The True Man
“Some people,” said Buddha, the master, “have accused me of uttering these words:”
“When one attains the release called the Beautiful, and abides therein, at such a time he considers the whole universe as ugly.”
“But I never said these words. This is what I do say:”
“When one attains the release called the Beautiful, at such a time he knows in truth what Beauty is.”
The Samyuta
Thy dawning is beautiful in the horizon of the sky,
O living Aton, Beginning of life!
When thou risest in the eastern horizon
Thou fillest every land with thy beauty.
Thou art beautiful, great, glittering, high above every land,
Thy rays, they encompass the land, even all that thou hast made.
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Though thou art far away, thy rays are upon earth;
Though thou art on high, thy footprints are the day.
Amenhotep IV
The primordial light of Truth exists in the upper strata of mind stuff matter. When we plunge deeply into the mind’s lower densities, we enter a realm of darkness and misery.
Often the fear of poverty beclouds human vision, and we cannot perceive the light which really is shining in our mind. This absence of the light of Truth within us plunges us into the realm of misery and despair lying beneath our feet, and we open ourselves to the pressure of minds which are imprisoned in these submerged strata. Often, when a man is idle, and suffering from cold and hunger, he unknowingly contacts these submerged strata and their inhabitants put pressure upon him to increase his misery.
Evil is able to affect the ignorant in three ways:
The bombardment of our uncontrolled passions and desires, and the activity of animalism in our mental atmosphere.
The influence on our minds of discarnate spirits who have imprisoned themselves in the lower spheres of the animal world.
The lack of devotion to Truth (God).
Self-observation: An exercise of attention, in which one learns to become an indifferent observer of one’s own psychological process. True Self-observation is an active work of directed attention, without the interference of thought, emotion, or sensations.
“We need attention intentionally directed towards the interior of our own selves. This is not a passive attention. Indeed, dynamic attention proceeds from the side of the observer, while thoughts and emotions belong to the side which is observed.” – Samael Aun Weor