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SOHAM S AN C T U A R Y
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Ane rea11y sees the play of the ego and the My prayer is that ia sharing what has
havoc it is playing in your life and the Rblfays been kept as soslethlng personalq
lives of all ) ou cofne <nto contact anth. it@ril become the means of encouraging
you to begin your Self Analysis Diaqr
As time goes by the inner curtain
today.
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Good. or bad, we are living in the beam to the lonely traveller in the dark-
Power. ness, lighting a pathway strewn with stars,
The secret is to become A%ARE. co help them on their journey through life.
Dear Guru God within, They must blend like the instruments
May I grow>daily into your likeness. of the orchestra.
Your movemeats must be like music.,
5Cay I merge and become you.
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Be aware of y out' speech..slow. •
Hand over.. This is the only ~ay
gentle, sweet, slow, gentle, sweet.
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you os to
'that the Almighty Energy that we call God
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I t was I pugge
d up %Pith p ride, The veil is lifted and truth from within
is revealed.
And so)if' Noes on for gs all g You have vralked, you have toiled,
P aNd look vri
thin and g d h you have suffered, you have tried, and felt
the Silence..
that it i s best to thrower away all this:
that something whi h h as no eBgious jargon. • • •
words, s o the sal t s c I l ] '
Then suddenly it happens.. .. an open-
onsuIning... .it is th alL
ing... a peep behind the scenes....
Awareness a~arene • •
84ry of spiritual ) r
tH stutnMe re PuPPets on a string vrhi h l
+nother forest of d ©ss,
' and a owe anlpu]ated by this siuy litt)
Coyetauoth r l earing...
e< • each one b,l I
ere ls only one rule.. keep
evealin® the dance of the ego mind, as you %auld,
sn the se se at one sees ore and more
Subtl e Qu l tles that e ne>er dreaxnt
M ath a Totally abso b d
< uld b • + • ry lt and ~ri)e down each da
ha' W" e t hrough the IB IS or.
The there ls no g)ore 0 g e • o Jus
' Ry,
etnl each love %r'tQ
'l~erse within a d %'lt out. . . . a nd ~ou Rill be shoe>ed a d ifl yo u are:
v deep within th t ) ) r ead, i f ve courage, you
continue to lo ORy and cont Jnue to
and b r e you k00%' lt you ~ i i h ~
'"g h t sp i t f d l f ;l
You ~ill feel that for the Srst tirse, Love..love, love..all a/1 aB.
Chere is a real purpose in your life.
It is not a q u estion to w h ether the
You are no longer praying for help.. ether person is loving or evil or w'hatever..
you are working on yourselt by <he self
lt is a question of : % h a t are YOU
becoaung more and xaore established in
fee45g 7 Vfhat are YOU manifesting 'P
Che SELF.
%hat more is there to do T We endeavour to Sx s ituations by
seeing the other's faults, and trying to sort
Tliere is only one problem:
out the probiem around that.
You have to do ii.. no vne can do it
%'hat do I feel in this situation and,
for you, just as no one caa feed you.
shy, is vrhat matters.
Ohyes tean putthe food intoyour
mouth, but who swailovrs it '? If I am Sled v6th understanding aad
Only You you you..YOU are the therefore Love, then Love Noes, Love
acts as best it should, with ao emotions.
master of your destiny..YOU a r e t he
Captain of your soul. L ove is. God i s . The P ower i s
Icing at the highest and fastest vibration
chereis.
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cone is hateful.. wjshes to h «iven to acts of violence through th<,
Foui cheat you. fear. going from monastae to monasta
is operating on a %ave length I iBing whoever stood in their way, steal n
vrhich he cannot help..lt is where h i and looting whatever they ~ QId see nd
on the ladder of life.. %%ping the nuns.
A runner rushed into this particular
You do not r etaliNe..You under-
monastry. h i visg there were 20 nuns and
stand, and let Love I ovr..and th t h
200 refugee children
a e no rules. %hat happens will bappe
hrough the vibration of Love eman ti "Leave at ence they are coming this
from you. way", he said.
Action will take place and that Love. There was 'total pandiI@oniorn Until
vrill do ~hat has to be done, without th one wolBan, 8 vfsftor calmed theKG
li ttle ega interfering.
" T h e L or d is wi t h u s . L e t u s
Love is the Lord..the Law..HevriS'
®ork. surrender to Him".
You may have heard of the True She spoke to the children..tohl them
story of soldiers in a c ertain country their plight and their plan.
The gates were opened wide, A)i the Suddenly they halted.. S>lence rem
®ned
chtldren 'wth the nuns Not a word was spoken
co«yard..The visitor took charge, and %'ithout turning, began to move back u«il
Inade them repeat after her. the counyard was empty and au that was
Beard was the voices of 2{g children and
" God..you are in u s and i n t h e
©uns»»SQt there was a change
soldiers .. Please $1 their. heirts with love."
All that could be seen was row upo
The repetition went on fot 15 minutes
row of backs as their heads Bowed in the
and then they heard the screaming voices
of the soldiers coming. dust in thanks and gratitude
Not a child moved .. not a nun @rent For along tISlc only silence reigned
hystencal.. with hands together they jest There w'ere no wo rds f or t h is g reat
conbnucd their prayer. experience.
%Vhaf was it that xnade the soldier
lo rushed the soldiers..bayonets
drawn..no onemoved..all continued, to back away V
pray, in a language that the soldiers cHd Love made a protective net in the
sot understand.. courtyard.
This is the faith the size of a mustar@ %e live our )ives in such a mediocre
seed, that can move mountains. fashion that no matter vrhat ere do in
prayer or sadhana, we do not go forward,
lfyou have it, there is no need for
because there is no spark, no feeling.
e ffort..because you K N 0 % ' t hat t h e
Shakd, the Power IS.. what is there thee There is a time in ail our lives when
to fear 7
Chat spark is ignited and this is the door
ehich opens the heart, but e e are ao4
@i%are of this.
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Ea most of us the spark dies and eeI
%e must ahvays remember that me are again encased in darkness, having lost
are all Like little birds, with winl s n ot the opportunity.
fuGy deve)oped..no one has a complete
ming span until he goes into the last L oving another being can b e t h e
Samadhi.,until then we can all fall back. spark. %hen this happens a0 ahead is
beauty, tenderness, love and- bhss, buC
soon it becomes " I vrant."
The expectations,the demands become The pathway is not looking ahead to
stronger and that surge of intensity, expe- more beauty, but a state of being whereby
rienced in love and caring, turns from the THIS moment. THIS dayis the a11. It is
lovedone, to the ego, and so the Poerek filled with the X.ight of Love NO%..
thatcameinto your life to lead to ihe 4
A'll scriptures froxn every religion have Firstly we must know that ave are
a message. and alihough seeleingly so '4ouud in a wheel of misery, hatred and
ddkren,t..once one understands the deeper jealousy.
esoteric meaning, one findi t h at the
Vfe Must see I anal bouhd • D o not
message is the sahie. 4
$ f tak • ) a r e see that others are bound ..YOU are bound-
IA :fact ther% ks ! 0~ one Hlcssage• e
Our first lesson is that we must turn
Man is in m sory OIf' His own making.
7je our gaze within, and discover tbe mystery
Through awareness vIIe can overcome .of this siliy l ittle "I " th a t k eeps oh
the squalor of our )ives if we vrish.. on asserting itself at every turn and is the
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If ~ye find that o.ur.. problems .are The messageis foryou and you alone.
taken a~vay, we feel lost .. theri is no fight,
aothing to do, and we wiB make another
heN out of that hespien. l' i '
%hen it is tine for the grace to fall; May I keep the awareness of love an4
it @ril do so. hlht, of God Himself every moment of
%hy must we keep venting the day.
Let me do as much as F can in totahtF May that light pour into and hk
each momentof each day. everyone arith whom E come in contact..
Is this not all that matters '? If we can continously give to other~
ia the smallest urays in life, then God w>lII
Is this not realizing Him by giving one Nve to Qs what is our spritual need at the,-
Essence, His Light to all 2 aght time„
Keep repeating Hari Om Tat Sat.
Let me be content to do just this..
and oach moment r emember to
Remember.
i sam a most beautr'fu) sight at one f Sudden)y I erasin a +or)d of bi n -
the clinics.
ring silver.
A mentally deranged child..hyp
ki e ic,. No one was able to control him. very shrub, tree, blade of grass divas.
He was causing a disturbance. i . ry s and was jumping in ecstasy„
hole scene was in constant t
he mother, a slim slip of a girl, very
quietly and softly began to sing. i e l c t r iclty, and %as So forceful th t .
I had to stop driving until I got u ed o i .
Y he httleboy stopped in his tra k ,
c limbed onto her knee and p l d h A most incredible sight, as 'f t ra
forehead against hers, and there th tw mitted into another d'or)d.
~at, iq total peace and love.
She was transformed into a Mad I knew that this%as Conscio nes ..
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d. Have you done mantra repetitioe Begin with Qe erst negative reactioe
today and for how long'.P and ask poNfself this Quc&tlos;
Have you remembered to reine Khakis the weakness ih ME thai
mber to he aware of the Power made xhe reset to 0 (%rite dovrn tho
within and without 7 nappe or ~th)ng fhat poll have rca©tel
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to.,it couM be anything. Have you If you reacted in a si t u®tion
not sometimes got,angry with a box openly or i nwardly, then at t h at
that, you could not open and just moment you were out of' harmony
throav it? -with the %hole.
You repeat this procedure with YOU will Snd yourself mriIinN
each reactIon you have written down. somctllBBSa few pages but %vbcn you
Thengo over estab.one and,' Sn4 have Inished theargument with this
the CA.SSB of your reaction. silly ego, vou wiB feel refreshed and
..! .a feehngof gratitude will arise or a
At this stageyou. eiII handyour- feeIIng of reverence for yourself,and,
self irguinN eith yourself.. the bttle you will immediately w'ant to put the
ego tlgbting to say I' %'AS RIGHT situation right if that is possible.
H B %k8 %RO N G . Thelast step is to sit s ilently and
But keep on questioning with aeare- be still.
hess andthen-suldeily you ei8 see Just be still and wait.
that no matter %hit the problem, it lf some thoughts of beauty coatee
, was YOU who reacted,and the only into the mind..write thejn down.
thiag that matters is Y OUR E A- They are for you..Your personal
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