Autobiography, 285:to bring in that control by teaching him the ancient rules governing the Path of Discipleship,Autobiography, 286:of the attempt to spread the teaching of the Ancient Wisdom. We regard it as a healthy sign when aAutobiography, 287:be right. Certain beliefs are, however, of such ancient origin that they are generally accepted,Autobiography, 288:fellowmen. The student who learns to apply these ancient rules to his daily life will eventuallyAutobiography, 292:goal, the universal field of service and the ancient methods whereby human beings can pass from theAutobiography, 293:May it not be true that, because of this ancient cleavage between spiritual life and materialBethlehem, 3:reasoning powers and upon their independence of ancient mental trammels and of old and dustyBethlehem, 6:"There was," we are told, "in every ancient country having claims to civilization, an EsotericBethlehem, 6:are. Under the noble designation of WISDOM, the ancient teachers, the sages of India, the magiansBethlehem, 7:and divine possibilities of the future. The ancient myths and the old mysteries give us aBethlehem, 19:of the Aquarian age, as it appears in all the ancient zodiacs, is that of a man bearing a jar ofBethlehem, 20:truths and arrive at a fresh enunciation of the ancient wisdom. Through the lens of the illuminedBethlehem, 20:no words or adequate means of expression? The ancient mysteries, so shortly to be restored, must beBethlehem, 28:going on around us and the tearing down of the ancient institutions - political, religious andBethlehem, 30:been summed up for us in a commentary upon an ancient Tibetan scripture. The words are as follows:Bethlehem, 36:- The Birth at Bethlehem In the words of an ancient Mexican aphorism, "Always in the center shallBethlehem, 42:in the Old Testament as Melchizedek, and as the Ancient of Days, will play His part and initiate usBethlehem, 43:then the Christ of history, and finally the Ancient of Days, the one in Whom "we live, and move,Bethlehem, 47:are in process of reinterpretation, to meet the ancient needs in new terms and in a more vital way.Bethlehem, 52:value to the sensitive. The Word or sound for ancient Asia in the past was TAO, or the Way. ItBethlehem, 52:the past was TAO, or the Way. It stood for that ancient Way which the Initiates of the far EastBethlehem, 52:in our Occidental vernacular into AMEN. The ancient scriptures of India regard this Word asBethlehem, 58:the saving of the souls of men. [58] Krishna in ancient India proclaimed this truth in the majesticBethlehem, 59:could be made if the many references in the ancient writings to these events which have transpiredBethlehem, 61:knee. The Virgo of the zodiac is represented in ancient drawings as a woman suckling a child - theBethlehem, 62:of Notre Dame [62] in Paris is built upon the ancient site of a Temple of Isis, and that the earlyBethlehem, 63:part of the Eighth [63] Century, says that 'the ancient people of the Anglian nation', by which heBethlehem, 63:interpretation of the symbolism attached from ancient days to these constellations is as old asBethlehem, 64:of years, and are our joint heritage today. The ancient zodiac of Denderah (antedating ChristianityBethlehem, 64:the centaur, ever the symbol of humanity in the ancient mythologies, for man is an animal, plus aBethlehem, 66:touch. Mary, the Virgin, in the symbolism of the ancient wisdom, stands [67] for virgin matter, forBethlehem, 80:It is a waste of time to go on elaborating this ancient story of the living Christ if it containsBethlehem, 93:revealed, or else past history loses its point; ancient beliefs lose their significance; and weBethlehem, 97:they shall see God." (St. Matt., V, 8.) In an ancient treatise upon meditation, the Yoga Sutras ofBethlehem, 98:The symbolism is exact, according to the ancient mystery teaching. A close study of this symbolicBethlehem, 103:grows more constant as time goes on. The ancient Hindu teacher, Patanjali, taught that illuminationBethlehem, 104:God waxed more and more intense. There is an ancient legend (and who shall say that it is not basedBethlehem, 106:of the raven at the time of the founding of the ancient world, as we can begin to know it. The NewBethlehem, 107:(either anew or through the recovery of an ancient past of test and trial) our equal in all pointsBethlehem, 117:surely, He was not referring back only to the ancient sayings of the Jewish Scriptures, beautifulBethlehem, 124:Second Initiation - The Baptism in Jordan In an ancient scripture of India, The Bhagavad Gita, theBethlehem, 149:upon the Mount of Transfiguration. In one of the ancient scriptures of India, quoted by Dr. Otto,Bethlehem, 149:am the All in its complete fullness, I, the most ancient, the spirit, the Lord God. TheBethlehem, 159:Elias, link up this Christian happening with its ancient prototype. Always, in these rarelyBethlehem, 167:which Were needed at the time to unite the ancient wisdom and the more modern hope. Keyserling hasBethlehem, 182:(Rev. IV, 6.7.) The "face of the man" is the ancient sign of Aquarius, the sign of the man carryingBethlehem, 188:trend of human life tends to repudiate those ancient tenets which were founded in fear, andBethlehem, 188:festivals and rituals are inherited from a very ancient past, we shall then have the emergence of aBethlehem, 188:the custodian of the ages and the preserver of ancient forms, but it must enter into new life andBethlehem, 193:of bulls and of rams (or lambs) was part of the ancient mysteries, and was inherited by usBethlehem, 194:times were no more free from the thralldom of ancient beliefs than are we [195] from theBethlehem, 197:retribution. The battle still rages between this ancient belief and the truth of God's love whichBethlehem, 198:hope for the race, He was incorporated into the ancient system of sacrifices, and the ancientBethlehem, 198:into the ancient system of sacrifices, and the ancient habits of thought were too strong for theBethlehem, 200:animal sacrifices, preceded in still more ancient times by the sacrifice of the fruits of theBethlehem, 202:in point. They constitute the boundary which ancient custom, ordained right habits, and the socialBethlehem, 209:to the divine nature. Christ assumed the ancient symbol and burden of the cross, and, taking HisBethlehem, 209:world of Spirit. Thus He brought to a climax the ancient Mysteries, which had prophesied the comingBethlehem, 225:and God could meet and hold intercourse. In an ancient scripture of India we read these words,Bethlehem, 236:in Man and shown him the Way of a Savior. But in ancient times these mysteries were enacted inBethlehem, 237:that: "In the Christian Mysteries - as in the ancient Egyptian, Chaldean, and others - there was anBethlehem, 238:we find that the resurrection story is of very ancient date, and that God has always held beforeBethlehem, 243:body and nothing but the body, or whether the ancient scripture of India was right when it pointedDestiny, 7:distant world of causes or look back into that ancient past and see past and present in their trueDestiny, 8:it would be well for you to bear in mind: The ancient and inherited ideas which have controlled theDestiny, 10:Masters of the Wisdom. The restoration of the ancient Atlantean control by the spiritual forces isDestiny, 13:at the time of the individualization of man in ancient Lemuria. At the time of the great struggleDestiny, 23:Ruler: Sanat Kumara, The Lord of the World, The Ancient of Days, Melchizedek. Planetary headDestiny, 25:and to free itself from the thralldom of ancient evil, the slavery of ancient codes and the curseDestiny, 25:the thralldom of ancient evil, the slavery of ancient codes and the curse of ancient habits ofDestiny, 25:the slavery of ancient codes and the curse of ancient habits of thought and living. It is what isDestiny, 28:"soothsaying" and the [28] reappearance of those ancient "informers of the race" who, in RomanDestiny, 35:are beginning to think. This means that the ancient simplicity which has held good up to fiveDestiny, 35:and the situation is much more complex. In ancient days the forces were largely controlled by theDestiny, 36:to "mount on the shoulders of matter" as the Ancient Wisdom puts it. Now, however, owing to theDestiny, 43:old Atlantis and the seventh ray dominated that ancient civilization for a very long period ofDestiny, 45:between the old inherited traditions and the ancient forms of civilization, of government, ofDestiny, 46:old Atlantis and hence inherited a psychic and ancient religious form which was existent andDestiny, 59:and hence her devotion to her past and to the ancient "glory which was Rome" (for this is closelyDestiny, 61:and who will be the justification of a most ancient prophecy. Destiny, 71:the German nation, yet the strain is very ancient. Strains, types, races, nations, branches andDestiny, 79:however, provide a good medium through which the ancient Atlantean conflict could be precipitatedDestiny, 79:precipitated and brought to the surface, and the ancient feud between materialism and the Forces ofDestiny, 95:bring illumination. The Lord of the World, the "Ancient of Days," is releasing new energies intoDestiny, 100:many of the allied nations (past aggressions, ancient cruelties and wrong doing), they were and areDestiny, 101:by corrupt politics, and in Great Britain by ancient imperialistic tendencies. But democraticDestiny, 102:of consciousness interpreting and using it. The ancient occult truism remains accurate:Destiny, 106:that combination is active - a combination of ancient evil and modern aggressive selfishness,Destiny, 110:new ways of demonstrating and discovering the ancient wisdom, and to the comprehension of the freshDestiny, 118:I would remind you also that in that home of ancient magic which you call Egypt, the magical workDestiny, 118:be seen in the stupendous production of those ancient and gigantic forms, standing silent and stillDestiny, 122:of crystallized and worn-out methods from the ancient past is all too prevalent at this time and isDestiny, 128:right forms. These two statements are of very ancient origin but are as yet but little understood.Destiny, 130:By his knowledge of ritual (which is the ancient codified means whereby the attractive andDestiny, 131:embodiment." If I might express it this way, the ancient statement that "God-spoke and the worldDestiny, 132:not comprehend. None of the foundational and ancient Rules of the Road will ever be abrogated orDestiny, 132:or discarded: just as men used to travel on the ancient highways on foot, conforming to theDestiny, 149:of these the Christ is the eternal symbol. The ancient story of the Birth will become universalizedDiscipleship1inclusion in the Ashram. I learnt also that ancient relationships, established in other lives, wereDiscipleship1, 5:which will involve the application of the ancient rules in a modern way. Disciples in the olden |