“The famous Pythagorean Y signified the power of choice and was used in the Mysteries as emblematic of the Forking of the Ways. The central step separated into two parts, one branching to the right and the other to the left. The branch to the right was called Divine Wisdom and the one to the left Earthly Wisdom. …The neophyte must then choose whether he will take the left-handed path and, following the dictates of his lower nature, enter upon a span of folly and thoughtlessness …. or whether he will take the right-handed road and … regain union with the immortals in the superior spheres.
“It is probably that Pythagoras obtained his concept of the Y from the Egyptians, who included [it] in certain of their initiatory rituals.” ~Manly P. Hall

Pythagorean Y

“I don’t think the Pythagorean Y is as famous today as Mr. Hall indicates, but the idea of the forking of the ways certainly is. Many, however, think of this decision symbol as representing something much simpler like deciding which profession to go into or who to marry. While we make many decision in our lives, only one is the Y. That one decision is whether we want to follow the path of materialism or the path of spirituality. All other decisions are secondary. And I have no doubt that poet Robert Frost was really talking about this in his “The Road Not Taken” where the wise traveler eventually chose the “one less traveled”. The path less traveled is the spiritual path.”

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“God is present in all, even in those who do not recognize Him; but men flee from God, they step out of Him, or, to speak more correctly, out of themselves. They cannot grasp Him before whom they are thus fleeing, and, having lost themselves, they hunt after other gods. But if the soul progresses on the road to perfection, begins to realize her own higher state of existence, to know that the fountain of life is within herself. … She will see herself even as the pure Divine Light itself, as a God, radiant in Beauty, but becoming dark again as her light is rendered heavy if it approaches the shadows of the material plane.” ~Franz Hartmann

God Within and Without

“Yes we truly can find God within. We can also find Him without. If God is everywhere, He is within and without and we need to look in both areas to find Him and know Him.

“Many men (and women) do flee from God, then complain they can’t find Him. Mr. Hartmann says this is really fleeing from ourselves. What he means is that we are fleeing from our true selves, our spirits and souls, so as to justify excessive involvement in the world of matter. But hiding under the bed doesn’t make the monster go away and hiding in materialism won’t make the spiritual realms go away.”

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“Now here we may understand what our New-Birth, or Regeneration, is; and how we may become, and continue to be, the temple of God; though in this Life’s Time, according to the outward Humanity, we are sinful mortal men. Christ, in the human essence hath broken up and opened the gates of our inward Heavenly Humanity, which was shut up in Adam; so that nothing is now wanting, but that the soul draw its Will out of the vanity of the corrupted flesh, and bring it into this open gate in the Spirit of Christ. Great and strong earnestness is needed her. …. For to know only is not faith; but an hunger and thirst after that which I want.” ~Jacob Boehme

A New Birth

“When spiritual leaders like Boehme speak of a new birth, or rebirth, they are not talking about reincarnation. They are talking about a spiritual birth of sorts. Since the spirit and soul are immortal, they are not truly born, or reborn. They are simply awakened from a deep coma-like state that is similar to death. So when those spiritual faculties are awakened, it is often referred to as a New Birth or Rebirth.

“Boehme says this new birth is necessary to be a temple of God, and he is correct. Foolish people think they can be a temple of God no matter what they do, what they say, or what they think. Nonsense. God will not dwell in the physical body or in the brain-mind. He dwells only in the spirit and soul. Therefore, they only way to know God, and be one with God, is to awaken those spiritual faculties and use them.”

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“About creation, I wish to confess that our Lord God is the creator and author, but not of all elements of the world, which are impotent and empty, and as Paul said in Galatians, ‘how can you now turn back to the impotent and empty elements under which you suffer a new slavery?’ …
“Even less can we admit that our lord is the creator and author of death, and of the things that are, by their essence, in death, because, as it is written in the book of Wisdom, ‘God has not made death, and he does not rejoice at the loss of the living.’ There exists, then, with no doubt whatsoever, another creature of factor, who is the principle and cause of death.” ~The Book of the Two Principles

Creation of Matter

“If a miner takes iron ore out of the ground and later that iron is used to make a gun, would the miner be considered a murderer if that gun was used to kill? Of course not. If a child pornographer makes photos using a Canon camera, is Canon guilty of child pornography? Certainly not.

“Yet many say that since God created the raw materials of the Cosmos, He is therefore creator of all. God is, by their logic, responsible for all that happens with that raw material. They say there can be no evil, for that would make God the creator of evil. There can be no sin, for that would make God the creator of sin.”

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“It is of the utmost importance that men should be instructed about their own nature, their origin, and their ultimate destiny. … Spiritual perception is a power, which cannot be imparted, but which must be gained by effort. If a person does not know that such a power exists, of if he cannot realize its usefulness, he will make no efforts to attain that state, his mind will remain without illumination, and he will not be able to see the truth. He may feel the existence of the truth, like a man may feel love for an unknown ideal, … but he whose mind is illuminated sees the object of his love, the light which illumines the world.” ~Franz Hartmann

Man’s Nature

“The nature of man is a question that is often debated, sometimes with great fervor. Materialists who can’t accept that anything exists beyond the material realm will say man has evolved from simple animals. We are the hairless beach apes of Sherman’s Lagoon. To others, however, man has an eternal spirit and soul.”

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“On a certain day a pearl did I take up, my brethren. I saw in it mysteries pertaining to the kingdom; semblances and types of the majesty. It became a fountain, and I drank out of it mysteries of the Son.
“I put it, my brethren, upon the palm of my hand, that I might examine it. I went to look at it on one side, and it proved faces on all sides. I found out that the Son was incomprehensible, since he is wholly Light.
“In its brightness I beheld the Bright One who cannot be clouded, and in its pureness, a great mystery. … In its undividedness I saw the Truth which is undivided.” ~St Ephraim the Syrian

Mysteries Pertaining to the Kingdom

“Yes, looking upon the Pearl of Wisdom can reveal many mysteries, many secrets. Truths that are hidden from most people. St. Ephraim says it became a fountain out of which he drank mysteries, knowledge. I think we can safely assume that the mysteries that were revealed to him were spiritual mysteries.”

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“Warmth creates certain forms in people. Light also creates certain forms. Life has certain forms as well. Every flow creates its own particular forms. The warmth and light of the Sun have a big impact first on the religious state of people as well as on science. You shall strive to preserve this warmth and light within yourselves. …
“Fire is often interpreted as a destructive element, but though it truly destroys, it can be constructive as well. It is the fire descending from above, from the Sun, that builds our planet and our bodies. It is this fire that imparts thoughts and aspirations in us. Everything gets frozen without fire.” ~Biensa Douno

Forms in People

“While Douno doesn’t say it here, it is implied that if certain forms are created by fire, warmth, and light, very different forms are created by cold and darkness. We, of course, aspire to be those forms that come from warmth and Light.”

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“Take what I have said kindly; I wish only to induce your religious part to have more charity for your scientific self, and the reverse. Both religion and science are working towards the good of man, although their devotees are human and by human error, bring privations, sufferings, and sorrows to men. Neither can fill the place of the other; each should extend a helping hand, and have charity for the shortcomings of the other; they are not antagonists, but workers in one field; both must stand the criticisms of mutual antagonists, and both have cause to fear the evils of fanaticism within their own ranks more than the attacks of opponents from without.” ~John Uri Lloyd

Science VS Religion

“Science and religion was once a single thing, but for several centuries, we have operated in much of the world as if science and religion are enemies, and those who are followers of one cannot be true devotees of the other. The result is a world that is a complete mess with both groups blaming the other and accepting no responsibility for it themselves.”

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“If they [spiritual people] did harmonize—if everybody did—then, by these individual adjustments the complete group-consciousness of humanity would be changed, brought back into conformity with the transcendent; and the spiritual world would be actualized within the temporal order at last. Then that world of false imagination, senseless conflicts, and sham values, into which our children are now born, would be annihilated. The whole race, not merely a few of its noblest, most clear-sighted spirits, would be ‘in union with God’; and men transfused by the light, … would achieve that completeness of life which the mystics dare to call ‘deification’. This is the substance of that redemption of the world, which all religions proclaim or demand, the consummation which is crudely imagined in the Apocalyptic dreams of the prophets and seers. It is the true incarnation of the Divine Wisdom.” ~Evelyn Underhill

Spiritual Harmony

“It is a great thing to be spiritual. It is wonderful that in this time of rampant materialism of the worse kind, some are awaking to the need for something else and following one spiritual school or another. But then there is the old tale of synergy. This is the tale as given to my systems analysis class at Orange Coast college in California back in 1972.

“Cave man Ug is out hunting. So is cave man Gub. Ug is chasing a fast rabbit around a large rock. Gub is doing the same. Both are getting worn out and not getting any closer to their rabbit. Then Gub notices Ug nearby and gets an idea. He move over to the rock where Ug is chasing a rabbit, and when the rabbit comes around to where he is waiting, bonks it. He then Gets Ug to go to the other rock and do the same with the rabbit he was chasing. Now they both have a rabbit because they worked together.

“That is called synergy. When many work together for the same goal, they accomplish more than the same people working separately for the same goal. This doesn’t just work for cavemen hunting. It works for companies. It works for families and countries. And it can work on a spiritual level as well.”

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“Our community has existed ever since the first day of creation, when God spoke the word, ‘Let there be light,’ and it will continue to exist until the end of time. It is the society of the children of light, whose bodies are formed of light, and who live in the light forever. … The mysteries which we know embrace everything that can possible be known in regard to God, Nature, and Man. … Our place of meeting is the temple of the Holy Spirit pervading all nature, easily found by the Elect, but forever hidden from the eyes of the vulgar. … Our secrecy is not caused by an unwillingness to give; but by the incapacity to receive on the part of those that ask for instruction.” ~Franz Hartmann

The Community

“Many reading the quote will quickly point out that there have been many spiritual and mystery schools throughout the ages. That is true, but they are really all one community.

“In ancient times, there were schools in Egypt, Greece, and elsewhere. They had different names and the details of their teachings varied, but in essence were the same. Likewise, the Essene communities of Judea, the Therapeutae of Egypt, and similar groups in other times and location were really all one community and considered themselves so. Although Historians only consider the Essenes to have existed for a century or two, the Essenes themselves claimed to have been in existence for thousands of years under many different names. And they are awakening again today under different names including the community of Cosolargy in the United States (but with members in many nations).”

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