THEOSOPHY, A MODERN EXPRESSION OF THE WISDOM OF THE AGES
Robert Ellwood
Dr. Robert Ellwood is Bashford Professor of Oriental Studies in the School of Religion at the University of Southern California. In this book, he gives a theosophical overview of creation, as well as a Theosophical interpretation of the Oneness of all life.
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"The universe is like a magic hall of mirrors in which the reality of each entity, each Pilgrim, depends on the way he reflects all the other mirrors from a particular angle."
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"Love is no more and no less than the ethical expression of oneness."
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“Love is action based on recognition of the oneness of my life with another’s, that what the other suffers I must suffer, and that what I do for the other I do for myself, since our lives are bound together and share in the same divine nature.”
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“In their divine essence all humans are equal.”
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"One infinite… Reality underlies and unites all that is or can ever be."
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"Plotinus and the Neoplatonic tradition saw the universe as a chain of being extending from the One, and the One was not only supreme ineffable Reality but also supreme Beauty known in ecstasy."
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"An infinite divine reality – call it Brahman, God, or the One – underlies all that is and is the ultimate nature of all that is; we humans, as part of it, have an infinite origin and destiny; and these things can be known through wisdom, for they are our heritage and our very selves."
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"Oneness of the universe is more fundamental than its diversity, so what is most widespread and most expresses unity among the spiritual and philosophical traditions of the Earth is most true."
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“We humans are miniatures or microcosms of God.”
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“The One is the underlying reality beneath the infinite variations.”
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“All jobs provide opportunity to spread good will among fellow-workers and those one meets by a friendly smile and a helping hand.”
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“Despite the trials and frustrations of the passing day, our lives are parts of something tremendously grand and joyous.”
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"The universe is a great concourse of interconnected being, larger and smaller, inner and outer."
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"One can no more know oneself or the oneness of all things without knowing the anguish of myriads who are part of that web of life, and responding to their anguish as though to one's own, than one could act in a play and ignore all the other actors in their parts."
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“The great initiated souls who founded the great religions embodied the same essential truth under many different guises.”
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"Changes are not random or purposeless, for they are all under the One Law which runs through all that is."
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"Behind the symbols and languages of the world's manifold religions lies a common pattern of pointers to ultimate truth."
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"A human being can never truly exist singly. On overt or subtle levels, he is linked to the destiny of the human race as a whole."
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"Whatever we do of creativity or love is inspired however unconsciously by the divine within."
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“To know the Buddha is to know that all sentient beings are buddhas; to love Christ is to see Christ in all.”
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“The fact that all persons are eternal Pilgrims and expressions of the divine within justifies the importance for the equal treatment of all regardless of race, sex, or creed.”
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“A core of truth lies in all religions.”
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"The atom, the molecule, the cell, the body, the community, the planet, the solar system – all are in intimate and necessary relation to each other….The greater could not exist without the smaller, nor the smaller without the larger system that shapes it."
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“The unity of the universe is its most basic reality.”
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“Everything we can do for good, however tiny, will not be lost.”
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