Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood (Mage: The Ascension) by Malcolm Sheppard

Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood (Mage: The Ascension) by Malcolm Sheppard

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Conversations with Meister Eckhart is an imagined dialog with this thirteenth century mystic, round such issues as detachment (which he famously put above love), spirituality, God, the soul and anguish. yet whereas the dialog is imagined, Eckhart’s phrases are usually not; they're authentically his own.

One of his arguable claims used to be that God can't be defined. certainly, in a single sermon, he went as far as to claim ‘We needs to take depart of God. ’

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The difference between the leaf and the tree . The leaf is I imited, the tree perfect . Sti I I the leaf is of the tree itself . But when it drops, the tree still exists . This cannot be studied intellectually but it must be I ived as an inner realisation, and that becomes the means of that perfection of which stands in the Bible "Be perfect asyourFather in Heaven . " 34 . , C . : an ertpty space 29 A copy in the handwriting of M s . H . van Voorst van Beest - van Son probably of a longhand reporting .

Serve, when we serve" replaced with 'do' ; Tp. : 'do " 136. Gd . : 'just like" changed to "as" ; Tp . : 'as ' 137 . Gd. : 'will" changed to 'shall' ; Tp . : 'shall " 138 . : "face " 139. : "farther" 140. Gd. : 'whenever' omitted 141 . Gd. : "must stand' added; Tp. : 'must stand ' 142. Gd. : 'for' added; Tp . : "fa " 143 . Gd. : 'is' added; Tp . : 'is ' 144 . : "an" crossed out Tp. : "an' omitte d 145 . : 'it does not matter' omitte d 146 . Gd. : "appreciate " 147. Gd. : "The Message of ' 148.

If one is in tune one wi l l have health of mind and body both ; it isthe greatest healing . There are difficult natures and people of different gradesof evolution, but we must try to agreewith all . Some say that one cannot remain really honest if one wants to please all . But one need not be dishonest in agreeing5with another . p. (a typewritten preparation by Gd. st. c. 's supervision ) This lecture has been made into Sangatha I, 82 . Notes : 1 . It has been discovered from other sources that this lecture was given in Holland on 9th January 1923 .

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