Saturday, March 30, 2013
"With God as my teacher, I am constantly learning."
As a child, I was sent to school to learn, and I did learn some important facts and skills that helped me live as an adult in a complex world. But along my way in life, I discovered that learning does not end as soon as I receive a diploma, begin a career, or take on adult responsibilities.
In God's glorious world, every day is an opportunity to learn more about myself and others. I am constantly learning and growing, and my greatest growth comes with my own spiritual awareness.
I am a student of life, eager and open to learning from God, my supreme teacher. And if I should make what seems like an error, I recognize it as a growth experience. With God as my teacher, I am constantly learning and growing.
"Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation."
- Psalm 25:5
Fine instrument..
The mind will be a means of liberation when it is rid of the impurities residing in it. All spiritual exercises are designed only for cleaning the mind.
Do not condemn the mind as a monkey, etc. It is a fine instrument with which you can achieve either liberation or bondage. It depends as to how you manipulate it. It can lead you, if you so desire, right up to the door of realization or it will make you wander into blind alleys where every step will fall into dirt.
Must read....
An aging Hindu master grew tired of his apprentice complaining and so, one morning, sent him for some salt.
When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
"How does it taste?" the master asked.
"Bitter," spit the apprentice.
The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake.
The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."
As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the master asked, "How does it taste?"
"Fresh," remarked the apprentice.
"Do you taste the salt?" asked the master.
"No," said the young man.
At this the master sat beside this serious young man, who so reminded him of himself, and took his hands, offering:
"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake."
When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
"How does it taste?" the master asked.
"Bitter," spit the apprentice.
The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake.
The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."
As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the master asked, "How does it taste?"
"Fresh," remarked the apprentice.
"Do you taste the salt?" asked the master.
"No," said the young man.
At this the master sat beside this serious young man, who so reminded him of himself, and took his hands, offering:
"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake."
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