THE SEVEN HUMAN POWERS: LUMINOUS SHADOWS OF THE SELF
Shirley J. Nicholson
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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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"Spiritual and divine powers lie dormant in every human Being." H. P. Blavatsky, 'Key to Theosophy'
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"There is an inner direction and meaning that inheres at the transpersonal level in every life."
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"At times when you are very quiet and when desire and emotion have become stilled, you can observe the quiet shaping of yourself from within – can see the form you are intended to take, the work you should do – your function in the environment and the scheme of things….it is a deep and intelligent observation of your own nature and propensities. When you have seen yourself clearly, then it stops all the speculation and striving, all the doubt and uncertainty….In the rarefied atmosphere of truth, your words, your thoughts, your acts will bring manifest form to that quiet vision." Virginia Tower
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"There is an immortal center of being in us."
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"The One Light illumines all creation."
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"We are evolving toward the goal of conscious unity with all."
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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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"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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"Our little wills are encompassed by a universal, divine order."
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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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"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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"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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"Consciousness is the ground of being; it is the one and only, the absolute." Amit Goswami
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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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"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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"Individual consciousness in its pure, unclouded state is one with God or the One Life that sustains the cosmos."
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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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"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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"As human consciousness develops it grows more and more conscious of the universal consciousness in which it is grounded." Bede Griffith
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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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"In conscious union with the One, the high purpose of human life is fulfilled."
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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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