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As I Looked About The World, So Much Of It Impoverished, I Became Increasingly Uncomfortable About Having So Much While My Brothers And Sisters Were Starving. Finally I Had To Find Another Way. The Turning Point Came When, In Desperation And Out Of A Very Deep Seeking For A Meaningful Way Of Life, I Walked All One Night Through The Woods. I Came To A Moonlit Glade And Prayed.

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As I Looked About The World, So Much Of It Impoverished, I Became Increasingly Uncomfortable About Having So Much While My Brothers And Sisters Were Starving. Finally I Had To Find Another Way. The Turning Point Came When, In Desperation And Out Of A Very Deep Seeking For A Meaningful Way Of Life, I Walked All One Night Through The Woods. I Came To A Moonlit Glade And Prayed.

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When We Attempt To Isolate Another We Only Isolate Ourselves. We Are All God's Children And There Are No Favorites. God Is Revealed To All Who Seek; God Speaks To All Who Will Listen. Be Still And Know God.

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If You Give Your Life As A Prayer, You Intensify The Prayer Beyond All Measure.

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When You Find Peace Within Yourself, You Become The Kind Of Person Who Can Live At Peace With Others. Inner Peace Is Not Found By Staying On The Surface Of Life, Or By Attempting To Escape From Life Through Any Means. Inner Peace Is Found By Facing Life Squarely, Solving Its Problems, And Delving As Far Beneath Its Surface As Possible To Discover Its Verities And Realities.

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Do Not Suppress It - That Would Hurt You Inside. Do Not Express It - This Would Not Only Hurt You Inside, It Would Cause Ripples In Your Surroundings. What You Do Is Transform It.

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Fountain Of Love My Source Is In Thee - Loving Thy Will My Spirit Is Free - Beautiful Day When All Of Us See - The Hope Of The World Is Love!

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There Is No Greater Block To World Peace Or Inner Peace Than Fear. What We Fear We Tend To Develop An Unreasoning Hatred For, So We Come To Hate And Fear. This Not Only Injures Us Psychologically And Aggravates World Tension, But Through Such Negative Concentration We Tend To Attract The Things We Fear. If We Fear Nothing And Radiate Love, We Can Expect Good Things To Come. How Much This World Needs The Message And Example Of Love And Of Faith!

Knowing That All Things Contrary To God's Laws Are Transient, Let Us Avoid Despair And Radiate Hope For A Warless World.

If You Did Not Face Problems You Would Just Drift Through Life. It Is Through Solving Problems In Accordance With The Highest Light We Have That Inner Growth Is Attained.

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In My Work I Have Chosen The Positive Approach. I Never Think Of Myself As Protesting Against Something, But Rather As Witnessing For Harmonious Living. Those Who Witness For, Present Solutions. Those Who Witness Against, Usually Do Not - They Dwell On What Is Wrong, Resorting To Judgment And Criticism And Sometimes Even Name-calling. Naturally, The Negative Approach Has A Detrimental Effect On The Person Who Uses It, While The Positive Approach Has A Good Effect

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If You Recognize That All Of Your Inner Hurts Are Caused By Your Own Wrong Actions Or Your Own Wrong Reactions Or Your Own Wrong Inaction, Then You Will Stop Hurting Yourself.

Of Course, I Love Everyone I Meet. How Could I Fail To! Within Everyone Is The Spark Of God. I Am Not Concerned With Racial Or Ethnic Background Or The Color Of One's Skin; All People Look To Me Like Shining Lights! I See In All Creatures The Reflections Of God. All People Are My Kinfolk - People To Me Are Beautiful!

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I Believe That The Means You Use Will Determine The End You Receive.

Spiritual Truth Should Never Be Sold - Those Who Sell It Injure Themselves Spiritually.

Spiritual Truth

I Sleep Equally Well In A Soft Bed Or On The Grass Beside The Road. If I Am Given Food And Shelter, Fine. If Not, I'm Just As Happy. Many Times I Am Given Shelter By Total Strangers. When Hospitality Is Not Available There Are Always Bus Depots, Railroad Stations And All Night Truck Stops.... When No Shelter Is Available To Me, I Sleep In The Fields Or By The Side Of The Road With God To Guard Me.

Penance Is The Willingness To Undergo Hardships For The Achievement Of A Good Purpose. I Was Willing. But When Hardships Came I Found Myself Lifted Above Them. Instead Of Hardship, I Found A Wonderful Sense Of Peace And Joy And Conviction That I Was Following God's Will. Blessings Instead Of Hardships Are Showered Upon Me.

Collective Problems Must Be Solved By All Of Us, Collectively, And No One Finds Inner Peace Who Avoids Doing His Or Her Share In The Solving Of Collective Problems.

The Valid Research For The Future Is On The Inner Side, On The Spiritual Side.

A Pilgrim Is A Wanderer With Purpose.

In Order To Help Usher In The Golden Age We Must See The Good In People. We Must Know It Is There, No Matter How Deeply It May Be Buried. Yes, Apathy Is There And Selfishness Is There - But Good Is There Also. It Is Not Through Judgment That The Good Can Be Reached, But Through Love And Faith.

When I Started Out On My Pilgrimage, I Was Using Walking For Two Purposes At That Time. One Was To Contact People, And I Still Use It For That Purpose Today. But The Other Was As A Prayer Discipline. To Keep Me Concentrated On My Prayer For Peace. And After A Few Years I Discovered Something. I Discovered That I No Longer Needed The Prayer Discipline. I Pray Without Ceasing Now. My Personal Prayer Is: Make Me An Instrument Through Which Only Truth Can Speak.

No Outward Thing - Nothing, Nobody From Without - Can Hurt Me Inside, Psychologically. I Recognized That I Could Only Be Hurt Psychologically By My Own Wrong Actions, Which I Have Control Over; By My Own Wrong Reactions (they Are Tricky, But I Have Control Over Them Too); Or By My Own Inaction In Some Situations, Like The Present World Situation, That Need Action From Me. When I Recognized All This How Free I Felt! And I Just Stopped Hurting Myself.

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At A Simple Level, Good Is That Which Helps People-evil Is That Which Hurts People. At A Higher Level, Good Is That Which Is In Harmony With Divine Purpose-evil Is That Which Is Out Of Harmony With Divine Purpose.

Just Concentrate On Thinking And Living And Acting In Harmony With God's Laws And Inspiring Others To Do Likewise.

Life Is A Mixture Of Successes And Failures. May You Be Encouraged By The Successes And Strengthened By The Failures. As Long As You Never Lose Faith In God, You Will Be Victorious Over Any Situation You May Face.

We Worship God, But Have No Faith In The Workings Of God's Laws Of Love. The World Awaits The Living Of The Law Of Love, Which Will Reach The Divine Within All Human Beings And Transform Them.

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Meditation Practice

If You Realize That Those Who Do Mean Things Are Psychologically Ill, Your Feelings Of Anger Will Turn To Feelings Of Pity.

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Positive Thoughts

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The Pain And Suffering That Comes To Us Has A Purpose In Our Lives-it Is Trying To Teach Us Something. We Should Look For Its Lesson.

Any Praise I Receive Does Not Change Me, For I Pass It Right Along To God. I Walk Because God Gives Me Strength To Walk, I Live Because God Gives Me The Supply To Live, I Speak Because God Gives Me The Words To Speak. All I Did Was To Surrender My Will To God's Will. My Entire Life Has Prepared Me For This Undertaking. This Is My Calling. This Is My Vocation. This Is What I Must Be Doing. I Could Not Be Happy Doing Anything Else.

When You Have Constant Communion With God, A Constant Receiving From Within, There Is Never Any Doubt; You Know Your Way. You Become An Instrument Through Which The Job Is Done, Therefore You Have No Feeling Of Self-achievement

The Best Way To Come To Terms With Anything That Is Out Of Harmony Is Never To Fear It - That Gives It Power. Bring Good Influences To Bear Upon It; Make Yourself A Good Example.

A Loving And Kindly Approach Works Between Individuals, It Works Between Groups And It Would Work Between Nations If Nations Had The Courage To Try It.

We Are All Cells In The Same Body Of Humanity.

If Only You Could See The Whole Picture, If You Knew The Whole Story, You Would Realize That No Problem Ever Comes To You That Does Not Have A Purpose In Your Life, That Cannot Contribute To Your Inner Growth.

People Have The Most Control Over Their Affairs At The Grass-roots Level. Anything That Can Be Fairly And Efficiently Handled At A Grass-roots Level Should Be Thus Handled, And Only Delegated To A Higher Authority When Necessary.

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As I Looked About The World, So Much Of It Impoverished, I Became Increasingly Uncomfortable About Having So Much While My Brothers And Sisters Were Starving. Finally I Had To Find Another Way. The Turning Point Came When, In Desperation And Out Of A Very Deep Seeking For A Meaningful Way Of Life, I Walked All One Night Through The Woods. I Came To A Moonlit Glade And Prayed.

We Are All Cells In The Body Of Humanity - All Of Us, All Over The World. Each One Has A Contribution To Make, And Will Know From Within What This Contribution Is.

Many People Who Say They Have Financial Problems Really Mean That They Want More Than They Need.

In My Life, What I Want And What I Need Are Exactly The Same. Anything In Excess Of Needs Is Burdensome To Me. You Couldn't Give Me Anything I Don't Need. I Am Penniless, But Have Difficulty Remaining So. Several Of My Well Meaning, Well-to-do Friends Have Offered Me Large Sums Of Money, Which I Of Course Refused.

A Few Really Dedicated People Can Offset The Ill Effects Of Masses Of Out-of-harmony People, So We Who Work For Peace Must Not Falter.

All Who Act Upon Their Highest Motivations Become A Power For Good. Know That Every Right Thing You Do - Every Good Word You Say - Every Positive Thought You Think - Has A Good Effect.

Positive Thoughts

Religion Is Not An End In Itself. One's Union With God Is The Ultimate Goal.

Inner Peace Is Found By Facing Life Squarely, Solving Its Problems, And Delving As Far Beneath Its Surface As Possible To Discover Its Verities And Realities.

The World Is Like A Mirror; If You Smile At It, It Smiles At You. I Love To Smile, And So In General, I Definitely Receive Smiles In Return.

When Societies Are Out Of Harmony, Problems Develop Within The Society - Collective Problems. Their Purpose Is To Push The Whole Society Toward Harmony.

The Fear Habit Is Very Detrimental Because You Attract The Things You Fear. If We Have Any Fear We Need To Get Rid Of It.

We Should Never Underestimate The Great Power Of The Way Of Love Which Reaches That Spark Of Good In The Other Person, Always There No Matter How Deeply Buried, And The Person Is Disarmed.

Worry Is Useless Mulling Over Of Things We Cannot Change. Worry Is Not Concern, Which Would Motivate You To Do Everything Possible In A Situation.

We Must Be Able To Appreciate And Enjoy The Places Where We Tarry And Yet Pass On Without Anguish When We Are Called Elsewhere. In Our Spiritual Development We Are Often Required To Pull Up Roots Many Times And To Close Many Chapters In Our Lives Until We Are No Longer Attached To Any Material Thing And Can Love All People Without Any Attachment To Them.

If You Realized How Powerful Your Thoughts Are, You Would Never Think A Negative Thought. They Can Be A Powerful Influence For Good When They're On The Positive Side, And They Can And Do Make You Physically Ill When They're On The Negative Side. I Don't Eat Junk Foods And I Don't Think Junk Thoughts! Let Me Tell You, Junk Thoughts Can Destroy You Even More Quickly Than Junk Food. Junk Thoughts Are Something To Be Wary Of.

Most Of Us Fall Short Much More By Omission Than By Commission. While The World Perishes We Go Our Way: Purposeless, Passionless, Day After Day.

For Light I Go Directly To The Source Of Light, Not To Any Of The Reflections.

The Only Footwear I Need Is An Inexpensive Pair Of Blue Sneakers. They Have Soft Fabric Tops And Soft Rubber-like Soles. I Get Them One Size Too Large So I Can Wiggle My Toes. I Feel As Free As Though I Were Barefoot! And I Can Usually Get 1,500 Miles To A Pair. I Wear A Pair Of Navy Blue Socks.there's A Reason Why I Chose Navy Blue For My Wearing Apparel-it's A Very Practical Color, Doesn't Show Dirt, And The Color Blue Does Represent Peace And Spirituality.

Think About All The Good Things Of Your Life. Never Think About Your Difficulties. Forget Yourself, And Concentrate On Being Of Service As Much As You Can In This World, And Then, Having Lost Your Lower Self In A Cause Greater Than Yourself, You Will Find Your Higher Self: Your Real Self.

Some People Seem To Think That My Life Dedicated To Simplicity And Service Is Austere And Joyless, But They Do Not Know The Freedom Of Simplicity. I Am Thankful To God Every Moment Of My Life For The Great Riches That Have Been Showered Upon Me. My Life Is Full And Good But Never Overcrowded. If Life Is Overcrowded Then You Are Doing More Than Is Required For You To Do.

Thankful To God

People See Themselves As The Center Of The Universe And Judge Everything As It Relates To Them.

When We Hear A Prediction Of Some Disaster We Need To Throw The Entire Weight Of Our Positive Thought In The Opposite Direction!

Never Underestimate The Power Of A Loosely Knit Group Working For A Good Cause. All Of Us Who Work For Peace Together, All Of Us Who Pray For Peace Together, Are A Small Minority, But A Powerful Spiritual Fellowship. Our Power Is Beyond Our Numbers.

I Am Constantly Thankful. The World Is So Beautiful, I Am Thankful. I Have Endless Energy, I Am Thankful. I Am Plugged Into The Source Of Universal Supply, I Am Thankful. I Am Plugged Into The Source Of Universal Truth, I Am Thankful. I Have This Constant Feeling Of Thankfulness, Which Is A Prayer.

People Have Had To Make Up For Their Spiritual Impoverishment By Accumulating Material Things. When Spiritual Blessings Come, Material Blessings Seem Unimportant. As Long As We Desire Material Things This Is All We Receive, And We Remain Spiritually Impoverished.

I Began My Pilgrimage On The First Of January In 1953. It Is My Spiritual Birthday Of Sorts. It Was A Period In Which I Was Merged With The Whole. No Longer Was I A Seed Buried Under The Ground, But I Felt As A Flower Reaching Out Effortlessly Toward The Sun.

Just After I Dedicated My Life To Service, I Felt That I Could No Longer Accept More Than I Need While Others In The World Have Less Than They Need. This Moved Me To Bring My Life Down To Need Level. I Thought It Would Be Difficult. I Thought It Would Entail A Great Many Hardships, But I Was Quite Wrong. Instead Of Hardships, I Found A Wonderful Sense Of Peace And Joy, And A Conviction That Unnecessary Possessions Are Only Unnecessary Burdens.

The Price Of Peace Is To Abandon Greed And Replace It With Giving, So That None Will Be Spiritually Injured By Having More Than They Need While Others In The World Still Have Less Than They Need.

Difficulties With Material Things Often Come To Remind Us That Our Concentration Should Be On Spiritual Things Instead Of Material Things. Sometimes Difficulties Of The Body Come To Show That The Body Is Just A Transient Garment, And That The Reality Is The Indestructible Essence Which Activates The Body. But When We Can Say, 'thank God For Problems Which Are Sent For Our Spiritual Growth.' They Are No Longer Problems. They Then Become Opportunities.

A Few Really Dedicated People Can Offset The Masses Of Out Of Harmony People, So We Who Work For Peace Must Not Falter, We Must Continue To Pray For Peace And To Act For Peace In Whatever Way We Can. We Must Continue To Speak For Peace And To Live The Way Of Peace; To Inspire Others, We Must Continue To Think Of Peace And Know That Peace Is Possible. What We Dwell Upon We Help Bring To Manifestation. One Little Person Giving All Of Her Time To Peace Makes News. Many People Giving Some Of Their Time Can Make History.

Do You Know God? Do You Know There Is A Power Greater Than Ourselves Which Manifests Itself Within Us As Well As Everywhere Else In The Universe? This I Call God. Do You Know What It Is To Know God, To Have God's Constant Guidance, A Constant Awareness Of God's Presence? To Know God Is To Reflect Love Toward All People And All Creations. To Know God Is To Feel Peace Within - A Calmness, A Serenity, An Unshakeableness Which Enables You To Face Any Situation. To Know God Is To Be So Filled With Joy That It Bubbles Over And Goes Forth To Bless The World.

Never Think Of Any Right Effort As Being Fruitless. All Right Effort Bears Fruit, Whether We See The Results Or Not.

As I Lived Up To The Highest Light I Had, Higher And Higher Light Came To Me.

Anything You Cannot Relinquish When It Has Outlived Its Usefulness Possesses You, And In This Materialistic Age A Great Many Of Us Are Possessed By Our Possessions.

It Takes Quite A While For The Living To Catch Up With The Believing, But Of Course It Can. As We Live Up To The Highest Light We Have, More Light Is Given.

I Am Never Lonely Or Discouraged Or Tired. When You Live In Constant Communion With God, You Cannot Be Lonely. When You Perceive The Working Of God's Wonderful Plan And Know That All Good Effort Bears Good Fruit, You Cannot Be Discouraged. When You Have Found Inner Peace, You Are In Contact With The Source Of Universal Energy And Cannot Be Tired.

Worry Is A Useless Mulling Over Of Things We Cannot Change.

Who Am I? It Matters Not That You Know Who I Am; It Is Of Little Importance. This Clay Garment Is One Of A Penniless Pilgrim Journeying In The Name Of Peace. It Is What You Cannot See That Is So Very Important. I Am One Who Is Propelled By The Power Of Faith; I Bathe In The Light Of Eternal Wisdom; I Am Sustained By The Unending Energy Of The Universe; This Is Who I Really Am.

You Have Endless Energy Only When You Are Working For The Good Of The Whole - You Have To Stop Working For Your Little Selfish Interests. That's The Secret Of It. In This World You Are Given As You Give.

You Are Within God. God Is Within You.

When You Perceive That Problems Serve A Purpose In Your Life, You Will Recognize That Problems Are Opportunities In Disguise.

After You Have Found Inner Peace You Have Endless Energy - The More You Give, The More You Receive. After You Have Found Your Calling, You Work Easily And Joyously. You Never Get Tired.

I Have Never Met Anyone Who Built A Bomb Shelter And Felt Protected By It. I Have Never Met A Modern Military Man Who Did Not Realize That Military Victory Is A Concept Which Became Obsolete With The Coming Of The Nuclear Age, And Most Civilians Realize This Also. Wisdom Demands That We Stop Preparing To Wage A War Which Would Eliminate Mankind - And Start Preparing To Eliminate The Seeds Of War.

Humanity Has Only Scratched The Surface Of Its Real Potential.

There Is Great Freedom In Simplicity Of Living.

The Path Of The Seeker Is Full Of Pitfalls And Temptations, And The Seeker Must Walk It Alone With God. I Would Recommend That You Keep Your Feet On The Ground And Your Thoughts At Lofty Heights, So That You May Attract Only Good. Concentrate On Giving So That You May Open Yourself To Receiving; Concentrate On Living According To The Light You Have So That You May Open Yourself To More Light; Get As Much Light As Possible Through The Inner Way.

I Don't Eat Junk Foods And I Don't Think Junk Thoughts.

I Have Faith That God Will Care For Me, And God Does Provide My Needs. I Don't In Any Way Feel Insecure Because I Don't Know Where I Will Sleep At Night, Where Or When I Will Eat Next. When You Have Spiritual Security, You Have No More Feeling Of Need For Material Security.

For Those Of You Who Are Seeing The Spiritual Life, I Recommend These Four Daily Practices: Spend Time Alone Each Day In Receptive Silence. When Angry, Or Afflicted With Any Negative Emotion, Take Time To Be Alone With God. (do Not Talk With People Who Are Angry; They Are Irrational And Cannot Be Reasoned With. If You Or They Are Angry, It Is Best To Leave And Pray.) Visualize God's Light Each Day And Send It To Someone Who Needs Help. Exercise The Body, It Is The Temple Of The Soul.

Were I To Solve Problems For Others They Would Remain Stagnant; They Would Never Grow. It Would Be A Great Injustice To Them. My Approach Is To Help With Cause Rather Than Effect. When I Help Others, It Is By Instilling Within Them The Inspiration To Work Out Problems By Themselves. If You Feed A Man A Meal, You Only Feed Him For A Day-but If You Teach A Man To Grow Food, You Feed Him For A Lifetime.

There Is Something To That Old Saying That Hate Injures The Hater, Not The Hated.

There Was A Time - When I Attained Inner Peace - When I Died, Utterly Died To Myself. I Have Since Renounced My Previous Identity. I Can See Not Reason To Dwell Upon My Past, It Is Dead And Should Not Be Resurrected. Don't Inquire Of Me - Ask Me About My Message. It Is Not Important To Remember The Messenger, Just Remember The Message.

Judging Others Will Avail You Nothing And Injure You Spiritually. Only If You Can Inspire Others To Judge Themselves Will Anything Worthwhile Have Been Accomplished. When You Approach Others In Judgment They Will Be On The Defensive. When You Are Able To Approach Them In A Kindly, Loving Manner Without Judgment They Will Tend To Judge Themselves And Be Transformed.

There Is A Criterion By Which You Can Judge Whether The Thoughts You Are Thinking And The Things You Are Doing Are Right For You. The Criterion Is: Have They Brought You Inner Peace?

Humanity Can Only Improve As People Improve. When You Have Improved Your Life, You Can Inspire Those Around You To Want To Improve Their Lives. Remember That A Few In Harmony With God's Will Are More Powerful Than Multitudes Out Of Harmony.

Real Peace Is More Than The Absence Of War; It Is An Absence Of The Causes Of War.

We Can Work On Inner Peace And World Peace At The Same Time. On One Hand, People Have Found Inner Peace By Losing Themselves In A Cause Larger Than Themselves, Like The Cause Of World Peace, Because Finding Inner Peace Means Coming From The Self-centered Life Into The Life Centered In The Good Of The Whole. On The Other Hand, One Of The Ways Of Working For World Peace Is To Work For More Inner Peace, Because World Peace Will Never Be Stable Until Enough Of Us Find Inner Peace To Stabilize It.

I Would Like To Emphasize Again That Right Prayer Leads To Right Action, That Faith Without Works Is Dead. An Excellent Way To Put Thoughts Into Action Is To Write A Letter For Peace.

I Had Created Sufficient Age When I Started Out January 1, 1953, And I Said, That's Enough. From That Time On I Thought Of Myself As Being Ageless And In Radiant Health, And I Am. I Haven't Gotten Younger, But I See No Point In Getting Younger. I Can Get Along Just Fine As I Am, And If You Have Learned The Lessons Of The Seasons Of Life Before, You Really Have No Wish To Return To A Prior Season Of Life.

I Always Have A Feeling Of Awe And Wonder At What God Can Do - Using Me As An Instrument. I Believe That Anyone Who Is Fully Surrendered To God's Will Can Be Used Gloriously - And Will Really Know Some Things - And Will Probably Be Called Self-righteous. You're Called Self-righteous If You Are Self-centered Enough To Think You Know Everything - But You May Also Be Called Self-righteous By The Immature If You Are God-centered Enough To Really Know Some Things.

Faith Is A Belief In Things That Your Senses Have Not Experienced And Your Mind Does Not Understand, But You Have Touched Them In Other Ways And Have Accepted Them. It Is Easy For One To Speak Of Faith; It Is Another Thing To Live It.

I Walk Until Given Shelter, Fast Until Given Food. I Don't Ask - It's Given Without Asking. Aren't People Good! There's A Spark Of Good In Everybody, No Mater How Deeply It May Be Buried. It's Waiting To Govern Your Life Gloriously.

I Feel A Complete Protection On My Pilgrimage. God Is My Shield. There Are No Accidents In The Divine Plan Nor Does God Leave Us Unattended. No One Walks So Safely As Those Who Walk Humbly And Harmlessly With Great Love And Great Faith.

Your Lower Self Sees You As The Center Of The Universe- Your Higher Self Sees You As A Cell In The Body Of Humanity.

If You Do Not Yet Know Where You Fit, I Suggest You Try Seeking It In Receptive Silence. I Used To Walk Amid The Beauties Of Nature, Just Receptive And Silent, And Wonderful Insights Would Come To Me.

If You Are Harboring The Slightest Bitterness Toward Anyone, Or Any Unkind Thoughts Of Any Sort Whatever, You Must Get Rid Of Them Quickly. They Are Not Hurting Anyone But You. It Isn't Enough Just To Do Right Things And Say Right Things - You Must Also Think Right Things Before Your Life Can Come Into Harmony.

Religion Is To Be Used As A Stepping Stone To God But It Must Never Be Used As A Tower To Hold One Aloft From Others. We Are All Cells In The Body Of Humanity. When Anyone Attempts To Isolate Another, They Only Isolate Themselves More.

When You Do Something For World Peace, Peace Among Groups, Peace Among Individuals, Or Your Own Inner Peace, You Improve The Total Peace Picture.

How Often Are You Worrying About The Present Moment? The Present Moment Is Usually All Right. If You're Worrying, You're Either Agonizing Over The Past Which You Should Have Forgotten Long Ago, Or Else You're Apprehensive Over The Future Which Hasn't Even Come Yet. We Tend To Skip Over The Present Moment Which Is The Only Moment God Gives Any Of Us To Live.

One Little Person, Giving All Of Her Time To Peace, Makes News. Many People, Giving Some Of Their Time, Can Make History.

All Right Prayer Has Good Effect, But If You Give Your Whole Life To The Prayer You Multiply Its Power... No One Really Knows The Full Power Of Prayer. Of Course, There Is A Relationship Between Prayer And Action. Receptive Prayer Result In An Inner Receiving, Which Motivates To Right Action.

If You Think You Can't Do Something, You Can't. But If You Think You Can, You May Be Surprised To Discover That You Can.

Concealed In Every New Situation We Face Is A Spiritual Lesson To Be Learned And A Spiritual Blessing For Us If We Learn That Lesson. It Is Good To Be Tested. We Grow And Learn Through Passing Tests. I Look Upon All My Tests As Good Experiences. Before I Was Tested, I Believed I Would Act In A Loving Or Non-fearing Way. After I Was Tested, I Knew! Every Test Turned Out To Be An Uplifting Experience. And It Is Not Important That The Outcome Be According To Our Wishes.

Most Human Beings Only Scratch The Surface Of Their Real Potential. They Have No Idea What They're Capable Of.

Ultimate Peace Begins Within; When We Find Peace Within There Will Be No More Conflict, Nor More Occasion For War.

The Basic Cause Of All Our Difficulties Is Immaturity. That's Why I Talk So Much About Peace Within Ourselves As A Step Toward Peace In Our World. If We Were Mature, War Would Not Be Possible And Peace Would Be Assured. In Our Immaturity We Do Not Know The Laws Of The Universe, And We Think Evil Can Be Overcome By More Evil. One Symptom Of Our Immaturity Is Greed, Making It Difficult For Us To Learn The Simple Lesson Of Sharing.

Evil Can Be Helped To Fade Away More Quickly If We Remain In Obedience To The Law Of Love - Evil Must Be Overcome With Good.

It Does Not Matter What Name You Attach To It, But Your Consciousness Must Ascend To The Point Through Which You View The Universe With Your God-centered Nature. The Feeling Accompanying This Experience Is That Of Complete Oneness With The Universal Whole... This God-centered Nature Is Constantly Awaiting To Govern Your Life Gloriously. You Have The Free Will To Either Allow It To Govern Your Life, Or Not To Allow It To Affect You. The Choice Is Always Yours!

To Attain Inner Peace You Must Actually Give Your Life, Not Just Your Possessions. When You At Last Give Your Life - Bringing Into Alignment Your Beliefs And The Way You Live Then, And Only Then, Can You Begin To Find Inner Peace.

Pure Love Is A Willingness To Give, Without A Thought Of Receiving Anything In Return. Love Can Save The World From Nuclear Destruction. Love God: Turn To God With Receptiveness And Responsiveness. Love Your Fellow Human Beings: Turn To Them With Friendliness And Givingness. Make Yourself Fit To Be Called A Child Of God By Living The Way Of Love.

I No Longer Become Angry. I Not Only Do Not Say Angry Words, I Do Not Even Think Angry Thoughts! If Someone Does An Unkind Thing To Me I Feel Only Compassion Instead Of Resentment. Even Upon Those Who Cause Suffering I Look With Deep Compassion, Knowing The Harvest Of Sorrow That Lies In Store For Them. If There Were Those Who Hated Me, I Would Love Them In Return, Knowing That Hatred Can Only Be Overcome By Love, And Knowing That There Is Good In All Human Beings Which Can Be Reached By A Loving Approach.

Let Us Help The Phoenix To Rise From The Ashes; Let Us Help Lay The Foundation For A New Renaissance; Let Us Help To Accelerate The Spiritual Awakening Until It Lifts Us Into The Golden Age Which Would Come.

Unnecessary Possessions Are Unnecessary Burdens.

Know That You Are God's Beautiful Child, Always In God's Hands. Accept God... Accept God's Protection... There Is Really No Problem To Fear. Know That You Are Not The Clay Garment. Know That You Are Not The Self-centered Nature Which Governs Your Life Needlessly. Know That You Are The God-centered Nature, The Kingdom Of God Within. The Indwelling Christ. Eternal And Indestructible. Identify With The Real You.

You're In A Much Better Position To Talk With People When They Approach You Than When You Approach Them.

You Can Visualize God's Light Each Day And Send It To Someone Who Needs Help. Your Divine Nature Must Reach Out And Touch The Divine Nature Of Another. Within You Is The Light Of The World, It Must Be Shared With The World.

You Have Much More Power When You Are Working For The Right Thing Than When You Are Working Against The Wrong Thing. And, Of Course, If The Right Thing Is Established Wrong Things Will Fade Away Of Their Own Accord.

If Democracy Is Control By The People, As It Is Supposed To Be, It Is The Right Form Of Government. I Believe In A Complete Democracy - Individual, Political, Social, Economic. If We Really Had That, Which We Don't Now, It Would Be In Harmony With Divine Purpose.

Live In The Present. Do The Things That Need To Be Done. Do All The Good You Can Each Day. The Future Will Unfold

Be Willing To Face Life Squarely And Get Down Beneath The Surface Of Life Where The Verities And Realities Are To Be Found.

I Wish That Every Child Could Have Growing Space Because I Think Children Are A Little Like Plants. If They Grow Too Close Together, They Become Thin And Sickly And Never Obtain Maximum Growth. We Need Room To Grow.

If Only You Could See The Whole Picture, If You Knew The Whole Story, You Would Realize That No Problem Ever Comes To You That Does Not Have A Purpose In Your Life, That Cannot Contribute To Your Inner Growth. When You Perceive This, You Will Recognize That Problems Are Opportunities In Disguise. If You Did Not Face Problems, You Would Just Drift Through Life. It Is Through Solving Problems In Accordance With The Highest Light We Have That Inner Growth Is Attained.

Walk With Me, But Don't Follow Me Blindly. Hold Fast To The Truth, Not To My Garments. My Body Is Merely A Clay Structure; Today It Is Here, Tomorrow It Shall Be Gone. If You Attach Yourself To Me Today, What Are You Going To Do Tomorrow When I Am Not With You? Attach Yourself To God, Attach Yourself To Humanity, Only Then Will You Be Closer To Me.

No One Walks So Safely As One Who Walks Humbly And Harmlessly With Great Love And Great Faith. For Such A Person Gets Through To The Good In Others (and There Is Good In Everyone), And Therefore Cannot Be Harmed. This Works Between Individuals, It Works Between Groups And It Would Work Between Nations If Nations Had The Courage To Try It.

I Felt A Complete Willingness, Without Any Reservations, To Give My Life, To Dedicate My Life To Service. I Tell You, It's A Point Of No Return. After That, You Can Never Go Back To Completely Self-centered Living.

You Can Find God If You Will Only Seek - By Obeying Divine Laws, By Loving People, By Relinquishing Self-will, Attachments, Negative Thoughts And Feelings. And When You Find God It Will Be In Stillness. You Will Find God Within.

How Good It Is To Work In The Invigorating Fresh Air Under The Life-giving Sun Amid The Inspiring Beauty Of Nature. There Are Many Who Recognize This... How Good It Is To Earn You Livelihood By Contributing Constructively To The Society In Which You Live - Everyone Should, Of Course, And In A Healthy Society Everyone Would.

No One Can Find Inner Peace Except By Working, Not In A Self- Centered Way, But For The Whole Human Family.

Looking Through The Eyes Of The Divine Nature You See The Essence Within The Manifestation, The Creator Within The Creation, And It Is A Wonderful, Wonderful World!

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