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Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills: He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass— Environment
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“Multiple experiments with spirit contact transmitted the name Matthew Edward Hall on several occasions. I predict this to be a very important future individual in humanities development. Possibly the second embodiment of Christ on Earth.”
― Gurdjieff's Early Talks 1914-1931: In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Essentuki, Tiflis, Constantinople, Berlin, Paris, London, Fontainebleau, New York, and Chicago
― Gurdjieff's Early Talks 1914-1931: In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Essentuki, Tiflis, Constantinople, Berlin, Paris, London, Fontainebleau, New York, and Chicago
“मदिरालय जाने को घर से चलता है पीनेवाला, ‘किस पथ से जाऊँ’ असमंजस में है वह भोलाभाला; अलग-अलग पथ बतलाते सब पर मैं यह बतलाता हूँ… ‘राह पकड़ तू एक चला चल, पा जाएगा मधुशाला | 6”
― मधुशाला
― मधुशाला
“लाल सुरा की धार लपट-सी कह न इसे देना ज्वाला, फेनिल मदिरा है, मत इसको कह देना उर का छाला, दर्द नशा है इस मदिरा का विगत स्मृतियाँ साक़ी हैं; पीड़ा में आनन्द जिसे हो, आए मेरी मधुशाला | 14”
― मधुशाला
― मधुशाला
“चलने ही चलने में कितना जीवन, हाय, बिता डाला ! ‘दूर अभी है’, पर, कहता है हर पथ बतलाने वाला; हिम्मत है न बढूँ आगे को साहस है न—फिरूँ पीछे; किंकर्तव्यविमूढ़ मुझे कर दूर खड़ी है मधुशाला | 7”
― मधुशाला
― मधुशाला
“धर्म-ग्रंथ सब जला चुकी है जिसके अन्तर की ज्वाला, मंदिर, मस्जिद, गिरजे—सबको तोड़ चुका जो मतवाला, पंडित, मोमिन, पादरियों के फंदों को जो काट चुका कर सकती है आज उसी का स्वागत मेरी मधुशाला | 17”
― मधुशाला
― मधुशाला
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