In stillness the power of thought is clear, well-ordered and intelligent. Likewise in stillness the power of decision is reasonable, true and certain. To help this it is possible to cultivate...
Albert Einstein & the quality of simplicity
To the non-scientist the scientific world may seem to be totally incomprehensible. But to many of the great scientists the quality of simplicity is all important.
Einstein for example...
Viktor Frankl & the the sustaining power of love
An example of the sustaining power of love comes in a book called ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’. The author, Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) was a prisoner in Auschwitz and other concentration camps...
Leon MacLaren & the right use of the mind
The founder of this School, Leon MacLaren (1910-1994), was asked at a meeting about the right use of the mind in studying the scriptures.
The right use of the mind in relation to the scriptures,...
‘As a Man Thinketh’ by James Allen:
The aphorism, ‘As a man thinketh in his heart so is he’, not only embraces the whole of a man’s being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his...
William Shakespeare – True Love
Shakespeare’s sonnets are a remarkable collection of poems and their essential theme is that of love.
This particular sonnet stresses the constancy of true love: It is not fickle or changing,...
What is beauty?
Is there one beauty shining in a million different forms or are there millions of different beauties?
Where is that beauty now? Is it not everywhere, all around us?
Plato taught that there...
Shantananda Saraswati & Freedom
Everyone is free but thinks that they are bound. In fact all those things that bind them are the expression of their own ignorance. This is what everyone has to understand.
Here is an example....