Living in the Presence of God (Vol I/Pt I - 20)

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CHAPTER 20 You

experience only a moment of peace, and then, once again, the mind will

begin its race, the tongue feels compelled to speak, the rapid pacing

of your heart will only fatigue your body. Think, has peace left you,

once again, or have you given up peace, only to please your senses that

control you, even though it may lead you to believe that you are its

master. You, My dears, are the masters that have lost their ability to

rule. Yes! A master, yet a beggar. A master with no control! A master

that knows no leadership! A master that is never content! A master that

only speaks hollow words of love and feels none. The

ability to make peace is within you and not in anyone else. Momentary

pleasure and rest cannot be mistaken for peace. You, and no one else is

to blame for your lack of peace. One may argue with you, but you must

not find the need to feed the fire of argument. An argument cannot

develop, if you respond with the strength of your silence. One can only

mess with your mind, if the mind is already messed up. Your anger

towards another is simply the rejection you feel of your egos. The "I"

in you is only a stubborn child that needs to be flattered, that needs

to be favored and that needs to be continuously comforted. Why? Because

the "I" lacks security, the "I" feels the fear of being recognized as

the "I", and the "I" lacks confidence to succeed, always. As long as

the "I" will mock the Lord, peace, O child, will mock you. The result

in controlling the "I" in you and letting go of the control of others,

will be the "peace" that will come to stay. The "I" can never be the

master, but the master is the one that removes the "I". It is only when

you will confront the "I" to reveal its ugliness, will the "I" bow to

defeat, for your ego is only a coward with no truth to it and no love

behind it. Behind the calmness in your peace, will always lie strong

waves of warm love and the strength of the single truth.You

must not criticize anyone for their faults and weaknesses, especially,

if at one time, you, too, have suffered the guilt of the same weakness.

You have the right to criticize only when you are transparent with all

purity. Tell Me, with such kind of purity, will the heart even be able

to recognize and see a negative trait? No! A person that experiences

divine pureness, will derive his strength from it and will easily

overlook and ignore another's darkness, and in fact, will only react

with patience and compassion to prevent his spiritual downfall even

further. You

ask Me, today, for self-realization and liberation, but how many of you

have the discipline, strength and love to follow the path of the Guru,

without a question. How many of you actually live your lives to the

ideals I set? How many of you understand that the Guru lives not for

the, but only His. I do not favor a devotee; I only encourage and

respond to devotion. You are all here today to listen to what I have to

say, but how many actually ponder on my discourse, how many are even

affected to act upon it, and how many can accept this as the absolute

truth? None, I say, yet all want to be a bigger devotee and even the A

title is simply useless, if the function and duty does not match its

importance. First, work, then complete that work, then dedicate that

work to Me; then succeed and only then, will you realize that it is the

work that gives you bliss and not the title.- Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan(Copyright reserved by the Author) 'Sai Divine Inspirations' is now on

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