THE INNER LIFE
Charles W. Leadbeater
This book is a Theosophical classic which intuitively describes our psycho/spiritual Nature.
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"Every point is equally the center of a circle whose radius is infinite."
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"The brotherhood of man is a fact in nature."
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"God is within you, and God cannot fail."
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"Even I myself am God, so all others, too, are God, and in truth there is nothing but God."
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"There is a consciousness wide enough to comprehend all, which never fails in its response to any earnest effort in the direction of an increased spirituality."
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"That consciousness, wide as the sea, with 'its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere', is a great and glorious FACT."
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"The Will of the Logos is infinitely stronger than any human will, and not even the utmost exertion of perverse ingenuity can possibly prevail against Him."
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"According to occult (esoteric) philosophy, all of nature – including humanity – is evolving according to a grand design. The ancient Greeks held the idea of teleology, a purposed end that controls the course of events….Sir Alister Hardy and L. L. Whyte, among others, suggest that internal factors in organisms, that it – life itself – plays an important part in guiding evolution. Goal-directedness and purposiveness are obvious throughout the world of life." Shirley Nicholson, introduction
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"The best way to see truly is to begin determinedly to look always for the good in every one."
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"If we can see and grasp even a little of the glory, we can to some extent reflect it to others."
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"There is a Great One…who works for the good of the world."
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"The Supreme Self (is) in everything and everything in It….the Self is endeavoring to express itself through the form. One method of practice for this is to try to identify your consciousness with that of various creatures, such as a fly, an ant, or a tree. Try to see and feel things as they see and feel them, until as you pass inwards all consciousness of the tree or the insect falls away, and the life of the Logos appears."
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"The will of the Logos is man's evolution. In our blindness we may for a time resist Him, but to Him time is naught, and if we cannot see today He waits patiently till tomorrow, but always in the end His will is done."
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"Everything around a person is calculated to assist him, if he only understands it."
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"We are all parts of the Logos, and our wills are part of his."
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"The universe is an inseparable web whose interconnections are dynamic." Shirley Nicholson, introduction
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"There is plenty of good in the world, and it is better to think of that, for your thought strengthens that of which you think."
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"Realize that you are a god in the making. All the power and force of the universe are on your side. The result is certain."
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"The whole force of the universe is pressing upwards towards unity, and the person who is willing to make his life an intelligent cooperation with nature gains an ever-increasing perception of the reality of this unity."
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"The old saying is justified that ALL things, even the most unlikely-looking are in reality working together for good."
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"All evolution came forth from the Divine, and we ourselves are sparks of the Divine flame."
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"The only way of casting off the fetter of doubt is by knowledge and intelligent comprehension."
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"While the child Bacchus (the Logos) plays with his toys he is seized by the Titans and torn to pieces. Later these pieces are put together and built into a whole…..this, however clumsy it may seem to us, is an allegory which represents the descending of the One to become the many, and the re-union of the many in the One, through suffering and sacrifice."
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"Even in its very worst and lowest aspects the world is improving."
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"If we are actively helping in the progress of all, we are living in God's will, which penetrates nature, and this is felt by nature at once."
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