What if the world's religions were but phases of a vast and coordinated process of restoration? What if there were requirements peculiar to each age in the development of mankind, akin to the stages of maturation each individual child must go through on the way to adulthood? Were that the case it would be important …
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Greater Works
"A mere theory of life, that remains but a theory, is about as useful to a man, as a gilt-edged menu is to a starving sailor on a raft in mid-ocean. It is irritating but not stimulating. No rule for higher living will help a man in the slightest, until he reach out and appropriate …
Assert the Truth
"One man does not assert the truth which he knows, because he feels himself bound to the people with whom he is engaged; another, because the truth might deprive him of the profitable position by which he maintains his family; a third, because he desires to attain reputation and authority, and then use them in …
The Disconnect
I came across an interesting statement made by in London by Sir Wilfred Lawson at the last Congress of Universal Peace in 1890: I am surprised at the way religion is carried on in this country. You send a boy to Sunday school, and you tell him: 'Dear boy, you must love your enemies. If …
The Most Obvious Truth
"I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and …
Human Progress
"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him." - …
Progress
"People usually think that progress consists in the increase of knowledge, in the improvement of life, but that isn't so. Progress consists only in the greater clarification of answers to the basic questions of life. The truth is always accessible to a man. It can't be otherwise, because a man's soul is a divine spark, …
Right Thinking
"Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking..." - Leo Tolstoy We are thinkers, and we must treasure our ability to think. …
A Pure Heart
A Pure Heart, a poem by Gregg Hake Dig down deep sweet little lamb, For in you lies the cure. You must prepare for the exam- Your heart must straight be pure. Some say you've come, some say not yet- In time, we'll surely know. One thing's for sure, were I to bet- The world …
Raising Consciousness: Tuning Fork or Pitchfork?
You can approach every situation in life one of two ways: as a tuning fork for virtue or a pitchfork of vice. As a tuning fork, you entire being, your overarching purpose relates to establishing harmonic resonances in the world around you. Indeed, virtue resonates harmonically. It is a peculiar and unmistakeable vibratory quality which …
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