Reflections (Page 2) When the mind is resting in stillness,
and by the grace of the Spirit, sees the Spirit,
and therein finds fulfillment,
then the seeker knows the joy of Eternity:
a vision seen by wisdom far beyond what senses can see.
He abides therein and moves not from Truth.
He has found joy and Truth, a vision for him supreme.
He is therein steady: the greatest pain moves him not.
Bhagavad Gita, Chpt: 6:20-22, translated by Juan Mascaro, 1962, Penguin Classics. Visions of Faiths

When the Koran is recited,
listen to it in silence
so that Allah may show you mercy.
Remember your Lord deep in your soul
with humility and reverence,
and without ostentation:
remember Him morning and evening,
and do not be negligent.

Those who dwell with your Lord
do not disdain His service.
They give glory to Him
and prostrate themselves before Him.
The Koran, The Heights chapter; (7: 171,174, 202-206), translation by N. J. Dawood, 1956, Penguin Classics.
Visions of faiths.

Love contains the mystery of the unity of God.
It is love that links the higher with the lower degrees;
it is love that lifts everything to the level
where all must become one.
This is also the secret of the words:
Hear O Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is One.
From the Zohar; the Kabbalah,Adolph Frank; Bell Publ. Co. (1940)Visions of Faiths.

It is quite simple, really. The dying are moved by the love they receive and it may be just a touch of my hand, or a glass of water, or providing them with some kind of sweet they desire. You just take that to them, what they ask for, and they are satisfied and know someone cares for them, someone loves them, someone wants them--and that, in itself, is a great help to them. Because of this they believe that God must be even kinder, more generous, and so their souls are lifted up to God. As we don't preach, we just do what we do with love, they are touched by God's grace. Sister Dolores, A Simple Path: Mother Teresa, page 88.

Whoever claims to be in light
but hates his brother
is still in darkness.
Anyone who loves his brother remains in light
and there is in him nothing to make him fall away.
But whoever hates his brother is in darkness
and is walking about in darkness
not knowing where he is going,
because darkness has blinded him.
1 John 2:9-11, New Jerusalem Bible.

Keep telling yourself, "My inner Self is a flame of the divine Self, it is a flame of God." Swami Muktananda, From the Finite to the Infinite, p. 389.

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