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If you do not yet know where you fit, I suggest you try seeking it in receptive silence. I used to walk amid the beauties of nature, just receptive and silent, and wonderful insights would come to me.
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Think about all the good things of your life. Never think about your difficulties. Forget yourself, and concentrate on being of service as much as you can in this world, and then, having lost your lower self in a cause greater than yourself, you will find your higher self: your real self.
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All right prayer has good effect, but if you give your whole life to the prayer you multiply its power... No one really knows the full power of prayer. Of course, there is a relationship between prayer and action. Receptive prayer result in an inner receiving, which motivates to right action.
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The basic cause of all our difficulties is immaturity. That's why I talk so much about peace within ourselves as a step toward peace in our world. If we were mature, war would not be possible and peace would be assured. In our immaturity we do not know the laws of the universe, and we think evil can be overcome by more evil. One symptom of our immaturity is greed, making it difficult for us to learn the simple lesson of sharing...
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Your lower self sees you as the center of the universe- your higher self sees you as a cell in the body of humanity.
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You can visualize God's light each day and send it to someone who needs help. Your divine nature must reach out and touch the divine nature of another. Within you is the light of the world, it must be shared with the world.
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If you realize that those who do mean things are psychologically ill, your feelings of anger will turn to feelings of pity.
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It isn't enough just to do right things and say right things, you must also think right things before your life can come into harmony.
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Some people seem to think that my life dedicated to simplicity and service is austere and joyless, but they do not know the freedom of simplicity. I am thankful to God every moment of my life for the great riches that have been showered upon me. My life is full and good but never overcrowded. If life is overcrowded then you are doing more than is required for you to do.
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If you give your life as a prayer, you intensify the prayer beyond all measure.
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Fountain of Love my source is in thee - Loving thy will my spirit is free - Beautiful day when all of us see - The hope of the world is Love!
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After you have found inner peace you have endless energy - the more you give, the more you receive. After you have found your calling, you work easily and joyously. You never get tired.
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I do my work easily and joyously. I feel beauty all around me and I see beauty in everyone I meet, for I see God in everything. I recognize my part in the Life Pattern and I find harmony through gladly and joyously living it. I recognize my oneness with all mankind and my oneness with God. My happiness overflows in loving and giving toward everyone and everything.
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A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth.
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Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I found myself lifted above them. Instead of hardship, I found a wonderful sense of peace and joy and conviction that I was following God's will. Blessings instead of hardships are showered upon me.
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You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.
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I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can speak.
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People sometimes ask me if I do not feel lonely on holidays. How can I feel lonely when I live in the constant awareness of God's presence? I love and I enjoy being with people, but when I am alone I enjoy being alone with God.
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If you feed a man a meal, you only feed him for a day-but if you teach a man to grow food, you feed him for a lifetime.
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Constantly through thought you are creating your inner conditions and helping to create the conditions around you. So keep your thoughts on the positive side, think about the best that could happen, think about the good things you want to happen.
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The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you more problems.
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Life is a series of tests; but if you pass your tests, you look back upon them as good experiences.
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Just concentrate on thinking and living and acting in harmony with God's laws and inspiring others to do likewise.
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If you think you can't do something, you can't. But if you think you can, you may be surprised to discover that you can.
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Almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, what's the remedy? To become acquainted with the things you fear.
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Born:
July 18, 1908
Died:
July 7, 1981
(aged 72)
Bio:
Peace Pilgrim, born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American non-denominational spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist.
Known for:
Steps toward inner peace (1981)
Plough Quarterly No. 5: Peacemakers
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