The Lord God Of Truth Within: A Posthumous Sequel To The Dayspring Of Youth

Although this is a sequel to The Dayspring of Youth, I found it more accessible than the previous work by the same author. Perhaps that's simply because this is the second book I've read from him. Both books are an introduction to what the author calls 'Yoga', largely written in the form of short anecdotes from the author's own experience. The word 'Yoga', as used in this book refers to a practice of achieving spiritual union with the God. Throughout the first book, I was confused by the author's use of the term Yoga to describe his practice because it seems that the spiritual path he describes is distinct from any of the Indian yoga practices of which I'm aware and it bears very little, if any connection to the hatha yoga now popular around the world as a form of exercise. In this book, the author states that he is referring western yoga traditions and that many people of western cultures are not aware of the existence of these schools.Although in this book I didn't find instructions for practicing specific spiritual exercises, I still found the book immensely valuable because it speaks in an intelligent and knowledgeable way about levels of experience that I previously did not believe were genuinely possible. Although, after reading it, I did not instantly become capable of reaching those levels of experience for myself, I now feel inclined to respond with sensitivity, curiosity, and respect to a wider variety of ideas regarding extraordinary spiritual experiences.

I read both this book and his first one, The Dayspring of Youth. I read these for esoteric advice. The Dayspring has more in it but this one is useful too.This book discusses the need to get into contact with the God within us. It also discusses Nature and her principles. The author says that the three principles of Nature that the student must acquire are: stand alone, be honest in purpose, serve God & humanity. As opposed to: relying on others for our well-being, falsity in our natures, and shirking our responsibility to serve God and others.One practical thing I used in this book was the following exercise: put your hands and barefeet on the earth between sunrise and 10AM. I did this in Mexico City for 50 minutes each day and for 9 days in a row. The result was that a worm of some kind died inside me. I detoxed and my perception improved.Here are some unique insights I extracted from the book:"Fear is an invitation to suffering.""Softness is greater then strength.""We become what we aspire to become.""The presence of God within oneself is the greatest protection.""Happiness can only come from freedom of individualized expression.""We are living in mind-stuff matter, and that what we attract, we become.""In the eternal struggle to make a livelihood, men fail to produce their own truth.""The imagination is the instrument the soul uses to make us aspire for higher things.""Poets, as stimulators of our ideals, should not forget that the pen is mightier than the sword!"There is no real difference between the vibrations registered by man as sound, color, taste, or smell."When man assumes a one-pointed direction of mind...he assumes the final essence of his true nature.""In order to enter nature's consciousness the student must have three times the energy of a normal man.""To interest by the True, to move by the Beautiful, to persuade by the Good, and to illuminate by the Intelligence.""The secret of power in man is how to be immune from, yet still actively acquainted with, the thought-world about him.""Few people realize how the bombardment of evil minds can enter any loophole in a man's character and dethrone him.""According to Yoga teaching the greatest evil in humanity is lack of devotion to the Lord God of Truth which is within us.""The greatest aid that can be given humanity is to teach it to perceive what others pass by unnoticed, or accept as commonplace.""Love only comes from the giving of freedom to others...Love should make no demands, for fear approaches when freedom is restricted. it is unselfish love given with no demands which links people together...""Man is the master of his own destiny; yet he fails to realize that uncontrolled thoughts, passions and desires, speech without thought, envy, hatred, and malice cause movements that do not harmonize him with the keynote within.""Many city dwellers, ignorant of the reason, often have a strong desire to put their hands and bare feet on Mother Earth. This brings about a change of polarity in our systems, for unknown to us nature gives us of her secret nourishment...this approach to Mother Nature should be practiced in the sunlight before ten o'clock in the morning."Here's an extensive list of similar authors in case you're still searching:- Beinsa Douno (Bulgaria)- The Ancient Path of the Sun by Mark Atwood (Wales)- Gurdjieff (Armenia)- Samael Aun Weor (Colombia)- The Dayspring of Youth by M. (USA)- Hamid Bey (Egypt)- The Flight of the Feathered Serpent by Armando Cosani (Paraguay)- Yogananda (India)- The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling (Akashic records)- Gospel of the Kailedy & Gospel of Thomas (ancient Jesus teachings)-  The Heart Creates "The One" by Shalaka Akana  (Australia)- The last author I cannot mention by name so I'll leave you with a clue: Miranda Kerr, Sylvester Stallone and Pharrell Williams are all admirers of the juice he recommends

The deliberately anonymous author M. is simply not Nicholas Roerich, or in any other way associated with Roerich to my knowledge. My wife was brought up with Paul Brunton, and M. was Brunton's first teacher. Along with Allan Bennett, Ananda Metteyya, his second early teacher, Brunton loved and revered M. for the rest of his life. M.'s photo ("M." is indeed what Brunton always called him, and how M. affectionately inscribed copies of his own books to Brunton, and these inscribed copies we own) was always on his desk, and that photo can be found in "Paul Brunton, A Personal View", written by Kenneth Thurston Hurst, along with a small amount of accurate biographical information about "M" Thurston, which was his name, or Brother M as Brunton also called him when referring to him to my wife Melody. He is the true and only author of this book, and of "The Dayspring of Youth". Another source for details of M 's life is "The White Brother" by Michael Juste, a pen name of Michael Houghton, who by the way, as M.'s former student, was the posthumous editor of "The Lord God of Truth Within". He took paragraphs and notes written by M. and threaded them together in the resulting sequence as he thought best. Houghton's descriptions of M. in the White Brother are fairly accurate from what I understand. Less accurate (or fair) when it comes to the character of David (Brunton) as they had a falling out by that time. Houghton was a complex individual, editor of the Occult Review for a time. M. was an American of Six Nations (Iroquoian) descent (trained by Elders of his tribe with whom he spent a great deal of time in his youth and beyond) who later lived in London. This book was originally published with no reference whatsoever to Roerich, nor has Roerich ever appeared in any accounts of M.'s life as it was conveyed in some detail to my wife. All sorts of people appear to wish to take credit for these two books. But they speak for themselves.

Interesting book.Arrived early and in excellent condition.Thank You.