Life is a Challenge, Meet it                                                Livres

 

Once you attach yourself to some person, habits, or mannerism, it will be difficult for you to shake it off… p 45

 

Know the Atma to be your true Self and know your Self to be immortal… Make your own spiritual progress your first priority… p 88

 

First be (aware of God in your heart), then do… p 116

 

Hurt and disappointment are really anger turned in upon yourself. P 158

 

Without confidence, there is no love… p 171

 

Do not spoil your mind with friendship. Friendship is not good. Have only friendship with God. Your only friend is God. Worldly friends are not real… p 175

 

Sit alone. Walk alone. You will be very happy. Wherever you sit, think of God. If you cannot control your mind and contemplate God, then engage yourself in selfless service… p 176

 

For all that has occurred in the past, say "Thank you". To everything that is taking place now or that will happen in the future, say "Yes"… p 185  

 

Life is a Dream, Realize it

 

Know that you are neither right nor wrong. You are neither good nor bad. You are Mine, and I am yours. We are God… p 37

 

Know that You have always been God; You always will be God. We are One now. You have never been separated from Me. You have never done anything wrong. You will never do anything wrong… p 38

 

If you develop Love toward our fellow-actor, that is more important than devotion toward God… p 56

 

Never give up love… Whatever the handicap, however you may be tempted to loosen your grip, hold on to God. There is always a calm after the storm… Loves your self for the God that it embodies; love others for the God that is enshrined in them- that speaks and acts through them… p 57

 

Do not cultivate close friendship with anybody unless you know that the motives on the other side are pure, unselfish and spiritual… Genuine friendship can only be possible between one Atman and another; that is between two persons who have each realized that Atman (the God within) is the core of their being… p 71

Joy Thomas, Life is Love, Enjoy it!

The pains precede the birth of new life… p 16

The aspirant begins to see the favourite Form of God, which he likes to worship, in all beings and all objects, wherever he turns, and so he develops an attitude of reverence towards nature and all life… Established in this bent of mind, he becomes the devoted servant of all, with no sense of superiority or inferiority... This takes the seeker so near to the Lord that he feels himself to be the confidant and comrade, the companion and friend, the sharer of God's power and pity… This is the prelude to the final step of total surrender, yielding fully to the will of the Lord which the seeker knows through his own purified intuition…p 109

Compassion is the reflection of love… p 152

The ochre robe signifies to everyone that the wearer has renounced his attachment to all of the pleasures of the world and that his sole purpose is to help others achieve a higher level of spiritual understanding… p 167

The whole secret lies in detachment… The mind must be unaffected by the experiences of success and failure, of gain and loss, of wellness and illness; it must be surrendered at the Feet of the Lord. Let His will prevail… p 188

 

 

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