Literature
Books that we work with:
- All & Everything: Beelzebub's tales to his grandson,
“‘I have finished the course of study higher than which has never yet existed on the Earth, and which it is almost impossible will ever exist again.“‘But what then has this highest development given to my Reason in respect of that question which, already during one or two years, is driving all Babylonians insane?’”(Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1973, p. 336)“All the beings of this planet then began to work in order to have in their consciousness this Divine function of genuine conscience, and for this purpose, as everywhere in the Universe, they transubstantiated in themselves what are called the ‘being-obligolnian-strivings’ which consist of the following five, namely:“The first striving: to have in their ordinary being-existence everything satisfying and really necessary for their planetary body.“The second striving: to have a constant and unflagging instinctive need for self-perfection in the sense of being.“The third: the conscious striving to know ever more and more concerning the laws of World-creation and World-maintenance.“The fourth: the striving from the beginning of their existence to pay for their arising and their individuality as quickly as possible, in order afterwards to be free to lighten as much as possible the Sorrow of our common father.“And the fifth: the striving always to assist the most rapid perfecting of other beings, both those similar to oneself and those of other forms, up to the degree of the sacred ‘Martfotai’ that is up to the degree of self-individuality.”(Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1973, p. 385-6)“They labored and suffered only in order that we might now have all this and use it for our welfare.“And all this they did, either consciously or unconsciously, just for us, that is to say, for beings quite unknown and entirely indifferent to them.“And now not only do we not thank them, but we do not even know a thing about them, but take it all as in the natural order, and neither ponder nor trouble ourselves about this question at all.”(Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1973, p. 77)
- Meetings with Remarkable Men,
- Life is real only then, when “I am”,
- Views from the Real World,
“As a rule, at every moment of our life, only one centre works in us—either mind or feeling. (...) By itself a centre has no consciousness, no memory. It is completely mechanical.(Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976, p. 262)
- In Search of the Miraculous,
The conversation began with my question: “Can war be stopped?” And G. answered: “Yes, it can.” And yet I had been certain from previous talks that he would answer: “No, it cannot.”“But the whole thing is: how?” he said. “It is necessary to know a great deal in order to understand that. What is war? It is the result of planetary influences. Somewhere up there two or three planets have approached too near to each other; tension results. Have you noticed how, if a man passes quite close to you on a narrow pavement, you become all tense? The same tension takes place between planets. For them it lasts, perhaps, a second or two. But here, on the earth, people begin to slaughter one another, and they go on slaughtering maybe for several years. It seems to them at the time that they hate one another; or perhaps that they have to slaughter each other for some exalted purpose; or that they must defend somebody or something and that it is a very noble thing to do; or something else of the same kind. They fail to realize to what an extent they are mere pawns in the game. They think they signify something; they think they can move about as they like; they think they can decide to do this or that. But in reality all their movements, all their actions, are the result of planetary influences. And they themselves signify literally nothing. Then the moon plays a big part in this. But we will speak about the moon separately. Only it must be understood that neither Emperor Wilhelm, nor generals, nor ministers, nor parliaments, signify anything or can do anything. Everything that happens on a big scale is governed from outside, and governed either by accidental combinations of influences or by general cosmic laws.”(London, Harcourt Brace, 1949, p. 23-4)The most complete knowledge of a given subject possible for us can only be obtained if we examine it simultaneously with our mind, feelings, and sensations.(London, Harcourt Brace, 1949, p. 107)
