course of a whole
life without a
single grave fall
would be a special grace.
We are easily
distracted by our
emotions and acquired
tendencies, and so
it happens that even
people who are
normally upright
and living good lives
can still fail seriously.
Or we can have
habits of sin whereby
we fall and rise
and fall and rise
again and again.
a meeting of mindsin the sharing of news,the symbol tells nothing new.It revives our awarenessof what we already know,and deepens our awareness.What is ‘new’ in the symbolis the ever new discoveryof a new depth and a newactuality in what is andalways has been.The function of the symbolis to manifest a unionthat already existsbut is not…
these parents forbothering the Lord.However, thisangered Jesus greatly,and we read thatHe said, ‘Leave thechildren alone,and don’t try tostop them fromcoming to Me,because the kingdomof heaven is madeup of littleones like these.’
on which thehuman spiritrises to thecontemplationof truth.
the purpose of life.Ask him with reverence,humility and devotion.He will instructyou in true wisdom.Once you attain ityou will never be deluded.You will see all creaturesin the True Selfand all in God.
Zion to judgethe mountain of Esau,and the kingdomwill be the Lord’s.The message fromObadiah is athumbnail sketchof all the propheticwritings in OldTestament Scripture,which outline God’swrath against aChrist-rejectingsinful world.(Obadiah 1: 21 of the Old Testament)
of unreality,the Sages declarethat he destroyshimself; becausehe who clings tothe perishablebody and regardsit as his true Selfmust experiencedeath many times.’(Paramananda, The Upanishads)
