- The Coming Era
We have had times where theory ruled - it was barren and impotent. There have been times where power has ruled ruthless and demoniacal. What we need today is control, not in theory but in practice, control to restrain. Religion alone can give us this.
- Socrates
Socrates believed that nothing bad can come to a good man.
- Culture
Much knowledge is of no use.
It is only that knowledge that goes in to the inner culture of man that counts.
An idol is made of clay - but we de not worship a mountain which has millions of times the quantity of clay used in the image.
An idol is made of stone - but we do not worship a crude rock or a mountain which has stone enough for a million idols.
Only when the clay is moulded does it become the idol fit for worship.
Only when the stone is chiselled into a proper shape does it become fit for worship.
Even so is much knowledge not to be praised, but that knowledge is useful and praiseworthy which has been utilized to culture the heart and mind.
- Visualisation and Realsation
It is exactly like sculpture.
The sculptor looks at a stone and visualises an image - not imagines.
You know the difference by the result.
In imagination, the image vanishes - in visualisation the image is realised as actuality.
The sculptor uses chisel and hammer.
The yoga student uses concentration and mantra.
- Disease and Death
It is necessary for the body to become broken down in order to justify its abandonment! This is called disease. Most of the diseases that Man fears are nothing more than natural conditions of the body's disintegration and not to be feared.