There is a spark of good in everybody, no matter how deeply it may be buried. It is the real you.
All of us can work for peace. We can work right where we are, right within ourselves, because the more peace we have within our own lives, the more we can reflect into the outer situation.
I wish that every child could have growing space because I think children are a little like plants. If they grow too close together, they become thin and sickly and never obtain maximum growth. We need room to grow.
Constantly through thought you are creating your inner conditions and helping to create the conditions around you. So keep your thoughts on the positive side, think about the best that could happen, think about the good things you want to happen.
The simplified life is a sanctified life, Much more calm, much less strife. Oh, what wondrous truths are unveiled- Projects succeed which had previously failed. Oh, how beautiful life can be, Beautiful simplicity.
Religion is not an end in itself. One’s union with God is the ultimate goal.
What people really suffer from is immaturity. Among mature people war would not be a problem – it would be impossible.
If you have a negative thought about a world situation, dwell upon the best that could happen in that situation.
It takes quite a while for the living to catch up with the believing, but of course it can. As we live up to the highest light we have, more light is given.
The fear habit is very detrimental because you attract the things you fear. If we have any fear we need to get rid of it.
The best way to come to terms with anything that is out of harmony is never to fear it – that gives it power. Bring good influences to bear upon it; make yourself a good example.
Life is a series of tests; but if you pass your tests, you look back upon them as good experiences.
If you recognize that all of your inner hurts are caused by your own wrong actions or your own wrong reactions or your own wrong inaction, then you will stop hurting yourself.
I have chosen the positive approach – instead of stressing the bad things which I am against, I stress the good things which I am for.
If you did not face problems you would just drift through life. It is through solving problems in accordance with the highest light we have that inner growth is attained.
Your lower self sees you as the center of the universe- your higher self sees you as a cell in the body of humanity.
People allow themselves to be slaves of their bad habits and society’s bad habits – but they have free will, and if they wish to be free they can.
Let us help the phoenix to rise from the ashes; let us help lay the foundation for a new renaissance; let us help to accelerate the spiritual awakening until it lifts us into the golden age which would come.
I began my pilgrimage on the first of January in 1953. It is my spiritual birthday of sorts. It was a period in which I was merged with the whole. No longer was I a seed buried under the ground, but I felt as a flower reaching out effortlessly toward the sun.
Almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, what’s the remedy? To become acquainted with the things you fear.