The ideal of a mystic
is never to think of disagreeable things.
What one does not want to happen one should not
think about. A mystic erases from his mind all the disagreeable
things of the past. He collects and keeps his happy experiences, and
out of them, he makes a paradise. Are there not many unhappy
people who keep part of the past before them, causing
them pain in their heart? Past is past; it is gone.
There is eternity before us.
the nature and work of a mystic
Many seek protection
from all hurting influences by building
some wall around themselves. But the canopy over
the earth is so high that a wall cannot be built high enough,
and the only thing one can do is to live in the midst of all
inharmonious influences, to strengthen his will power
and to bear all things, yet keeping the fineness
of character and a nobleness of manner
together with an ever-living
heart.
To become cold with the coldness
of the world is weakness, and to become broken
by the hardness of the world is feebleness, but to live in the world
and yet to keep above the world is like walking on the water. There are two
essential duties for the man of wisdom and love; that is to keep the love
in our nature ever increasing and expanding and to strengthen the
will so that the heart may not be easily broken. Balance is ideal
in life; man must be fine and yet strong, man must
be loving and yet powerful.
In order to learn forgiveness
man must learn tolerance first. And there
are people whom man cannot forgive. It is not that he
must not forgive, but it is difficult, beyond his power to forgive,
and in that case the first thing he can do is to forget. The first step
towards forgiveness is to forget. It is true that the finer the
man is the more he is subject to be hurt by the smallest
disturbance that can produce irritation and
inharmony in the atmosphere.
A person who gives
and takes hurts is capable of living
an easy and comfortable life in the world.
Life is difficult for the fine person, for he cannot
give back what he receives in the way of hurt, and he can
feel it more than the average person. Many seek protection from
all hurting influences by building some wall around themselves. But
the canopy over the earth is so high that a wall cannot be built high
enough, and the only thing one can do is to live in the midst of
all inharmonious influences, to strengthen his will power
and to bear all things, yet keeping the fineness of
character and a nobleness of manner together
with an ever-living heart.
To become cold
with the coldness of the world
is weakness, and to become broken
by the hardness of the world is feebleness,
but to live in the world and yet to keep above the world
is like walking on the water. There are two essential duties
for the man of wisdom and love; that is to keep the love
in our nature ever increasing and expanding and to
strengthen the will so that the heart may not be
easily broken. Balance is ideal in life;
man must be fine and yet strong,
man must be loving and
yet powerful.
There
are three miracles of our
Brother Jesus not yet recorded in the Book:
the first that he was a man like you and me; the second that
he had a sense of humor; and the third that he
knew he was a conqueror though
conquered.
Why do
people hate Jesus,
or at least prefer the ethereal dead
version known as Christ? Because Jesus made
outrageous demands: Love your enemy,
renounce material possessions,
give all you have to
the poor.
A
conservative is
someone who admires radicals
centuries after they’re
dead.
Think of the life
of the great Master Jesus Christ
who was the soul of religion — one sees
that from beginning to end there was nothing
but love and forgiveness. The best expression of love
is that love which is expressed in forgiveness.
Those who came with their wrongs, errors,
imperfections, before the love, that was
all forgiven; there was always a
stream of love which
always purified.
The greater your love,
the greater your moral. If we are forced
to be virtuous according to a certain principle,
a certain regulation, certain laws or rules, then that
is not real virtue. It must come from the depths
of our heart; our own heart must
teach us the true moral.