Nanak went to Kaaba: he was tired. When he reached the mosque, and he just put down his small bundle, whatever it was, and went to sleep. The priest was furious because his legs were toward the holy stone, so he dragged him out and said, “What foolishness are you doing here? You do not know even this much respect — that the legs should not be towards the holy stone. Are you an atheist?”

Nanak’s sleep was broken. He is sitting. He says, “Put my legs in that direction where God is not, and do not disturb me.” There is no direction where God is not, because the direction itself is divine, existence is divine. But you must be open to it.


Have you anything more than the past? Are you the dead past or is there something living in you which is not part and parcel of the past? What is that?


If you say, “I love you very much,” be aware that there is every possibility that the love is ending. It may have gone already. It is only an ego of the past. That is why you emphasize, “I love you very much.” “Very much” is an effort to fill the gap, and there is a gap. The love has gone. When love exists, you feel it and live it. Silence is enough. When it is gone, you chatter about it. Now silence is not enough. On the contrary, in silence the dead love will be exposed. In silence, you cannot hide it. Now you begin to chatter about it. Ordinarily, we are not speaking to tell things. Rather, on the contrary, we are speaking to hide things. In silence, you cannot hide it with words.


-Where are you Dan?

-Here.

-What time is it?

-Now.

-What are you?

-This moment.

El Kybalion

THE ALL becomes “involved”, or “wrapped up” in its creation. This process is believed by the Hermetists to have a Correspondence to the mental process of an artist, writer, or inventor, who becomes so wrapped up in his mental creation as almost forget his own existence and who, for the time being, almost “lives in his creation”.

This Involuntary stage of Creation is sometimes called the “Outpouring” of the Divine Energy, just as the Evolutionary state is called the “Indrawing”. The extreme pole of the Creative process is considered to be the furthest removed from THE ALL, while the beginning of the Evolutionary stage is regarded as the beginning of the return swing of the pendulum of Rhythm – a “coming home” idea being held in all of the Hermetic Teachings.

The Teachings are that during the “Outpouring” the vibrations become lower and lower until finally the urge ceases, and the return swing begins. But there is this difference, that while in the “Outpouring” the creative forces manifest compactly and as a whole, yet form the beginning of the Evolutionary or “Indrawing” stage, there is manifested the Law of Individualization – that is, the tendency to separate into Units of Force, so that finally that witch left THE ALL as unindividualized energy returns to its source as countless highly developed Units of Life, having risen higher and higher in the scale by means of Physical, Mental and Spiritual Evolution.

The entire creation, including Involution and Evolution, of an Universe, is but “as the twinkle of the eye” to THE ALL. At the end of countless cycles of aeons of time, THE ALL withdraws its Attention – its Contemplation and Meditation of the Universe, for the Great Work is finished – and All is withdrawn into THE ALL from witch it emerged, But mystery of mysteries – the Spirit of each soul is not annihilated, but is infinitely expanded – the Created and the Creator are merged.

The Kybalion


The “I” represents the Aspect of Being; the “Me” represents the Aspect of Becoming.


While All is in THE ALL, it is equally true that THE ALL is in All.


The advanced Hermetist polarizes himself at the Positive Pole of his Being – the “I Am”  pole rather than the pole of personality, and by “refusing” and “denying” the operation of Rhythm, raises himself above its plans of consciousness, and standing firm in his Statement of Being he allows the pendulum to swing back on the Lower Plane without changing his Polarity. This is accomplished by all individuals who have attained any degree of self-mastery, whether they understand the law or not. Such persons simply “refuse” to allow themselves to be swung back by the pendulum of mood and emotion, and by steadfastly affirming the superiority, they remain polarized on the Positive pole.

The Principle of Rhythm – The Kybalion


The Infinite Mind of THE ALL is the womb of Universes.


The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding.