Becoming attuned to God's Will

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Becoming attuned to God's Will

 

(p.319) Seeking in deep meditation to become attuned to God's will enables one

to be in the world but not of the world. To remain unattached, like the dewdrop

on the lotus leaf, is to be really happy, ready to slip the consciousness into

God. As a dewdrop cannot slide on blotting paper, so the mind of the average

person cannot readily slide into thoughts of God if it is absorbed in an inner

environment of earthly desires or an outer environment of materially minded

companions.

 

The way to remain spiritually free and nonattached is to realize that this earth

belongs solely to God. All of man's so-called possessions are loaned to him only

that he may play a role in this colossal drama of life. None of the props

belongs to man, not even his body, which is but a temporary costume that must be

surrendered when his particular part in the drama is over and God calls him

behind the curtain of death. Until man's histrionics are finished, happiness

lies in perfecting his performance, without personal attachment, according to

the promptings of the Divine Director. The will of God is to plan for every

actor the best finale; in that lies the true joy of living.

 

(p.320) Thus Jesus said that as food is the pleasurable sustenance that man

depends on for life, so the relish that supported the vitality of his life

consisted in doing the will of God--cheerfully, willingly, not like a puppet.

Cheerful cooperation with God's will is the secret of a dynamic existence,

charging body and mind with divine life. Man is made of the blissful

consciousness of God, and lives by that Consciousness. The more cheerful a

person is, the more his positive thoughts draw vitality into his body cells from

the abundance of Divine Consciousness. One who allows the episodes of life to

make his mind habitually cross and moody finds his bodily energies depressed

accordingly, no matter how much or what type of food he eats. That is why Jesus

emphasized to his disciple that the consciousness of man should not be

predominantly on a material diet, but on the nourishment of divine wisdom. That

wisdom which feeds man's body with vitality, his mind with invulnerability, and

his soul with celestial bliss is to do the will of God.

 

The Second Coming of Christ (The Resurrection of the Christ Within

You) Volume 1, Discourse 19, pg. 319-320

Paramahansa Yogananda

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