Philosophia with MinaAthena: Recent Episodes
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Philosophia in Greek means the love of wisdom. It is not what we know, but rather what we do with our knowledge, that can transmute knowledge into wisdom. To understand the fundamental truths about ourselves, the world in which we live, and our relationships to the world and to each other. I am love. You are love. We are love. Blessings and Namaste 🙏💖✨🙏
What does it mean to be a good mother? Reflections on motherhood. #motherhood #reflections #philosophiawithminaathena #minaathena
Excerpts:“Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this - that man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny.”“Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process, a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. He also reveals, within himself, the laws of thought, and understands, with ever-increasing accuracy, how the thought- forces and mind-elements operate in the shaping of his character, circumstances, and destiny.”“The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears; it reaches the height of its cherished aspirations; it falls to the level of its unchastened desires; and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.”“All achievements, whether in the business, intellectual, or spiritual world, are the result of definitely directed thought, are governed by the same law and are of the same method; the only difference lies in the object of attainment.He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.”James AllenFor as he thinketh in his heart, so is heProverbs 23:7 KJV#JamesAllen #wisdom #blessings #namaste #minaathena 🙏💖✨🦋🙏
M.PEER MOHAMED SARDHARA Thought Provoking StoryThis Too Shall Pass – Understand This DeeplyOnce a king called upon all of his wise men and asked them, ” Is there a mantra or suggestion which works in every situation, in every circumstances, in every place and in every time. In every joy, every sorrow, every defeat and every victory? One answer for all questions? Something which can help me when none of you is available to advise me? Tell me is there any mantra?”All the wise men were puzzled by the King’s question. They thought and thought. After a lengthy discussion, an old man suggested something which appealed to all of them. They went to the king and gave him something written on paper, with a condition that the king was not to see it out of curiosity. Only in extreme danger, when the King finds himself alone and there seems to be no way, only then he can see it. The King put the papers under his Diamond ring.Some time later, the neighbors attacked the Kingdom. King and his army fought bravely but lost the battle. The King had to flee on his horse. The enemies were following him. getting closer and closer. Suddenly the King found himself standing at the end of the road - that road was not going anywhere. Underneath there was a rocky valley thousand feet deep. If he jumped into it, he would be finished…and he could not return because it was a small road…the sound of enemy’s horses was approaching fast. The King became restless. There seemed to be no way.Then suddenly he saw the Diamond in his ring shining in the sun, and he remembered the message hidden in the ring. He opened the diamond and read the message. The message was – “ THIS TOO SHALL PASS ”The King read it . Again read it. Suddenly something struck him- Yes ! This too will pass. Only a few days ago, I was enjoying my kingdom. I was the mightiest of all the Kings. Yet today, the Kingdom and all my pleasures have gone. I am here trying to escape from enemies. Like those days of luxuries have gone, this day of danger too will pass. A calm came on his face. He kept standing there. The place where he was standing was full of natural beauty. He had never known that such a beautiful place was also a part of his Kingdom…
“If you are longing to caress the moon,Don’t turn away from it!If you are not ill,why do you crawl under a blanket to hide?You are in a quarry of sweets.why do you look so sour?You live in the spring of life.why are you withered inside?Don’t fight against yourself!Don’t flee from what could be your glory!Like a fearless moth,dive into the flame.Why be linked to your obsessions?Burn out in the flames,until your heart and soul are enlightenedGet out of the old carcassand form yourself a new body.Why are you afraid of a foxwhen you descend from lions?Why be a lam asswhen you have the strength of stallions?The beloved you seek will arriveto open the door to your fortune,for love is the keythat opens all your locks.”~ Rumi, Victory of Maryam“I allow my dreams to live today I will not deflect, diminish, or invalidate my dreams today, or concoct excuses for why they can’t happen. However outrageous they seem to be, I allow them to live within me. Today I will not allow my future to be limited by my beliefs about it.I honor the images of my deeper self, and invite them to reveal to me the meaning of their message. I make a space within the temple of my mind for God, the dreamer of All of Life, to dream His dreams through me.Dear God,May I not be restricted by my mortal mind,For in You all things are possible.May I not be limited by the thinking of the world,Or by the illusions of time and space.May the dreamsThat You would dream through mebe unblocked by thoughts of fear.AmenI allow my dreams to live today”(meditation for 1.21.23) ~ Marianne Williamson, Transform with Marianne WilliamsonThe purpose of my life is to grow into my perfectionThe embryo doesn’t struggle to become a baby, and the acorn doesn’t struggle to become an oak tree. Nor do I need to struggle to become the person I am created to be.I am supported by nature in the process of my self-actualization. As I show up in glory, my life will be glorious. As I celebrate the beauty of life, life will celebrate my beauty. As I relax into the flow of the miraculous, then miracles will find me. I will embody in time the perfection of my true self.Dear God,I surrender to the thoughts of love,That I might find my way to You.In finding You I will find myself,And then I will know joy.Amen.The purpose of my life is to grow into my perfection(meditation for 1.22.23) ~ Marianne Williamson, Transform with Marianne Williamson
Happy New Year! I will share the legend of Buddha, the Folklore of Nian, the Lunar Zodiac to give you a bird’s eye view of Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rabbit. Be well and stay healthy. Blessings and Namaste. MinaAthena 💖
Sharing the following 12 poems to say goodbye to 2022 and say hello to 2023.I Pack My Trunk by Amos R. WellsHow To Be Happy This New Year by Anonymous Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New by Alfred Lord TennysonThe Year by Ella Wheeler WilcoxThe Death of the Old Year by Alfred Lord TennysonThis was the year that was not the year by Brian BilstonThe Hill we Climb by Amanda GormanDear Fear by Elizabeth GilbertWarrior of the Light: A Manual by Paulo CoelhoDo not love half lovers by Gibran Khalil GibranRemember by Joy HarjoClosing Of The Year by Poet UnknownHappy New Year Dear Listeners. Thank you for your support.Blessings and Namaste,#MinaAthena
Rereading Fyodor Dostoevsky’s letter to his brother after he was almost executed but pardoned at the very last second. This letter is life changing and inspiring…Blessings and Namaste 💖🕊
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men, like Beethoven and Nietzsche. In their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest in infinity; but they do not lose themselves there, they struggle with all the force of their lives for one thing only: to fulfil themselves according to their own laws, to build up their own form, to represent themselves. Nothing is holier, nothing is more exemplary than a beautiful, strong tree. When a tree is cut down and reveals its naked death-wound to the sun, one can read its whole history in the luminous, inscribed disk of its trunk: in the rings of its years, its scars, all the struggle, all the suffering, all the sickness, all the happiness and prosperity stand truly written, the narrow years and the luxurious years, the attacks withstood, the storms endured. And every young farmboy knows that the hardest and noblest wood has the narrowest rings, that high on the mountains and in continuing danger the most indestructible, the strongest, the ideal trees grow.Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life. The attempt and the risk that the eternal mother took with me is unique, unique the form and veins of my skin, unique the smallest play of leaves in my branches and the smallest scar on my bark. I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail.A tree says: My strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust I live.When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult. Those are childish thoughts. Let God speak within you, and your thoughts will grow silent. You are anxious because your path leads away from mother and home. But every step and every day lead you back again to the mother. Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening. If one listens to them silently for a long time, this longing reveals its kernel, its meaning. It is not so much a matter of escaping from one's suffering, though it may seem to be so. It is a longing for home, for a memory of the mother, for new metaphors for life. It leads home. Every path leads homeward, every step is birth, every step is death, every grave is mother.So the tree rustles in the evening, when we stand uneasy before our own childish thoughts: Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them. But when we have learned how to listen to trees, then the brevity and the quickness and the childlike hastiness of our thoughts achieve an incomparable joy. Whoever has learned how to listen to trees no longer wants to be a tree. He wants to be nothing except what he is. That is home. That is happiness.Herman Hesse, Trees: Reflections and PoemsBlessings and Namaste 🙏
Life lessons and the wisdom of Fyodor Dostoevsky to his brother Mikhail written on December 22, 1849. “When I look back at the past and think how much time has been wasted in vain, how much time was lost in delusions, in errors, in idleness, in ignorance of how to live, how I did not value time, how often I sinned against my heart and spirit—my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, each minute might have been an age of happiness. Si jeunesse savait! [If youth knew!] Now, changing my life, I am being reborn into a new form. Brother! I swear to you that I shall not lose hope and shall preserve my spirit and heart in purity. I shall be reborn to a better thing. That is my whole hope, my whole comfort! The life in prison has already sufficiently killed in me the demands of the flesh which were not wholly pure; I took little heed of myself before. Now privations are nothing to me, and, therefore, do not fear that any material hardship will kill me. This cannot be! Ah! To have health!Goodbye, goodbye, my brother! When shall I write you again? You will receive from me as detailed an account as possible of my journey. If I can only preserve my health, then everything will be right!Well, goodbye, goodbye, brother! I embrace you closely, I kiss you closely. Remember me without pain in your heart. Do not grieve, I pray you, do not grieve for me! In the next letter I shall tell you of how I go on. Remember then what I have told you: plan out your life, do not waste it, arrange your destiny, think of your children. Oh, to see you, to see you! Goodbye! Now I tear myself away from everything that was dear; it is painful to leave it! It is painful to break oneself in two, to cut the heart in two. Goodbye! Goodbye! But I shall see you, I am convinced—I hope; do not change, love me, do not let your memory grow cold, and the thought of your love will be the best part of my life. Goodbye, goodbye, once more! Goodbye to all! Your brother.
Tablet 13: The Key to Life and Death: Excerpts: Desireth thou to know the deep, hidden secret? Look in thy heart where the knowledge is bound. Know that in thee the secret is hidden, the source of all life and the source of all death.
List ye, O man, while I tell the secret, reveal unto thee the secret of old.
Deep in Earth's heart lies the flower, the source of the Spirit that binds all in its form. or know ye that the Earth is living in body as thou art alive in thine own formed form. The Flower of Life is as thine own place of Spirit and streams through the Earth as thine flows through thy form; giving of life to the Earth and its children, renewing the Spirit from form unto form. This is the Spirit that is form of thy body, shaping and moulding into its form.
Supplemental 14: Excerpts: Know ye, the soul must be cleansed of its darkness, ere ye may enter the portals of Light. Thus, I established among ye the Mysteries so that the Secrets may always be found.
Aye, though man may fall into darkness, always the Light will shine as a guide. Hidden in darkness, veiled in symbols, always the way to the portal will be found. Man in the future will deny the mysteries but always the way the seeker will find.
Now I command ye to maintain my secrets, giving only to those ye have tested, so that the pure may not be corrupted, so that the power of Truth may prevail.
Supplemental 15: Excerpts: Darkness and light are both of one nature, different only in seeming, for each arose from the source of all. Darkness is disorder. Light is Order. Darkness transmuted is light of the Light. This, my children, your purpose in being; transmutation of darkness to light.
Hear ye now of the mystery of nature, the relations of life to the Earth where it dwells. Know ye, ye are threefold in nature, physical, astral and mental in one.
Three are the qualities of each of the natures; nine in all, as above, so below.
In the physical are these channels, the blood which moves in vortical motion, reacting on the heart to continue its beating. Magnetism which moves through the nerve paths, carrier of energies to all cells and tissues. Akasa which flows through channels, subtle yet physical, completing the channels.
Each of the three attuned with each other, each affecting the life of the body. Form they the skeletal framework through which the subtle ether flows. In their mastery lies the Secret of Life in the body. Relinquished only by will of the adept, when his purpose in living is done.
Three are the natures of the Astral, mediator is between above and below; not of the physical, not of the Spiritual, but able to move above and below.
Three are the natures of Mind, carrier it of the Will of the Great One. Arbitrator of Cause and Effect in thy life. Thus is formed the threefold being, directed from above by the power of four.
Above and beyond man's threefold nature lies the realm of the Spiritual Self.
Four is it in qualities, shining in each of the planes of existence, but thirteen in one, the mystical number. Based on the qualities of man are the Brothers: each shall direct the unfoldment of being, each shall channels be of the Great One.
On Earth, man is in bondage, bound by space and time to the earth plane. Encircling each planet, a wave of vibration, binds him to his plane of unfoldment. Yet within man is the Key to releasement, within man may freedom be found. Blessings & Namaste 🙏💖🪷✨🙏
Tablet 11: (Excerpts):
Now shall I speak to thee knowledge ancient beyond the thought of thy race. Know ye that we of the Great Race had and have knowledge that is more than man's. Wisdom we gained from the star-born races, wisdom and knowledge far beyond man. Down to us had descended the masters of wisdom as far beyond us as I am from thee. List ye now while I give ye wisdom. Use it and free thou shalt be.
Know ye that in the pyramid I builded are the Keys that shall show ye the Way into life. Aye, draw ye a line from the great image I builded, to the apex of the pyramid, built as a gateway. Draw ye another opposite in the same angle and direction. Dig ye and find that which I have hidden. There shall ye find the underground entrance to the secrets hidden before ye were men.
Tablet 12: (Excerpts): Ages to come shall see revival of wisdom to those who shall inherit thy place on this star. They shall, in turn, come into wisdom and learn to banish the darkness by Light. Yet greatly must they strive through the ages to bring unto themselves the freedom of Light.
Then shall there come unto man the great warfare that shall make the Earth tremble and shake in its course. Aye, then shall the Dark Brothers open the warfare between Light and the night.
When man again shall conquer the ocean and fly in the air on wings like the birds; when he has learned to harness the lightning, then shall the time of warfare begin. Great shall the battle be twixt the forces, great the warfare of darkness and Light.
Nation shall rise against nation using the dark forces to shatter the Earth. Weapons of force shall wipe out the Earth-man until half of the races of men shall be gone. Then shall come forth the Sons of the Morning and give their edict to the children of men, saying: O men, cease from thy striving against thy brother. Only thus can ye come to the Light. Cease from thy unbelief, O my brother, and follow the path and know ye are right.
Then shall men cease from their striving, brother against brother and father against son. Then shall the ancient home of my people rise from its place beneath the dark ocean waves. Then shall the Age of Light be unfolded with all men seeking the Light of the goal. Then shall the Brothers of Light rule the people. Banished shall be the darkness of night.
Aye, the children of men shall progress onward and upward to the great goal. Children of Light shall they become. Flame of the flame shall their Souls ever be. Knowledge and wisdom shall be man's in the great age for he shall approach the eternal flame, the Source of all wisdom, the place of beginning, that is yet One with the end of all things.
Aye, in a time that is yet unborn, all shall be One and One shall be All. Man, a perfect flame of this Cosmos, shall move forward to a place in the stars. Aye, shall move even from out of this space-time into another beyond the stars 🙏💖✨🙏
Tablet Nine (excerpts): Then asked I of the Nine: O Lord, show me the path. Give the path to the wisdom. Show me the way to the WORD. Answered, me then, the LORD OF THE NINE: Through ORDER, ye shall find the way. Saw ye that the WORD came from Chaos? Saw ye not that LIGHT came from FIRE?
Look in thy life for this order. Balance and order thy life. Quell all the Chaos of the emotions and thou shalt have order in LIFE. ORDER brought forth from Chaos will bring thee the WORD of the SOURCE, will thee the power of CYCLES, and make of thy Soul a force that freewill extend through the ages, a perfect SUN from the Source.
Listened I to the voice and deep thanked the words in my heart. Forever have I sought for order that I might draw on the WORD. Know ye that he who attains it must ever in ORDER be for use of the WORD though this order has never and can never be.
Take ye these words, O man. As part of thy life, let them be. Seek thee to conquer this order and One with the WORD thou shalt be.
Put forth thy effort in gaining LIGHT on the pathway of Life. Seek to be One with the SUN/state. Seek to be solely the LIGHT. Hold thou thy thought on the Oneness of Light with the body of man. Know that all is Order from Chaos born into light.
Tablet Ten (excerpts): Light is thine, O man, for the taking. Cast off the fetters and thou shalt be free. Know ye that they Soul is living in bondage fettered by fears that hold ye in thrall.
Open thy eyes and see the great SUN-LIGHT. Be not afraid for all is thine own. Fear is the LORD of the dark ARULU to he who never faced the dark fear. Aye, know that fear has existence created by those who are bound by their fears.
Shake off thy bondage, O children, and walk in the Light of the glorious day. Never turn thy thoughts to the darkness and surely ye shall be One with the Light.
Man is only what he believeth, a brother of darkness or a child of the Light. Come though into the Light my Children. Walk in the pathway that leads to the Sun.
Hark ye now, and list to the wisdom. Use thou the word I have given unto thee. Use it and surely though shalt find power and wisdom and Light to walk in the way. Seek thee and find the key I have given and ever shalt thou be a Child of the Light. Art: Thoth Amulet (664–30 B.C.) Late Period–Ptolemaic Period located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Tablet Seven (Excerpts):
Open thy Soul, O man, to the Cosmic and let it flow in as one with thy Soul. Light is eternal and darkness is fleeting. Seek ye ever, O man, for the Light. Know ye that ever as Light fills thy being, darkness for thee shall soon disappear. Open thy soul to the Brothers of Brightness. Let them enter and fill thee with Light. Lift up thine eyes to the Light of the Cosmos. Keep thou ever thy face to the goal. Only by gaining the light of all wisdom, art thou one with the Infinite goal. Seek ye ever the Oneness eternal. Seek ye ever the Light of the goal. Light is infinite and Light is finite, separate only by darkness in man. Seek ye to rend the Veil of the Darkness. Bring thou together the Light into One. Hear ye, O man, list to my Voice singing the song of Light and of Life. Throughout all space, Light is prevalent, encompassing ALL with its banners of flame. Seek ye forever in the Veil of the Darkness, somewhere ye shall surely find Light. Hidden and buried, lost to man's knowledge, deep in the finite the Infinite exists. Lost, but existing, flowing through all things, living in ALL is the Infinite Brain. In all space, there is only One wisdom. Though seeming divided, it is One in the One. All that exists comes forth from the Light, and the Light comes forth from the ALL.
Tablet Eight (Excerpts):
Deep are the mysteries around thee, hidden the secrets of Old. Search through the Keys of my Wisdom. Surely shall ye find the way. The gateway to power is secret, but he who attains shall receive. Look to the Light! O my brother. Open and ye shall receive. Press on through the valley of darkness. Overcome the dweller of the night. Keep ever thine eyes to the Light-Plane, and thou shalt be One with the Light. Man is in process of changing to forms that are not of this world. Grows he in time to the formless, a plane on the cycle above. Know ye, ye must become formless before ye are one with the Light. List ye, O man, to my voice, telling of the pathways to Light, showing the way of attainment when ye shall be One with the Light. Search ye the mysteries of Earth's heart. Learn of the Law that exists, holding the stars in their balance by the force of the primordial mist. Seek ye the flame of the Earth's Life. Bathe in the glare of its flame. Follow the three-cornered pathway until thou, too, art a flame.
Speak thou in words without voice to those who dwell down below. Enter the blue-litten Temple and bathe in the fire of all life. Know, O man, thou art complex, a being of earth and of fire. Let thy flame shine out brightly. Be thou only the fire. Wisdom is hidden in darkness. When lit by the flame of the Soul, find thou the wisdom and be Light-Born, a Sun of the Light without form. Seek thee ever more wisdom. Find it in the heart of the flame. Know that only by striving can Light pour into thy brain. Now have I spoken with wisdom. List to my Voice and obey. Tear open the Veils of the darkness. Shine a Light on the Way.
- Emerald Tablets of Thoth (translated by Maurice Doreal (born Claude Doggins)
Egyptian Thoth: The Original Hermes Who created the tablet and the 42 books of the Hermetica that includes alchemy, astrology, philosophy, geography, medicine, theology, and music texts? A deeper look into legend reveals that Thoth, an ancient figure straddling the realms of humans and gods, was the author of the Emerald Tablet and accompanying texts. Because of cultural cross-pollination between Greece and Egypt, Thoth was adopted by the Greeks as the god Hermes. In Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions, Thoth is thought to be Seth, the younger brother to Adam and Eve’s older sons Cain and Abel. Gnostic traditions hold that Seth/Thoth is the earliest ancestor of Noah, Moses, Abraham, Enoch, and Jesus. Seth/Thoth also inspired one of the earliest Gnostic cults, the Sethians, who heavily influenced modern Christian tradition and beliefs. Some scholars assert that the Torah is the “Lost Book of Thoth.” Hauck tells us that “Thoth is impossible to categorize because he transcends definitions of gods and men.” At the Egyptian Temple of Seti, dated 1300 B.C.E., is an image of Thoth with the head of an ibis and an early caduceus, now a symbol of medicine. “The Book of Breathings,” said to be one of his scrolls, is an instruction on how to develop consciousness to survive beyond death — the immortality sought by alchemists through history.
From: Emerald Tablet 101: The Birth of Alchemy (3/3/2020 by Gaia Staff)
Tablet 3: The Key to Wisdom The Emerald Tablets of Thoth (or the Emerald Tablets of Hermes) are believed to have been discovered inside the Great pyramid. Said to be written by the Egyptian god Thoth or the Greek sage Hermes Trismegistus (Hermes the Thrice-Great') at least 36,000 years ago, the work is the foundation for Hermetic philosophy and alchemy. Readers accompany Hermes on his journey from Atlantis to ancient Egypt and learn secrets to spiritual attainment and immortality on the way.
Tablet 4: The Space-Borne When Thoth died, he travelled through space and saw those who had conquered the ether, constructed a planet and created out of the ether cities of rose and gold. They created these from their thoughts. We are not of the Earth but children of the Infinite Cosmic Light. Only wisdom can free us from bondage. In the end, nothing but the progress of the soul matters.
In the following passage, Thoth seems to be telling us how to create: Deep in the silence, first ye must linger until at last ye are free from desire. . . Conquer by silence, the bondage of words. Abstaining from eating until ye have conquered desire for food, that is bondage of soul. Centre thy soul in the place of thy consciousness, shaking it free from the bonds of the night. Place in thy mind-place the mage thou desireth. Picture the place thou desireth to see. Vibrate back and forth with thy power. Once your soul is free from bondage, you can seek wisdom free from the fetters of the body.
From: Summary of "The Emerald Tablets of Thoth" by Anita Saran (8/3/22) from Exemplore.com
Emerald Tablet 101: The Birth of Alchemy
As above; so below. As within; so without. As with the universe; so with the soul.” ~ Hermes Trismegistus
The story of the Emerald Tablet reads like the syllabus for an ancient civilization college course, with Egyptian pharaohs, Greek conquerors and philosophers, and travels through long-gone countries. While no one in the modern world has seen it, accounts of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus describe a slab of brilliant, crystalline green stone covered with bas-relief Phoenician text. Some believe the tablet holds the secrets of the universe. Considered the original source of hermeticism, gnosticism, Western alchemy and science, the tablet is inseparable from the elusive Hermes Trismegistus, an ancient philosopher, healer and sage. References to Trismegistus can be found in Renaissance, Christian, Islamic, Roman and Greek literature. No one knows what became of the original tablet — what remains are translations and translations of translations, along with a historic timeline punctuated with disconnects and gaps. The tablet appears and disappears across the ancient world, before and after the birth of Christ, with periods of revival, including the Italian Renaissance. Dennis William Hauck, author of the classic “The Emerald Tablet,” wrote, “One of the most mysterious documents ever put before the eyes of man, the Emerald Tablet has been described as everything from a succinct summary of Neoplatonic philosophy to an extraterrestrial artifact or a gift from Atlantis.” The tablet’s premise that “All is One,” and that direct experience of the Divine is possible through meditation and psychological exercise, became the foundations of Freemasonry, and later Theosophy and esoteric schools including The Golden Dawn.
https://www.gaia.com/article/emerald-tablet-101-the-birth-of-alchemy
The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean translated by Dr. Doreal
Publisher's Summary:
The history of the Emerald Tablets is strange and beyond the belief of modern scientists. Their antiquity is stupendous, dating back some 36,000 years B.C. The author is Thoth, an Atlantean Priest-King who founded a colony in ancient Egypt, wrote the Emerald Tablets in his native Atlantean language which was translated by Dr. Michael Doreal.
This edition of the Emerald Tablets is unique in that it includes both the translation and interpretation by Dr. Doreal. Because of the tablet's reference to the Egypt and sacred geometry they became a priority reference for those studying the Flower of Life and the Merkaba meditation.
I pray for all those who are still mourning their loved ones and hope peace and love enters your heart. Especially for those who have lost their loved ones (during the onset) of the pandemic where you/they were unable to say goodbye.
The only constant thing in life is change as many spiritual leaders have said for thousands of years. Impermanence and death is a guarantee for all those who live on Earth. No one can escape it. It’s what we do when fear is up close (that you can taste it) that makes all the difference.
Everyone has a choice at every moment to be in a state of love or in a state of fear (as Osho and Neale Donald Walsh said).
May we embrace every moment and every breath and live every moment as if it’s our last.
And I hope we can all recognize the divinity in us all. That I am love. You are Love and We are Love.
May God Bless Us.
Ok Hee Park (dear mother) February 15, 1942 - August 31, 2008 Romans 8:28: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Eun Bai Park (dear father) March 9, 1941 - January 23, 2014: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Be joyful always,pray continually give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
David H. Park (dear brother) March 25, 1975 - August 22, 2004 His favorite saying to every person he met: “Hey Joe”
Blessings & Namaste, MinaAthena 🙏💖✨🙏
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Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary walks in the wild. It is characterised by a sincere wonderment at the impact of natural imagery, conveyed in unadorned language. In 2007, she was declared to be the country's best-selling poet. I will be reciting some of my most treasured poems by Mary Oliver: Reckless Poem Poem Summer Day The Journey Wild Geese A Dream of Trees In Blackwater Woods Upstream: Selected Essays (Excerpt on Reverence) Don’t Hesitate When Death Comes
A student/follower of Osho asks the following question:
“BELOVED OSHO,
WHEN YOU SPEAK SO BEAUTIFULLY OF ENLIGHTENMENT, AWAKENING AND DREAMING, FOR ME, THE DREAMING IS SO REAL THAT EVEN IMAGINING AWAKENING SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE. I WONDER AT YOUR BEAUTY, YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVE, YOUR UNDERSTANDING, BUT TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE SEEMS A SITUATION SO UNLIKELY FOR ME THAT IT MUST BE EITHER A DREAM OR SOME BIZARRE ACCIDENT.
LIFE HAS BEEN SUCH THAT WHATEVER I ASK FOR HAS BEEN GIVEN. THROUGH YOU, GIFTS HAVE BEEN SHOWERED IN SO MANY WAYS THAT THE FAIRY TALE JUST GOES ON AND ON.
AS LIFE LAZILY PASSES BY I GO FROM ONE BIT OF FUN TO ANOTHER. THIS WAY SEEMS SO EASY AND PLEASANT THE DESIRE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT SEEMS FAR AWAY. PLEASE COMMENT. “
This can be found on Oshosearch.net
May you have a lovely day. 🙏💖✨🙏
We are like Flowers by Rebecca Campbell
Maybe flowers are here to teach us how to be human.
How to unashamedly embrace our true nature, no matter how different or beautiful.
To realize that we’re not meant to look or sound or act the same.
That diversity isn’t just important but necessary for Life.
To keep remembering that there’s a sacred timing to things, that there’s enough room for everyone, and that it’s impossible to bloom all year round.
Maybe flowers are here to teach us how to be human.
To stand tall like the poppy and strong like the thistle.
To be resilient, like heather, and reach our roots deep like the fig.
To defy the norm, like the hawthorn.
To courageously open through our fears wholeheartedly, like the peony.
To be unapologetic, like the passionflower.
To remember our sweet innocence, like jasmine.
To take a leap and go first, like the daffodil.
To be willing to risk it all, like cherry blossom.
To know it’s never too late, like the winter rose.
To trust the changing seasons of our life, like the hydrangea.
Some of us are here to inspire, like the garden rose.
Others are here to activate and protect, like the crown of thorns.
Some are sensitive, like the orchid.
Others are here to leave a mark, like the lily.
Yes, perhaps that’s what flowers are here to teach us:
How to be our unique selves on planet Earth.
- Rebecca Campbell (Page 159 of Letters to a Starseed)
Reading from Rebecca Campbell’s Letters to a Starseed pages 123-133 where she shares her wisdom that we are all creators to sing our own special song and be a note in the great orchestra of life.
Desiderata
GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
By Max Ehrmann
"A Prayer"
Let me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times.
May I still remember the bright hours that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the margin of a quiet river, when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years.
Spare me from bitterness and from the sharp passions of unguarded moments. May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit.
Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as shall keep me friendly with myself.
Lift up my eyes from the earth, and let me not forget the uses of the stars. Forbid that I should judge others lest I condemn myself.
Let me not follow the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.
Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am; and keep ever burning before my vagrant steps the kindly light of hope.
And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet; and may the evening's twilight find me gentle still.
By Max Ehrmann
Sometimes we do the rumba, a foxtrot or a jive, as we dance through our life, each and every day.
We dance and we dance, each day through. Everyday to a different tune, just to get us through.
In all our loving moments, we waltz through life, and in those complicated moments, we will twist the whole night through.
For everything we do, there is a dance to get us through. For every day, we dance our life away.
- David Harris (June 2007)
Do you believe in the Lion’s Gate Portal or is it too WooHoo for you? Listen and let me know…
“The fruit of Silence is Prayer The fruit of Prayer is Faith The fruit of Faith is Love The fruit of Love is Service The fruit of Service is Peace”
- Mother Teresa
Gibran Khalil Gibran, usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title. Wikipedia Born: January 6, 1883, Bsharri, Lebanon 1883 – 1931 (48)
The Prophet is a fable about the prophet Al Mustafa, who has lived in city of Orphalese for over 12 years and when finally leaving for his home country people of Orphalese gathers to bid him farewell, and asks for his guidance on important aspects of life.
The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. Blessings & Namaste🙏💖✨🙏
“You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous. You cannot be loving if you are not courageous. You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous. You cannot inquire into reality if you are not courageous.” “In the beginning there is not much difference between the coward and the courageous person. The only difference is, the coward listens to his fears and follows them, and the courageous person puts them aside and goes ahead. The courageous person goes into the unknown in spite of all the fears.” Art: Into the Light by MinaAthena
From the back cover of Letters to a Starseed: Letters to a Starseed asks the biggest questions that mystics and philosophers through the ages have been asking: what is the soul, where did it originate, and why have we chosen to come here at this time? As a planet, we are waking up to the fact that the ancient prophecies and warnings of the elders are no longer predictions - we are living them right now. And we will all have to play a role. Part guide, part activation, and part encouragement, this deeply soulful book illuminates the connection between our souls, the Earth, and the cosmos, and will encourage you to fully embrace and commit to your human experience. I will read some poems/letters that may inspire you to remember, reflect and act. Artwork: The SoulJourner by MinaAthena & Dream by Wombo AI. Blessings and Namaste, MinaAthena 🙏💖✨🙏
This story is told by the arrogant swollen-headed Man in Part 1 & 2 and then the Monk speaks in Part 3. Charlatan Poem and Artwork by MinaAthena.
Greetings and Aloha beautiful souls. This is MinaAthena from Hudson Valley, NY.
Welcome to Philosophia with MinaAthena on my 4th episode, August 4th 2022.
Today’s episode is called Entering the Light: The Journey of the Warrior and Warrioress. Continuing on the path of the soul’s journey from self love to becoming a warrior. Becoming fierce and bold. Honorable and respectful in your own eyes, your own reflection. Strong and wild like nature and animals. Knowing with certainty of your divinity and power.
I will weave some beautiful poems and prose from the mystics and poets of the past and present. From Paulo Chelho, Allison Stormwolf to Khalil Gibran and others. Blessings & Namaste 🙏💖✨🙏
Self love is committing to the journey of knowing yourself deeply and intimately. I will take you on a journey through poems and prose by Sarah Harvey, Lao Tzu, Elizabeth Lesser, Rupi Kaur, Charlie Chaplin & Scott Fitzgerald.
Welcome to my second episode of Philosophia with MinaAthena. The second episode is continuing the soul’s journey from fear to love.
Episode 1 was about letting go of fear and to enter the sacred space of surrender.
In this episode I will take you on a journey of surrendering to love and to your higher self. Surrendering our need to make things different or wish for things to be different than they are. Surrendering to God, whomever or whatever you portray God to be.
I will weave some beautiful poems and prose from the mystics and poets of the past and present. There are tremendous spiritual gifts from our ancestors that holds the codes to the soul. And poetry, like music and art, is a potent alchemizer in the healing journey of the soul. I will share poems from Joy Harjo, Rumi, Marianne Williamson, Elizabeth Lesser, Elizabeth Gilbert & Suhaib Rumi.
Love #Poetry #Sufis #Rumi #JoyHarjo #ElizabethLesser #ElizabethGilbert #NealeDonaldWalsch #SuhaibRumi #surrender #blessings #Namaste #MinaAthena
The journey of knowing thyself begins with going through one’s fears and surrendering to love. This episode will begin with poems about fear and surrender from the Sufi Mystics Hafiz & Khalil Gibran to today’s poets.