Weekly Devotional Essays
"May the power of these weekly devotional essays be an inspiration to you, uplifting you in the Ways of Love, Joy and Serenity you seek, and transmit a blessing of God's Divine Radiance unto this world."
Faith is easy when practiced continuously as a lifestyle. It's those who have no faith that have a harder life; those who will rather buy into a secular existence; those who will rather trade the Infinite Power of Divinity in exchange for the ego's pity, skepticism and pride. The secular has forsaken them! For it was not built upon the foundation of Peace that God has bestowed on us. So, when the rain came and the waves were crashing around us, those without Faith in the Divine did not even have faith in themselves, and they were drowning in despair.
If the mind were reliable, it could produce outcomes which are always in line with the Highest Good. If feelings and emotionality were Truth, one would not have to bother with practicing Spiritual work. Although perfection is inherent in God's Creation, the opportunity for falsehood persists still in the minds and emotions of man. But the foundation of Peace that one can stand on is that Truth is true regardless of the mind and ego's feelings on the matter. One can reliably surrender to God the ego for what it is — helpful in pursuing advancement, but a hindrance to Divine Realizations.
The ego would always have its way with the persuasion and convincingness it so heavily relies on to survive. It will drive one off of a cliff and then rationalize and justify its behaviors. Even facts are almost impossible to resist to the unenlightened intellect. But Truth is of a different domain. The Spirit takes into account the Highest Good of a situation, beyond reasonable comprehension, beyond calculation and computation — all functions of the computer of the human mind. Therefore, Truth-testing (Consciousness Research) transcends the capabilities of the human mind for it relies not on these processes. Rather, it taps into the essence of the nonlinear domain which knows no boundaries of neither time nor space.
As the day lives on, in my heart and mind dwell the energy of Godliness which I choose to send to the world and myself. The Love which I hold for the world is only as powerful as the Love which I indeed hold for myself. Therefore, I will seek God's Love first in replacement of mine and devote the day's practices to He who is not different than my Self. The Course which I am set to pursue I will pursue in full faith and recognition of God's Grace, for He has sent many an advocate on my behalf. I will aim up to become the example of His Light to the world in my innermost Self, and perhaps He may make an advocate of me for those who still wander.
Those who fall do so of their own accord and because of the lack of humility. Left to their own devices, instead of becoming adept at honesty, they become experts at deception and evasion of accountability. In so doing, they eventually betray the trust of others and become tortured by their own guilt. Therefore, as the Buddha foretold, one need not attack anything, including oneself. Rather, sharpen one's mind and character so that it is pure and transparent for all to see and with nothing to hide.
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