THE SEVEN HUMAN POWERS: LUMINOUS SHADOWS OF THE SELF
Shirley J. Nicholson
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"Many theologians consider the human will to be comparable to God's will, which created the world. Theosophy and the esoteric tradition consider will in its highest aspect to be the core of our nature, for spiritual will is an expression of our most essential self."
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"The Self of the universe and the Self of man are one, and in knowing the Self we know That which is at the root of the universe and of man alike." Annie Besant, 'Self and Its Sheaths'
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"There is only one consciousness in a cosmic sense." Saul-Paul Sirag, scientist
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"In conscious union with the One, the high purpose of human life is fulfilled."
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"One pervasive consciousness runs through us and everything else. As numberless ponds and even muddy puddles reflect the one moon, the light of consciousness in each of us has but one source."
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"Religious traditions generally consider that humans do have free will."
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"In the highest form of will, the personality and even the transpersonal self are inspired by the universal will, call it God or atma, for the good of the whole."
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"I believe, as did the Buddha, that to be ourselves and to find our way, we need to know who we are. Seeking self-knowledge is not a waste of time or selfishness but down-to-earth and practical. It has results in the world."
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"Spiritual will is the transcendent principle within us which forms as it were the very heart and core of our being." T. K. Taimni
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"There is an immortal center of being in us."
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"Our little wills are encompassed by a universal, divine order."
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"We are each a microcosm of the great macrocosm, according to Theosophy and other wisdom traditions; the structure of our nature mirrors that of the universe."
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"Self-knowledge is vital. All other forms of knowledge are of secondary importance; for a man's action, feeling, reasoning, and thinking are dependent on his idea of the Self." Shankaracharya, 'Self-Knowledge', ch. xv
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"The union of the separate Will with the one Will for the helping of the world is the goal which seems to be more worthy of reaching after than any the world can offer." Annie Besant, 'Study in Consciousness'
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"Each of us, far from being separate and independent, has our being in a system of interpenetrating universal fields at different levels. We are supported by and are part of the entire cosmos."
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"We are one with a divine field of consciousness, with Brahman or God."
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"In our times, we are under the admonition at the entrance to the shrine of the Delphic oracle: 'Know thyself.'"
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"There is an inner direction and meaning that inheres at the transpersonal level in every life."
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"Spiritual and divine powers lie dormant in every human Being." H. P. Blavatsky, 'Key to Theosophy'
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"Individual consciousness in its pure, unclouded state is one with God or the One Life that sustains the cosmos."
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"As physicists posit a unified field encompassing all known physical fields, atma, the One Life, Brahman, God can be thought of as a unified field in which all the principles, fields, and levels of cosmos inhere."
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"Our deepest spiritual core is outside the sphere of individual selfhood. It is universal and impersonal, one with the divine or Brahman, the one essence of all."
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"Even as the self knows itself as the transcendental subject, it expands and becomes all." V. K. Chari
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"At the level of pure consciousness…we are one with everything, a focus of that which is undivided and universal."
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"This view of consciousness as a fundamental attribute of the divine is taught, not only by Eastern philosophers, but also by Christian mystics such as Meister Eckhart, by Pythagorean and Platonic philosophers, and even by some scientific theorists."
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