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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

There Is But One Thing Of Real Value - A Quotation by Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor and lived from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher.

Carefully Guard Them - Five Variations Of The Same Theme - Five Poems by M.N. Hopkins

Version # 1

Carefully guard them

Your traditions, cultures

So that you will thrive

Version # 2

Carefully guard them

Your traditions, cultures

Insures our future

Version # 3

Carefully guard them

Your traditions, cultures

Nourishes us all

Version # 4

Carefully guard them

Your traditions, cultures

Binds us together

Version # 5

Carefully guard them

Your traditions, cultures

Keeps darkness away

Note: I wrote these five poems in the haiku style of poetry last week with the same theme yet by changing one verse giving it a slightly different meaning in each of the five poems. If you would be so kind as to record the number of the poem in the comment section that most resonated with you personally. I published these five poems for the first time today, the 12th of August, 2026.

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Now Is The Time To Awaken - A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins

Now is the time to awaken to your heart's light, now is the time of redemption, now is the time of self-fulfillment and now is the focal point of creation. It is in the now that past and future co-exist and it is in the now that you have access to your greatest power.

This was a part of a longer discourse that I wrote in 2011 called, "Now, We Have Come To A Time". To read the entire discourse, please click on the link provided below:

https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2021/04/now-we-have-come-to-time-discourse-by.html

Watch The Sunrise - A Quotation by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Sunrise - be there to watch even if you do not understand; everything is recorded

Even if you find it hard to get up early in the morning, even if you understand nothing of the event taking place before your eyes at sunrise, it is still worth making the effort to be present. For in spite of yourself, beyond your consciousness, work is taking place and, in the future, when the effects become apparent, they will astonish you.
When a small child witnesses domestic violence and tragedies, it may not be old enough to understand what is going on, but in later years those dramas will resurface in the form of anxiety or behavioural disorders that are very difficult to cure. Whether one understands or not, everything is recorded and is liable to come back up to the surface one day. So, even if you ‘understand’ nothing about this cosmic phenomenon—the sunrise—come to it with a positive attitude, and your spirit, soul and body will necessarily absorb some elements, and those elements will manifest within you, one day, in the form of harmony, peace and light.

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov was a Bulgarian philosopher, pedagogue, mystic, and esotericist. A leading 20th-century teacher of Western Esotericism in Europe, he was a disciple of Peter Deunov, the founder of the Universal White Brotherhood.