THE JOYOUS, LAKE
THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN
---- I Ching
a great light broke
upon my being, like glory of countless suns blazing together
---- Paramhansa Yogananda
Children, especially, recognize this nurturance and instruction offered by nature.
—– James Hillman
a break-through after a long
accumulation of tension
---I Ching
A flood of ineffable bliss,
overwhelming my heart to an innermost core
----Paramhansa Yogananda
full of grace and truth.
—- John
inferior people gradually begin to disappear
---I Ching
if our children today are disordered, it isn’t so much parenting they need as, perhaps, less parentalism, which keeps them from trust and pleasure in the actual, physical world.
—- James Hillman
I climbed to my little attic and bestowed affectionate glances,
----Paramhansa Yogananda
as a result of resolute action, a change in conditions
occurs, a break-through
---I Ching
for you will be in league with the stones in the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
— Job
I have reached the
harbor
---Paramhansa Yogananda
It must be announced truthfully
---I Ching
look neither ahead nor behind
but as a small boat on a lake
be cradled through your days
---- Holderlin
Father and I sat together in the evening calm. "
----Paramhansa Yogananda
It furthers one to undertake something.
----I Ching
it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
—- Mathew
My
prayers have been answered
----Paramhansa Yogananda
That it is the measure of strength to what extent we can admit to ourselves, without perishing, the merely apparent character, the necessity of lies. To this extent, nihilism, as the denial of a truthful world, of being, might be a divine way of thinking
—- Nietzsche
Even a single passion still lurking in the heart
has power to obscure reason.
---I Ching
Both ways lead always and essentially from darkness to light. This is one of the reasons for the archetypal connection between growth symbolism and consciousness — while earth, night, darkness, and unconscious belong together, in opposition to light and consciousness.
—- Eric Neumann
sometimes sitting on the bed
----Paramhansa Yogananda
and on the roadside was a cross
taped to a railing above which
flew a long trail of birds
---- Holderlin
In a resolute struggle of the good against evil, there are, however, definite
rules that must not be disregarded, if it is to succeed.
----I Ching
The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one
—- James Hillman
the early sun is warming the river
----Paramhansa Yogananda
It seemed the sun and moon were in the fruit
—- Yeats
resolution must be
based on a union of strength and friendliness
---I Ching
He moves the mountains, although they don’t know it
—- Job
voice rings out, rich with the authenticity of wisdom
---- Paramhansa Yogananda
“I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.”
—- John
a compromise with
evil is not possible; evil must under all circumstances be openly discredited. Nor must our own passions and shortcomings be glossed over.
---I Ching
If you could experience the inner void fully, the explosion into the totality would be near.
---- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
equal courtesy and kindness
---Paramhansa Yogananda
In so far as the Feminine releases what is contained in it to life and light, it is the Great and Good Mother of a light
—- Eric Neumann
the
struggle must not be carried on directly by force
---I Ching
listen respectfully to words of truth from a child
----Paramhansa Yogananda
For whatever happens, all the universe is responsible and you are the source of the universe.
---- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
it is important to begin at home, to be on guard in our own persons
against the faults we have branded
----I Ching
the originality of a creative spirit
----Paramhansa Yogananda
we
should not combat our own faults directly. As long as we wrestle with them,
they continue victorious. Finally, the best way to fight evil is to make
energetic progress in the good
---I Ching
A sublime self-assurance
----Paramhansa Yogananda
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God
---- First Epistle of John
The lake has risen up to heaven:
The image of BREAK-THROUGH.
Thus the superior man
Dispenses riches downward
And refrains from resting on his virtue.
---I Ching
He alone spreads out the sky
and walks on the waves in the sea
—- Job
a fragrant
exudation of the soul.
---Paramhansa Yogananda
Even as fire without fuel finds peace in its resting-place when thoughts become silence the soul finds peace in its own source
---- Maitri Upanishad
If a man were to pile up riches for himself alone, without
considering others, he would certainly experience a collapse.
---I Ching
The things that have been accomplished among us
—- Luke
Always one with the Lord,
----Paramhansa Yogananda
all gathering is followed by dispersion.
Therefore the superior man begins to distribute while he is accumulating.
---I Ching
When earthy night had drunk his body in
—- Yeats
the naturalness of a child
----Paramhansa Yogananda
An analysis which is not merely a theoretical analysis, but at the same time another writing of the question of Being or meaning: deconstruction is also a manner or writing and putting forward another text.
—- Derrida
remain receptive to impressions by help of strict
and continuous self-examination
----I Ching
you are the perceiving point, the non-dimensional source of all dimensions. Know yourself as the total.
---- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
I was more than thankful to comply.
----Paramhansa Yogananda
If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us
---- First Epistle of John
In times of resolute advance, the beginning is especially difficult.
----I Ching
This impression has left behind a trace which has never been perceived, whose meaning has never been lived in the present, i.e., has never been lived consciously.
—- Derrida
the gentle hour
of dusk
----Paramhansa Yogananda
The archetypal experience of the Feminine as all-nourishing is evident in the multiplication of the breast motif.
—- Eric Neumann
we ought to
gauge our own strength and venture only so far as we can go with certainty of
success
----I Ching
I was in perfect peace
----Paramhansa Yogananda
The Divine Light permeates the soul, and lifts it above the turmoil of temporal things to rest in God.
---- Meister Eckhart
To plunge blindly ahead is wrong, because it is precisely at the
beginning that an unexpected setback can have the most disastrous results.
---I Ching
to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from any of us; for in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain of your own poets have said, for we are also His offspring.
---- Acts
unique brain and
spinal centers
----Paramhansa Yogananda
Readiness is everything. Resolution is indissolubly bound up with caution.
If an individual is careful and keeps his wits about him, he need not become
excited or alarmed.
----I Ching
What you appear to be, you are not. Karma is only a word you have learnt to repeat. You have never been, nor shall ever be a person. Refuse to consider yourself as one. But as long as you do not even doubt yourself to be a Mr. S0-and-so, there is little hope. When you refuse to open your eyes, what can you be shown?
---- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
fully grasp and express the loftiest aspects of
divinity
---Paramhansa Yogananda
The soul cannot progress except with the light which God has given it as a nuptial gift; love works the likeness of God into the soul.
---- Meister Eckhart
The superior
man is on his guard against what is not yet in sight and on the alert for what
is not yet within hearing
----I Ching
they made such intimate designs
upon the air
---- Holderlin
a rhythmical clapping of hands
----Paramhansa Yogananda
sure that all will happen as it must; and it does not matter much what happens, for ultimately the return to balance and harmony is inevitable. The heart of things is at peace.
---- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
If a man develops his character, people submit to
him of their own accord.
---I Ching
Today you invigorate yourself
----Paramhansa Yogananda
The new position of the advancing man has
all the powers of the old~ yet has them all new. It carries in its
bosom all the energies of the past, yet is itself an exhalation of the
morning.
—- Emerson
If reason triumphs, the passions withdraw of
themselves. To be circumspect and not to forget one's armor is the right way
to security.
----I Ching
looked at me affectionately
----Paramhansa Yogananda
the smell
of ripe fruit from the grove next door
the neighbour’s daughter dressed in red
---- Holderlin
In dealing with weeds,
Firm resolution is necessary.
Walking in the middle
Remains free of blame.
----I Ching
The human mind is a spark of
the almighty consciousness of God.
----Paramhansa Yogananda
The brilliant moon and all the milky sky, And all that famous harmony of leaves,
—- Yeats
One must go on resolutely
and not allow himself to be deflected from his course. Only in this way does
one remain free of blame.
----I Ching
going the way of all the earth.
—- Joshua
great awe and gratitude
----Paramhansa Yogananda
Freely you have received; freely give.
—- Mathew
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