Ideas Are Living Things, and They
Have a Vital Part in Shaping the World
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
I hold it true that thoughts are things
Endowed with
bodies, breath, and wings,
And that we
send them forth to fill
The world with
good results - or ill.
That which we
call our secret thought
Speeds to the
earth’s remotest spot,
And leaves its
blessings or its woes
Like tracks
behind it as it goes.
It is God’s [1] law. Remember it
In your still
chamber as you sit
With thoughts
you would not dare have known,
And yet made
comrades when alone.
These thoughts
have life; and they will fly
And leave
their impress by and by,
Like some
marsh breeze, whose poisoned breath
Breathes into
homes its fevered breath.
And after you
have quite forgot
Or all
outgrown some vanished thought,
Back to your
mind to make its home,
A dove or
raven, it will come.
Then let your
secret thoughts be fair;
They have a
vital part and share
In shaping
worlds and moulding fate -
God’s system
is so intricate.
NOTE:
[1] In Theosophy, “God” means the Universal Law and the
One Life. (CCA)
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The above poem is reproduced from the
book “Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox”, published by W.P. Nimmo,
Hay, & Mitchell, Edinburgh, undated, probably 1917, 527 pages, see p. 64.
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See in our websites the article “Telepathy, the Silent Conversation”.
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On 14 September 2016, a group of students
decided to found the Independent Lodge
of Theosophists. Two of the priorities adopted by the ILT are learning from the past and building a better
future.
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