Guest guest Posted October 7, 1998 Report Share Posted October 7, 1998 Some interesting quatations and question and answers from Peace Pilgrim. ********* Be a sweet melody in the great orchestration, instead of a discordant note. The medicine this sick world needs is love. Hatred must be replaced by love, and fear by faith. That love will prevail. ********** Just concentrate on thinking and living and acting in harmony with God's laws and inspiring others to do likewise. Every time you meet a person, think of some encouraging thing to say--- a kind word , a helpful suggestion, an expression of admiration. Never think of any right effort as being fruitless. All right efforts bear fruit, whether we see the results or not. ********* Every good thing you do, every good thing you say, every good thought you think, vibrates on and on and never ceases. The evil remains only until it is overcome by the good, but the good remains forever. ************* Thoughts to Ponder There is no glimpse of the light without walking the path. You cannot get it from anyone else, nor can you give it to anyone. Just take whatever steps seem easiest for you, and as you take a few steps it will be easier for you to take few more. ************ When you know your part in the scheme of things, in the Divine Plan, there is never a feeling of inadequacy. You are always given the resources for any situation, any obstacles. There is no strain, there is always security. ************ When you have constant communion with God, a constant receiving from within, there is never any doubt; you know your way. You become an instrument through which a job is done, therefore you have no feeling of self-achievement. *********** The spiritual life is real life; all else is illusion and deception. Only those who are attached to God alone are truly free. Only those who live up to the highest light live in harmony. All who act upon their highest motivations becomes a power for good. It is not important that others be noticeably affected: results should never be sought or desired. Know that every right thing you do-- every good word you say-- every positive thought you think -- has good effect. *************** Judging others will avail you nothing and injure you spiritually. Only if you can inspire others to judge themselves will anything worthwhile have been accomplished. ********* I perceived the entirely self-centered life as not worth living. If what you are doing will not benefit others besides yourself, it is not worth doing. *************** The Godly way is one of the few simple precepts that even a child can understand. Truth is simple-- it is just not so simple to live it. Therefore, immature people tend to hide behind complicated interpretations in order to avoid living simple truth. *********** Life is a mixture of successes and failures. May you be encouraged by the successes and strengthened by the failures. As long as you never lose faith in God, you will be victorious over any situation you may face. **************** Live in the present. Do the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold. ************** If you give your life as a prayer, you intensify the prayer beyond all measure. *********** Although others may feel sorry for you, never feel sorry for yourself. It has a deadly effect on spiritual well-being. Recognize all problems, no matter how difficult, as opportunities for spiritual growth, and make the most of these opportunities. ******** There was a time ---- when I attained inner peace --- when I died, utterly died to myself. I have since renounced my previous identity. I can see no reason to dwell upon my past, it is dead and should not be resurrected. Don't inquire of me---ask about my message. It is not important to remember the messenger, just remember the message. ************* Who am I? It matters not that you know who I am; it is of little importance. This clay garment is one of a penniless pilgrim journeying in the name of peace. It is what you cannot see that is so very important. I am one who is propelled by the power of faith; I bathe in the light of eternal wisdom; I am sustained by the unending energy of the universe; this is who I really am! *************** My desire is to strive towards perfection; to be as much in harmony with God's will as possible. to live up to the highest light I have. I am still not perfect, of course, but I grow daily. If I were perfect I would know everything and be able to do everything; I would be like God. However, I am able to do everything I am called to do, and I do know what I need to know to do my part in the Divine Plan. And I do experience the happiness of living in the harmony with God's will for me. ********** Any praise I receive does not change me, for I pass it right along to God. I walk because God give me the strength to walk, I live because God gives me the supply to live, I speak because God gives me the words to speak. All I did was to surrender my will to God's will. Questions and Answers Q. What is the very heart of successful human relations? A. Loving people, seeing the good in them, knowing that each one is important and has his order job to do in the divine plan. ---------------- Q. can spiritual growth be accomplished quickly or does it take awhile? A. Spiritual growth is a process the same as physical growth or mental growth. Five year old children do not expect to be as tall as their parents at their next birthday; the first grader does not expect to graduate into college at the end of the term; the truth student should not expect to attain inner peace overnight. It took me fifteen years. The spiritual growing up is a very interesting and enjoyable process. There should be no wish to either hasten it or slow it down. Just experience it and take the steps towards inner peace and let it unfold. ------------------ Q. How can one find inner peace. A. To find inner peace, or happiness, you must go through the spiritual growing up, you must leave the self-centered life and enter the God-centered life--- the life in which you see yourself as part of the whole and work for the good of the whole. ------------------ Q. What is God? A. We lump together all things that are beyond the capacity of all of us collectively to understand--- and one name we give to all those things together is God. Therefore God is the creative force, the sustaining power, that which motivates toward constant change, the overall intelligence which governs the universe by physical and spiritual law, truth, love, goodness, kindness, beauty, the ever-present, all pervading essence or spirit, which bind everything in the universe together and gives life to everything in the universe. ----------------------- Q. why are people unhappy? a. People are unhappy because they are out of harmony with God's will. ---------------------------- Q. In your opinion what is the number one world problem? A. The number one world's problem is immaturity. We choose to live at a small fraction of our real potential. In our immaturity we are greedy; some grab more than their share so that others starve. In our immaturity we are fearful; we build armaments against one another, resulting in war. -------------------- Q. What is the kundalini? A. The awakening the kundalini could originally have meant the awakening of the divine nature-- but some I know use the word to mean plugging into the source of universal energy. --------------------------- Q. What does it mean to awaken the kundalini? A. Those who are interested in forcing spiritual growth think about awakening the kundalini. Those who have good sense, live in spiritual life and await spiritual unfoldment. ----------------- Q. Are you willing to forgive people who do evil things even before they are sorry? A. I don't need to forgive people, for I harbor no animosity. If they do evil things, I feel compassion for them because I know they have hurt themselves. I hope they will be sorry, because I want them to be healed. ----------------------- Q. When does illumination come? A. The time when you raise high enough in consciousness to look at things through the eyes of the God-centered nature is often called illuminating experience. ----------------------- Q. Why are you a vegetarian, and how can you be sure you are consistent? A. As to my vegetarianism, I do the best I can. I have never refrained from doing something I believed was right because I could not do it perfectly. I do not believe it is right for me to ask someone else to do my 'dirty work' for me. I would not kill a creature, and I would not ask someone else to kill it for me, so I will not eat the flesh of the creature. -------------------------- Q. Why does God exist? A. God is the life force without which the universe would not exist. God is expressed though out the physical and spiritual universe. (sat and chit?) ----------------------- Q. Who is Jesus? A. Jesus was a great spiritual teacher who walked the earth. His life was governed by the indwelling Christ. He taught us, ours could be too. --------------------- Q. What do you tell people who ask if you are a Christian. A. I am not, and have never been, a part of any particular faith. I am deeply religious woman who has taken the inner way to a religious life, not the scholarly way or the way of early training. I will never say this is the only way. It is of course an excellent way. And people are free to choose and develop in their own way. ------------------------- Q. Are you an Avatar, a diving incarnation? A. I am a pilgrim for peace, inner peace and outer peace. I walk in prayer for peace. I try to inspire others to pray and work for peace also. I would gladly be a 'server'; one who returns again and again to help people towards a more spiritual life. ------------------- A. Is the Messiah concept immature? Was Jesus the Messiah? Are you a Messiah? A. Yes, the Messiah concept is immature. Immature people look for a Messiah instead of looking for the Christ within. Jesus was a great spiritual teacher. I am teaching how to live God's laws. In each being there is a divine nature called by various names. After sufficient lifetimes it begins to govern the being. That being stands out from the crowd. There have been quite a few. The important thing is that it can govern you. ---- A sage declares in Vedaas! --------- sR^invantu viswe amR^itasya putraaH! ayo dhaamani divyaani santi, Vedaaha metam amR^itam mahaantam aaditya varNam tamasH parastaat tvameva viditvaa amR^itatvameti naanyaH panthaa vidyate yanaaaya|| Listen you all the sons of immortality! (what a way to address!) and you too the indwellers of the heavens! ( I have some good news for you all) I have realized the immortality, the highest of all, It is of the nature of light of consciousness beyond the ignorance, you too can realize that and become immortal there is no other path to arrive at this other than knowledge. (But it is your birth right since you are the sons of immortality!) ----------------- Peace Pilgirm repeats: Remember this: 'BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD'. Don't ever forget who you are! You cannot be where God is not. --------------- Hari Om! Sadananda K. 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