Your Self Is Sacred; Be

Outwardly One's Life May Suffer Every Kind Of Limitation, From Bodily Paralysis To Miserable Surroundings, But Inwardly It Is Free In Meditation To Reach Out To A Sphere Of Light, Beauty, Truth, Love, And Power.

Deep Down Within The Heart There Is A Stillness Which Is Healing, A Trust In The Universal Laws Which Is Unwavering, And A Strength Which Is Rock-like. But Because It Is So Deep We Need Both Patience And Perseverance When Digging For It.

That Deep Silence Has A Melody Of Its Own, A Sweetness Unknown Amid The Harsh Discords Of The World's Sounds.

Whoever Accepts The Higher Mission Of Art And Comes Nearer And Nearer To It Through His Creative Activity, Will Then Go On From Art To The Spirit Deep Within His Own Self... The Philosophic Search For Enlightenment And The Artist's Search For Perfection Of Work Can Meet And Unite. Art Can Be A Path To Spiritual Enlightenment But Not To Complete And Lasting Enlightenment. It Can Be Born Out Of, And Can Give Birth Itself To, Only Glimpses. For Art Is A Search For Beauty, Which By Itself Is Not Enough. Beauty Must Be Supported By Virtue And Both Require Wisdom To Guide Them.

No Man Who Has Lived Through A Temporary Spiritual Experience Is Ever Likely To Forget It. His Days Will Be Haunted Until He Sets Out To Seek Ways And Means Of Repeating It.