One person comes into
a country with a little cold or influenza
and it spreads. If such a bad thing can spread,
can not an elevated thought of love, kindness and goodwill
towards all men spread? See then that there are finer germs,
germs of goodwill, of love, kindness, and feeling, germs of
brotherhood, of the desire for spiritual evolution,
which can have greater results than the other
ones. If we all have that optimistic view,
if we all work in our little way,
we can accomplish
a great deal.
To be resolute in the way
means from the beginning never to lose
sight of it, whether in a place of calm or in a place
of strife; to not cling to quiet places nor
shun places where there is
disturbance.
Make your mind
like the clear blue sky at dawn,
unmarked by any message from man
or heaven. Continually stoking the
fire of emptiness with the breath,
you instantly incinerate
whatever appears.
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Whatever state you’re in,
remember you are inside the presence.
Out looking for pleasure, there especially —
I have found no delight better than the mix of touch
with love. That taste is the sweetest. When you are tranced
in that, recall who gave you these pleasurable forms and
inclinations. Even when having a brain seizure,
remember how earthquake energy pries
apart mountains and zigzags a stone
wall. Let that core-energy break
your convulsion.
When you’re afraid
of a certain man in power, of some
authority binding you, in these anxieties,
as well as in prostration prayer,
taste the presence.
