Consider the words from the beautiful prayer of St. Francis. Is it our thought to be cared for or to offer care? Do we wish to be understood or do we try to understand? Do we desire to be loved or do we devotedly give love? After all, it is in the giving of ourselves that we receive.
Read moreTruth is God
Truth must incarnate in living expression. Mahatma Gandhi’s life was an experiment with living, not merely professing, the ideal of Advaita. The Advaitist realizes one existence. Such self-knowledge and self-liberation guides the individual to a life that is universal in awareness, compassionate toward all, and selfless in service.
Salutation Unto Thee!
In the 11th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita are given the words “Salutation unto thee, a thousand times salutation unto thee, and again and again salutation unto thee.” These are the words uttered by Arjuna after witnessing the divine universal form of God in its entire multifarious splendor. His mind and devotion are not shattered into a thousand perceptions and appreciations by this experience but are inexorably drawn to God, the One who is the source and essence of all. This is the path of yoga, of oneness. In all the experiences of our pilgrimage through this vast munificent emporium of God’s manifestation let us always and forever more seek and find the essence of the One. Salutations unto thee, a thousand times salutation unto thee!
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