Our True Nature

Light for the mind, love for the heart, understanding for the intellect: all three must be satisfied in every man before he has real peace.

There is a path, a sublime pathway of wisdom and illumination which begins, for each human being, in any one incarnation on this earth in the present life, and thereafter leads inward, for it is the pathway of consciousness and spiritual realization leading ever inward, more inward, still more inward, toward the mystic East, which is the heart of the universe, and it is the core of you — the rising sun of spiritually divine consciousness within you.

What you are, so is your world.

February 3

ALL that you positively know is contained
in your own experience; all
that you ever will know must pass
through the gateway of experience,
and so become part of yourself. Your own
thoughts, desires, and aspirations comprise
your world, and, to you, all that there is in the
universe of beauty, and joy, and bliss, or of
ugliness, and sorrow, and pain, is contained
within yourself. By your own thoughts you
make or mar your life, your world, your universe.
As you build within by the power of
thought, so will your outward life and circumstances
shape themselves accordingly. Whatsoever
you harbour in the inmost chambers of
your heart will, sooner or later, by the inevitable
law of reaction, shape itself in your outward life.

Every soul is a complex combination of gathered
experiences and thoughts, and the body is but an
improvised vehicle for its manifestation.

James Allen wrote:HE who clings to self is his own enemy, and is surrounded by enemies. He who relinquishes self is his own saviour, and is surrounded by friends like a protecting belt. Before the divine radiance of a pure heart all darkness vanishes and all clouds melt away, and he who has conquered self has conquered the universe. Come, then, out of your poverty; come out of your pain; come out of your troubles, and sighings, and complainings, and heartaches, and loneliness by coming out of yourself. Let the old tattered garment of your petty selfishness fall from you, and put on the new garment of universal Love. You will then realise the inward heaven, and it will be reflected in all your outward life.

Bodhicitta wrote:

James Allen wrote:HE who clings to self is his own enemy, and is surrounded by enemies. He who relinquishes self is his own saviour, and is surrounded by friends like a protecting belt. Before the divine radiance of a pure heart all darkness vanishes and all clouds melt away, and he who has conquered self has conquered the universe. Come, then, out of your poverty; come out of your pain; come out of your troubles, and sighings, and complainings, and heartaches, and loneliness by coming out of yourself. Let the old tattered garment of your petty selfishness fall from you, and put on the new garment of universal Love. You will then realise the inward heaven, and it will be reflected in all your outward life.

Allen outlines the simple path to living from our True Nature, our Higher Self, by dropping our 'petty selfishness'.

Bodhicitta wrote:

There is another road, steep and thorny, difficult to follow, but which the Great Ones of the human race have trodden. It is the quick road, but the difficult one. It is the road of self-conquest, the road of the giving up of self for the All, the road by which the personal man becomes the impersonal Buddha, the impersonal Christ; the road by which the love for your own is abandoned, and your whole being becomes filled with love for all things both great and small. It is a difficult road to follow, for it is the road of initiation; it is the steep and thorny pathway to the gods; for when you climb the heights of Olympus you must tread the pathway as there it lies before you.

More from Purucker on the altruistic Path, from his Golden Precepts.

Bodhicitta wrote:Ameliorate: "Is this the path you have led?  Your introduction said that you have taken refuge in the 3 jewels of the buddha for 35 years."


Cannot always get everything you want Ame.  The purpose of this thread is to discuss Our True Nature; the quotes are to stimulate responses about the subject.


[Off topic, but yes, the Mahayana path is the one I have chosen. My avatar shows my refuge Master, Ven. Hsuan Hua bodhisattva.]

manjit wrote:All humans are usually in search of happiness. A life which I imagine is of finding inner peace and happiness. I have gone through the book "The Journey to the Celestial City" by Buddhadeb Basu & Lynn Gray, which is not only a great book about spirituality but also about life journey. I learned from this book that life is like a series of test and responding to those test decides one's future. I am looking for a similar spiritual book which can provide me relief and deep understandings of my problems. As this a spiritual forum I am sure I will get many trustworthy book recommendation on spirituality. Looking forward to recommendations.

Firstly

Since you are looking for a spiritual book to bring relief and deep understandings of your problems, I would recommend The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle.  It is deservedly a best seller and provides both insight and practical steps in overcoming emotional pain, the dynamics of the ego and how free we can be by having total awareness in the present moment.

 

manjit wrote:All humans are usually in search of happiness. A life which I imagine is of finding inner peace and happiness. I have gone through the book "The Journey to the Celestial City" by Buddhadeb Basu & Lynn Gray, which is not only a great book about spirituality but also about life journey. I learned from this book that life is like a series of test and responding to those test decides one's future. I am looking for a similar spiritual book which can provide me relief and deep understandings of my problems. As this a spiritual forum I am sure I will get many trustworthy book recommendation on spirituality. Looking forward to recommendations.

ameliorate wrote:

manjit  - thank you so much for your feedback. wrote:All humans are usually in search of happiness. A life which I imagine is of finding inner peace and happiness. I have gone through the book "The Journey to the Celestial City" by Buddhadeb Basu & Lynn Gray, which is not only a great book about spirituality but also about life journey. I learned from this book that life is like a series of test and responding to those test decides one's future. I am looking for a similar spiritual book which can provide me relief and deep understandings of my problems. As this a spiritual forum I am sure I will get many trustworthy book recommendation on spirituality. Looking forward to recommendations.

Firstly

Since you are looking for a spiritual book to bring relief and deep understandings of your problems, I would recommend The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle.  It is deservedly a best seller and provides both insight and practical steps in overcoming emotional pain, the dynamics of the ego and how free we can be by having total awareness in the present moment.