Today: “Know your destiny.  Your path will be challenging enough without the added uncertainty.” – from the I Ching

Know your destiny.  Your path will be challenging enough without the added uncertainty.  Knowing your heart will kindle the passion and power to arrive at your  destiny.

Meditation: NM327-990930 Know Your Heart

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#13, line 5, #30

True fellowship among men must be based on a concern that is universal. It is not the private interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship among men, but rather the goals of humanity. That is why it is said that fellowship with men in the open succeeds. If unity of this kind prevails, even difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water, can be accomplished. But in order to bring about this sort of fellowship, a persevering and enlightened leader is needed – a man with clear, convincing, and inspiring aims and the strength to carry them out.

Two people are outwardly separated, but in their hearts they are united. They are kept apart by their positions in life. Many difficulties and obstructions arise between them and cause them grief. But, remaining true to each other, they allow nothing to separate them, and although it costs them a severe struggle to overcome the obstacles, they will succeed. When they come together their sadness will change to joy. Kongfu (Confucius) says of this:

Life leads the thoughtful man on a path of many windings.
Now the course is checked, now it runs straight again.
Here winged thoughts may pour freely forth in words,
There the heavy burden of knowledge must be shut away in silence.
But when two people are at one in their inmost hearts,
They shatter even the strength of iron or of bronze.
And when two people understand each other in their inmost hearts,
Their words are sweet and strong, like the fragrance of orchids.

Fire sparks more Flames:
The Superior Person holds an inner Fire that ignites passion in every heart it touches, until all the world is enlightened and aflame.

With so searing a flame, success will not be denied you.
Take care to be as peaceful and nurturing as the cow in the meadow; you are strong enough to be gentle.

A Promethean flame is delivering light and heat to the situation at hand.
This radiance will cause such an alchemical transformation of circumstances that the changes will seem magical, miraculous.
Yet they are only shifts of perspective and attitude that bring clarity. ..

Today: “You all know the truth. If you think you can learn what the truth is or what righteous living is, you are mistaken.” Yogi Bhajan

“You all know the truth. If you think you can learn what the truth is or what righteous living is, you are mistaken. You all know what righteous living is and what truth is. Everybody knows it, but we can’t live up to it; some of us do not want to live up to it. Now, the question is why can’t we live up to it? We are emotionally involved with each other. When our emotional involvement seems absolutely perfect, it is very difficult for any one of us to pull ourself out of it. And when you are not out of the mud, how can you see what you are doing?” Yogi Bhajan

Sat Nam!
Ram Anand

Meditation: NM190-19951031-Connect Yourself to the Reality

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