#esoteric

The true Mason is not creed-bound. He realizes with the divine illumination of his lodge that as Mason his religion must be universal: Christ, Buddha or Mohammed, the name means little, for he recognizes only the light and not the bearer. He worships at every shrine, bows before every altar, whether in temple, mosque or cathedral, realizing with his truer understanding the oneness of all spiritual truth. All true Masons know that they only are heathen who, having great ideals, do not live up to them. They know that all religions are but one story told in divers ways for peoples whose ideals differ but whose great purpose is in harmony with Masonic ideals. North, east, south and west stretch the diversities of human thought, and while the ideals of man apparently differ, when all is said and the crystallization of form with its false concepts is swept away, one basic truth remains: all existing things are Temple Builders, laboring for a single end. No true Mason can be narrow, for his Lodge is the divine expression of all broadness. There is no place for little minds in a great work. ↗

— Manly P. Hall

#freemason #scottish-rite #religion

Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows. ↗

— Rumi

#metaphysics #rumi #metaphysics

Human beings live in their myths. They only endure their realities. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#myth

You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting. ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#approaches #esoteric #i #know #support

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence. ↗

— Saul Williams

#aspire #because #black #criticism #current

I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#believe #esoteric #help #i #i believe

You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music. ↗

— Keith Richards

#been #blues #deliverance #esoteric #generous

Ascension to successive echelons in the pyramid of awareness is an act of inclusion requiring unconditional acceptance of all that lies below. ↗

— Gerald R. Stanek

#ancient-wisdom #awareness #esoteric-wisdom #inspirational #pyramid

I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism to continue my real intentions. ↗

— Anthony Braxton

#continue #discipline #esoteric #experience #i

We're not gods, Julia. We're helpers. That's all. People have called us terrible things in the past. But that was only because they didn't understand us. That understanding is for the future, a time not long from now. You may live to see it. Then perhaps you can work openly, but for now, keep your gifts to yourself. Never flaunt your abilities. Never think you hold the power of life and death. Only God has that power. When it's a person's time, nothing can save them. ↗

— Christopher Pike

#esoterica #healing #spirituality #death