THE VOICE WITHIN (A Satsang on "The Call of the Soul")
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THE VOICE WITHIN (A Satsang on "The Call of the Soul") http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EN3VGU
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"There is just one Creative Principle for the entire creation. All are born of the light of God and the same light shines forth in all; and, as such, none of His creatures can be dubbed ‘evil.’ Thomas á Kempis, in Imitation of Christ, writes: 'From One Word Proceed all things and all things tell of Him.' The Hindus call this Creative Principle `Naad’, the Muslims call it `Kalma’, and the Sikhs `Naam' (and Christians 'Word', 'Holy Spirit' and 'Holy Ghost' - mt). 'Truth is one and only one, though sages describe it variously,' is the memorable Upanishadic text.
Sheikh Saadi tells us: 'No religion is higher than the service of the people. The rosary, the altar and the apparel give not any merit. My Beloved is in all hearts and no heart is without Him. Blessed indeed is the heart that manifests Him. Know for certain that God resides in all hearts and hence every heart needs to be respected'." (Kirpal Singh. "Spirituality: What It Is") I hope you are having a lovely day, Illuminated by the LightSong of Eternal Love, Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog "Christ always taught: 'Love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.' 'Love thy neighbour as thyself...... Love thine enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you, that ye may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven. Be ye perfect even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.' —Matt. 5:44-48
This, in fact, is true religion, true devotion and true meditation." (Kirpal Singh. "Spirituality: What It Is") Yours in the LIghtSong of Eternal Love, Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog "Love, then, is the only true religion. Saint Paul, addressing the Galatians, said: 'By love, serve one another.' (Galatians V:13). Leigh Hunt declared: 'One who serves his fellow men, loves God and is the true beloved of God.' Similarly Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in his famous poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner, informed us:
'He prayeth best who loveth best, All things both great and small, For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.' St. John, in his Epistle (I John IV:8), wrote: 'He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is Love.' Christ, the great Apostle of peace, emphatically laid down a cardinal principle of life in His memorable words: 'Love thy neighbour as thyself.' And again He emphatically declared: 'Love, and all things shall be added unto thee.' Sheikh Saadi, a Muslim divine, taught the same thing: 'As the limbs of a body are knit together so are the children of God. They are born of the same essence. Should any one o£ them suffer from ague, the others too become restless.' Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth guru of the Sikhs, stated: 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee that God manifests Himself to one who loves.' God is Love, our soul is of the same essence as of God, so it is Love, and the Way back to God is also through Love." (Kirpal Singh. "Spirituality: What It Is") Thank you . . . with love, Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog Dear Friends:
In the past few weeks, my mother's health has been declining rapidly - and a large portion of my human attention has been focused on her and helping her any way that I can. As a result, I haven't had much time for original writing and posting; and instead have been sharing passages by spiritual giants such as Kirpal Singh that have been meaningful to me during this time. I hope they have been meaningful and uplifting for you as well. Please keep my mother in your meditation and prayers. Your love and support are appreciated beyond words. In the LightSong of Eternal Love, Thank you . . . with love, Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog TRUE RELIGION IS UNIVERSAL LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE OF GOD
"What is true religion? This is the most natural question with man, and each one is confronted with it at one stage or another. We have with us hundreds and thousands of scriptures and treatises dealing with the vital problems of life, but they are not at one in their reply to this baffling question. We have, therefore, to carry on our investigation and our search for a ‘correct solution,’ and there can be only one. But before we launch upon this quest, we must first know the purpose of religion or Dharma. The objective which all the religions place before us is, however, one and the same—Divine Beatitude and the Beatific Vision of the Lord. All religions, then, aim at the same target, like so many archers. If we are really sincere in our profession of love for God, we must have love for God’s creation, because the Creator and His creation are identical. We cannot love the one and hate the other. All the saints and sages work on this principle and love humanity as such, no matter whether one believes in God or does not, for they draw no distinction between theists and atheists or agnostics. They believe in the one great family of God and all are dear to Them, in spite of seeming differences in non-essentials of life." (Kirpal Singh. "Spirituality: What It Is".) I hope you are having a beautiful evening. Thank you . . . with love, Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog "God made man and man made religions. Religions, then, are for man and not man for religions. The various religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and others, came into existence in course of time to serve the primary human need according to the exigencies of the then prevailing conditions. If we travel back along the stream of time, we find no trace of the Sikhs beyond five hundred years ago, of the Muslims beyond fourteen hundred years, of the Christians beyond two thousand years, of the Buddhists and the Jains beyond five or six thousand years. Before the advent of the Aryan tribes many races appeared and disappeared on the scene of life. But man has ever remained a man, the lord of created things, in all times and in all climes, whether in the East or in the West, always and everywhere the same, an ensouled body or embodied soul with no distinctions of caste, creed or colour in his essential nature. The inner self in him is of the same essence as of God."
(Sant Kirpal Singh. "Spirituality: What It Is") Thank you . . . with love, Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog "MAN IS OLDER than all philosophies and religions, which in fact were originally intended, and later on fashioned and developed, for his moral and spiritual well- being so that he may ultimately attain salvation or freedom from the bondage of mind and matter. But, in spite of riches, moral codes, and the vast acquisition of learning, knowledge and wisdom, he is not really satisfied with life, because he has not been able to realize the Fundamental Truth of Love which lies at the core of all religions."
(Kirpal Singh. "Spirituality: What It Is") In the LightSong of Eternal Love, May the Blessings Be! Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog "Spirituality, on the contrary, is the science of developing Higher Consciousness in Man on the level of the soul, and making one transcend from mere body consciousness into Cosmic Consciousness and further on into Super Consciousness, so as to enable one to understand the working of the Divine Plan."
(Sant Kirpal Singh. "Spirituality: What It Is") Have a beautiful evening, Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog "The term ‘Spirituality’ is not to be confused with:
(i) Spiritism, or belief in the existence of spirits apart from matter, which, when disembodied, haunt the nether regions as ghosts, or the lower planes of the astral regions as angels. (ii) Spiritualism, or belief in the survival of the human personality and in communication between the living and those who have `passed on’, in the form of spirit rapping, planchette writing, etc. (iii) Mesmerism, or producing a state of trance by the consciously exerted ‘animal magnetism’ of the operator so as to subordinate the willpower of his subject. (iv) Hypnotism, which produces a kind of deep sleep in which the consciousness is suspended and the patient is made susceptible to the suggestions of the hypnotist." (Kirpal Singh. "Spirituality: What It Is") Yours in the LightSong of Eternal Love, Michael http://spiritualfreedomsatsang.org - Blog |
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