Light of Reason – The Original Simplicity James Allen – All These Things Added – Chapter 3 * Note: The original text has been slightly updated to modern English LIFE is simple. Being is simple. The universe is simple. Complexity arises in ignorance and self-delusion. The “Original Simplicity” of Lao-tze is a term expressive…
Light of Reason – Fearlessness Extract – Vol 5 – Feb 1st 1904 – No. 2 * Note: The original text has been slightly updated to modern English A necessary tool for the seeker of Truth is that of Fearlessness, and the development of this quality is in exact ratio with the growth of spiritual…
Stoic Quotes of Greatness Marcus Aurelius “Perfection of character: to live your last day, every day, without frenzy, or sloth, or pretence” “Hour by hour resolve firmly to do what comes to hand with dignity, and with humanity, independence, and justice. Allow your mind freedom from all other considerations. This you can do, if you…
Thoughts on Ethics and Right Living Desiderata – Max Ehrmann (1927) Go quietly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant;…
Love James Allen’s ‘The Way of Peace’ (1901) – Extract Audio read by Sonnie Abdalla Divine Love and Human loves(James Allen – Sonnie.org) https://sonnie.org/media/DivineLoveHumanLoves.mp3 Divine Love is distinguished from human loves in this supremely important particular, it is free from partiality. Human loves cling to a particular object to the exclusion of all else, and…
A collection of literature adorning the morning Morning – Extract from Walden by Henry D Thoreau Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. I have been as sincere a worshiper of Aurora as the Greeks. I got up early and bathed…
Meditations James Allen on Religion (1901) Cease to look upon your own religion as superior to all others, and strive humbly to learn the supreme lesson of charity. No longer cling to the idea, so productive of strife and sorrow, that the Savior whom you worship is the only Savior, and that the Savior whom…
Spirituality – Selected Readings These selected readings were put together for the purpose of allowing the individual to explore divine truths therein contained through timeless pieces of classic literature. Although they could be described as ‘spiritual’ by nature; they are not to be taken as gospel but are rather intended to be thought provoking -…
Chapter 1 – The Lesson of Evil The first step in overcoming the struggles of life and securing a permanent and abiding happiness is to understand and accept that evil is an experience found only in your own heart. Evil is a passing phase and all of your pains, sorrows and misfortunes have come…
Chapter 1 – The Law of Attraction in the Thought World The universe is governed by one great law, the law of attraction in the thought world. When we think we send out vibrations of energy just as real as those of light, heat, sound and electricity. Our thought vibrations have a magnetic power…