Message #31117

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Eric where did you get these quotes from? A book? A guru? Teachings?

Recently for myself this quote has held much significance.

   “The ordinary man eclipses his free will with dark shadows of the past. The spiritual man, ever watchful for freedom, safeguards it by meditation. When the will is free, it vibrates in harmony with the Infinite. Man's will is then God's will.
   Blind renunciation of material objects does not insure freedom; it is by enjoying the bliss of the Spirit in meditation and by comparing it with the lesser joy of the senses that the devotee becomes eager to follow the spiritual path."

Once we have enjoyed the bliss of spirit we will never forget it and we will compare it to the changeable and ephemeral experiences of the senses. I have witnessed many people in my life still living under the shadow of the past. I think we can also recognize this happening in the consciousness of most our world leaders. When we can actually see it manifesting in our own life it takes on a different significance.