Of one hundred persons who take up the spiritual life

“Of one hundred persons who take up the spiritual life, eighty turn out to be charlatans, fifteen insane, and only five, maybe, get a glimpse of the real truth. Therefore beware.” ~ Swami Vivekananda

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The individual seldom knows where he gets his so-called facts; along with opinions

“Organized groups do most of the thinking for the populace at large. In a natural antipathy to thinking, which is hard work, practically Mind-Control-1every person depends upon some organization to do the thinking for him.
 
The individual seldom knows where he gets his so-called facts; along with opinions, they are absorbed either through the columns of a newspaper habitually read, or are jammed into consciousness by the insistent radio.
This reduces individual opinion to something largely made up out of hearsay, or propaganda, which is organized hearsay.” – Manly P. Hall

There is only one way, and that is your way

“There is only one way, and that is your way.Carl Jung alchemist

You seek the path? I warn you away from my own.

It can also be the wrong path for you.

May each go his own way.

I will be no savior, no lawgiver, no master teacher unto you.

You are no longer little children. …

May each seek out his own way.

The way leads to mutual love in community.

Men will come to see and feel the similarity and commonality of their ways.” (C. G. Jung)

Live more and more in harmony with the higher Self

“As his mind becomes purer and his emotions come under control, his thoughts become clearer and his instincts truer. As he learns toQuote rsie above the flesh live more and more in harmony with his higher Self, his body’s natural intuition becomes active of itself.

The result, is that false desires and unnatural instincts which have been imposed upon him by others, or by himself, will become weaker and weaker and fall away entirely in time. This may happen without any attempt to undergo an elaborate system of self-discipline on his part… yet it has affected his way of living, his diet and his habits.

False cravings and false appetites will vanish of their own accord… like the appetite for alcohol or desires of the flesh will likewise vanish… <

However, the more deep-seated the desire, the longer it will take to uproot it… except in the case of some, who will hear and answer a heroic call for an abrupt change.” ~ Paul Brunton

Knowledge, like wealth, is intended for use

“The possession of knowledge, unless accompanied by a manifestation and expression in action, is like the hoarding of precious metals—a vain and foolish thing. Knowledge, like wealth, is intended for use.” ~ The Kybalion

Knowledge-is-Power

To be great is to be misunderstood

“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood; and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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