
Simplify Your Life
“It is impossible for the mental life of man to unfold naturally and normally toward a state of enlightenment unless the physical environment be simplified in every possible way.”
–Manly P. Hall (American Theosophist, Freemason, Writer and Lecturer, 1901-1990)
An Ocean of Knowledge
“Theosophy is that ocean of knowledge which spreads from shore to shore of the evolution of sentient beings; unfathomable in its deepest parts, it gives the greatest minds their fullest scope, yet, shallow enough at its shores, it will not overwhelm the understanding of a child.”
–William Q. Judge (Irish-born American Lawyer, Mystic, Esotericist, Writer and one of the Founders of the Theosophical Society, 1851-1896)
Movement of Energy in Consciousness
“Vasistha’s Yoga” (Venkatesananda)
“Action is nothing but the movement of energy in consciousness, and it inevitably bears its own fruit.”
–Yoga Vasistha (Hindu Advaita Sacred Book, c.A.D.9th-11th Century)
Your Highest Light
“There is a light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond us all, beyond the heavens, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the light that shines in our heart.”
–Chandogya Upanishad (Ancient Hindu Commentaries on the Vedic Scriptures, Written between 1600 and 700 B.C.)
Taking Calculated Risks
“If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.”
–Arthur Koestler (Hungarian-born British Writer and Philosopher, 1905-1983)
Business Meetings…
“The modern business meeting … might be better compared with a funeral, in the sense that you have a gathering of people who are wearing uncomfortable clothing and would rather be elsewhere.”
–Dave Barry (American Writer and Columnist, 1947-)
Why Change?
“We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.”
–Jim Rohn (American Businessman, Author, Speaker and Philosopher 1930-2009)
Humility
“If you have any good qualities, believe that other people have better ones.”
–Thomas à Kempis (German Monk, Mystic, and Religious Writer, 1379-1471)
