This morning when I woke up, it occurred to me to pick up a small book of quotations I have on my bed table. It is a book filled with various thoughts presented by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and compiled by Winfried A. Parley already in 1921 and edited, added to and reprinted in 1981 and 2000. I got it years ago while in India at the Theosophical Society's Headquarters in Adyar, Chennai.
It is a delightful book with one short quotation for each day. Really handy if you want to just think about something from a slightly philosophical point of view. I like it and I always find relevance in the quotations to my life.
There are thousands of books filled with quotations, in most of the languages where people can find inspiration and advice to make their daily life more grounded in the mind. Many times I find myself surprised how well a quotation for the day will reflect that particular day in my life. And it is not just quotations. Sometimes, life seems to be in great synchronicity in its all aspects.
To my thinking, life shows its best with small details that contribute to the wellbeing of my family and my immediate surroundings.
Today, for example, the quotation book states:
"In our opinion, if psychometry is one of the greatest proofs of the indestructibility of matter, retaining eternally the impressions of the outward world, the possession of that faculty by our inner sight is a still greater one in favour of the man's [sic] individual spirit."
Considering that this quotation is from Blavatsky's first epic Isis Unveiled published in 1877, I am simply staggered by it.
The dictionary I use states that 'psychometry' means "the measurement of mental abilities." I am inspired to think that our mental abilities should include a charitable heart that reaches towards the others with helping gestures, like the Radom Acts of Kindness, Compassion and Love.
I am greatly uplifted by the though that if we possess this in our 'inner sight' it gives us hope for the future in building a more sustainable and caring community.
Inspiration comes from small measures and one doesn't have to possess great quantities of these qualities. However, if you make nurturing kindness, compassion and love a measurable goal using the SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely) approach, the psychometrics of it can be seen in the real life by the measured success of creating a more sustainable and just future for everybody in our community.
Inspiration application is everything! Let's make it our business and congratulate everyone who have acknowledged these qualities as part of their daily life goals.
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