Psychology of Enlightenment

SR No.: 001807
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chitrabhanu
Publisher: New York Dodd Made & Company
Total Pages: 114
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Dhyan
File Size: 5 MB

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The Psychology of Enlightenment
from the heart, from love? Or did they come from your own projection, your particular bias?"
As I have told you before, love and space are partners. Your words will not collide and wrestle with each other if you have made room for them with your love. When you have something to say, see that it comes from your heart center. If you speak instead from your particular bias, your words will surely be rejected because they do not carry the real essence of truth. They are colored by that level of thinking from which you are speaking—by your anger or jealousy or whatever. You may have noticed that as soon as you speak in anger, the person who is listening also becomes angry. He hears only your anger, not what you are trying to say. Your anger has ignited his anger which, in turn, bounces back to you. It becomes a vicious circle.
How difficult it is to control anger and transform it into love! Yet, that is precisely what you must do if you are to communicate something meaningful to others. Remember that, “To err is human, to forgive is divine.” Your anger can be dissolved by your own forgiveness.
Words travel anywhere and everywhere in the universe, in space. Astronauts speak from the moon, and ground control receives their message here on earth. There is no barrier. Similarly, nothing but our own anger or abruptness prevents our words from traveling through space into somebody's heart. To be heard, we must reestablish our connection with one another by centering ourselves in love.
Silence plays an important part here. Use it to deal with any inner negative element which prevents your communication. Remain silent. Don't utter a word unless you feel
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