Peace by Swami Vivekananda Behold, it comes in might, The power that is not power, The light that is in darkness, The shade in dazzling light. It is joy that never spoke, And grief unfelt, profound, Immortal life unlived, Eternal death unmourned. It is not joy nor sorrow, But that which is between, It is not night nor morrow, But that which joins them in.
My Voyage Rabindranath Tagore I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power, that the path before me was closed, that provisions were exhausted and the time had come to take shelter in a silent obscurity. But I find that Your will knows no end in me, and when old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders. From: 'The Heart of God' selected and edited by Herbert F. Vetter
Life of Life By Coventry Patmore WHAT'S that, which, ere I spake, was gone! So joyful and intense a spark That, whilst o'erhead the wonder shone, The day, before but dull, grew dark? I do not know; but this I know, That, had the splendour lived a year, The truth that I some heavenly show Did see, could not be now more clear. This know I too: might mortal breath Express the passion then inspired, Evil would die a natural death, And nothing transient be desired; And error from the soul would pass, And leave the senses pure and strong As sunbeams. But the best, alas, Has neither memory nor tongue!
If you contact God within yourself, you will know that He is in everyone, that He has become the children of all races. Then you cannot be an enemy to anyone. If the whole world could love with that universal love, there would be no need for men to arm themselves against one another. By our own Christlike example we must bring unity among all religions, all nations, all races. ~Paramahansa Yogananda in Man's Eternal Quest
Harvest By Eva Gore-Booth THOUGH the long seasons seem to separate Sower and reaper or deeds dreamed and done, Yet when a man reaches the Ivory Gate Labour and life and seed and corn are one. Because thou art the doer and the deed, Because thou art the thinker and the thought, Because thou art the helper and the need, And the cold doubt that brings all things to nought. Therefore in every gracious form and shape The world's dear open secret shalt thou find, >From the One Beauty there is no escape Nor from the sunshine of the Eternal mind. The patient labourer, with guesses dim, Follows this wisdom to its secret goal. He knows all deeds and dreams exist in him, And all men's God in every human soul.
Sooner or later, all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
The one who tunes himself not only to the external but to the inner being and to the essence of all things gets an insight into the essence of the whole being, and therefore he can to the same extent find and enjoy even in the seed the fragrance and beauty which delight him in a rose. He, so to speak, touches the soul of the thought. It is just as by seeing the plant one may get an idea of the root. And in this way things unknown are known and things unseen are perceived by the mystic, and he calls it revelation. ~Hazrat Inayat Khan
Only those who partake of the harmony within their souls know the harmony that runs through nature. Whosoever lacks this inner harmony feels also a lack of it in the world. The mind in chaos finds chaos all around. How can one know what peace is like if he has never tasted it? But he who has inner peace can abide in this state even in the midst of outer discord. ~Paramahansa Yogananda
Intuition can be described as a glimpse of knowledge that one has stored within oneself, that comes at a time when it is needed. It is a disclosure of one's own spirit that unveils all things. It is by seeing the cause of every fault in oneself that one is able to have insight into human nature. ... In order to make the intuition clear, the best thing is to stop the imagination. ~Hazrat Inayat Khan
Buddha in Glory Center of all centers, core of cores, almond self-enclosed and growing sweet-- all this universe, to the furthest stars and beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit. Now you feel how nothing clings to you; your vast shell reaches into endless space, and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow. Illuminated in your infinite peace ...... ~Rainer Maria Rilke from 'The Enlightened Heart' Ed. Stephen Mitchell
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