Peace Quarters: God

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Friday, 19 September 2014

The Alchemy of Happiness (Part 3)

A person may follow a religion and yet not come to the realization of truth. But of what use is his religion to him if he is not happy? Religion does not mean depression and sadness. The spirit of religion should give happiness. God is happy. He is the perfection of love, harmony, and beauty. A religious person should be happier than one who is not religious. If a person who professes religion is always melancholy his religion is disgraced. The form has been kept, but the spirit lost. If the study of religion and mysticism does not lead to real joy and happiness, it may just as well not exist, for then it does not help to fulfill the purpose of life. The world today is sad and suffering as the result of terrible wars. The religion which answers the demand of life today is one which invigorates and gives life to souls, which illuminates the heart of man with the divine light which is already there. Not necessarily by any outer form, though for some a form may be helpful, but by showing that happiness which is the desire of every soul.

Human Soul: The Path to God

Soul is in all objects, both things and beings, but when it is recognized as soul, then it becomes a soul. Soul is an entity which differs totally from the physical body. It is a subtle, ecclesiastical, enlightened living and moving body which penetrates into the depths of the organs and flows into them like the water in the rose or the oil in the olive or the fire in the coal. As long as these organs remain able to accept the impressions of this subtle body, the soul remains attached to these organs and provides them with feeling and movement. But when these organs are spoiled because of the dominance of diseased elements upon it, and they are no longer able to accept the impressions of the soul, it leaves the body and heads towards the world of the souls.

The soul is not contained within us like water in a cup, or like knowledge which enters our memory or mind. It is more like sunlight reflected on a window at sunset, or an image reflected in a mirror. But if the mirror is dirty, nothing will show in it.

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Will Power is God’s Power

Will is not a power, but it is all the power there is. How did God create the world? By will.

Therefore, what we call, “will power,” in us is, in reality, “God power,” a power that increases by our recognizing its potentiality and proves to be the greatest phenomenon in life. If there is any secret behind the mystery of the world of phenomena that can be learned, it is will power. It is by will power that all we do, physically or mentally, is accomplished. Our hands, with all their perfect mechanisms, cannot hold a glass of water if there is no will power to support them. If will fails, a person seemingly healthy will not be able to stand.

It is not the body that makes us stands upright, it is our will power. It is not the strength of body that makes us move about, it is will power that is holding the body and making it go. Therefore, in reality, birds do not fly with their wings; they fly with their will power. Fishes do not swim with their bodies; they swim with their will power. And when man has the will to swim, he swims like fish.

I Am Scared of Death

The denial of death is the beginning of peacelessness. Your ultimate fear and cause of absolute agony is the uncertainty of what you will face at the moment of your death. Will your last breath begin the first moment of eternal darkness or a sleep which ultimately erases your existence? Will you experience the ultimate loss of everything you know — all joy and all sadness.