Living True to One’s Self. {239.}

Living True to One’s Self. {239.}
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One ought to always live
true to one’s own self.

That’s easier said,
but difficult to quite understand,
& even harder to practice.

For starters, does everyone really
possess a concrete “self” worth the name,
other than the human ego?

I wonder, indeed, I doubt,
for I am quite sure,
the true “self”
is too lofty a term
for the base ego
& cluster of impulses & motives
that people normally represent.

So, it can still be concluded
that knowing about and understanding oneself
can perhaps enable one to even
really “be” one’s self.

It appears being & becoming
are rather intricate parallel processes.

What “living true to oneself” stresses
is one’s innate integrity.
If something doesn’t gel with one’s
fundamental values, tendencies,
aspirations, goals, purposes,
then one should avoid it,
or fight it, if required.

For the self is sacrosanct
& alien & hostile invasions
seek to corrupt or pervert
one’s core faith & beliefs.

Let the faith remain absolute
it is one’s only means to God.

The confused & indecisive fritter
all their abilities & opportunities
getting more distanced with time
from both themselves & God.
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Note: This is drawn from & inspired by the scriptures, practices & teachings pertaining to the Radhasoami religion of Dayalbagh.

Acceptance with Fortitude & Gratitude. {238.}

Acceptance with Fortitude & Gratitude. {238.}
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“If you are destined for good fortune,
you will be blessed;
if afflictions have been ordained,
no matter where you hide,
they will seek you out.
Submit therefore before the will of God;
be grateful in well-being
and endure adversity with fortitude,
that His light may radiate within your being.”

---- Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani; Futhul Ghaib.
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Being and Beliefs: Causally Related. {97.}

Being and Beliefs: Causally Related. {97.}
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“The human is made by her or his belief.
As one believes, so one becomes.”

---- The Bhagavad Gita.
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The Simultaneous Coexistence of Opposites. {21.}

The Simultaneous Coexistence of Opposites. {21.}
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“When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty
There arises the recognition of ugliness.
When they all know the good as good
There arises the recognition of evil.
Therefore, being and non-being produce each other.”

---- Lao-Tzu, the founder of Taoism, B.C. 600-531.
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