Living In The Presence of God (VolII/PtII)-Chapter 4

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CHAPTER 4 Life is what you make of it. Life, alone, does not have the strength to offer you the bliss of peace. Peace comes, when one, with the powerful guidance of his own self, directs every step of life towards the reality of God, alone.

Hence, to blame life for your present suffering and pains, is simple

ignorance and utter foolishness. Life is simply the media, just like

the screen. For it portrays whatever is projected upon it. The film

is a series of thoughts that come to constitute the mind. The one that

feeds the projector the film, in the right sequence, is the intellect,

for the right sequence of thoughts give rise to the right scene of

action. The light that emits from the projector is the life energy -

the atma that allows the film to be projected. Hence, the atma is only

the witness of life - it is neither good nor bad, for it simply

portrays you - your life in only the way you have made it to be.

 

To live the life of the atma alone, one must strive to have

complete purity in his thoughts. An impure thought can be detected by

the fear it brings. Such a thought can be broken by facing the fear,

immediately. Remember, by keeping the fear within, one is only

delaying the future conflict between the good and the evil. Know, that

one day, the good - the God within each one is bound to arise and

challenge the illusionary threat of evil. Then why spend time in fear

of that, which is sure to happen? With the faith in your love for

goodness, rise and be ready now for the battle. The fear is much

weaker, earlier, and can be uprooted easily at the tender stage.

Later, when its roots become deeper, one becomes convinced that the

fear is his security, and actually, begins to find ways to hide from

the truth and bask in the darkness of its evil suggestions!

 

The mind that is unsupervised can bring unimaginable destruction.

Hence, the intellect, like the filter, must scrutinize and eliminate

every impure thought that attempts to make its home in you. Remember,

a bad thought cannot enter, until it has slowly conditioned you to its

weak state. There is no way a bad thought can be spontaneous, for your

true nature is only good - only pure. Hence, it first taints you with

the seed of bad feelings. It distorts your inner vision, breaking the

bliss of the meditative silence and forces you to look outward. Once

the focus is removed, the mind loses its direction - its contentment.

Then, with the deceitful disguise of a loving mother, it reaches to

enwrap the confusion of the mind with its evil intent. In such a weak

state, the impure thought makes its way with the pretense of innocence,

and lodges itself, letting the owner believe that its presence is truly

his only weapon and security, now!

 

Evil, My child, is discrete - it is subtle - it is evasive. It

is never obvious, and it makes itself unknown to the one it becomes a

part of. Hence, Be aware! Be conscious to the feeling of discomfort

that one experiences, when evil circles, silently, around. Do not

dismiss that feeling of discomfort as imaginary. Keep the defense

system always alert! Keep the focus inward. Let not the mind divert,

even for a split second. Let the intellect always be on guard. The

perseverance of keeping the inner purity must continue, without a

moment rest. Life is not what you wish. The outcome of life depends

upon one's self control. Hence, control the thoughts by using the will

power of the life energy, and make the mind the bank, where one

deposits his entire life savings - Peace! Peace! Peace!

 

Source : LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD (Volume II/Part II)

 

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and recorded by Mrs Seema M

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