Sivananda Daily Reading for 23 October
SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 23 OCTOBER
WORDS OF WISDOM
One's individual ego, preconceived notions, pet ideas, prejudices and
selfish interests should be given up. All these stand in the way of
spiritual progress. Lord's grace begins to work only when you learn
to discipline yourself, subordinate your selfishness and surrender
fully to him.
Why dost thou try to find thy God in deities and temples when thou
has kept thy visible gods standing outside, hungry and naked?
Regarding Him as manifest everywhere thou shouldst serve all
creatures with intense bhava if thou wishest to attain the highest
perfection. Indeed, thy love towards the Lord should engender love
for the whole universe - for thou must see Him in all.
Kindle the light of love in thy heart for love is the immediate way
to the kingdom of God, the vast domain of perennial peace and joy.
Where there is love there is peace. Where there is peace there is
love. Life and death are the two scenes in the drama of life. All is
passing; all is sorrow; all is pain; all is unreal.
This world is merely a play of colours and sounds. Hence, O man, seek
the permanent, the allblissful, the real, which is evershining in the
chambers of thy heart, which is selfluminous, infinite, unchanging
and eternal. Moksa (liberation) means nothing but the destruction of
the impurities of the mind. The mind becomes pure when all desires
and fears are annihilated. Lead the divine life. Light the lamp of
divine life everywhere.
Thy aim should be to maintain an unshakable sweetness of disposition,
to be pure and gentle and to be happy in all circumstances. To be
always conscious of the divine, always to feel the divine presence,
to live always in the awareness of the supreme being in the chambers
of your heart and everywhere around you is verily to live a life of
fullness and divine perfection, even whilst on earth.
This body is a lamp. The heart is the wick. The oil is your love for
the Lord. You can build a temple in your heart by the absence of
anger, by the practice of humility, compassion, forgiveness, faith,
devotion, meditation, prayer and recitation of the Lord's name.
One's individual ego, preconceived notions, pet ideas, prejudices and
selfish interests should be given up. All these stand in the way of
spiritual progress. Lord's grace begins to work only when you learn
to discipline yourself, subordinate your selfishness and surrender
fully to him.
Why dost thou try to find thy God in deities and temples when thou
has kept thy visible gods standing outside, hungry and naked?
Regarding Him as manifest everywhere thou shouldst serve all
creatures with intense bhava if thou wishest to attain the highest
perfection. Indeed, thy love towards the Lord should engender love
for the whole universe - for thou must see Him in all.
Kindle the light of love in thy heart for love is the immediate way
to the kingdom of God, the vast domain of perennial peace and joy.
Where there is love there is peace. Where there is peace there is
love. Life and death are the two scenes in the drama of life. All is
passing; all is sorrow; all is pain; all is unreal.
This world is merely a play of colours and sounds. Hence, O man, seek
the permanent, the allblissful, the real, which is evershining in the
chambers of thy heart, which is selfluminous, infinite, unchanging
and eternal. Moksa (liberation) means nothing but the destruction of
the impurities of the mind. The mind becomes pure when all desires
and fears are annihilated. Lead the divine life. Light the lamp of
divine life everywhere.
Thy aim should be to maintain an unshakable sweetness of disposition,
to be pure and gentle and to be happy in all circumstances. To be
always conscious of the divine, always to feel the divine presence,
to live always in the awareness of the supreme being in the chambers
of your heart and everywhere around you is verily to live a life of
fullness and divine perfection, even whilst on earth.
This body is a lamp. The heart is the wick. The oil is your love for
the Lord. You can build a temple in your heart by the absence of
anger, by the practice of humility, compassion, forgiveness, faith,
devotion, meditation, prayer and recitation of the Lord's name.
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