More 20th Century Psalms (February 2014)

What is going on is contraction and expansion – from unmanifest to manifest.

What Man pretends to respect and what he really respects are two different things.

The wise man is just as susceptible to pain as the fool, but his reaction is different.

We think of ourselves as limited creatures, but the Lotus Sutra says: “Man’s voice is a voice filling the Universe, man’s life is a life without limit.”

During years in the financial arena, I seldom saw a happy or contented person among the monied ones. Yet most feel they’d be fulfilled if they had a little more money!

In truth, nothing in Nature seems lasting or peaceful. There is only transmutation of the One Energy.

Feel the Essence, be aware of the Essence – I don’t care what you call it.

To discern priorities is to mature. To follow all paths indiscriminately is to be young and eager.

Man wants to taste the fruit without planting the seed.

We assume that what we have read and heard is our own concoction.

The more truly you see along the Way, the more it will isolate you from people. If you want popularity, drink and be merry and forget the spiritual path.

When thinking of planes of existence, forget geography. They are all here now.

We live our lives in synthesis, bringing together opposing elements. Music resolves dissonance to arrive at a consonant feeling of rest and novels usually resolve problems to bring the book to a reasonable ending. Religion points to Unity from Disparity. When we fail to thus resolve, there is trouble; this is often called “mental illness.” Sometimes the failure is not due to lack of awareness but because the observer sees too keenly and cannot make a resolution – schizophrenia. Yin and Yang elements must be brought into some sort of balance or physical, mental, and spiritual trouble results. Harmony and Counterpoint must make some sense.