The
Power of Spiritual Soul Comes Down
As
a Blessing to One’s “Terrestrial” Being
Carlos
Cardoso Aveline
* A master of the wisdom is consciously One with the
Universal Law, for he lives and acts in harmony with It. Free from the common
karma of our mankind, having transcended death, he humbly cooperates with the
law. He causes harm to none and helps the liberation of all beings.
* True teachers never stop learning; they are fundamentally
colleagues to their students, and the fact is documented in the Mahatma
Letters.
* The way to wisdom consists in studying the essence of
the universe and the One Law of Life, which is the Law of Equilibrium and
Justice. “The Secret Doctrine” and every true book of theosophy are guiding
lights along the path to understand the universe, macrocosmic and microcosmic.
* Spiritual virtues cannot be acquired by imitation. They must develop from within in natural ways.
They are stimulated by the Sun of a pure heart and nurtured by the wind and the
rain of daily probation, as they grow on the hard soil of individual practice.
* By studying the flow of Cycles one gets to
understand the science of the use of time. The practice of right action is also
the practice of right timing. In every Duration there are a few proper moments
for real change. When to wait, when to act, in what a rhythm, and where - these
are questions that demand profound calm, vigilance, discernment and attention.
* At the lowest point
of the tide, the waters of life start recovering strength. In the coldest time
of winter, the Sun begins to get stronger again.
* In the most
unpleasant moments, great lessons in wisdom are available. Since everything is
cyclic, one must be serene in defeat and humble in victory.
* There is a deep yet rarely seen sort of bliss. It
consists in detecting the mechanisms of spiritual ignorance in ourselves and in
those around us, and staying away from them; and challenging them; and preserving
peace in our souls.
* Unfortunate are those who identify themselves with
ignorance. Bliss starts with a willingness to pay the price for getting rid of
attachment to falsehood. An unconditional love for truth is the first requirement
to begin the journey.
* In order to listen to the voice of one’s conscience,
one must be in complete silence on the emotional and mental levels. Such
absence of noise is attainable by reducing to nothing one’s personal existence
in its psychological dimensions.
* One can listen to his conscience by ceasing to
function - for some time at least - as a separate self. There is scarcely
anything more spiritually pleasant than listening to the silent voice of the
void, which contains the totality of life.
* One’s central point of view makes some things easy
to see and causes other things to become invisible. Looking at life from
various perspectives, we can better observe the complexity and contradictions
present in the objects seen. Some points of view are complementary to each
other; some are mutually exclusive. One must examine and decide with care what
the main standing-points of our choice are, for they determine our relation to
life and Karma.
* That part of the lower self that reacts against
wisdom tends to fabricate painful emotional dramas out of nothing. In fact,
human beings do not generate problems they can’t solve. All difficulties cease
to exist in due time.
* In the long term, each individual is the hidden
source of his own pain, and the active healer of himself. The universe is not
ruled by personal feelings of one kind or another: it is regulated by the
impersonal law of love, the principle of balance and equilibrium among all, the
action of impartial solidarity.
* One must have eyes to see, before perceiving the unity
and the beauty of the cosmos behind an apparent chaos.
* While a building is being remodeled, sheer confusion is the
first thing a visitor seems to observe.
* As the housekeeper cleans a house, everything seems
to be out of place.
* Historical time evolves along centuries. A new
civilization of ethics slowly emerges in the middle of old materialistic
societies, and many a fact seems not to make sense. Just before selfishness is
defeated, the false victories obtained by spiritual ignorance may look like the
biggest glory of all time.
* The power of
spiritual soul comes down as a blessing to one’s “terrestrial” being. Listening
to the highest is hearing that which cannot be heard. It is seeing the
invisible facts of life and feeling
that which cannot be felt on a personal level. And there has to be a decrease
of velocity in the life of the external world, for the inner and the higher to freely
flow, unperceived, in that which is visible.
* No philosophical perception can be found in a
dead-letter reading of scriptures and teachings. Attachment to words is but the
worship of superficiality.
* Right thought includes an intelligent interaction
with the silent sources of sacred knowledge. In the dialogue between word and
non-word, the purposes present in the silence reveal the several layers of
meaning in the higher teachings.
* The best wording can only point to truth and provide
useful elements for the autonomous development of knowledge in our consciousness.
Authentic philosophical literature is but the humble vehicle for the wisdom of the universe.
* Do we want to teach and help others? The example set
by our intentions and actions teaches more than whatever we say or write. The positive
value of words is great, as long as they come from one who lives what he says.
* By firmly rejecting distorted waves of thought and
emotion, the student of esoteric philosophy keeps his conscience clear before
his own higher self and every other being. [1]
He thus preserves a most precious asset: his ability to learn the best.
* One of the first duties of a pilgrim is to maintain
the world of personal emotions under
the constant light of his own spiritual soul. In order to expand his purity of
mind, he can look up to wiser souls and spiritual teachers. He may also learn
lessons from his younger brothers, the fellow-animals, from the trees, from the
forests, from the wind and other elements of Nature.
* As long as the pilgrim receives the approval of his
own soul, it does not matter if he seems to have little intelligence. He has already obtained the main condition for
progress, and other factors will emerge in due time.
* Both severity and goodwill are necessary. Sometimes
one of these factors must come to the front while the other remains invisible,
preserving the foundations of right action.
* Goodwill should not be confused with weakness; but
in many occasions misinformed people cannot tell the difference between the two
factors.
* When generosity is seen as weakness, severity is
needed.
* Severity must not be confused with lack of goodwill:
however, naive people are unable to see the difference between the two things.
* Life includes a self-renewing contrast between fact
and illusion. Equilibrium and a love of truth guide the pilgrim to wisdom: as long
as his inner purpose is noble, the blessing will be there.
NOTE:
[1] See the New Testament, Acts, 24: 16.
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“Thoughts Along the Road - 32” was
published as an independent text on 18 May 2019. An initial version of it, with no indication as to the
name of the author, is included in “The Aquarian Theosophist”, March 2017
edition, pp. 12-13. A few short notes written by the same author and anonymously
published in that edition of “The
Aquarian” were added to form the article.
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