The Rosenkreutz Institute

The Eternal Phoenix 

In East Asia,
there's the Feng-Huang
the King of all the birds
Oh, so royal!
It never kills,
governs in peace
and still remains the
Symbol of the Empress.

Chinese Phoenix, holy bird
Feng-Huang is only there,
as long as there is peace in the world
It appears only then,
if there's peace in the world.

Ying-Yang symbol
gives a creation
of harmony through
the opposite forces;
Female is male
and male is female.
Both sexes are depicted the same.

Immortal bird come out and spread
your harmony in this cruel, cold world,
but Chinese Phoenix rarely comes out,
as there's war in our world,
so the sacred bird's gone.

In East Asia,
there's the Feng-Huang;
the mythical Phoenix.
Governs in peaceful world,
descents from heaven to this Earth,
as legend says.

--translation of a Chinese poem

"Whenever you think God has shown you other people's faults take care: your own judgment may well be at fault. Say nothing. And if you do attribute any vice to another person immediately and humbly look for it in yourself also. Should the other person really possess that vice he will correct himself so much the better when he sees how gently you understand him and he will say to himself  whatever you would have told him." St Catherine of Siena.

I have now reigned above 50 years in victory or peace... Riches and honour, power and pleasures have waited on my call nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In  this situation I  have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to 14. O man!  Place not thy confidence in this present world.

Abd-al Rahman III, Caliph of Spain, AD 912-961

Fire Is Coolest at the Center

Be the truth - Be the Love - Forgive and Live

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

Mark Twain

There are so many that spend their time on old things, when the Fresh New World Is Before our Eyes and the Past Is Just a Memory