As he believes,
so he is.
(Reflections from Bhagavat Gita)
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A good friend wrote to me:
It’s a hell of a thingknowing your clockis clicking towards zero.Just a matter of when.Keeping mentallystraight is the toughest part.I am fighting the toughestbattle of mylife.Be with me all the waytill I die and remember me.I firmly believe inan after life.I am sorry for myatheistic beliefsas a young college student.Sure, there is a supremebeing and…
However, while
unexplained evil,Jeremiah lamenteda tragedy entirelyof Jerusalem’s making.
The concept of a
as the source ofmorality andultimate justiceis an essentialfoundation ofrational humanlife and functioning.Without a transcendentauthority or standard,the numerous pursuitsand values of humansare merely peculiardelusions characteristicof the human species.
Ascetical discipline
By detachment and purity of heart,if one succeeds to penetratethe inner secret of the groundof one’s ordinary experience,he attains a libertywhich nobody can touch,which nobody can affect.It is the monastic view of reality.Necessary is it, and inevitableare the practices of asceticismin a spiritual search.(But there are several other concepts such as abnegation, mortification, penance, self-denial,…
It is the disposition
to realize that all of creationis a symbol ofHE WHO IS.Prayer, as the distilledawareness of ourwhole life before God,is meant to lead usto a radical transformationof consciousness in whichall of life becomes a symbol.
Jesus invites us to pray
‘If you remain in me, ‘he says, ‘and my wordsremain in you, askwhatever you wishand it will bedone for you.And when wepray the Scripturesusing the Bible toshape our thoughtsand desires, our prayersbear fruit and webring glory to God.(Ref. to John 15: 7 and 8) .