Spiritual Articles

How to attain permanent peace

Remember that so long as one's mind attaches importance to an object and is tempted by it, nay, as long as its possession is supposed to be the sign of good fortune or God's grace and its absence

The law of cause and effect

Every moment of our lives we are either creating something or disintegrating with our own thoughts. Remember, everything in this universe in energy, including our thoughts. Energy is neither

Tolerance, The Atrubute of Wisdom

It is human nature that a person wants to dominate others. He blames others for his misfortunes. The lack of tolerance among human beings has created lot of

You Are Your Attention

We have a certain amount of breath granted daily and it fuels our being, enabling us to do our daily activities by using our minds to orchestrate our life and tend our interest, guiding us to be

Soul

Self-knowledge, or the experience of the 'subject of universal life' is an important factor in human life. What is the universe and how can it be understood? The universe is so large that it can never be experienced in a human lifetime.

Seek God, Be Victorious in Life

Emulate the consciousness of the great ones such as Christ. Realize his omnipresence. The Father gave Jesus that universal consciousness by which he knew all things. Even as I am talking, he knows what I am saying. Though you don't see him, I see Him. He is right here - a great light, transforming this temple.

Everyone here is within that light which I see. We are like waves in the ocean of that light - the light of Christ Consciousness 'Kutastha Chaitanya', the light of God. When you see His light and His presence, then you know that this life is nothing more than a test that everyone must go though to reach God. If Satan's tests are conquered, then even Satan becomes the tool of God. Every trial is a blessing if it brings us nearer to God.

Each human being is unique; no two can be exactly the same. Think of yourself in this way: "My personality is the gift of God. What I am, no one else is. I shall be very proud of my divine individuality. I shall improve myself and don a personality of goodness". If you play your part well, you are just as good as the soul who plays the part of a king or a queen. And so long as you play your role well, you will be attractive and loved by all.

Abraham Lincoln was an accomplished actor on this stage of life. He was not afraid to play his difficult role. He was working for God and for what he believed to be right: the equality of man. That is why he is remembered and loved today. If you strive to serve God, you have served everyone. Seek to please Him not man.

What you expect others to be, you be first. Practice these suggestions. Take one quality at a time and work at developing it. From today, for instance, practice peace. Then take cheerfulness; try to smile even when you are unhappy. Then work at cultivating courage and fearlessness. Some people are terrified of the dark. If you are one of these, practice going into a dark room until you get over this fear. Develop the consciousness that God is with you. You can be in an impregnable castle and still disease can get at you there. Yet you can be on the battlefield with bullets flying all around you, and if your time to leave the body has not come, nothing will hurt you.

Practice consideration and goodness until you are like a beautiful flower that every one loves to see. Be the beauty that is in a flower, and the attractiveness that is in a pure mind. When you are attractive in that way, you will always have true friends. You will be loved by both man and God.