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The Theosophist A Magazine of Oriental Philosophy Art Literature & Occultism December 1897

1897

We are reminded of the words of the writer of the Episile to the Hebrews who deals largely with the same problem : For the word (or Messenger or Law) of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit of both joints and marrow and quick.to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart." The conception of the Eastern Sage in [...] To begin to speak of the spiritual insight these works are destined to bring as their contribution to the wisdom of the world at the conclusion of an essay would be to do them a grave injustice ; yet I should like to give a sample of what the Upanishads have to offer in such rich abundance :— This self is then verily of all beings the over-lord of all beings the king ; as in the nave and fel [...] "There the father is father no more nor the mother mother nor the worlds worlds nor the gods gods ; there theVedas are no Vedas nor the thief a thief nor the murderer a murderer nor the outcast an outcast nor the saint a saint ; this is the highest aim the highest home the highest wealth the highest bliss. [...] Though these vary enormously in point of size from the monstrous mammal the whale to the tiny insect whose existence is only revealed by the use of a powerful microscope the planes of moral consciousness and the higher * Read before the Auckland Branch of the Theosophical Society."150 The Theosophist. [...] The word and the idea which it conveys is once more a living force among English-speaking people ; and as the realization of the truth which it conveys becomes more widely known (coupled with a knowledge of the law ( f Karma) and forms a subject of thought among the masses of the people no doubt much improvement in the life of the people will result and much of the bitterness now experienced
philosophy religion
Pages
64
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120071
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The Theosophist
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