A PRAYER.
O LORD GOD my Father,
Morning and evening I remember your great Work of Creation.
Help me today to be one with your Ultimate Truth in my daily living,
In thoughts, words and actions.
Within me and around me let there be:
Right movement, joyful activity, beautifying work,
Uplifting exercise, glorious life, development and progress;
Balance, symmetry, non-attachment, refreshing change,
Left-right alternation, no one-sidedness, and no excess;
Oneness, love for all and faith in the Truth. Amen.
BENEFIT FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES.
A man may share his experiences with you. Take from it only what benefits you. You yourself must earn your own experiences and profit from them. Experiences may or may not be different, but the truth they teach is fundamentally the same. It is primarily your own experiences and the lessons learned from them that can give you lasting benefits.
Let every experience, good or bad, be fully absorbed and understood, not merely by the surface mind, but by the inner Mind. Do not just let the experience flow in and out, and fade out of your consciousness without retaining the lessons from it, but retain it long enough to absorb it and understand it to know how things are, for the purpose and benefit of future dealings.
Do not therefore forget history, how that for example, something was helpful in the past, so that you may value it appropriately and not despise it because you have forgotten. Those who forget history repeat the mistakes of the past. They will not be able to progress because they are caught in a cycle from which they are unable to free themselves.
THE OPPOSITION OF ATTACHMENT.
The law of life swings – it swings to and fro from one side to the other in all things. When a man flows with this rhythm in all his activities, he enjoys happiness and progress in all he does.
It is resistance to this rhythmic motion, caused by a man’s attachment to a thing, not wanting to change – to move – that is the cause of some of the sufferings in life. The laws are all powerful. They are unbending and they respect no one. They have no favourites. No one opposes the laws without there being a natural reaction that brings discomfort, suffering and pain.
Therefore, flow with the laws and be in harmony with them. They will buoy you up. Only you yourself – your own alertness, keen observation, inner sensing, awareness and experiencing of your day to day living – that will help you to avoid attachment in all your dealings. Natural inner feeling and sensing will be your guide even in this. Let knowledge and love strengthen your conscience and make your inner feelings true.
WHAT IS GOOD?
“What is good?” I questioned.
“A life of ease?” I probed.
“No!” He answered.
“A life of toil?” I probed further.
“No!” He answered.
“What is good then!?” I demanded.
Silence - - -
“What is good!?” “Tell me!” I inquired doggedly.
“A life of ease-toil!” He answered.
“How, Knowing One!?” I sought enlightenment.
“Find your answers within and around you!” He instructed.
Seeking in holy pages, reflecting and experiencing,
I saw the eternal dance of the two arms of the world.
Like a serpentine wave, and like a swimmer performing the crawl,
I saw the left-right alternating strokes of life.
I saw the rising and falling, the undulating, and the coming and going.
What is a mountain without the valley?
What is the raining season without the dry season?
What is day without the night?
What is the spiritual without the material?
What is right without the wrong?
There is no success without failure;
No learning without mistakes.
FROM MY HEART.
My son, lover of Truth,
I have given you the knowledge of how things are in all creation,
Of how Movement, Balance and Harmony rule in the chambers of the worlds.
Wherever you may be and in whatsoever situation you may find yourself,
Pleasant or unpleasant, you thus know what you must do.
If you err, however, you will only progress through the experience.
Only bear no evil intention in your mind toward another:
Be kind to all, even to the animals,
And do not be afraid.
It shall be well with you.
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