Know Thyself

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KNOW THYSELF

 

THE MUSICIAN STING:

We are spirits living in the material world.

 

I saw this nice quote on [philist] the other day:

In practical daily life we are hurt by small things; we are enslaved

by little beings. Misery comes because we think we are finite -- we are

little beings. And yet, how difficult it is to believe that we are

infinite beings!

 

THE UPANISHADS:

Who is the Self? The Master replies, "The Self luminous being who dwells

within the lotus of the heart, surrounded by the senses and sense organs,

and who is the light of the intellect, is that Self. Know the Self as

lord of the chariot, the body as the chariot itself, the discriminating

intellect as the charioteer, and the mind as reins. Seek the Self through

meditation."

 

THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS, SAYING THREE:

Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom

is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say

to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the

kingdom is within you and it is outside you.

 

When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand

that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves,

then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."

 

THE BOOK OF THOMAS THE ATHLETE:

The savior said, "Brother Thomas while you have time in the world, listen

to me, and I will reveal to you the things you have pondered in your

mind.

 

"Now, since it has been said that you are my twin and true companion,

examine yourself, and learn who you are, in what way you exist, and how

you will come to be. Since you will be called my brother, it is not fitting

that you be ignorant of yourself. And I know that you have understood,

because you had already understood that I am the knowledge of the truth.

So while you accompany me, although you are uncomprehending, you have

(in fact) already come to know, and you will be called 'the one who knows

himself'. For he who has not known himself has known nothing, but he

who has known himself has at the same time already achieved knowledge

about the depth of the all [universe].

 

SANT KABIR:

The light of one soul is equal to that of sixteen suns!

 

 

 

 

 

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