ESOTERIC RULES OR THE LIFE OF LOVE

ESOTERIC RULES OR THE LIFE OF LOVE

We serve.

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan at his residence—Royal Family of Bhutan—Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Obedience to the law is the rule of life.

Chess prodigy Samuel Reshevsky (Szmul Rzeszewski / Самуэль Герман Решевский), aged 8, defeating several chess masters in France—Kadel & Herbert—The New York Times photo archive

Inexorable laws govern all the reign of being.

Phylos, the Thibetan

An elephant picks up a basket with its trunk. Set photograph from the film A wise old elephant directed by Colin Campbell (1913)—Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Knock, and it shall be opened unto thee. But see thou knockest with the will of the Spirit, for although the mind knock forever, the Way shall not be opened.

EASTER EGG ROLLING, WHITE HOUSE—Harris & Ewing—Library of Congress

Ask, and it shall be given. But although the animal man ask ever, no answer shall be given, for this meaneth also except the request be made by the Spirit in thee for the Truths of God, and not for earthly things; these last follow as shade the sun.

Falling rain in downtown Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico—© Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com—Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Whatsoever is asked of the Father in the Christ's name, that shall He grant. But consider that asking in the name of the Christ is asking for the things of His Kingdom. With the gift of these things all lesser things shall be added, food, raiment and all else the body hath need for. This is hard for the natural mind to comprehend. He will not let thee perish though thou die of hunger.

Cane cutters in Jamaica in 1880s

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. This is karma and the law, and every jot of it must be fulfilled. Man is a creature of many incarnations, each earth life one personality, strung on the unbreakable string of his egoic Individuality, which reacheth from everlasting to everlasting, from the East unto the West.

Girl carrying food to market in rural Ethiopia—Natnael Tadele—Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International 

No demand of karma may be ignored; all must be paid in the course of the lives.

Ministry of Information Photo Division photographer FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA TO THE CHILDREN OF BRITAIN—THE WORK OF KILRONAN NURSERY, WOKING, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1941

This Chinese soldier, age 10, with heavy pack, is a member of an army division boarding a plane returning them to China, following the capture of Myitkyina airfield, Burma, under the allied command of US Major General Frank Merrill, May 1944. Chinese and allied troops had earlier crossed through the treacherous jungle of the Kumon Bum Mountains before attacking Japanese troops to the south. Exhaustion and disease led to the early evacuation of many Chinese and allied troops before the coming assault on Myitkyina town—US Army Signal Corps

Then do unto others as thou wouldst be done by, and remember, as thou doest unto the least of thy fellow creatures, in that manner and measure is it done unto our Saviour, and unto the Father, and shall be done unto thee again.

Children in Raisen district (Bhil tribe), MP, India—Yann—Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

Keep all the commandments; thou shalt so come to everlasting, where is all wisdom.

Mendocus to Phylos, the Thibetan

Je suis Charlie, Strasbourg, 7 January 2015—Claude TRUONG-NGOC—Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported