(All listed are from Third Thunder, unless specifically stated that it came from First Thunder)
 
Ten Oath­masters, each the embodiment of the virtue and power of an oath, began instructing the 10 tribes of Gurion.  After the completion of their instruction in the ten oaths, the Oathmasters said they would teach six practices of Ascension that would bring perfection to their land and people.
 
The Oathmasters passed the teaching to them, only to hint at the full range of virtues available in the practice. While the Ten Oaths seemed to be the totality of their aspiration, they were more like a beginning stage of a potential fullness that held incomprehensible wisdom and incredible power.
 
Men require the guidance that comes from vows. Men need a polar constellation to remember the true north. Much beauty and good comes from the practice of the Oaths.  
 
1. Non-Violence/Invincibility
The Tribe of the Doves were devoted to the Oath of Peace -- non-violence to all creatures.
Brihas planted the World Tree Vanas at the Founding Lake, then taught the tribes the First Great Oath: Non-violence. While it was a foundation from which all the other oaths could evolve, perfect alignment with the will of the Grandfather also produces non-violence.  They are one and the same.
 
2. Truthfulness/All Words are Fulfilled
Truth cuts asunder all lies. It is said that an Oathmaster of the Vow of Truth can say anything and have it happen.  One practices Truthfulness in thought, speech and action.
 
3. Purity/Intuition
Perfection of the Vow of Purity compels right action and also leads to Intuition.
By marrying Purity to Truth, one will speak only wisdom.
 
4. Contentment/Supreme Happiness
Contentment is said to be the doorway to supreme happiness. 
 
5. Non-Grasping/Knowledge of Past and Future
By perfecting the Oath of Non­-grasping, one possesses knowledge of the past and the future and of distant places.
First Thunder stated that Master­ing non-grasping means to become a clean slate, free from pointless beliefs about life. Non-grasping requires breaking attachment to things and to possessions, which includes mental debris.
 
6. Celibacy/Continence/Adamantine Strength
Some hold this Oath to be the first to be mastered; from mastering the Art of Forgiveness comes your perfect health and your physical invincibility.
First Thunder stated that, to the best of my ability, all my thoughts, words and actions will be directed upwards, to the Ascendant.
 
7. Non-Stealing/All Wealth Presents Itself
First Thunder stated that this includes never acting as though I’ve done something when I haven’t, never taking credit for anoth­er’s work. 
 
8. Austerity/Perfection of Body and Senses
 
9. Study of the One/Understanding the Cries of All Creatures
 
10. Unalterable Surrender to the Grandfather/Permanent Awareness of the One
Tenth Vow is the Oath of Devotion to the Creator; to culture the mind until every thought, word and deed is an expression of the Grandfather’s will. 
 

First Thunder 
Alan Lance: “It’s better called the Voice of God, ‘When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.’ It is love, it is life, it is rapture. It’s the Omega in Greek, the Omkara in San­skrit, or simply OM, the Universal Sound.” 
 
Durga:  We wished only to hold Ascension intact for the human race, until the human race was ready for it. Just as a loving parent saves the best present for the last, we have kept the Supreme Teaching se­creted away from the world, lest the children not appreciate it.
“The human race is maturing now, perhaps because there is no longer an alternative. Soon, humanity will be developed enough." 
 
Nanda: “This technique allows us to pass the Ascending energy through us into the rest of Creation. It doesn’t get stuck anywhere; it doesn’t get blocked or locked up anywhere. And the more we give it away, the more we have of it. Love is magical. It increases as it is given away. That is the soul of compassion."
 
Boanerge: “I saw this coming, this war between selfishness and Love, saw it as soon as I met Paul; we all did; therefore I established the Ishaya Order for this moment in history, for the dawn of the next millennium. Do you understand? Now begins the new and final cycle, the new Heaven, the new Earth, the new Jerusalem; all flesh shall be raised incor­ruptible, humans will no more die, there will be a global Ascension. What I have done, all can do. There is no more death when you dis­cover you created death yourself by your belief in separation and isolation.” 
 
Second Thunder
Rodavi - Vasuki - Joab: Be receptive to the good flowing to you always; never in pride rely solely on your own strength. If you but allow it, help will come when you need it, even when least deserved."

Venus: "When you truly understand there is nothing outside yourself, then and only then can you love others. Until then, pay attention to who you are! Mind your own business, completely; withdraw from any idea of usefulness to others. And forget about needing Joab or me to help you do this! Learn to awaken joy within yourself without needing anyone or anything else. Become established in your own inner strength, Naisan! We can be helpful to you only after you realize you must heal yourself. This must be your continual, moment-by-moment desire!" 
 
Boanerge: "You dedicated yourself to the healing of humanity, my Lord Gana. Long, long ago. I have watched you and guided you and played with you for countless lives. This game continues now from the weight of our shared past. You might dream that you wish to stop it now, but that is impossible. What is left of your ego is like a tattered cloud before a desert sun. Truly now, truly: do you wish not to know the Second Sphere Cognition Technique?"
 
Joab: "What strange doubts inspired you to abandon your sole charge! Now what will become of the well? You can’t believe your efforts feed you? None lives in isolation; always are we nourished by our Mother. Have you not seen the animals, learned their secret?"  
 
Jacop: "Oh my lost children! Weep no more in loneliness! Live no longer the sad emptiness of your private night! Let your gates open to my fragrant draught! Orah’s chariot but awaits your permission to battle the demons of doubt and greed! The Sun yearns to carry his fire into your frozen hearts!
"Hear my voice, crying to you from your own soul! Show me there is still life inside your rigid dying bodies, show me you can still see through your purblind eyes, else I must despair and turn to others! For if you are already dead, of what use the sweet water I pour freely for you?"
 
Rodavi: Take not gain or loss to heart:
These are minor thoughts.
Conscious purpose never succeeds:
Only innocence attains its will.

Third Thunder Book 1: Orah
Brihas: “The power of the final two perfections, omnipotence and omnis­cience, are guarded by myself and Matri. To gain my power, there are but two requirements.”
“The first is to culture the mind until every thought, word and deed is an expression of the Grandfather’s will. This you have already done, by virtue of your five initial stages of development, by virtue of your twin Krishanu’s recent success in Tilvia, by virtue of Leor’s self-sacrifice and guidance here in Riversland.
“The second is to become forever harmless — to master the first of the Ten Oaths, Nonviolence, from which all others are evolved. You see how we expressed the path of perfection in our first oath.”   
 
Althea: “Leor, Leor! Of the spirit, the memory below in Ezera has rejoined the Mother. Yet you are still here. That means the Point Spirit of man is but illusion only. The soul as a limited entity is, dear forgetful girl, only a way of looking at (or understanding) omnipresence. You always were Leor, in every meaningful sense."
 
Third Thunder Book 2: Shamara
Uchai-sravasa: "I am sorry, Sharan," said 'Sravasa, now soothing her with his words.  "I believe Brihas intentionally structured the Sacrifice in this way.  The final act of every other Bearer has been one of faith: they had no choice but to believe the others would succeed as well, so they acted from hope, in innocent love.  Your act must be no less than theirs for the Atira to end as it should.  Doubt not; your dora will clarify the final decision of the Sacrifice." 

This is the first installment of the Yoda's Wisdom Picks from the Thunder Series. More is coming…
 
In the Star Wars series we have come to know the little green Master who arguably has said the most enlightened one-liners in the cinematic history of the world. With deeply contemplative big eyes and spoken words that follow an unconventional word order, Yoda has become very recognizable for even those that may not be so familiar with the movies themselves.
 
Yoda has said many things that resonate with the truth as it has been shared in the Thunder books by MSI. And I am certain, that should Yoda stumble upon the Thunder books, he would smile and chuckle and perhaps say something like, “Hmmm… Very well written, the book is… Very strong, in this writer the Force is…”
 
Specifically there is a quote in the Second Thunder book that I am certain would have Yoda´s attention. The quote is as follows:
 
”Never in pride rely solely on your own strength. Help will come when you need it, even when least deserved, if you but allow it. Be receptive to the good flowing to you always.”
 
Rodavi, an enlightened Master himself, said this to Gana as a parting gift and urged him to remember it well, for it is both a blessing and a warning. This particular quote is then reiterated a few more times throughout the book, in various situations and by various Masters. The Truth never changes and the Teacher repeats it as long as it takes for the student to gain true understanding.
 
Yoda is fully familiar with that – having had students himself and having had to repeat himself many a time… even seeing that the student is most likely not going to listen very well, as was the case with Gana.

MSI wrote in one of his books, that for the enlightened it is a constant thrill to connect with another enlightened mind. For this reason, I am most certain that Yoda would be chuckling to himself as he reads through the Thunder books; and maybe a bystander could hear him say: “Ah…Tricky, the Master is.”
 
Nataraja