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Karma, Illusions and Love
In order for the truth to be heard, it must be spoken with love.
No matter how wise and true a spoken word is, it will not be conveyed to someone if it’s spoken in anger.
~Leo Tolstoy
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… ‘You said to meditate like Christ. How DID he meditate?’
It seemed as if Maharaj-ji was about to answer, but instead his eyes closed and he sat there completely still, completely silent. It felt like he’d totally disappeared. In all the time I’d been with him, I’d only seen him sitting motionless like this a couple of times before. It was extraordinarily powerful, as if the whole universe had become silent. Then a tear came down his cheek… After a couple of minutes, his eyes half opened and, with great emotion, he quietly said, ‘He lost himself in love, that’s how he meditated. He was one with all beings. He loved everyone, even the people who crucified him…
— Jose Luis G. Soler
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It is not faith, nor dogmatics, nor mysticism, nor asceticism, nor fasting, nor long prayers, but love that makes one a true Christian.
— St. Luke (Voyno-Yasenestky
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Anyone who preaches hate in Jesus’ name and we remain silent, then we are complicit.
