Monday, July 30, 2012

HOW TO ENJOY PEACE, POISE AND SERENITY

If anyone speaks ill of you, praise him always. If anyone injures you, serve him nicely. If anyone persecutes you, help him in all possible ways. You will attain immense strength. You will control anger and pride. You will enjoy peace, poise and serenity. You will become divine. --  “The Way to Peace” by Swami Sivananda

Here's the trick...we have to make a conscious decision to seek still more spiritual growth in all ways  always in order to live -- no, in order to even attempt to live -- by the Swami's directions. Otherwise, we're just people pleasing which is fertile ground for growing resentments.

This is why we must set aside a period of time in the morning (before our mental outside world is up and running and agitating us, unawares) to simply sit and wait on the Lord.

This is when we can make conscious contact with our Lord and talk about our desire to give over to Gertrude, to let go our angry attachment to Henry...not seeking anything, just letting ourselves know that that is our conscious desire.

God can and will step up...going through us to make the crooked places straight.

Thank You.

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