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The Lead Articles

from HERMES Magazine 1975-1989
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A
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The Allegory of the CaveAnamnesisAquarian Civilization
The Aquarian ElixirAquarian HarmonyAquarian Spirituality
Aquarian TherapyThe Aquarian TideAs Above, So Below
Ascent and DescentAtma Vidya 


B
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Between Heaven and EarthBuddha and the Path to Enlightenment: I. Renunciation and EnlightenmentBuddha and the Path to Enlightenment: II. The Message of Buddha
Buddha and the Path to Enlightenment: III. The Dharma and the SanghaBuddha and the Path to Enlightenment: IV. The Dhammapada and the UdanavargaBuddhi Yoga and Svadharma
"By Their Fruits..."  


C
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The Candle of VisionCeaseless DissolutionChoosing the Tao
Civilization, Politics and ReligionCognition and FreedomCognition, Breath and Speech
The Community of the FutureConsciousness and ExistenceContinuity of Consciousness
Continuity, Creativity and ChoiceCreative EmanationThe Crest Jewel


D
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The DaimonDateless and DeathlessThe Dawning of Wisdom
Death and Immortality - K. S. LakshminarayanDegrees of EnlightenmentDeity in Action
Deity, Nature and ManDeliverance from BondageThe Descent of Manas
Devotion to the Guru - Adi ShankaracharyaDhyana MargaThe Diamond Sutra
Drawing the Larger Circle  


E
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ElementalsEnlightenmentThe Eternal Religion - rendered by Punarvasu
Evolution and ConsciousnessEvolution and KarmaEye of Self Existence
The Eye of Shiva  


F
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Fire of PurgationThe Fire of SelfhoodThe Fires of Creation
The Flute of KrishnaThe Forward Impulse 


G
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The Gandhian Bridge Between Heaven and EarthGandhian Socialism: Isms and IndividualsGandhian Socialism: The Constructive Programme
Gandhian Trusteeship In Theory and Practice: Regeneration and RebirthGandhian Trusteeship In Theory and Practice: The Art of RenunciationThe Gayatri Invocation
Gestation and GrowthGods, Monads and AtomsThe Golden Thread
The Gospel According to St. John  


H
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The Healing of ElementalsThe Healing of SoulsThe Hermetic Method
The Hero In ManHymn to Dakshinamurti 


I
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Identity and InteractionImmortality and Self-KnowledgeIndividuation and Initiation
The Inheritance of HumanityThe Inmost SanctuaryInsight and Energy
Integration and RecurrenceInvolution 


J
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Jiva and Self-GenerationJnana YajnaThe Joy of Devotion


K
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Kaivalya Pada - Yoga Sutras Book IV - PatanjaliKalahansa and KalachakraKalki Maitreya
Kalki MaitreyaKarma and ChoiceKarma and Destiny
Karma and TransmutationKnowledge and NegligenceKriya Yoga - Yoga Sutras Book II - Patanjali
Kriyashakti  


L
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The Language of the GodsLevels of ManifestationThe Life-Giving Stream
The Light of the LogosLight, Love and HopeThe Lodge and the Sangha
The Logos and ManLove 


M
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The Mahamudra Of VoidnessMahat, Manu and the AvatarManasadharma
Matter and ConsciousnessMeditation and Self-StudyMental Posture
The Message of the BuddhaMetaphysics and EthicsMirroring the Macrocosm
The Mystery of the EgoMyth and Redemption 


N
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The Nachiketas FireNoetic DiscriminationNoetic Self-Determination
Non-Violent Resistance And Social Transformation: I. SatyagrahaNon-Violent Resistance And Social Transformation: II. Swaraj and Sarvodaya 


O
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Order In Chaos  


P
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The Philosophy of PerfectionThe Pilgrimage of HumanityThe Pledge of Kwan-Yin
Polarity and DiscriminationPurity and PollutionPythagoras and His School


R
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The Rebirth of HumanityRegenerationReincarnation and Silence
Relationship and SolitudeRenunciation and ResponsibilityRepentance and Karma
Resonance and ResponsibilityResonance and Vibration 


S
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Samadhi Pada - Yoga Sutras Book I - PatanjaliThe Sankhya Karika - IshvarakrishnaSat and Sattva
The Scope of Self-ConsciousnessThe Self Actualizing ManSelf-Emancipation
Self-MagnetizationSelf-TransformationThe Sense of Self
The Seven Deadly Sins - I. The Historical ContextThe Seven Deadly Sins - II. Sin and ViolenceThe Seven Deadly Sins - III. Non-Violence and Regeneration
The Seventh ImpulsionThe Seventh PrincipleShiva and Self-Regeneration
Silence and BrahmacharyaThe Soul of TibetSpace and Self-Consciousness
Spectator and ParticipantThe Spectrum of ConsciousnessSpirit, Mind and Matter
Spiritual AttentionSpiritual EvolutionSpiritual Perception
Spiritual ProgenitorsSpiritual WakefulnessSpiritual Will
The Sun of the Sun - from the Mahabharata  


T
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The TempestGandhian Bridge Between Heaven and EarthTheurgy and Transmutation
ThoughtfulnessTo Be And Not To BeTranscendence and Transformation
TruthTruth and Non-Violence 


U
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Universality and Sectarianism  


V
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The VerbumVibhuti Pada - Yoga Sutras Book III - PatanjaliThe Vigil Night of Humanity


W
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Wisdom In Action  


Y
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The Yoga SutraYoga Sutras - IYoga Sutras - II
Yoga Sutras - IIIYoga Sutras - IVYoga Sutras - V
Yoga Sutras - VIYoga Sutras - VII 


Z
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Zero Principle  






Kalki Maitreya

Any person can only individuate truly to the extent to which he or she can universalize consciousness, and svadharma has to be understood in the context of the universal dharma of the human family in any age or epoch. Svadharma is the deft application of dharma to the karmic conditions of the moment in any situation, with its limits, parameters and possibilities. The Bhagavad Gita (III.35) affirms: "Better is one's own duty, though imperfectly done, than the duty of another well done. Better is death in doing one's own duty (svadharma); the duty of another brings danger." The perverse refusal or pathetic inability to translate dharma into the appropriate thought and action in the present moment is indeed adharma, unrighteousness, the source of all sordid confusion and culpable wrongdoing, as well as moral backsliding. No doubt, none can, without the self-validating universal vision of the Adept, judge the duty of another. This makes it all the more vital that each and every one enacts svadharma with the modicum of courage needed to act on one's deepest convictions and fullest understanding. Given the inevitability of falling short of these time and again, it is an elementary requirement of the Golden Rule to show genuine tolerance and empathy for the frailties of others.

Kalki Maitreya
Raghavan Iyer
HERMES, September 1987
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