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Ramadan Mubarak
A Mighty River of Love
... Flowing from the Open Heart
Each step on the spiritual path is a step toward the realization of the wonder and glory of the Divine Self, which flows into this world as love.
The master Jesus was asked: Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
(Gospel of Matthew 22:36-40)
In this world, the essence of Divine Love is manifest as loving-kindness and selfless service to one another, as the great Persian teacher Sa'di wrote:
Higher spiritual life is
nothing but service of humanity,
It is not the rosary,
or prayer carpet, or woolen robes. (Sa'di Shirazi)
That is the task at hand... to open the heart, and allow the vast, mighty river of Love to flow unimpeded into a thirsty world.
The ever-selfish ego will try to preserve it's self-importance and will bring up all sorts of questions to keep us self-absorbed, such as "Why would God do this?" or "Why would God do that?". However, toiling with such unanswerable questions is not the path to happiness or success. Rather, we must simply say "I don't know, but Thou knowest all things", and begin to rise above our self-absorption, discovering that truly we are instruments of the Divine, each sent on a journey to bring love, harmony and beauty into the world in our own unique manner.
The point is not to deny our ego, but to extricate ourselves from our exclusive preoccupation with it.
Our journey is about being more deeply involved in life, and yet less attached to it. (One-Liners, Ram Dass)
O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace! (The Peace Prayer, attributed to St Francis)
... Flowing from the Open Heart
Each step on the spiritual path is a step toward the realization of the wonder and glory of the Divine Self, which flows into this world as love.
The master Jesus was asked: Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
(Gospel of Matthew 22:36-40)
In this world, the essence of Divine Love is manifest as loving-kindness and selfless service to one another, as the great Persian teacher Sa'di wrote:
Higher spiritual life is
nothing but service of humanity,
It is not the rosary,
or prayer carpet, or woolen robes. (Sa'di Shirazi)
That is the task at hand... to open the heart, and allow the vast, mighty river of Love to flow unimpeded into a thirsty world.
The ever-selfish ego will try to preserve it's self-importance and will bring up all sorts of questions to keep us self-absorbed, such as "Why would God do this?" or "Why would God do that?". However, toiling with such unanswerable questions is not the path to happiness or success. Rather, we must simply say "I don't know, but Thou knowest all things", and begin to rise above our self-absorption, discovering that truly we are instruments of the Divine, each sent on a journey to bring love, harmony and beauty into the world in our own unique manner.
The point is not to deny our ego, but to extricate ourselves from our exclusive preoccupation with it.
Our journey is about being more deeply involved in life, and yet less attached to it. (One-Liners, Ram Dass)
O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace! (The Peace Prayer, attributed to St Francis)