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"IF THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION WERE CLEANSED, EVERYTHING WOULD APPEAR TO MAN AS IT IS, INFINITE."
"FOR MAN HAS CLOSED HIMSELF UP, TILL HE SEES ALL THINGS THRO' NARROW CHINKS IN HIS CAVERN." Willaim Shakespeare, 1564-1616 English poet, dramatist (Othello)
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"I AM THAT, THOU ART THAT, ALL THAT IS IS THAT." Bhagavad-Gita
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"THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU." Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910, Russian Novalist and Mystic
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"IT IS FOOLISH TO SEEK FOR GOD OUTSIDE OF ONESELF. THIS WILL RESULT EITHER IN IDOLATRY OR IN SCEPTICISM." Kagawa, 1888-Japanese social reformer and evangelist
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"SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SEE GOD WITH THEIR EYES AS THEY SEE A COW AND TO LOVE HIM AS THEY LOVE THEIR COW--THEY LOVE THEIR COW FOR THE MILK AND CHEESE AND PROFIT IT MAKES THEM." Meister Johannes Eckhart, 1260-1327
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"OPEN YOUR EYES AND THE WORLD IS FULL OF GOD." Jacob Boehme, 1575-1624, German Mystic
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"WE MUST START WITHOUT DELAY ON THE PAINFUL, STEEP, HUMILIATING PATH OF UNDOING OUR BUSY, DELIBERATELY DELUDED SELVES. SO ONLY WILL THE KINGDOM COME, WHERE IT MUST COME FULLY AND WHERE WE ALONE CAN DECIDE
WHETHER IT SHALL COME--IN OURSELVES. 'THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU,' YES, BUT ONLY IF WE ARE PREPARED TO LET THAT POWERFUL GERM OF ETERNAL LIFE GROW, UNTIL IT SPLITS AWAY AND CONSUMES THIS HUSK, OUR EGO . . . Gerald Heard, 1889- English author, religious philosopher
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"THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO, WE ARE ALREADY HERE. THERE IS NOTHING TO SEEK, WE ALREADY HAVE IT! THERE IS NOTHING TO CONQUOR, WE ARE ALREADY FREE. Rich
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"LOVE THE SUPREME MUSICIAN IS ALWAYS PLAYING IN OUR SOULS." Rumi a Sufi Moselem born in Afganistan in 1207
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ALDUS HUXLEY
Aldus Huxley, the Author of one of the best known novels of the Twentiety Century, "Brave New World," also compiled and wrote a book called "The Perennial Philosophy." Although Huxley was not the first person to use the phrase "Perennial Philosophy," he is given credit for making the term a part of our lexicon. The book, published in 1945, attempts to define a philosophy that is found in most major religions of the world and one that cuts across time, ethnicity, culture and geography. In Western culture this philosophy can be encapsulated by the words, "The Kingdom of God is within you." In the section on the left I have selected short statements that I believe fall into the purview of this philosophy. My hope is that these few passages demonstrate how pervasive this philosophy has been. Perhaps it was immodest of me to do so but I have included one of my own. It was born out of inspiration and I believe it to be original. However, it is quite possible that it is not original. It matters not to me. What is important is the healing experience that gave birth to these words, original or not. Above we have selected some links to Twentieth Century personalities who have been an inspiration to me and whom I believe, in their lifetime gave expression to the Perennial Philosophy.
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