atman (the self), oneness, soul, spirit

8/14/2019 Atman (the Self), Oneness, Soul, Spirit

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The soul is by its nature pure and perfect, infinite in

powerand blessed.

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul.

He who has realised the Atman becomes thestorehouse of great power.

Know the Atman aloneand give

up all other vain words. PROCLAIM THE GLORY OF THE ATMAN WITH

THE ROAR OF A LION, and impart fearlessness unto

all beings by saying Arise, awake and stop not till the

goal is reached. Believe that the soul is immortal, infinite, and all-

powerful.

The soul has no sex; why should it degrade itself with

sex ideas?

These are states, and states must ever change; but the

nature of the soul is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have

not to get it, we have it; only wash away the dross and

see it. All knowledge is in the soul.

Always talk and hear and reason about this Atman.

Attma (is) the aim of all.

Freedom is inseparable from the nature of the Atman.

This is ever pure, ever perfect, ever unchangeable. This

Atman you can never know. We can say nothing about

the Atman but not this, not this.

There is no knowledge in nature; allknowledge comes from the human soul.

There is no distinction of sex in the soul.

Never think there is anything impossible for

the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so.


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If there is any sin, this is the only

sin----------------------to say that you are

weak, or others are weak.

Purest soul dispels ignorance, fear and weakness.

Everything in the universe is struggling to

complete a circle, to return to its source, to return

to its only real source, Atman.

The search for happiness is a struggle to find the

balance, to restore the equilibrium.

Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get freeand is the proof that we have come from perfection.

The goal of each soul is freedom, mastery-

freedom from the slavery ofmatter and thought,

mastery of external and internal nature.

Speak of this Atman to all. Look not for the truth in any religion; IT IS HERE IN

THE HUMAN SOUL, THE MIRACLE OF ALLMIRACLES-------------------------- IN THE HUMAN

SOUL, THE EMPORIUM OF ALL KNOWLEDGE,

THE MINE OF ALL

EXISTENCE------------------------ seek here.

Mind you, the great benefit in this life is

struggle. It is through that we pass. If there is

any road to Heaven, it is through Hell. ThroughHell to Heaven is always the way. When the soul

has wrestled with circumstance and has met

death, a thousand times death on the way, but

nothing daunted, has struggled forward again and


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again and yet again-------------then the soul

comes out as a giant and laughs at the ideal he

has been struggling for,because he finds how

much greater is he that the ideal. ALL powers and ALL purity and ALL

greatness----------------- EVERY THING IS IN THE

SOUL. Even this world, this body and mind are superstitions;

WHAT INFINITE SOULS YOU ARE! And to be

tricked by twinkling stars! It is a shameful condition.

YOU ARE DIVINITIES; the twinkling stars owe their

existence to you. ONLY THE FOOLS RUSH AFTER SENSE-ENJOYMENTS.

It is easy to live in the senses. It is easier to run in the old

groove, eating and drinking; but what these modern

philosophers want to tell you is to take these comfortable ideas

and put the stamp of religion on them. Such a doctrine is

dangerous. DEATH LIES IN THE SENSES. LIFE ON THE

PLANE OF THE SPIRIT IS THE ONLY LIFE, LIFE ON

ANY OTHER PLANE IS MERE DEATH; THE WHOLE

OF THIS LIFE CAN BE ONLY DESCRIBED AS AGYMNASIUM. WE MUST GO BEYOND IT TO ENJOY

REAL LIFE.

ALL KNOWLEDGE IS WITHIN US. ALL

PERFECTION IS THERE ALREADY IN THE SOUL.

The spirit will triumph in the long run.

The spirit is reflected in mind and in everything.

Happiness is only found in the Spirit.

Spirit speaks unto spirit in silence, and yet in mostunmistakable language.

To quicken the spirit, the impulse must come from

another soul.


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Let us worship the spirit in spirit, standing on spirit. Let

the foundation be spirit, the middle spirit, the

culmination spirit.

Man should hunger for one thing alone, the spirit,

because spirit alone exists.

If your ideal is matter, matter shalt thou be. Behold! Our

ideal is the spirit.That alone exists.Nothing else exists,

and like Him we live for ever.

Stand upon the Self, then only can we truly love

the world. Take a very, very high stand; knowing

our universal nature, we must look with perfect

calmness upon all the panorama of the world. Itis but babys play, and we know that, so cannot

be disturbed by it. If the mind is pleased with

praise, it will be displeased with blame. All

pleasures of the senses or even of the mind are

evanescent, but within ourselves is the one true

unrelated pleasure, dependent upon nothing. It

is perfectly free, it is bliss. The more our bliss is

within, the more spiritual we are. The pleasure

of the Self is what the world calls religion.

Love all things only through and for the Self.

Do not injure another. Love everyone as your

own self,because the whole universe is one. In

injuring another, I am injuring my self; in lovinganother, I am loving myself.

Be one with the universe, be one with Him.

Not I, but thou----------say it, feel it, live it. See God in everything and everywhere.


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The seeing of many is the greatest sin of all the

world. See all as Self and love all; let all idea of

separateness go.

The god in you is the god in all. If you have notknown this, you have known nothing. How can

there be difference?It is all one.Every being is

the temple of the most high; if you can see that,

good, if not, spirituality has yet to come to you.

If we enjoy everything in the Self, and as the

Self, no misery or reaction will come.

Seeing difference is the cause of all misery,

and ignorance is the cause of seeing

difference.

Happiness belongs to him who knows this

oneness, who knows he is one with this universe.

Come out into the universe of light. Everything

in the universe is yours, stretch out your armsand embrace it with love.

Love is simply an expression of this infinite

unity.

Love binds, love makes for that oneness.

You are one with the universe.

We must not look down with contempt onothers.All of us are going towards the same

goal.The difference between the weakness

and strength is one of degree; the difference

between virtue and vice is one of degree; the


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difference between heaven and hell is one of

degree; the difference between life and death

is one of degree; alldifference in this world

are of degree, and not of kind,becauseoneness is the secret of everything.

Good and evil are our slaves, not we theirs.

Children finding glass beads in a mud puddle,that is the good of the world.Look at it with

calm complacency;see good and evil as the

same,both are merely Gods play; enjoy all.

There is but one basis of well-being, social,

political or spiritual----------to know that I and

my brother are one. This is true for all countries

and all people. All the differentiation in substance is made by name

and form.

You and I are one. Love makes no distinction between man and man.

The highest expression of love is

unification.

Love binds, love makes for that oneness. Stand up, men and women, in the spirit, dare to believe

in the Truth, dare to practise the Truth! The world

requires a few hundred bold men and women. Practisethat boldness which dares know the truth, which dares

show the truth in life, which does not quake before

death, nay, welcomes death, makes a man know that he

is the spirit, that in the whole universe, nothing can kill

him. Then you will be free.


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The Vedas say the whole world is a mixture of

independence and dependence, of freedom and slavery,

but through it all shines the soul independent, immortal,

pure, perfect, holy.

Power will come, glory will come, goodness

will come, purity will come, and everything

that is excellent will comewhen this sleeping

soul is roused to self-conscious activity. To quicken the spirit, the impulse must come from

another soul.

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