The Idyll of the White LotusThis Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition. |
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ADYAR afraid Agmahd and Kamen Agmahd stood answered Art thou awoke beautiful beautiful circle beside blossoms boat chamber child circle close cold corridor couch cried crowd curtain dared darkness deep desire diest door doorway Egypt embroidery entered eyes face fear fell felt filled flower garden garment gate gazed gleaming glory grew hand head heard heart held hieroglyphics high priests high window holy of holies horror Kamen Baka knelt knew laughed light linen lips Little marvel looked Malen midst mother motionless night novice oiled cakes opened passed paused priest Agmahd Queen Mother robe rose royal white sanctuary scent Seboua seemed seen sense side silent smile soft soul speak spirit spoke strange suddenly sweet tell temple terrible thee thou art thought touched tremble truth turned utter voice wall weary WHITE LOTUS wonder words young priest
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Page 149 - The principle which gives life dwells in us and without us, is undying and eternally beneficent, is not heard or seen or smelt, but is perceived by the man who desires perception. "Each man is his own absolute lawgiver, the dispenser of glory or gloom to himself, the decreer of his life, his reward, his punishment. "These truths, which are as great as is life itself, are as simple as the simplest mind of man.
Page 168 - This teaching will be seen to be identical with that of the closing words of "The Idyll of the White Lotus": "He will learn how to expound spiritual truths, and to enter into the life of his highest self, and he can learn also to hold within him the glory of that higher self, and yet to retain life upon this planet so long as it shall last, if need be; to retain life in the...
Page 104 - Soon thou wilt leave me; and how can I aid thee if thou forgettest me utterly? " After this occurrence Sensa becomes completely a man of the world, living for the pleasures of the physical life. His developed mind becomes his companion and the priests of the temple profit by the change. Before proceeding further I must draw the reader's attention to the possibility of eliciting...
Page 149 - The soul of man is immortal, and its future is the future of a thing whose growth and splendour has no limit. " The principle which gives life dwells in us, and without us, is undying and eternally beneficent, is not heard or seen, or smelt, but is perceived by the man who desires perception. " Each man is his own absolute lawgiver, the dispenser of glory or gloom to himself ; the decreer of his life, his reward, his punishment.
Page 168 - They do not see the stem of the lily, and the sunlight shining down through the petals. They can see nothing of the real blossom, neither can they disfigure it by modern gardening, because it is out of their reach. It grows above the stature of man, and its bulb drinks deep from the river of life. It flowers in a world of growth to which man can only attain in his absolute moments of inspiration when he is indeed more than man. Therefore, though its lofty stem lifts itself from our world, it is not...
Page 167 - Life has in it more than the imagination of man can conceive. Seize boldly upon its mystery, and demand, in the obscure places of your own soul, light with which to illumine those dim recesses of individuality to which you have been blinded through a thousand existences.
Page 30 - I had never imagined possible, and the horror of it lay in the fearful unnaturalness of the countenance.
Page 42 - I looked up into her face, but I could not see it. Light radiated from it, and I could only look at it as I might look upon the sun.