| Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and
you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without
money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your
labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what
is good, and your soul will delight in the riches of fare. Give ear and
come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting
covenant with you. (Bible- Isaiah ch. 55:1-3)
The highest motive is to be like water: water is essential to all life, yet it does not demand a fee or proclaim its importance. Rather, it flows humbly to the lowest level, and in so doing it is much like Tao. In the home the truly wise Love the humble earth, the foundation
on which the home is built; in the heart they Love what is genuine; in
friendship they are compassionate; in words they are sincere; in government
they foster peace and good will; in business they work with quiet efficiency.
Serenity is the goal of Tao; through it nothing is lost. (The Book of the
Tao- 8th. Sutra).
The world says: "Tao is great but seems so foolish!" It seems foolish
because it is great. If it did not seem so foolish it would have long since
lost its value. I have three treasures. Guard them and keep them safe!
The first is Love without which nothing is possible. The second is moderation
which is to know the Mystic Balance. The third is humility, to know that
you have come from nothing and that you return to nothing. Without these
there is no Hope. Love conquers all. There is no defense against it. Tao
arms with Love those it would protect. (The Book of the Tao- 67th Sutra)
Now, Rabbi Barachia of the synagogue of Nazareth, was aid to Mary in the teaching of her son. One morning after service in the synagogue the rabbi said to Jesus as he sat in silent thought, Which is the greatest of the Ten Commands? And Jesus said, I do not see a greatest of the Ten Commands. I see a golden cord that runs through all the Ten Commands that binds them fast and makes them one. This cord is Love, and it belongs to every word of all the Ten Commands. If one is full of Love he can do nothing else than worship God; for God is Love. If one is full of Love he cannot kill; he cannot falsely testify; he cannot covet; can do naught but honor God and man. If one is full of Love he does not need commands of any kind. And Rabbi Barachia said, Your words are seasoned with the salt of wisdom that is from above. Who is the teacher who has opened up this truth to you? And Jesus said, I do not know that any teacher opens up this truth for me. It seems to me that truth was never shut; that it was always opened up, for truth is one and it is everywhere. And if we open up the windows of our minds the truth will enter in and make herself at home; for truth can find her way through any crevice, any window, any open door. The rabbi said, What hand is strong enough to open up the windows and the doors of mind so truth can enter in? And Jesus said, It seems to me that Love, the golden cord that binds
the Ten Commands in one, is strong enough to open any human door so that
truth can enter in and cause the heart to understand. (Aquarian Gospel
ch. 17:1-12)
Do everything in love. (Bible- 1 Co. ch. 16:14)
You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your
enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes
his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous
and the unrighteous. If you Love those who Love you, what reward will you
get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet
only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans
do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
(Jesus- Bible- Matthew ch. 5:43-48)
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,
for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Jesus- Bible- Mark ch. 2:12)
Great is that yogi (disciple, student) who seeks to be with Brahman
(God the One), greater than those who mortify the body, greater than the
learned, greater than the doers of good works: Therefore, son of God, become
a yogi. He gives me all his heart, he worships me in Faith and Love:
that yogi, above every other, I call my very own. [Krsna- The Bhagavad
Gita (Song of God) ch. 6:46-4]
If one offers Me with Love and true devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit,
or water I will accept it. That gift is Love, his heart's dedication. Whatever
your action, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away as well
as whatever you vow to the work of the spirit: o son of God, should be
done as an offering unto Me. Thus you will free yourself from both the
good and the evil effects of your actions. Offer up everything to me. If
your heart is united with Me, you will be set free from karma even in this
life, and come to me at the last. I envy no one, nor am I partial
to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion
is a friend, is in Me, and I am a friend to him. (Krsna- The Bhagavad Gita
-ch. 9:26-29)
Prayer is the medium of miracles. It is a means of communication
of the created with the Creator. Through prayer Love is received, and through
miracles, Love is expressed. (A Course in Miracles text p.1)
Make a habit of practicing meditation, and do not let your mind be distracted. In this way you will come finally to the Lord, who is the light giver, the highest of the high. He is all-knowing God, Lord of the emperors, Ageless, subtler far than mind's in most subtlety, universal sustainer, shining sunlike, self- luminous. What fashion His form has, who shall conceive of it? He dwells
beyond delusion, the dark of Maya (duality). On him meditate always, for
then at the last hour of going hence from his body he will be strong in
the strength of this yoga (Union with God), faithfully followed: the mind
is firm, and the heart so full, it hardly holds its Love. [Krsna- The Bhagavad
Gita (Song of God) 8:8-10]
When man has reached the place where he has Faith in God, in nature and himself, he knows the Word of power; his word is balm for every wound, is cure for all the ills of life. The healer is the man who can inspire Faith. The tongue may speak to human ears, but souls are reached by souls that speak to souls. He is the forceful man whose soul is large, and who can enter into souls, inspiring Hope in those who have no Hope, and Faith in those who have no Faith in God, in nature, nor in man. A thousand things produce inharmony and make men sick; a thousand
things may tune the harpsichord, and make men well. The virtue from the
hand of breath may heal a thousand more; but Love is queen. Thought, reinforced
by Love, is God's great sovereign balm. Jesus bowed his head in recognition
of the wisdom of this master soul, and went his way. (Udraka- Aquarian
Gospel ch. 23:13-26)
To Love is to know Me, My innermost nature, the truth that I AM: through this knowledge he enters at once into My being. All that he does is offered before Me in utter surrender: My grace is upon him, he finds the eternal, the place unchanging. Mentally resign all your action to Me. Regard Me as your dearest Loved one. Know me to be your only refuge. Be united always in heart and consciousness with Me. United with Me, you shall overcome all difficulties by grace. (Krsna- Bhagavad Gita, Ch. 18:55) Prefect Love casts out fear. If fear exists, then there is not perfect
Love. But, only perfect Love exists. If there is fear It produces a state
that does not exist. (A Course In Miracles- text p.12)
There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not "harder"
or "bigger" than another. They are all the same. All expressions
of Love are Maximal. Miracles occur naturally as expressions of Love. The
real miracle is the Love that inspires them. In this sense everything that
comes from Love is a miracle. A Course in Miracles text p.1)
"Christ will lift the sons and daughters of the human race, yea,
every one of them, from darkness and from graves of carnal things, to light
and everlasting life." (Jesus- Aquarian Gospel ch. 178:25 )
Perhaps you think that different kinds of Love are possible. Perhaps you think there is a kind of Love for this, a kind of Love for that; a way of Loving one, another way of Loving still another. Love is one. It has no separate parts and no degrees; no kinds nor levels, no divergencies and no distinctions. It is like itself, unchanged throughout. It never alters with a person or a circumstance. It is the Heart of God, and also of His Son. Love's meaning is obscure to anyone who thinks that Love can change.
He does not see that changing Love must be impossible. And thus he thinks
that he can Love at times, and hate at other times. He also thinks that
Love can be bestowed on one, and yet remain itself although it is withheld
from others. To believe these things of Love is not to understand it. If
it could make such distinctions, it would have to judge between the righteous
and the sinner, and perceive the Son of God in separate parts. Love cannot
judge. As it is one itself, it looks on all as one. Its meaning lies in
oneness. And it must elude the mind that thinks of it as partial or in
part. There is no Love but God's, and all of Love is His. There is no other
principle that rules where Love is not. Love is a law without an opposite.
Its wholeness is the power holding everything as one, the link between
the Father and the Son which holds them both forever as the same. (A Course
In Miracles- workbook lesson 127)
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not Love, I am sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. Though I tell what is to come, and know all secrets, and all wisdom; and though I have Faith so strong as the storm which lifts mountains from their seat, but have not Love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and give all my fire that I have received from my Father, but have not Love, I am in no wise profited. Love is patient, Love is kind. Love is not envious, works not evil, knows not pride; is not rude, neither selfish; is slow to anger, imagines no mischief; rejoices not in injustice, but delights in justice. Love defends all, Love believes all, Love Hopes all, Love bears all; never exhausts itself; but as for tongues they shall cease, and, as for knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we have truth in part, and error in part, but when the fullness of perfection is come, that which is in part shall be blotted out. When a man was a child he spoke as a child, understood as a child,
thought as a child; but when he became a man he put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass and through dark sayings. Now we know in
part, but when we are come before the face of God, we shall not know in
part, but even as we are taught by him. And now remain these three: Faith
and Hope and Love; but the greatest of these is Love. (Jesus- The Essene
Gospel of Peace p.19-20 and Bible 1st. Cor. ch. 13)
Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly (third chakra) shall flow rivers of living water. (Jesus- Bible- Jn. 7:37-38) The Symbol of Love- Secondary Symbol of the Mind The Well- Spring of Nirvana Symbol is the Native Symbol of the Third
Chakra on the Governing Vessel, The Chakra of Love.
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