Your Purpose by Swami Ramdas
Peace and Joy being your inherent possession, why
go out of yourself in pursuit of them? Being the
light yourself, why do you grope in darkness
longing for an outer changing ray, why deny your
own everlasting radiance? Know that you are the
Soul of the very universe, the eternal light,
peace and joy. Realize your light and illuminate
all. Realize your peace and shower tranquility on
all. Say “I am the all-blissful Spirit” and shed
joy on all. Assert your Divine nature and
liberate thousands and millions from the fetters
of bondage. Be God and lead others to God.
Love all and hate none. Mere talk of peace will
avail you nothing. Mere talk of God and religion
will not take you far. Bring out all the latent
powers of your being and reveal the full
magnificence of your immortal Self. Be surcharged
with peace and joy and scatter them wherever you
are and wherever you go. Be a blazing flame of
Truth, be a beauteous blossom of love and be a
soothing balm of peace. By the power of your
Spirit dispel the darkness of ignorance, dissolve
the clouds of discord and war and bring goodwill,
peace and harmony amongst the people of the
globe. This is your mission in life.
Live not for passing fantasies of life. Bid for
immortality by dedicating all the forces of it to
the service of God in humanity. Away with petty
ambitions. Away with a low and narrow vision of
life. Arise in all the glory and majesty of your
invincible Self. Be pure, selfless, patient and
resigned, never allow the ego to raise its hood
and drag you after it; but be full of power,
grace and splendor of God, verily you are God.
This is what true religion should make of a human
being, all else is vanity and vexation.
From The Divine Life by Swami Ramdas
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