Member Reflections
Member Reflections
"As mystics throughout time have found, the road to discovery, to peace and enlightenment is a journey into Self. There is more to our conscious being than we realize and it is from within that we find the keys that unlock our inner wisdom. It is from within that we can connect with the source of knowledge that lies beyond the limits of our five senses."
"As mystics throughout time have found, the road to discovery, to peace and enlightenment is a journey into Self. There is more to our conscious being than we realize and it is from within that we find the keys that unlock our inner wisdom. It is from within that we can connect with the source of knowledge that lies beyond the limits of our five senses."
Rosicrucian Manuscript
Rosicrucian Manuscript
Fortitude
Fortitude
Perils, and misfortunes, and want, and pain, and injury, are more or less the certain lot of every man that cometh into the world.
Perils, and misfortunes, and want, and pain, and injury, are more or less the certain lot of every man that cometh into the world.
It behooveth thee, therefore, 0 child of calamity! early to fortify thy mind with courage and patience, that thou mayest support, with a becoming resolution, thy allotted portion of human evil.
It behooveth thee, therefore, 0 child of calamity! early to fortify thy mind with courage and patience, that thou mayest support, with a becoming resolution, thy allotted portion of human evil.
As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.
As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.
A noble spirit disdaineth the malice of fortune; his greatness of Soul is not to be cast down.
A noble spirit disdaineth the malice of fortune; his greatness of Soul is not to be cast down.
He hath not suffered his happiness to depend on her smiles, and therefore with her frowns he shall not be dismayed.
He hath not suffered his happiness to depend on her smiles, and therefore with her frowns he shall not be dismayed.
As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not.
As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not.
He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet.
He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet.
In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.
In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.
He meeteth the evils of life as a man that goeth forth unto battle and returneth with victory in his hand.
He meeteth the evils of life as a man that goeth forth unto battle and returneth with victory in his hand.
Under the pressure of misfortunes his calmness alleviates their weight, and his constancy shall surmount them.
Under the pressure of misfortunes his calmness alleviates their weight, and his constancy shall surmount them.
But the dastardly spirit of a timorous man betrayeth him to shame.
But the dastardly spirit of a timorous man betrayeth him to shame.
By shrinking under poverty, he stoopeth down to meanness; and by tamely bearing insults he inviteth injuries.
By shrinking under poverty, he stoopeth down to meanness; and by tamely bearing insults he inviteth injuries.
As a reed is shaken with the breath of the air, so the shadow of evil maketh him tremble.
As a reed is shaken with the breath of the air, so the shadow of evil maketh him tremble.
In the hour of danger, he is embarrassed and confounded; in the day of misfortune he sinketh and despair overwheImeth his Soul.
In the hour of danger, he is embarrassed and confounded; in the day of misfortune he sinketh and despair overwheImeth his Soul.
-Unto Thee I Grant-
-Unto Thee I Grant-
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