Theos-Talk Archives (December 2011 Message tt00067)

Thank you, Marcus, for the Desiderata, and thank you Mark, for your dissertation on Solstices and Equinoxes. And not least I thank the rest of you who have been the mainstays of this list for years. I haven't lately contributed to this list but I'm moved so now. Of my thirty or so Yahoo! groups this is one of my favorites, I guess because it's my favorite subject. I think I prefer solitary reading and studying, though I've never found anyone in person to study with. I'm the self-taught type and can learn things by getting the book. (Now those called the 'Dummies' books are fine by me.) To give you an idea of where I'm coming from, I have read and studied (in my solitary way) all of Cayce, Seth (Jane Roberts), Emmanuel, AAB, HPB (and references, including all of Taylor's translations). Now I am nearing seventy orbits of old Sol I found Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov and am in the middle of reading his works. I enjoy them very much and wonder if I dare recommend him to you? Well, I guess I have. I often see the need and so often feel I should impart some of my [theosophical] learning to others, but it's hard to find an opening and I guess I'm not the great teacher. But the will is there. I think I've decided that perhaps it's best that people find their own way, that if they want the knowledge bad enough they can do what I did and make the effort and sacrifice to first find legitimate and authoritative sources and then dig deep into them to find the nuggets. I remember well the time I found The Secret Doctrine: I couldn't put it down until I'd finished it, then ran out and got Isis Unveiled, and that was the start of another bookcase. Anyway, thank you all and I respect you and your work very much.

Don Ridgway
(you might enjoy this site I'm working on slowly but surely:
< http://www.ishutterbug.com >


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "marcus_a_hughes" <marcus.hughes@...> wrote:
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> True Love is the Key ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­..
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> Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to One and All of this most glorious Creation of unity and perfection.
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> You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
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> Desiderata
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> Go placidly 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; they too have their story.
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> Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
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> Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
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> Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
> Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
> Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
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> You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
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> Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
> With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
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> Written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s ¡ª
> NOT ¡°Found in Old St. Paul¡¯s Church in 1692¡å
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