The Capacity To Be Patient,

Like Gandhi, Like The Buddha, Like All Great Spiritual Teachers, Easwaran Had No Use For Beliefs Unless They Generated Actions. Doing, Not Saying, Is What Counts.

Imagine A Hot Tub For The Mind. That Is What Meditation Is; It Can Bathe Your Mind In Relaxing Thoughts.

Beneath The Surface Level Of Conditioned Thinking In Every One Of Us There Is A Single Living Spirit. The Still Small Voice Whispering To Me In The Depths Of My Consciousness Is Saying Exactly The Same Thing As The Voice Whispering To You In Your Consciousness. 'i Want An Earth That Is Healthy, A World At Peace, And A Heart Filled With Love.' It Doesn't Matter If Your Skin Is Brown Or White Or Black, Or Whether You Speak English, Japanese, Or Malayalam - The Voice, Says The Gita, Is The Same In Every Creature, And It Comes From Your True Self.

In Memorizing The Prayer, It May Be Helpful To Remind Yourself That You Are Not Addressing Some Extraterrestrial Being Outside You. The Kingdom Of Heaven Is Within Us, And The Lord Is Enshrined In The Depths Of Our Own Consciousness. In This Prayer We Are Calling Deep Into Ourselves, Appealing To The Spark Of The Divine That Is Our Real Nature.

Every Human Heart Has A Deep Need To Love - To Be In Love, Really, With All Of Life. This Is The Kind Of Love That Comes When The Mind Is Still. . . . Be Still And Know That We Are All God’s Children; Then You Will Be In Love With All.