“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
~ Meister Eckhart
Mysticism ~ ''that which is concealed''; Union with the Absolute.
“The modern mind is forced towards the future by a certain sense of fatigue, not unmixed with terror, with which it regards the past. It is propelled towards the coming time; it is, in the exact words of the popular phrase, knocked into the middle…
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Read more…Is there a meaningful cross-connection between Western Mysticism (conjectured directional force) & Western Civilization (historical cultural inter-play) or do they counter each other, maybe run parrallel independently? Are certain authors in or out…
Read more…Putting these extracts in here as Coomaraswamy spent most of his life in the West and was a scholar of comparative religion. These are just some lines from a longer piece which, if interested, one can read in full HERE Shankaracharya's dictum…
Read more…SOURCE ~ https://mymodernmet.com/angel-art-history/ Article by Kelly Richman-Abdou For centuries, angels have graced works of art with their ethereal presence. Appearing as ancient statues and adorning modern murals, these winged figures have…
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Read more…I found this article very interesting, not because I was nodding in agreement the whole way ( I wasn't) but because of the various facets it touches on. Valentin Tomberg wrote the book ''Meditations on the Tarot'' which is an encyclopedic…
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https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6466/eaau5141
Interesting article
Plotinus’ belief that in all his lesser loves, man is seeking the divine, that it is the object he really permanently wants much more than these temporary ones, is the truth to which he must come one day. And he will come by a double movement: the first, away from them by successive disenchantments, the second by progressive glimpses of the divine beauty.
Paul Brunton
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"The sad truth is that man’s real life consists of a complex of inexorable opposites - day and night, birth and death, happiness and misery, good and evil. We are not even sure that one will prevail against the other, that good will overcome evil, or joy defeat pain. Life is a battleground. It always has been and always will be; and if it were not so, existence would come to an end."
~ Carl G. Jung
Mary said, “Know when to retreat and when to live. When you retreat be silent and die to yourself, so that you might be alive in the Spirit. When you live, be alive and vibrant, and rejoice each day in the presence of God.”
~ Secret Gospel of Mary
"He who takes up the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that evil can be overcome by evil, or violence by violence? The Way of Peace requires courage and patience, but it will prevail."-Jesus, Gospel of Thomas