"The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent to gain all things, and the noblest work of all is that which proceeds from a bare mind. The more bare it is, the more powerful, worthy, useful, praiseworthy and perfect the prayer and the work. A bare mind can do all things. What is a bare mind?
A bare mind is one which is worried by nothing and is tied to nothing, which has not bound its best part to any mode, does not seek its own in anything, that is fully immersed in God's dearest will and gone out of its own. A man can do no work however paltry that does not derive power and strength from this source. We should pray so intently, as if we would have all members and all powers turned to it - eyes, ears, mouth, heart, and all the senses; and we should never stop until we find ourselves about to be united with Him whom we have in mind and are praying to: that is - God."
- Meister Eckhart, The Talks of Instruction
A bare mind is one which is worried by nothing and is tied to nothing, which has not bound its best part to any mode, does not seek its own in anything, that is fully immersed in God's dearest will and gone out of its own. A man can do no work however paltry that does not derive power and strength from this source. We should pray so intently, as if we would have all members and all powers turned to it - eyes, ears, mouth, heart, and all the senses; and we should never stop until we find ourselves about to be united with Him whom we have in mind and are praying to: that is - God."
- Meister Eckhart, The Talks of Instruction
"People say, 'Alas, sir, I wish I stood as well with God or had as much devotion and were as much at peace with God as others are, I wish I were like them, or that I were so poor,' or, 'I can never manage it unless I am there or there, or do this or that; I must get away from it all, or go and live in a cell or a cloister.' In fact, the reason lies entirely with yourself and with nothing else.
It is self-will, though you may not know it or believe it: restlessness never arises in you except from self-will, whether you realize it or not. Though we may think a man should flee these things or seek those things - places or people or methods, or company, or deeds this is not the reason why methods or things hold you back: it is you yourself in the things that prevents you, for you have a wrong attitude to things.
Therefore start first with yourself, and resign yourself. In truth, unless you flee first from yourself, then wherever you flee to, you will find obstacles and restlessness no matter where it is. If people seek peace in outward things, whether in places or in methods or in people or in deeds or in banishment or in poverty or in humiliation, however great or of whatever kind all this may be, this is all in vain and brings them no peace. Those who seek thus seek wrongly; the further they go the less they find what they are seeking. They are like a man who has taken a wrong turning: the further he goes, the more he goes astray. But what should he do? He should resign himself to begin with, and then he has abandoned all things. In truth, if a man gave up a kingdom or the whole world and did not give up self, he would have given up nothing. But if a man gives up himself, then whatever he keeps, wealth, honor, or whatever it may be, still he has given up everything.
One saint comments on St. Peter's words, 'See, Lord, we have left everything' (Matt. 19:27) - and all that he had left was just a net and his boat. This saint says whoever leaves a little of his own free will, he leaves not that alone, but he leaves all that worldly people can get hold of, in fact all that they are able to desire. For he who resigns himself and his own will has left all things as truly as if they were his free possession and at his absolute disposal. For that which you don't want to desire, you have handed over and resigned for God's sake. That is why our Lord said, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit' (Matt. 5:3), that is, in will. And none should doubt this, for if there were any better way our Lord would have declared it, just as he said, 'If any one would follow me, he must first deny himself' (Matt. 16:24). It all depends on that. Observe yourself, and wherever you find yourself, leave yourself: that is the very best way."
- Meister Eckhart, The Talks of Instruction
It is self-will, though you may not know it or believe it: restlessness never arises in you except from self-will, whether you realize it or not. Though we may think a man should flee these things or seek those things - places or people or methods, or company, or deeds this is not the reason why methods or things hold you back: it is you yourself in the things that prevents you, for you have a wrong attitude to things.
Therefore start first with yourself, and resign yourself. In truth, unless you flee first from yourself, then wherever you flee to, you will find obstacles and restlessness no matter where it is. If people seek peace in outward things, whether in places or in methods or in people or in deeds or in banishment or in poverty or in humiliation, however great or of whatever kind all this may be, this is all in vain and brings them no peace. Those who seek thus seek wrongly; the further they go the less they find what they are seeking. They are like a man who has taken a wrong turning: the further he goes, the more he goes astray. But what should he do? He should resign himself to begin with, and then he has abandoned all things. In truth, if a man gave up a kingdom or the whole world and did not give up self, he would have given up nothing. But if a man gives up himself, then whatever he keeps, wealth, honor, or whatever it may be, still he has given up everything.
One saint comments on St. Peter's words, 'See, Lord, we have left everything' (Matt. 19:27) - and all that he had left was just a net and his boat. This saint says whoever leaves a little of his own free will, he leaves not that alone, but he leaves all that worldly people can get hold of, in fact all that they are able to desire. For he who resigns himself and his own will has left all things as truly as if they were his free possession and at his absolute disposal. For that which you don't want to desire, you have handed over and resigned for God's sake. That is why our Lord said, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit' (Matt. 5:3), that is, in will. And none should doubt this, for if there were any better way our Lord would have declared it, just as he said, 'If any one would follow me, he must first deny himself' (Matt. 16:24). It all depends on that. Observe yourself, and wherever you find yourself, leave yourself: that is the very best way."
- Meister Eckhart, The Talks of Instruction
Forwarded from Modern Kshatriya
it is easier to achieve results through unifying the mind than through visualization. In yoga manuals, Patanjali's included, we find the outline of a corresponding gradual discipline. The starting point is usually represented by five states of mind:
1. Unstable, changing, wavering (ksipta-chitta)
2. Inattentive, confused (mudha)
3. Occasionally focused (vikshipta)
4. Gathered in only one spot (ekagriya or ekagrata)
5. Completely mastered (niruddha)
The first two states are found predominately in the common person, in the pashu. Rather than thinking, such a person "is thought"; various impressions arise, develop, create patterns, proliferate, and eventually disappear within him in a kaleidoscopic vortex over which he has little to no control, and by which he is carried.
Julius Evola, The Yoga of Power
1. Unstable, changing, wavering (ksipta-chitta)
2. Inattentive, confused (mudha)
3. Occasionally focused (vikshipta)
4. Gathered in only one spot (ekagriya or ekagrata)
5. Completely mastered (niruddha)
The first two states are found predominately in the common person, in the pashu. Rather than thinking, such a person "is thought"; various impressions arise, develop, create patterns, proliferate, and eventually disappear within him in a kaleidoscopic vortex over which he has little to no control, and by which he is carried.
Julius Evola, The Yoga of Power
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Forwarded from wandering spΛrtan
Heracles and the Hydra.
The Hydra represents temptation. Lust is near-universally represented by the serpent, which also symbolizes rebirth, transformation, immortality and healing.
The head of the hydra is being cut off, only for two more heads to take its place.
We might fool ourselves thinking we have conquered our temptation, but it never fails to come back with a vengeance, twice more powerful as before.
Heracles cauterizes the stumps preventing the regeneration of temptations with the fire of his spiritual will and with the assistance of Athena (Heracles' wisdom).
The Hydra is immortal and cannot be killed, as temptation can never be made to fully disappear. Heracles places the main head—still alive and writhing—under a great rock, thus keeping its everlasting threat at bay.
Heracles succeeds in his purification.
The Hydra represents temptation. Lust is near-universally represented by the serpent, which also symbolizes rebirth, transformation, immortality and healing.
The head of the hydra is being cut off, only for two more heads to take its place.
We might fool ourselves thinking we have conquered our temptation, but it never fails to come back with a vengeance, twice more powerful as before.
Heracles cauterizes the stumps preventing the regeneration of temptations with the fire of his spiritual will and with the assistance of Athena (Heracles' wisdom).
The Hydra is immortal and cannot be killed, as temptation can never be made to fully disappear. Heracles places the main head—still alive and writhing—under a great rock, thus keeping its everlasting threat at bay.
Heracles succeeds in his purification.
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Forwarded from Der Schattige Wald 🇬🇱
"The “non-free will” is mythology; in real life it is only a question of STRONG and WEAK wills. — It is almost always a symptom of what is lacking in himself, when a thinker, in every “causal-connection” and “psychological necessity,” manifests something of compulsion, indigence, obsequiousness, oppression, and non-freedom; it is suspicious to have such feelings — the person betrays himself."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Forwarded from Archive
“The masses look upon these words as mere play. They do not understand the struggle and strife it takes to make one's body an object. They are so driven by base instincts and unconscious drives that sculpting one's body or cutting out sugar seems to impossible to them. Their body, unlike the Ubermensch of history, is an idol for them. It matters so much to them that they become sensitive: unable to face the elements, constantly complaining, ever emotional. They do not have an afterlife, a Heaven, a Valhalla, so view the body as the be all and end all of existence. They ruminate, procrastinate, fornicate, and masturbate en masse. This destroys their honor and dignity and makes them an ignoble slave of the passions. The Sturm und Drang of existence has been denied, but to no good end.”
Ernst Jünger, on pain
Ernst Jünger, on pain
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Forwarded from 🔅Dharma Sanidhya🔅
You must learn to make the physique very strong and teach the same to others. Don’t you find me exercising every day with dumb – bells even now? Walk in the morning and evenings and do physical labour. Body and mind must run parallel. It won’t do to depend on others in everything. When the necessity of strengthening the physique is brought home to people, they will exert themselves of their own accord. It is to make them feel this need that education is necessary at the present moment.
~ Swami Vivekananda , CW Vol. 7 , Conversations and Dialogues - X
~ Swami Vivekananda , CW Vol. 7 , Conversations and Dialogues - X
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Forwarded from Sagittarius Granorum (Sagittarius Hyperboreius)
A 1776 proposal for the seal of the United States of America.
Forwarded from Sectator Lex Aeterna
Ultimately it just boils down to where you think personhood originates really.
The personalists would say that Brahman has an infinite number of auspicious attributes and that it possesses those attributes to an infinite degree.
Atman share those auspicious attributes but to a finite degree.
Personality is an inherent attribute of Atman which means that it is also an inherent quality of Brahman.
Think of Brahman as a roaring campfire and Atman as a small ember, the ember shares the same qualities as the campfire but to a lesser degree.
We cannot have a hot ember and a cold campfire.
This also is an interesting thing to look at from the logical framework within Platonism since that which is ontologically prior is meant to possess within itself the qualities of what comes after it in the chain of being.
So how can something that comes from the Absolute possess what the Absolute does not possess?
The personalists would say that Brahman has an infinite number of auspicious attributes and that it possesses those attributes to an infinite degree.
Atman share those auspicious attributes but to a finite degree.
Personality is an inherent attribute of Atman which means that it is also an inherent quality of Brahman.
Think of Brahman as a roaring campfire and Atman as a small ember, the ember shares the same qualities as the campfire but to a lesser degree.
We cannot have a hot ember and a cold campfire.
This also is an interesting thing to look at from the logical framework within Platonism since that which is ontologically prior is meant to possess within itself the qualities of what comes after it in the chain of being.
So how can something that comes from the Absolute possess what the Absolute does not possess?
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"Many people think they are performing great works by outward things such as fasting, going barefoot, or other such things which are called penance. But the true and best penance is that whereby one improves greatly and in the highest degree; and that is that a man should experience a complete and perfect turning away from what ever is not entirely God and divine in himself [...]
Let every man keep to his own good way and include all ways in it, and take up in his way all goodness and all ways. To change one's way makes for instability of mind as well as of way. Whatever you can get from one way you can also obtain from another if it is good and praiseworthy and mindful only of God: but not all men can follow one path. And so it is with imitating the austerities of such saints. You should love this way, and it may well appeal to you, even though you need not follow it."
- Meister Eckhart, Talks of Instruction
Let every man keep to his own good way and include all ways in it, and take up in his way all goodness and all ways. To change one's way makes for instability of mind as well as of way. Whatever you can get from one way you can also obtain from another if it is good and praiseworthy and mindful only of God: but not all men can follow one path. And so it is with imitating the austerities of such saints. You should love this way, and it may well appeal to you, even though you need not follow it."
- Meister Eckhart, Talks of Instruction
Forwarded from The Elders of the Black Sun
Let’s discuss Theurgy.
Theurgy is a system of ritual magic practiced by the Platonists, with the intention of invoking deities, with the goal of henosis (Union of the Self with the Divine) and attaining perfection.
This is the goal of all genuine Dharmic Religions.
We see the same in Hinduism for example - in the formula Atman=Brahman.
Various Yoga (translates to Union) are practiced towards these ends.
Yoga is not just asana - poses. Read the Bhagavad Gita and you’ll learn about many forms of Yoga - from breath work to sex magic to offering incense in prayer - all Yoga are Magical Rites.
Magic is not just puffs of smoke - Magic is the sacred art of the Soul. And it has as its goal, the aforementioned Union.
Theologically, this is an fairly easy thing to comprehend. The deepest essence of your Soul, is purely of the One, the Tao which cannot be named.
This God is not a being, as in Abrahamism. He is beyond that. He is the impersonal essence of all personality, the root of all the cosmos - simultaneously imminent & transcendent.
You can find the Divine at the heart of all things - Chaos & Order, Love & Hate, the Gods & the Stones.
Indeed, even the various Gods are like the infinite rays of light emitting from the sun.
However, all things are not equal. As we come closer to the ineffable source - we become more pure, more full of light. As we go further away, we become more dim - more lost.
So in magic, what is done, is to follow a ray of light back to the sun.
Indeed, our own Soul is a ray of that light - and we practice an alchemy of the Soul towards purity.
We turn lead into gold - lead being the unpurified soul, still entranced with the shadows in Plato’s cave. Gold being the purified soul - he who has been reborn, who has initiated into the great mystery, who no longer walks with men - but he who walks across the great waters in the company of heroes.
Towards those ends, we invoke deities, and we look to the stars.
These deities exist external to us, just as you exist external to me. But they are also completely & totally existing within our Soul - our Soul being, at its core, the One.
Therefore, the external ritual work we do, towards external deities - is necessary. But the real work that is happening occurs within the Soul.
Just as we can invoke deities, we can cleanse our ritual space of unwanted spirits & residual energies. Which - as you should now understand, is a cleansing of our Soul of the same.
Now you perhaps understand exorcism. When an unwanted spirit possesses a Soul, and rules it - it may be expelled via ritual magic.
Ritual magic is not a matter of belief, but of experience. Like all Yoga, you simply do the rite & you will achieve results.
The first stage of magic is the development of your spiritual organs of perception.
Just as you can hear with your ears and see with your eyes, you need to develop what is commonly dubbed a “third eye”, that you may begin perceiving & knowing wavelengths of light that are of higher frequency, wavelengths that are brighter & closer to the aforementioned spiritual sun. The light you are able to see now, is a very narrow spectrum of reality, it is material.
There is far more than the material world to be perceived, you just have to do the work to be capable of receiving it.
The Modern Word had calcified these organs of perception. We no longer see the sprites of the field & the god of thunder. With magic, you leave this world & you enter a fantastic world full of extra-dimensional life.
Theurgy is a system of ritual magic practiced by the Platonists, with the intention of invoking deities, with the goal of henosis (Union of the Self with the Divine) and attaining perfection.
This is the goal of all genuine Dharmic Religions.
We see the same in Hinduism for example - in the formula Atman=Brahman.
Various Yoga (translates to Union) are practiced towards these ends.
Yoga is not just asana - poses. Read the Bhagavad Gita and you’ll learn about many forms of Yoga - from breath work to sex magic to offering incense in prayer - all Yoga are Magical Rites.
Magic is not just puffs of smoke - Magic is the sacred art of the Soul. And it has as its goal, the aforementioned Union.
Theologically, this is an fairly easy thing to comprehend. The deepest essence of your Soul, is purely of the One, the Tao which cannot be named.
This God is not a being, as in Abrahamism. He is beyond that. He is the impersonal essence of all personality, the root of all the cosmos - simultaneously imminent & transcendent.
You can find the Divine at the heart of all things - Chaos & Order, Love & Hate, the Gods & the Stones.
Indeed, even the various Gods are like the infinite rays of light emitting from the sun.
However, all things are not equal. As we come closer to the ineffable source - we become more pure, more full of light. As we go further away, we become more dim - more lost.
So in magic, what is done, is to follow a ray of light back to the sun.
Indeed, our own Soul is a ray of that light - and we practice an alchemy of the Soul towards purity.
We turn lead into gold - lead being the unpurified soul, still entranced with the shadows in Plato’s cave. Gold being the purified soul - he who has been reborn, who has initiated into the great mystery, who no longer walks with men - but he who walks across the great waters in the company of heroes.
Towards those ends, we invoke deities, and we look to the stars.
These deities exist external to us, just as you exist external to me. But they are also completely & totally existing within our Soul - our Soul being, at its core, the One.
Therefore, the external ritual work we do, towards external deities - is necessary. But the real work that is happening occurs within the Soul.
Just as we can invoke deities, we can cleanse our ritual space of unwanted spirits & residual energies. Which - as you should now understand, is a cleansing of our Soul of the same.
Now you perhaps understand exorcism. When an unwanted spirit possesses a Soul, and rules it - it may be expelled via ritual magic.
Ritual magic is not a matter of belief, but of experience. Like all Yoga, you simply do the rite & you will achieve results.
The first stage of magic is the development of your spiritual organs of perception.
Just as you can hear with your ears and see with your eyes, you need to develop what is commonly dubbed a “third eye”, that you may begin perceiving & knowing wavelengths of light that are of higher frequency, wavelengths that are brighter & closer to the aforementioned spiritual sun. The light you are able to see now, is a very narrow spectrum of reality, it is material.
There is far more than the material world to be perceived, you just have to do the work to be capable of receiving it.
The Modern Word had calcified these organs of perception. We no longer see the sprites of the field & the god of thunder. With magic, you leave this world & you enter a fantastic world full of extra-dimensional life.
Forwarded from Ghost of de Maistre
"“The soul is surely not where it is, but where it loves”
- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈
- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈