“You can only oppose successfully the hatred or evil thought of others by throwing out toward it the thought of good-will. Goodwill as a thought-element is more powerful than the thought of hate. It can turn it aside. The ‘shafts of malice,’ even in thought,are real things. They can and do hurt people on whom they are directed,and make them sick. The Christ precept, ‘Do good to them that hate you,’ is based on a scientific law. It means that thoughts are things, and that the thought of good can always overpower that of evil. … The fact that all thought, all emotion, all of what is called sentiment, or qualities such as mercy, patience, love, etc., are real elements as real as any we see, is the cornerstone to the scientific basis of religion.” ~Prentice Mulford

Thoughts are Things

“Like many others, even today, Prentice Mulford often confused the mind and the soul and spoke about them as if they were one. Nonetheless, there is much truth in what he has to say about many subjects including thought.

“He tells us that thoughts are things, as real as a tree or a hammer and capable of doing as much work, evil or good. He also reminds us that the carpenter does not push in the nail with another nail, but with a hammer. By that, I mean he reminds us that returning the same to those who broadcast hate, fear and evil is not the solution. Hating the hater is only creating more hate, not less. When water is too hot, you add cold water to it, not more hot.

Goodwill

“It may be debatable whether or not goodwill is stronger than hate. In effect, however, it is. In most cases, a person who spreads goodwill is passionate about it, dedicated to it. The strength of her emotions give those thoughts great power.”

Read the entire article online at spiritsun.net.

Original article posted by HAROLD BOULETTE on MAY 14, 2018

“Prana is the sun; rayi is the moon.
Matter is solid, matter is subtle;
Rayi therefore is present everywhere.

“The sun gives light and life to all who live.
East and west, north and south,above, below,
It is the prana of the universe.

“The wise see the Lord of Love in the sun,
Rising in all its golden radiance
To give its warmth and life to all. …

“Those who observe outward forms of worship
Travel after death by the southern path,
The path of the ancestors and of rayi,
To the lunar world, and are born again.

“But for those who seek the Self through meditation,
Self-Discipline, wisdom, and faith in God
Travel after death by the northern path,
The path of prana, to the solar world,
Supreme refuge, beyond the reach of fear.” ~Prashna Upanishad

Sun Gives Light

“The sun does give light, and much more. Light, heat, any many other types of radiation come from the sun. Some of that radiation is beneficial, some isn’t. There is no doubt, however, that if the sun went out, all living beings on Earth would quickly die. Something people forget when they listen to the sellers of drugs and sunblock who tell us the sun is out to kill and we must protect ourselves. For thousands of years, intelligent people as well as spiritual ones have said otherwise. Yet now we have millions listening to the drug vendors who benefit from keeping them weak and ill.”

Read the entire article online at spiritsun.net.

Original article posted by HAROLD BOULETTE on JUNE 6, 2018

“If you always think about the bad traits in man,you boost the bad in him. If you think about the good traits, you boost the good in him.
“The first crime in the world is to vilify man. All crime is due to the impure thoughts and wishes that leave in people certain impurities and surpluses.
“Strong people are those who transmit love, weak people those who only accept love. …
“There are three rules you need to keep in mind in order to free yourself from all your delusions:

• The first rule: Love is a way of life. … Embracing love,you will avoid the greatest mishaps.
• The second rule: the light of wisdom is a way to knowledge. Consequently, if you do not have this way,this light, you cannot acquire knowledge. …
• The third rule: Truth is a way to freedom. Consequently, if you are not in this way of Truth, you cannot be free.”

~Biensa Douno

Thinking is Receiving is the first Rule

“Not only spiritual teachers, but many others say that we affect our world with the way we think. This happens in several different ways.”

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Original article posted by HAROLD BOULETTE on MAY 5, 2018

This is an illustration of waves propagating away from a point-like source. Left: Regular wave propagation. Right: Wave propagation on a hyperbolic metasurface.
PHOTO: P. Li, CIC nanoGUNE

Researchers have developed a ‘hyperbolic metasurface’ on which light propagates with completely reshaped wavefronts.

“Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain), in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC, San Sebastian, Spain) and Kansas State University (USA), report in Science the development of a so called ‘hyperbolic metasurface’ on which light propagates with completely reshaped wavefronts. This scientific achievement towards a more precise control and monitoring of light is highly interesting for the long run technological challenge of miniaturizing optical devices for sensing and signal processing.

“Optical waves propagating away from a point source typically exhibit circular (convex) wavefronts. ‘Like waves on a water surface when a stone is dropped,’ explains Peining Li, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at nanoGUNE and first author of the paper. The reason of this circular propagation is that the medium through which light travels is typically homogenous and isotropic i.e. uniform in all directions.

“Scientists had already theoretically predicted that specifically structured surfaces can turn the wavefronts of light upside down when it propagates along them. ‘On such surfaces, called hyberbolic metasurfaces, the waves emitted from a point source propagate only in certain directions and with open (concave) wavefronts,’ explains Javier Alfaro, PhD student at nanoGUNE and co-author of the paper. These unusual waves are called hyperbolic surface polaritons.”

Read the entire posted February 22, 2018 by Elhuyar Fundazioa at sciencedaily.com.

link submitted by Frieda Nelson

“Well have you renounced these passing pleasures so dear to the senses, Nachiketa, and turned your back on the way of the world which makes mankind forget the goal of life. Far apart are wisdom and ignorance. The first leads one to Self-realization. The second makes one more and more estranged from from his real Self. …

“Like the blind led by the blind. Far beyond their eyes , hypnotized by the world of sense, opens the way to immortality. … It is but few who hear about the Self. Fewer still dedicate their lives to its realization. … Blessed are they who, through an illumined teacher, attain to Self-realization. The truth of self cannot come through one who has not realized that he is the Self. The intellect cannot reveal the Self.” ~The Katha Upanishad

Self-realization of the True Self

The term Self-realization is thrown about today in a way that makes a joke of its original meaning. You can check online dictionaries to find it defined as such things as the fulfillment of ones character, personality, talents, or desires. That is not at all what the ancient spiritual teachers meant by Self-realization.

Essentially,they are telling us that we have two selves: a material and mental self, and a spiritual, divine Self. The spiritual Self is almost always capitalized to show that it is far more important than the mortal self. So when spiritual teachers or books talk about Self-realization,they don’t mean that we reach the peak of our profession, that we get a book published, or even have a viral video on Youtube. Those may all be good things to do, but they are not really Self-realization.

Self-realization happens when we awaken our spiritual faculties that are dormant when we come into the world of matter. We awaken them with spiritual light, the light from the spiritual sun.

Read the entire article online at spiritsun.net.

Original article posted by HAROLD BOULETTE on MAY 4, 2018

Gandhi when he was practising as an attorney in South Africa. He sits in front of a window bearing his name, accompanied on the left by H.S.L. Polak, his clerk at the time, and a Russian woman Miss Schlesin. Photo credit: Getty Images

A collection of 44 rare black-and-white and color photographs of Mahatma Gandhi with descriptive captions were recently posted online.

View the entire gallery at https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/photos/rare-and-unseen-pictures-of-mahatma-gandhi/ss-BBIxAR4.

link submitted by Gene Savoy Jr.

“The all-knowing Self was never born, nor will it die. Beyond cause and effect, this Self is eternal and immutable. When the body dies, the Self does not die. If the slayer believes that he can slay or the slain believes that he can be slain, neither knows the truth. The eternal Self slays not, nor is ever slain.
“Hidden in the heart of every creature exists the Self, subtler than the subtlest. Greater than the greatest. … When the wise realize the Self, formless in the midst of forms, changeless in the midst of change, omnipresent and supreme,they go beyond sorrow.
“The Self cannot be known through study of the scriptures, nor through the intellect. The Self can be attained only by those whom the Self chooses.” ~The Katha Upanishad

All-knowing Self

“A few days ago, someone on a Facebook spiritual group was bragging that he knew Self. He claimed that since he knew who he was, he knew Self. He felt that since he knew what he did that morning, he knew Self. Believing that everything about him was himself, he felt he absolutely knew Self. He was totally wrong.”

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Original article posted by HAROLD BOULETTE on MAY 18, 2018

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite took these images of the Sun at three different wavelengths. The top row shows the Sun on 2 February 2014 during an active phase with several sunspots. The bottom row shows the Sun on 3 March 2018 during a period of low solar activity with no sunspots. The left-hand images were taken in the extreme UV wavelength region (17.1 nm), the center images were taken in the far UV region (170 nm), and the right-hand images were taken in the visible region (450 nm). Dark sunspots cause a small decrease in irradiance in the visible band, but they increase irradiance in the ultraviolet bands. Scientists wonder how solar activity across wavelengths influences climate. PHOTO CREDIT: NASA

Several international initiatives are working to stitch together data describing solar forcing of Earth’s climate. Their objective is to improve understanding of climate response to solar variability.

“Compared to other stars, our Sun is a remarkably steady source of light and heat, but its output does vary. Solar light, heat, and particle streams drive weather and atmospheric chemistry, but how (and how much) does the Sun’s variability affect the climate here on Earth? The role of solar variability in recent global warming is not just a bone of contention; it is also a question of overriding importance for the scientific understanding of our Sun and of climate change.

“Scientists simulate historical and future climates by setting up a suite of initial conditions and seeing how these conditions change when various factors, called forcings, are applied. For example, how does Earth’s surface temperature change if it receives more or less heat from the Sun? How do the streams of ionized particles that make up the solar wind affect certain weather patterns on Earth? Data sets compiled from historical records provide the necessary information for model forcing, so ensuring that these data sets provide accurate, relevant information is key to producing realistic climate model scenarios.

“Recently, a series of initiatives brought together scientists working on different aspects of this highly multidisciplinary issue. These efforts shared several common objectives, including better estimates of solar forcing and identifying and quantifying the uncertainties in these estimates.”

Read the entire article by T. Dudok de Wit, B. Funke, M. Haberreiter,
and K. Matthesonline posted September 4, 2018 at eos.org. 

link submitted by David Mitchell

“Now in the light, Christ demands a going out in conformity with this light and with this coming. So the man goes out, and knows and finds himself, through this simple light which has poured into him, to be united and established and penetrated and confirmed, in the unity of his spirit and mind. Thereby the man is raised up and set in a new state. … Here the man possesses the essential and supernatural unity of his spirit, as his own dwelling-place and as his own eternal, personal heritage. He ever has a natural and a supernatural tendency toward the same unity; and this same unity through the gifts of God and through simplicity of intention,shall have an eternal loving tendency towards that most high Unity, where, in the bond of the Holy Ghost, the Father and the Son are united with all saints.” ~John of Ruysbroeck

Christ Light

“Whether you call it spiritual light, higher light, or Christ Light doesn’t matter. What is important is that you understand that this is something beyond ordinary physical light. Spiritual light operates on higher frequencies than physical light. When Ruysbroeck calls it “this simple light,” he doesn’t mean simple as in simple-minded. He means simple as in pure and uncomplicated. It isn’t really uncomplicated, however. Within that light is stored all the wisdom and truth of reality. It is uncomplicated in the sense that it carries pure truth, unpolluted with the deceptions of matter. Yet it carries all truth, so that cannot be considered simple.”

Read the entire article online at spiritsun.net.

Original article posted by HAROLD BOULETTE on MAY 16, 2018

PHOTO CREDIT: David Mitchell

The photograph here was taken at the Sanctuary on 2 September 2018 by Consociate David Mitchell.  He is using it in a university class on atmospheric physics he is teaching, since it is a perfect example of a sun pillar.  Sun pillars occur when the Sun is near or just below the horizon (in this case it has just barely peeped above the horizon).  Horizontally oriented hexagonal plate ice crystals produce this display.  But science aside, he thought it was a nice picture of possible aesthetic interest.