Quality of Thought

What power is contained in the formulation of a thought! One's whole creativeness goes into a formulation of thought. One may assert that the striving to a conscious formulation of thought already impregnates the thought with life. Only the knowledge resulting from pure striving gives creativeness to thought. Hence, all shaggy thinking results in corresponding formations. These defects of the spirit are so prickly, and the protecting net suffers so greatly from these projected needles! Our co-workers must learn to think without needles.
-Master Morya through Helena Roerich, Infinity 2

Meaning of the Gayathri Mantra

We can also divide the mantra(Gayatri) into three parts:
Part One: OM. bhur bhuva svah
Part Two: Tat savitur varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
Part Three: Dhiyo yonah prachodayat.
The first part harmonizes the vehicles; the second part causes aspiration, upliftment, and focus; the third part opens the pathway toward the Sun and invites us to surrender and fuse ourselves with the innermost light.
The first part refers not only to the physical, astral, and mental worlds but also to the etheric body, the emotional body, and the mental vehicle of man. These three vehicles are harmonized and brought into alignment with the three worlds by the first part of the Gayatri.

OM. Bhur Bhuva Svah or
OM. Earth, Mid-world, and Heaven.

Tradition tells us that the sound of these Sanskrit words has power to harmonize, align, and integrate the three vehicles of man with the three worlds. This power is called mantra Shakti, or energy emanation from words and sounds.
Further, these three words refer to the three Deities ruling over these three spheres: Agni, Vaju, and Aditya and their energies: will, love, and light.
In the Upanishads we read that the essence of the Vedas is also referred to by these three words, Bhur, Bhuva, Svah, which originate in the OM and have their existence in OM, which stands as the jewel in the Lotus or as the developing, unfolding human soul or Self.

Torkom Saraydarian, Prayers, Mantrams and Invocations

Pain and Joy

Spirit is joy, it is not pain; the Spirit is peace, it is not struggle; the essence and the heart of all things is love, is joy, is peace; and the path of pain is the path and not the goal, the Path of Woe is only the means and not the end. For out of that Ocean of Blessedness whence the universe has sprung, spring love and peace and joy unceasing, and those are the heritage of the Spirit out of manifestation. Pain lies in the sheaths in which he is clothed, and not in his essential nature.

Never forget that in the struggle of life! Never let the pain blind your eyes to the joy, nor let the passing anxieties make, you unconscious of the bliss which is the core and heart of Being. Pain is passing, bliss is eternal; for bliss is the inner essence of Brahman, the Self of all. Therefore as the Spirit goes onward, therefore as the Spirit grows freer, peace takes the p'ace of struggle, and joy takes the place of pain. Look on the highest face: there is indeed the mark of pain, but of pain that is over and that has been changed into strength and sympathy and compassion, and a deep unending joy. For the final word of the universe is Bliss; the final outcome of Humanity is rest, conscious rest in happiness. And all the messages of pain are in order that the Spirit may gain his liberation; the end is the end of peace, and the manifested side of peace is joy.

-Annie Besant; Pain, Its Meaning and Use

A Story on the Law of Compassion

Once my Mother told me a very touching story about such a joy. There was a man who owed a person a few thousand dollars, and this person was rich. A few years later the life of the rich person changed and he began to ask for the return of his money. The man ran away from the city and hid himself in a faraway village because he felt ashamed that he was incapable to repay his debt.

Years passed and the man who ran away became rich. He decided to go and repay his debt plus interest. After traveling for months on horseback he found the mansion in which the rich person had lived in the past. He knocked on the door. A young lady opened the door and said, “What can I do for you?” “Is the owner here?” “The owner? He passed away years ago and we bought his house when he moved to that little house in the corner of the street. He was very poor when he died.”
The man went to the “little house.” No one was living in it. It was almost ruined.
In tears, he went to a monk in a monastery and asked the monk, “What can I do to pay back this money which I borrowed from a person, and before I was able to pay it back, he passed away in poverty.” “My son, you can do one thing that will please his soul. Go and find orphans, send them to schools, provide clothing and shelter for them. Such an act will pay back your money to the soul of the man who loaned the money to you.”
The man followed the monk’s advice and collected three orphans, sent them to schools, and provided all that they needed. He became a father to them. After they graduated from the schools he found jobs for them.
One day an old lady visited his home and said, “For a long time I have wanted to talk to you. One of the orphans that you took care of was the son of that man. When he died his little son had no one and no place to stay. I was his neighbor but did not have any means to help him, so he became a wandering, sad boy.” The man could not hold back his tears and told the woman about the story of his debt.
The old woman said, “YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD IS POSSIBLE, BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO HIT YOUR TARGET IF YOUR ARROW IS RELEASED BY THE LAW OF COMPASSION”

-Torkom Saraydarian, Happiness, Joy & Bliss

Discrimination

Between right and wrong, Occultism knows no compromise. At whatever apparent cost, that which is right you must do, that which is wrong you must not do, no matter what the ignorant may think or say.You must study deeply the hidden laws of Nature, and when you know them arrange your life according to them, using always reason and common sense.

You must discriminate between the important and the unimportant. Firm as a rock where right and wrong are concerned, yield always to others in things which do not matter. For you must be always gentle and kindly, reasonable and accommodating, leaving to others the same full liberty which you need for yourself.

-Alcyone, At the Feet of the Master

Neccisity for Honesty on the Spiritual Path-

. On the path to Service it is important to remember the necessity for honesty, for this is the first requirement in building. Distortion of facts is distortion of the structure. Only self-deceit impels the spirit to distortion. The Karmic mirror reflects these distortions, and the spirit which manifests a Karmic evil-interpretation, inflicts injury to the entire structure. Why, then, has humanity so enwrapped the planet with false emanations? Distortion of truth, distortion of the Teaching, distortion of principles leads to destruction. In this blind alley dwells the spirit of man who lives by egoism. One is obliged to sweep away the dust, and crevices yawn in the littered structure. Verily, ulcers of the spirit hinder the erection of the building. One must sensitively distinguish tolerance and moveability from those qualities which are so chaotically revealed in experimentation with people who turn about where neither conscience nor honesty nor truth call to the spirit. On the path to the Fiery World the first requirement is honesty. Thus let us remember.
-Master Morya through Helena Roerich, Fiery World 3