My old friend, Manly P. Hall, shares with us a Christmas message of enlightening wisdom and esoteric knowledge – enjoy!
Manly Palmer Hall The Solar Christmas Part 1 of 2
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“Hence the disciple of the Ancient Wisdom is taught to realize that man is not essentially a personality, but a spirit.”
~ Manly P. Hall
Manly P. Hall is a man who has featured more than once on this blog, and with good reason.
Hall’s enlightening lectures filled with common sense, mysticism and wisdom has helped me somewhat to look at a life with more insight and to elevate my mind toward a higher plane of consciousness.
Hall, who was a 33rd degree Mason, possessed an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the occult, philosophy and the mystery schools of ancient Egypt and Greece, which was gained by years of exhaustive research and reading (as well as collecting) the many rare books in history on the same subjects.
Manly P. Hall, who I consider to have been one of the wisest men of the 20th century, has featured more than once on this blog – with good reason.
Not only was Hall a man with a tremendous amount of esoteric knowledge, but he also had the wisdom, insight and common sense to advise us all towards a greater path of living, as he voraciously demonstrated in his chosen career of communicating his enlightening knowledge to the masses,
“In his over 70-year career, Hall delivered approximately 8,000 lectures in the United States and abroad, authored over 150 books and essays, and wrote countless magazine articles.”
So here I present to you, from the man himself, ten basic rules of wisdom which should provide the foundations towards living a better life…hopefully.
A concise guide for spiritual living in the modern world:
1. Stop worrying.
2. Stop trying to dominate and possess your friends and relatives.
3. Moderate ambition.
4. Do not accumulate more than you need.
5. Learn to relax.
6. Cultivate a sense of humor.
7. Find a reason for your own existence.
8. Never intentionally harm any other person.
9. Beware of anger.
10. Never blame others for your own mistakes.
Read part 1 of the series: ‘Manly P. Hall’s Lessons of Self-Unfoldment (Part 1): Personal Growth’.
I wish to share with you selected passages from the book ‘Self-unfoldment by Disciplines of Realization’
This book contains many wise lessons and practical instructions on how we can penetrate deep within ourselves so to understand the Truth of who we are, and how we fit into this universal existence.
The ultimate aim is to attain the self-knowledge for us to grow effortlessly towards wisdom and a blessed life.
I am still in the process of reading this fascinating book, and will endeavor to post more enlightening and insightful passages as I go along.
