Read it carefully. Think on the statement, 'Man has created God in his own image.' The Great Rsis of Sanskrit antiquity and all mahatmas who have followed Jnana-yoga since have come to understand that we are our own power... our own deity. Humankind alone is responsible for being human, and that, too, the very best human that it is possible to be. Yet Humankind remains, at the physical level, nothing more than any other living creature - an animal; flesh and blood, nature, raw in tooth and nail. Worse. For that very consciousness that enables the flights of intellectual brilliance, when mixed with the ego, the lust, the greed for things of the world, so often leads us into the realms of avarice, jealousy, then down the paths of manipulation, theft, causing harms... raising wars.
Each of us can only be responsible for ourselves. In doing so, we set examples that others might, in their turn, rise.
Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteThe proof is in the pudding as my mother used to say! Our world is full of howling animals that fight among themselves. And that includes all the way from average Everyday People to people who think they are gods. And the ones that are supposed to be the best and the truest are now some of the worst
ReplyDeleteGreed, the lust to always have more, it just causes evil. Thanks for sharing. Have a happy new week!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful quote that everyone should read and practice.
ReplyDeleteYAM the last sentence: being responsible for ourselves...so many think it is their responsibility to fix others to be like themselves. We are who we are.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your research on the plates.
Hugs Cecilia
That is an interesting piece upon which to reflect! xx
ReplyDeleteGreat words to live by.
ReplyDeleteGood mottos, especially the lsat sentence of this post. By the way I've been having massive trouble posting comments as Bike Shed - and in some cases at all - from my phone. My laptop went up in smoke (literally) and I'm currently somewhat bereft without it. Using the big office PC tonight but its cold here in the garden office!
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DeleteYes, Mark - an update to comments by Google about 4 or 5 months back had everyone in all sorts of disorder attempting to leave their presence! Mobiles are definitely an issue... and even sometimes, from lap or desktops, the comments get 'spammed', which is why I have kept the disclaimer on the sidebar... I will find any that stray that way. But they first have to appear! Good to see you here today, and hope you find the ability to drop in comments again before long. Yxx
Well said! Thanks for words to ponder and reflect. Keep being awesome
ReplyDeleteWords well worth reading over and over again and absorbing their meaning.
ReplyDeleteI think it is noteworthy that per the words quoted above, many dogs are at a higher spiritual level than many humans. Probably other animals too, but I have the greatest experience with dogs.
ReplyDeleteThis is an important statement with much wisdom. However, not many countries, if any, have a population that can follow this advice. In the US, maybe in the future it will turn around, but now there is much hate, despair and people with low level energies. I have hope for the future though with the younger generations.
ReplyDeleteSo true! Unfortunately humankind often forgets to be human as well as to be kind. Way too much hate and prejudice floating around just now. I just try to avoid the toxicity as much as possible and hang on to hope. Things might have to get worse before they get better though.
ReplyDeleteThat line: we are our own power, our own deity... has put into words something that F has thought since she was a child. Sort of along the lines that god is the combined energy of all humanity.
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