LUC:14:16 Man, having chosen to spurn spirituality and thus lost the union in consciousness, which is his birthright, now seeks to console himself
with worthless worldly baubles. With the arrogance of ignorance and blindness he claims the reality of his environment and endeavours to possess something outside himself, something to which he is half alien. This striving for worldly things still further buries the inner divinity, which becomes so encased in materialism that it can no longer be roused from its deadly
slumber.
LUC:14:17 While man turns his soulspirit outwards, towards the illusive and deceptive world of matter and mortality, seeking fulfilment there, so long will he be unaware of his greater being. Here he will never find true contentment, and cut off from companionable communication with his true
self, he will remain restless and dissatisfied. He will be always seeking for something, though he knows not what. LUC:14:18 The greatness of the soulspirit, with all its potential powers, a true spark from the fire of divinity, is now smothered under layers of worldliness formed by pandering to the body experiences of the senses. The true being becomes a prisoner within a material prison of man's own creation.
LUC:14:19 Life is like a wide river containing the waters of manifestation deeply clouded by the silt of illusion, wherein the soulspirits of
men swim back and forth. The Supreme Spirit is reflected in the waters through His rays of Holy Spirit, just as a mirror reflects the face of the looker while itself remaining untouched. The image in the waters is the soulspirit.
LUC:14:20 Those who say they can find The Supreme Spirit through means outside of themselves will seek in vain; what they will find will be worthless pebbles, the real jewel lies within. Only when the unreal is revealed for what it is and penetrated in consciousness, can the real come into sight. This can be proved beyond any dispute by personal experience, but few care to pay the price of such knowledge. The waters of illumination cannot be gathered on the heights of arrogant self-assurance, or on the hilltop of prejudice. Neither can they be drawn from the valley of apathy or the dale of
agnosia.
LUC: 14:21 I am asked concerning the people about us. They are not altogether ignorant in their teachings and it is not amiss to understand what they declare about the nature of man. They say he is a divine thought caught
up in heaviness and wrapped about with clay. The thought, imprisoned in darkness, desired to see the light and the effort generated by the desire caused two holes to appear in the clay, and these became eyes. One of them looked to the right of things and the other to the left, and so directed straightly. No eyes appeared behind, as the divine thought never intended man to retreat, only to go forward. The eyes, being fixed on the path ahead, wished to know what was going on beside them, and so the effort generated by this desire brought forth two holes, which became ears. Because the clay desired to remain moist, a mouth was formed to provide water and then arms were formed, to push aside whatever got in the way. Then, so that it might know more of what was happening about it, the clay became sensitive and felt. So they say man is a divine thought trapped in a body and seeking to escape. They say the body is no more than clay reddened by sunlight, and can anyone
say this is not a good description?
Book of Wisdom
WSD: 1:2 When a conscious, awakened spirit occupies a material body in conscious unity, the whole being is united with The Divine. It expands out beyond the limitations of space and time. Mindfulness controls the thoughts and feelings and clears an inner place, so that in silence and peace it is ready to receive an influx of the Divine Mindfulness, and meditation opens a way of communication, whereby the spirit of man may communicate with the spirit surrounding The Divine. It is a higher form of prayer, a controlled
concentration of thought.
Table of Chapters
WSD: 1:1 - WSD: 1:38 Chapter One - Meditation and Morals WSD:2:1 - WSD:2:11 Chapter Two - The Dispensations of Life WSD:3:1 - WSD:3:22 Chapter Three - The Harmonious Life WSD:4:1 - WSD:4:18 Chapter Four - Defects of Character WSD:5:1 - WSD:5:8 Chapter Five - Within Your Home WSD:6:1 - WSD:6:8 Chapter Six - The Treatment of Women WSD:7:1 - WSD:7:9 Chapter Seven - Duties, Obligations and Service to
Life
WSD:8:1 - WSD:8:8 Chapter Eight - Respect for the Rights of Others WSD:9:1 - WSD:9:8 Chapter Nine - People and Places to Avoid WSD:10:1 - WSD:10:8 Chapter Ten - Neighbourly Living WSD: 11:1 - WSD: 11:11 Chapter Eleven - The Cause and its Champions WSD:12:1 - WSD: 12:18 Chapter Twelve - The Good Life WSD:13:1 - WSD:13:19 Chapter Thirteen - The Religious Life WSD:14:1 - WSD: 14:11 Chapter Fourteen - Personal Conduct
WSD:15:1 - WSD:15:8 Chapter Fifteen - The Spiritual Realm WSD:16:1 - WSD:16:9 Chapter Sixteen - The Meaning of Marriage WSD:17:1 - WSD:17:9 Chapter Seventeen - The Upbringing of Children
WSD:18:1 - WSD: 18:9 Chapter Eighteen - Friends and Enemies WSD:19:1 - WSD:19:10 Chapter Nineteen - The Tendency Towards Evil WSD:20:1 - WSD:20:15 Chapter Twenty - Teaching, Study and Learning WSD:21: 1 - WSD:21:39 Chapter Twenty-One - A Word to Prophets and
Preachers
WSD:22:1 - WSD:22:17 Chapter Twenty-Two - The Good Religion
Chapter One - Meditation and Morals
WSD: 1: 1 The only way a man can become fully awakened spiritually is to know his true nature and to strive for communication with the Spiritual Realm. This can best be achieved by meditation, or perhaps 'mindfulness' expresses it better. This is a state of conscious awareness of all the potentialities within man; the ability to cut off all material disturbances and to bring the spirit into harmonious relationship with a higher, more compatible realm. It means gaining complete mastery over all material impulses, urges
and desires.
WSD: 1:2 When a conscious, awakened spirit occupies a material body in conscious unity, the whole being is united with The Divine. It expands out beyond the limitations of space and time. Mindfulness controls the thoughts and feelings and clears an inner place, so that in silence and peace it is ready to receive an influx of the Divine Mindfulness, and meditation opens a way of communication, whereby the spirit of man may communicate with the spirit surrounding The Divine. It is a higher form of prayer, a controlled
concentration of thought.
WSD:1:3 Clearing an inner place to form the Shrine of the Heart does not mean that it serves no purpose. The usefulness of a cave is in its empty space;
the usefulness of a basket or a pot is in its emptiness. All wisdom and all knowledge, the answer to every question, are not to be found outside of man, but within him. He need not seek outside himself for the solution to the riddle of his nature. He need not traverse the Earth to find the answer; it can be reached from within himself. There, too, he will find all that supplies the
needs of his spirit. WSD: 1:4 In his daily life and in all he does, each man should conduct himself as though intending to be a living example to others. He should act as
though proclaiming his dedication to service in the greatest cause any man can serve, and as though inviting others to join him. He should be a leader showing the way and a guide indicating the path others should follow, the
path each must travel alone.
WSD:1:5 Every thinking man must surely realise now that there is something more to life than a search for happiness, wealth or luxury. That life must be more than an idle drifting, the only efforts being bent towards seeking the still waters of contentment and the shallows of pleasure. There