Category: Religious Messages

“The great problem for all religions has been understanding the nature of humanity’s relationship to God.  This is the query of the psalmist when he asks, ‘What is a man, that Thou art mindful of him?’  One answer to this question, and my central thesis here, is that humanity may be defined as a unique portion of the process and a record of the expression of the Infinite into the finite.

An illustration of this insight into our nature is found in a Hindu legend, related here by W.H. Danforth from I Dare You (BN Publishing, 2007):  At one time all men on earth were gods, but… men so sinned and abused the Divine that Brahma, the god of all gods, decided that the godhead should be taken away from man and hid someplace where he would never again find it and abuse it.

‘We will bury it deep in the earth,’ said the other gods.  ‘No,’ said Brahma, ‘because man will dig down in the earth and find it.’  ‘Then we will sink it in the deepest ocean,’ they said, ‘No,’ said Brahma, ‘because man will learn to dive and find it there, too.’  ‘We will hide it on the highest mountain,’ they said.  ‘No,’ said Brahma, ‘because man will someday climb every mountain on earth and again capture the godhead.’  ‘Then we do not know where to hide it where he cannot find it,’ said the lesser gods. ‘I will tell you,’ said Brahma, ‘hide it down in man himself.  He will never think to look there.’

And that is what they did.  Hidden in every human being is some of the Divine.  Ever since then, humans have gone over the earth digging, diving, and climbing, looking for that godlike quality, which all the time is hidden within ourselves.

For me, this legend is reminiscent not only of the Biblical stories of the fall of man and the Prodigal Son but also of the peculiar way in which we are ‘lost,’ or separated in consciousness from our awareness of the Divine.”

EdgarCayce.org, Venture Inward, “From The Infinite Into The Finite,” by Herbert Puryear, PhD., Page 19.

“Be satisfied with your part. Do not bemoan your fate.

In this life, everyone has troubles that he thinks nobody else has. Never wish to be in the shoes of someone else who you think is better off than you are.

It is best to wish for nothing but to ask the Lord to give you what is for your highest good. You are a part of the Lord’s creation: He needs everybody to carry on this drama.

Never compare yourself with anybody else.

You are what you are. Nobody is like you. Nobody can act your part as you can.

Similarly, you should not try to play somebody else’s part. What is important is to do the will of Him who sent you; that is what you want. While you do your part, think all the time that God is working through you.”

― Paramhansa Yogananda, https://yogananda.org

“I never make vain promises. Day by day you behold the most wonderful picture unfold before you, you see everything falling into place perfectly, you see My hand in everything and give constant thanks for everything that is happening.

When something takes time to be manifested, hold fast and remember the timing must always be perfect, that each soul involved must be ready, that I AM directing the whole operation and nothing can be rushed, for My timing is perfect in every detail.

Therefore never allow your impatience to hold up anything. Very gently and confidently let things unfold knowing that they will surely do so as a beautiful flower unfolds in the warmth of the sunshine.”

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“Then a priestess said, ‘Speak to us of Prayer.’ And he answered, saying: ‘You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether?  And if it is for your comfort to pour your darkness into space, it is also for your delight to pour forth the dawning of your heart.

And if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing.  Therefore, let your visit to that temple invisible be for naught but ecstasy and sweet communion.

For if you should enter the temple for no other purpose than asking, you shall not receive:  And if you should enter into it to humble yourself you shall not be lifted:  Or even if you should enter into it to beg for the good of others you shall not be heard.

We cannot ask Our God for aught, for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us:  Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all. ‘ ”

The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran, published in 1923, p. 74-76.

“As long as you are taking thought for tomorrow, you have not reached the level of consciousness which wills only that My will be done.  Concern for tomorrow, in any form, betrays the fact that you are still involved with the purposes of the human self.  Concern for tomorrow also means that you do not trust me, you are still looking at the seeming powers of the sub-creation and trying to worship duality.

Keep your eye single to my glory with all the faith that you can muster.  How can I trust you to be my Grand Cosmic Being if you will not trust me to be your helpful heavenly Father?

This relinquishing of your surface self may take a lot of effort.  It may be enough to keep you occupied for quite some time if you are a victim of deep-seated habits are most of my earth children. But you will be richly rewarded if you can cast away old patterns of thought, and old habits of doubt, and keep the image of yourself as the Living Christ in your mind’s eye so strongly your focus never wanders and your subconscious feelings never falter in reacting in accordance with this truth.

Just remember that all things are possible to one who loves God, and soon, as you try again, the former manner of thinking will have passed away, the Christ nature will be seeping through into your surface mind, and you will be quite naturally merging into the high ideal which has been implanted by My Word.”

The Door Of Everything, Ruby Nelson, p. 31 – 32.