The mystical journey takes us where opposites reveal themselves as one.— H.H. Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj
February 21, 2012
A Lesson from Abraham Lincoln's Life
This week in the United States, President’s Day celebrates the lives of two great American presidents, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, whose birthdays both fall in February. We can learn lessons from the lives of great people and adapt them to our own lives.
This account of the life of Abraham Lincoln carries a message on how we can relate to the Divine. One day, a woman in her senior years visited President Lincoln. She had requested an audience with him and was given an appointment. When she arrived, she carried with her a covered basket.
The president greeted her and asked, “My good woman, what is in this basket?”
He had expected her to be bringing him another problem, but she uncovered the basket and said, “Dear Mr. President, I have brought you some fresh-baked cookies.”
He looked at her and said, “And is there anything else?”
She said, “No, sir, I have come here today not to ask any favor for myself or for anyone. I heard that you liked cookies and I came here to bring you this basket.” (Read more)
The Law of Love
So long as we have forgotten love, we are in separation from God. To end the separation from God, we need to illumine ourselves with love, the expression of God. That love is innate within all of us. When we are illumined with that love within, we connect back to God.
Every religion stressed this key purpose of life. Each religion has love at its core. Each saint taught the way to illumine ourselves with that love. Once we find the love within ourselves, we have found God.
We think finding God is so complex and technical. We think that it is something that only a lucky few throughout history have done. Finding love is so easy it can be done by a child or person of any age, whether literate or illiterate. It is like digging for a treasure hidden under your house. Just dig and you will find it. Instead we are looking for the treasure everywhere else instead of where it waits for us.
~Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj
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The Impermanence of this World (2:47)
Interpreting a poetic verse by Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj, the Master proceeds to explain that everything in this world is transitory and impermanent. Our faith is often shattered when human nature does not allow us to accept change. Only those who have constant faith in God are able to pass through the turmoil and changes in life to reach their spiritual goal.
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Communing with the Lord (1:18)
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj eloquently explains the pupose and benefits from our communicating or communing with the Lord. We not only inculcate all of the divine virtues within ourselves but we will radiate that to others around us and to the community at large.
Whatever You Give Tastes Sweet
An excerpt from a blog by Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj on The Speaking Tree.
Life is precious. Do we want to live our lives to their fullest? The pain and disappointments will not go away by complaining about them. We must pass through those times. Let us try to do so in a state of calm acceptance and conserve the energy that we normally use for complaining. Instead, we can think of God in love and gratitude. We will find that we pass through the times of tribulations more easily. See the full blog here.