
Quoted in The Sage And the Housewife (2005) by Shanta Kelker, Ch. 3
"This We Have Now" in Ch. 25 : Majesty. p. 262
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Context: This
that we are now
created the body, cell by cell,
like bees building a honeycomb. The human body and the universe
grew from this, not this
from the universe and the human body.
Quoted in The Sage And the Housewife (2005) by Shanta Kelker, Ch. 3
An account of an experience of transcendent awareness, soon after a contest where, unarmed, he defeated a naval officer armed with a bokken (wooden sword) without harming him; as quoted in Aikido (1985) by Kisshomaru Ueshiba <!-- Hozansha Publications, Tokyo -->
Context: I felt the universe suddenly quake, and that a golden spirit sprang up from the ground, veiled my body, and changed my body into a golden one. At the same time my body became light. I was able to understand the whispering of the birds, and was clearly aware of the mind of God, the creator of the universe.
At that moment I was enlightened: the source of Budo is God's love — the spirit of loving protection for all beings … Budo is not the felling of an opponent by force; nor is it a tool to lead the world to destruction with arms. True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature.
Visions of Excess: Selected Writings 1927-1939
“Human consciousness was inherent and latent from the beginning of your physical universe.”
Source: Seth, Dreams & Projections of Consciousness, (1986), p. 159, quoting from Seth Session 26
“Life is an ulcer on the body of universe.”
Vetulani, Jerzy (2007): Starość okiem przyrodnika. Psychogeriatria polska, 4(3), pp. 109–138.
Matthew Stewart, in his book The Courtier and the Heretic (2006)
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Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991)
Source: 1970s, Culture Is Our Business (1970), p. 180