The venomous snake, which is the symbol of all that is most detested and detestable in the animal kingdom, never closes its eyes. Only in our sleep are the weapons forged with which we can contend the evil. Our existence begins in sleep. The foetus sleeps almost continuously and the infant sleeps more hours than … Read the article »
The Commander-in-Chief of the Haylians could not venture a pitched battle with the battalions of Napoleonic veterans, but let not let them sleep by making a feint of attacking them as soon as the French troops got to sleep at night. This way in a few weeks an army of 30,000 veterans without a single … Read the article »
We are always drawn to a familiar thing in a strange garb or abnormal position: Cf our own men in a strange country; familiar ideas in foreign books etc. What we actually demand is the thing itself and not the way to obtain it, and of ways the most direct is the best; the less … Read the article »
Carlyle to Emerson: Do not disturb yourself about turning better; write as it is given you, and not till it be given you, and never mind a whit. He that cannot keep himself quiet is of a morbid nature. “I write to implore you to be careful of your health. You are the property of … Read the article »
“The stronger fishes, after their kind, prey upon the weaker fish.” This is ever our means of living, appointed to us eternally. Space is merely the order in which we look out piecemeal on True Sat (Being). * * * * Space is a mere How. It is not a What. It is a method … Read the article »
