Book Of Daily Meditations by James Allen - The Conscious Living

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JAMES ALLEN'S
BOOK OF MEDITATIONS
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By Thought ive rise , by Thought ive fall ; by Thought
We stand or nil is
go ; destiny wrought
its and he 'who stands
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By sivift potency
Master and his desires commands,
of Thought,
and Love and
Willing weaving thoughts of Might,
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Shapes his high end in Truth's unerring Light.
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He who does not
find
The Meditation cannot reach
way of
and
enlightenment.
Emancipation
But thou wilt the ;
find way of Holy Thought
With mind made calm and ihou will see
steadfast,
The Permanent amid the
mutable,
The Truth eternal in the that :
things change
Thou wilt behold the Law : Cosmos
Perfect
From Chaos rises when the
conquered self
Lies underneath man's heel : Love be ;
thy strength
Look on the m
ultitudes,
passion-tortured
And have on them ; know their
pain
compassion
sorrow ended. 'Thou wilt come
By thy long
To and so wilt bless the world,
perfect peace,
unto the and
High Holy Way
Leading
The them that seek. And now I
go
feet of
To Abode ; thou unto work.
my go thy
EDITOR'S PREFACE
ALLEN be called the
JAMES may truly Prophet
of Meditation. In an of
strife,
age hurry,
heated ritual
religious controversy, arguments,
and he came with his of
ceremony, message
men from the din and
Meditation,
calling away
strife of into the of
tongues peaceful paths
"
stillness within their own where the
souls,
that man that cometh
Light lighteth every
"
into the world ever burns and
steadily surely
for all who will turn their from the
weary eyes
strife without to the within. of the
quiet Many
Meditations were written as he came down
from the Cairn in the where he
early morning,
those hours alone with God
spent precious
while the world Others are from
slept. gleaned
his and
many writings, published unpublished,
and are for at his
arranged daily readings
we under his
and, believe,
request, spiritual
The book must ever be a
guidance. stronghold
of Truth and to all who read
Spiritual blessing
and to those who use it for
it,
especially daily
meditation. Its lies in that it is
great power
the heart of a man who lived
very good every
word he wrote. The beautiful half-tone
portrait
is a likeness of the Author. It was
speaking
taken six weeks before his and
translation,
only
has not been before.
published
We are indebted to Messrs. Putnam's Sons
and New and to Messrs. Wm.
(London York),
Rider and Limited for their
Son,
(London),
cordial of that some of the
expressions pleasure
Meditations should be culled from the books
The Des-
them, viz.,
published by Mastery of
and Above Turmoil and
tiny, Life's (Putnam),
From Passion to and Man :
Peace,
King of
and Circumstance
Mind,
Body, (Rider).
LILY L. ALLEN.
"
BRYNGOLEU,"
ENGLAND.
ILFRACOMBE,
The to is
way from passion peace by overcoming
one's
self.
January
3RROUENTLY the man of is
passion
most to
others but
eager put right ;
the man of wisdom himself
puts right.
If one is anxious to reform the
world,
let him himself. The re-
begin by reforming
formation of self does not end with the elimina-
tion of the sensual elements that is its
;
only
It ends when vain
beginning. only every
and selfish aim is overcome. Short of
thought
and there is still some
wisdom,
perfect purity
form of or which needs to be
self-slavery folly
conquered.
On the of man rises from
wings aspiration
earth to from to
heaven,
ignorance knowledge,
from the under darkness to the
upper light.
Without it he remains a animal,
grovelling
and
earthly, sensual, unenlightened, uninspired.
is the
Aspiration longing for heavenly things.
Where is to be !
Where is the
peace found
hiding-
truth !
place of
Second*
January
first be first work
things put ;
]ET
before before
play ; duty enjoyment ;
and others before self : this is an
excellent rule which ca
nnot lead
To make a
is
astray. right beginning
half-way
to The athlete who makes a
bad start
victory.
lose his the merchant who makes
;
may prize
a false start lose his
and the
may reputation ;
Truth-seeker who makes a s
tart
wrong may
the crown of To
forego Righteousness.
begin
with u
nselfish
pure thoughts, sterling rectitude,
noble and an
con-
aims,
purpose, incorruptible
science this is to start
this it is to
right ;
first so that all other
put things first, things
will follow in harmonious life
order,
making
and
simple, beautiful, successful, peaceful.
The soul will out its lost
cry for heritage.
one would he must come
out
If find peace, of
passion.
i O
as animal conditions taste
long
sweet to a lie cannot : he
man,
aspire
is so far satisfied but when their
;
sweetness turns to then in
bitterness,
his sorrow he thinks of nobler When
he
things.
is of he to the
deprived earthly joy, aspires
joy
which is It is when turns
heavenly. impurity
to that is
suffering purity sought. Truly
from the dead
aspiration rises, phoenix-like,
ashes of but on its
repentance, powerful pinions
man can reach the heaven of heavens.
The man of has entered the
aspiration way
which leads to and he will reach
;
peace surely
that end if he not nor turns back. Tf he
stays
renews his mind with of
constantly glimpses
the he will reach the
vision,
heavenly heavenly
state.
That which can be conceived can be achieved.