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Saturday, June 13, 2020

CS-0205 – Bola-164 - Right and wrong depend upon attitude and situation, no

CS-0205 – Bola-164 - Right and wrong depend upon attitude and situation, not upon the action. What determines that something should be called right or wrong? Four things: the motive behind the action, the result of the action, the time, and the place. Wrong action with the right motive may be right;... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 12, 2020

GAYAN 203 - BOULA -159 – Spirituality is the tuning of the heart; one can o

GAYAN 203 - BOULA -159 – Spirituality is the tuning of the heart; one can obtain it neither by study, nor by piety. Commentary by Samuel Lewis Seen metaphysically, the artistic spirit of God is satisfied by fulfilling its artistic tendency through the art of the human being. Therefore those who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

GAYAN 183 - BOULA -142 – The mystic begins by marveling at life, and to him

GAYAN 183 - BOULA -142 – The mystic begins by marveling at life, and to him it is a phenomenon at every moment. There is only one thing in the world which shows the sign of heaven, which gives the proof of God, and that is pure unselfish love. For all the noble qualities which are hidden in the soul... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

GAYAN 168 - BOULA -127 - The greatest tragedy of the world is the lack of

GAYAN 168 - BOULA -127 - The greatest tragedy of the world is the lack of general evolution. The whole tragedy of humanity today is that lack of the inner voice, and the cause of this is that the soul seems to be buried under matter. A person with a living heart goes with a torchlight to find... Sign in to see full entry.

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GAYAN 161 - BOULA -120 - Taking the path of disharmony is like entering the

GAYAN 161 - BOULA -120 - Taking the path of disharmony is like entering the mouth of the dragon. …It is for this reason that to some extent life becomes easy for a mystic to deal with. For he knows every heart, every nature, whereas those who are untouched by the mystic's secret suffer from their... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 7, 2020

GAYAN 125 - BOULA -084 - The key to all happiness is the love of God.

GAYAN 125 - BOULA -084 - The key to all happiness is the love of God. It is only those who are blessed by perceiving the origin and source of all things who awaken to the fact that the real inclination of every life is to attain to something which can not be touched or comprehended or understood.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 5, 2020

Gayan #303 – Bola #262 - When a person does not listen to us, we must know

Gayan #303 – Bola #262 - When a person does not listen to us, we must know it is because we ourselves do not believe. Someone asked a Brahmin, 'Why do you worship a god of rock, an idol of stone? Look, here I am, a worshipper of the God who is in heaven. This rock does not listen to you, it has no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Gayan Reading for this day

Gayan 617 – Tala 17 - The man who holds the world is greater than the world; he whom the world holds is smaller. (also see Gayan 585 – Sura 24) When a person has in view an object he wants to attain, he is smaller than the object; but when a person has attained the object, he is greater than the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Gayan #326 – Chala #5 - The Creator is hidden in his own creation. Gran

Gayan #326 – Chala #5 - The Creator is hidden in his own creation. Granting that we see nature, and also admitting its original cause, upon what grounds do we consider the cause to be a personal God, meriting worship? The answer is that nature itself consists of different personalities, and each of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 1, 2020

GAYAN 149 - BOULA -108 - The greatest love in life is often that which is

GAYAN 149 - BOULA -108 - The greatest love in life is often that which is covered under indifference. As our self-identification migrates towards higher states of being we become more loving though outwardly we may appear less passionate because much of our life then is lived inwardly rather than... Sign in to see full entry.

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