Quotes from The Message

What is "The Message"?

From La Libroj de Estamo:

"These [concepts found across spiritual experiences whose universality can lend credence to a revelation] make up what can be termed the Message; the collection of themes present across mystical experiences, near-death experiences, and religious doctrine, which represent the truth of connection and are meant to guide us in making connective choices." — Q&A 2P

This page lists some quotes from many different religious texts which echo the central themes of The Message, namely:

  • Oneness of people/universe/God/etc; Oneness
  • The temporary nature of the body/self/reality/etc; Transience
  • The incomprehensibility of God/reality/etc; Incomprehensibility
  • The pain caused by greed, hatred, apathy, and fear; Morality
  • The importance and pleasure of connection; Connection
  • The importance of justice; Justice
  • The importance of wisdom and education; Knowledge
  • The value of the all, especially the oppressed; Worth

Sources:

  • Tanakh & Talmud: Sefaria
  • Christian Bible: Berean Standard Bible
  • Quran: Reformist Translation
  • Guru Granth Sahib: Khalsa Consensus Translation
  • Avesta: L. H. Mills and James Darmesteter version
  • Bhagavad Gita: Ramananda Prasad Translation
  • Ofudesaki: The Tip of the Writing Brush
  • The Clear Recital: Eastminster Critical Ediiton with a Typikon according to the Use of Oxford

    Selected Quotes

    Oneness

    • Quran 2:115: To God belongs the east and the west, so wherever you turn, there is God's presence. God is Encompassing, Knowledgeable
    • Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
    • Ofudesaki 3:124-125: Those in high places are thinking of the whole world on their own terms, but their minds are wrong. The trees which grow in the high mountains and the trees which grow in the low valleys are all the same.
    • Teachings 14:12-13: If thou wouldst find union with our Mother, know that thou hast never left Her. If thou wouldst escape the veil of matter, know that there is no matter and no veil.

    Transience

    • Genesis 3:19: By the sweat of your brow / Shall you get bread to eat, / Until you return to the ground— / For from it you were taken. / For dust you are, / And to dust you shall return.”
    • Raga Basantu 186: O Holy Saints, know that this body is false. The Lord who dwells within it - recognize that He alone is real. The wealth of this world is only a dream; why are you so proud of it? None of it shall go along with you in the end; why do you cling to it? Leave behind both praise and slander; enshrine the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises within your heart. O servant Nanak, the One Primal Being, the Lord God, is totally permeating everywhere.

    Incomprehensibility

    • Bhagavad Gita 10.15: O Creator and Lord of all beings, God of all celestial rulers, the Supreme person, and Lord of the universe, only You know Yourself by Yourself.
    • Sri Rag 53: O Baba, the Lord Allah is Inaccessible and Infinite. Sacred is His Name, and Sacred is His Place. He is the True Cherisher. The extent of Your Command cannot be seen; no one knows how to write it. Even if a hundred poets met together, they could not describe even a tiny bit of it. No one has found Your Value; they all merely write what they have heard again and again.

    Morality

    • Matthew 6:24: No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
    • Quran 2:188: Do not consume your money between you unjustly by bribing the decision-makers so that you may consume a part of the other people's money sinfully while you know!
    • Ofudesaki 3:124-125: Those in high places are thinking of the whole world on their own terms, but their minds are wrong. The trees which grow in the high mountains and the trees which grow in the low valleys are all the same.

    Connection

    • 1 Corinthians 13:4-7: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

    Justice

    • Deuteronomy 16:20: Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy the land that your God יהוה is giving you.
    • Vendidad 9.27: ‘And thou shalt say these victorious, most healing words: “Yatha ahu vairyo: - The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness. The gifts of Vohu-mano to deeds done in this world for Mazda. He who relieves the poor makes Ahura king."

    Knowledge

    • Quran 96:1-5: Read in the name of your Lord who has created. He created the human being from an embryo. Read, and your Lord is the Generous One. The One who taught by the pen. He taught the human being what he did not know.
    • Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD grants wisdom; / Knowledge and discernment are by His decree.
    • Teachings 12:1: Know your own heart and make examination thereof; for if you know not your own heart, there can be no true knowledge of anything.

    Worth

    • Ofudesaki 1:52-53: Looking all over the world and through all the ages, I find no one who is evil. Among all humankind, there is no one who is evil. It is only a bit of dust stuck on