And a woman spoke, saying, "Tell us of Pain." And he said:Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy; And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields. And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief. Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity: For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen, And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay whichthe Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears. Khalil Gibran
I. Development. II. The Existence of Higher Faculties III. Reason and Religion IV. Conscience V. Evolution VI. Other Worlds than Ours VII. The Immensity of the Universe VIII. The Great Name Yahveh IX. The Manifestation of Yahveh X. Mind-Centers XI. The Elohim XII. The Eternal Order of Melchisedek XIII. Jesus of the Order of Melchisedek XIV. The Angels of God XV. The Miraculous Conception XVI. The Image of God XVII. The Likeness of God: The Office of the Christ XVIII. The Likeness of God: The Three Steps XIX. The Likeness of God: Man Becoming Yahveh Elohim XX. The Image and the Likeness XXI. Exit from the Old to the New. Part I. XXII. Exit from the Old to the New. Part II. XXIII. Exit from the Old to the New. Part III. XXIV. Exit from the Old to the New. Part IV. XXV. Exit from the Old to the New. Part V. XXVI. Exit from the Old to the New. Part VI.
I. The Silent, Subtle Building Forces of Mind and Spirit 9 II. Soul, Mind, Body The Subconscious Mind That Interrelates Them . . 19 III. The Way Mind Through the Subconscious Mind Builds Body 37 IV. The Powerful Aid of the Mind in Rebuilding Body How Body Helps Mind 50 V. Thought as a Force in Daily Living . 63 VI. Jesus the Supreme Exponent of the Inner Forces and Powers: His People's Religion and Their Condition . 76 VII. The Divine Rule in the Mind and Heart: The Unessentials We Drop The Spirit Abides 89 VIII. If We Seek the Essence of His Revelation, and the Purpose of His Life . 113 IX. His Purpose of Lifting Up, Energising, Beautifying, and Saving the Entire Life: The Saving of the Soul is Secondary; but Follows .... 140 X. Some Methods of Attainment . . . 152 XI. Some Methods of Expression . . . 173 XII. The World War Its Meaning and Its Lessons for Us 191 XIII. Our Sole Agency of International Peace, and International Concord . 215
1 A Voice from the Heights 2 Freedom by Understanding 3 Christ the Life 4 Prayer 5 The Truth of Being 6 God All in All 7 Get Understanding 8 From Glory to Glory 9 Personality 10 The Book 11 Sin, Separateness 12 "He that hath seen Me, hath seen the Father". 13 Christ in You 14 Out of Darkness --- Light 15 Jesus Christ --- The Race Man 16 Truth is Steadfast --- Immovable 17 Imagination 18 Idea --- The Expressed Image 19 Heaven is within You 20 Growth Real and Unreal 21 Matter and its Relation to Spirit 22 “My Thoughts are towards You” 23 The Central Life is Love 24 Omnipresence 25 Omnipresence (continued) 26 The Control of Self and Environment 27 The Death of Mortal Man--- Renunciation ..
PART II MIND AND SOUL: THEIR RELATION TO THE BODY
1 "Let your Light so Shine” 2 Born of the Virgin 3 Mind and its Possibilities 4 Personality 5 The True Self 6 The True Selfishness 7 Dwell Deep 8 Unfoldment from Within 9 The Soul
PART III DIVINE HUMANITY
1 I in Them 2 "Thou in Me” 3 "Seek and Ye shall Find" 4 "The Knowledge of God shall cover the Earth" 5 The Will of God 6 Workers together with God 7 The Creative Energy 8 God the only Life 9 He gave Himself
What is truly meant by consciousness, or what is the principle back of that term ? There are many ideas which cannot be expressed properly for lack of words, or lack of terms. The word consciousness is really derived from the Latin root scio, to know, and con, together; so the word consciousness from the derivative meaning would signify: to know together.
We use the term generally in the sense of being conscious of a fact. That is, consciousness means knowing an object, as it were ; knowing something. But the word consciousness really indicates two things— subject and object. It implies the duality of existence. There is one who is the knower, the subject, the ego, the perceiver. I know it; I am conscious of it; I perceive it; I think about it. Therefore there is always the subject, the ego —I—as the background of any form of consciousness.
And a woman spoke, saying, "Tell us of Pain." And he said:Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy; And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields. And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief. Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity: For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen, And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay whichthe Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears. Khalil Gibran
