Opening Reflections
More Scrolls of Mahendranath is out now. This issue takes three pieces from it: a poem, a passage on sincerity, and the triad Think, Experiment, Document.
The full texts stay on the site. The book is the gathering.
Peace, Freedom, and Happiness to All.
From More Scrolls
A poem, then a passage from The Grimoire & Pseudologia of Lux Shambhala.
The Cosmic Substance
OM is everywhere, but who can grasp it?
It is all-knowledge which few understand,
Though it is the light of the universe,
Men still prefer to live in the darkness.
OM is completeness and owns everything,
Yet men still talk about their possessions.
Although OM is the universe entire,
Men prefer to see only particles.
They wonder at the flight of the birds
But overlook the air which supports them;
So men seek only the visible world
And overlook the things they cannot see.
The Grimoire & Pseudologia of Lux Shambhala
“Every man and woman is a Star,
but the magnitude depends upon yourself.”
By Shri Gurudev Mahendranath
Founder of the International Nath Order
Direct Practice
This month’s practice draws from The Phantastikos and presents one of the Order’s basic working methods.
Think, Experiment, Document
“Thinking must be based on your own thoughts and ideas, not on the secondhand ideas of others.”
By Shri Gurudev Mahendranath
Founder of the International Nath Order
One of many triads within the INO—this one is super basic:
Thus, thinking must be based on your own thoughts and ideas, not on the secondhand ideas of others, nor on brainwashed patterns and ideas implanted in your mind by others.
Experimentation in magick rites, meditation, and projection or construction is essential for development. There is a right way to project the mind as willpower; the right knowledge to make all aspects of our way of life bloom to reality.
Lastly, documentation will not only produce records for us to refer to and measure our progress, but also provide useful guidance for other Naths. Thus, a new foundation for new thinking and a new way of life is essential to overcome the absurdities and paradoxes of modern life.
First, one must think and decide how you can think differently or approach segments of life from a different angle. It is not easy to see or value past brainwashing and conditioning with a brainwashed mind doing the thinking.
The secret is that this is only done through inner realization born of meditation and periods of contemplation. Physical and mental relaxation alone can produce that mirror-like, placid surface that reflects the spirit gnosis of realization in its depths.
One word of caution—to prevent the sincere from wasting precious time—things seldom occur or mature during your meditation moments. More often, they occur at some unexpected moment when you are thinking about something unrelated.
I have also found that most of the events in spiritual development and progress seldom come in the routine pattern we expect or think they should occur. This need for you to be alert for the unexpected seems to be part of the cosmic pattern where the mind intersects other dimensions, thus making them tangible.
The Book
More Scrolls of Mahendranath
More Scrolls of Mahendranath — paperback and hardback, now available.