215B Chicago Private 25 2/6

You see one of the faults of our students, of all students, is that as soon as they hear a little truth they want to get out on a platform with it. They want to save the world. Everybody else is going to be saved. They haven’t been saved. They’re going to save the world. They’re going to give this away right away. Now, because they’ve got nothing to give, words in the book the other people could have found for themselves. Continue reading 215B Chicago Private 25 2/6

Jnana Marga in Christianity

The teaching of Joel Goldsmith is a remarkable reminder of the possibility of jnana-marga that it contains. It is an illustration also of the truth that jnana-marga, the ‘ path of knowledge’, does not imply philosophy or erudition but is as simple as it is profound. If any followers of the Maharshi, trained to equate jnana-marga with Self-enquiry, find Joel Goldsmith’s method of concentrating on biblical texts strange, they should recall that it is very close to the use of Mahdvdkyds recommended by Shankaracharya. Continue reading Jnana Marga in Christianity

Teaching and Healing From the Soul 4/4

The mind is at rest the moment it no longer seeks to acquire, to achieve, to accomplish, to change, correct, improve. The mind is at rest the moment it realizes God as the governing influence, the creative Principle, the maintaining and sustaining Principle of Life. The mind is at rest, and it is in this rest that faith comes to fruition. Faith is not an activity of the mind. Faith is found only in the quietness of the mind, in its stillness, in its ability to be at rest. Continue reading Teaching and Healing From the Soul 4/4