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Realization of Soul through Serenity
the Lord and my heart was filled with pangs of separation. Today I have come to please you and your pleasure gives me delight.”
Serenity is the language of self-realization. In order to understand the inner depth, it is necessary to have serenity. It consists of giving up all sorts of insignificance. One, who barters his Self for the sake of worldly pleasure, will have to cry later; shedding tears will be the price that he would have to pay for the pleasure. The importance of life lies in giving, not in getting. A truly great one will decline to barter the Self. He would stand firm in the face of all temptations. One who gains the true essence of life, is the wealthiest person.
Human life should be treated as a pilgrimage to the supreme abode. Once we embark upon it, we have to strip off the limitations of time and place. We have to remove the distance from the Lord and be one with Him. That union can be accomplished when we get rid of the limitations of time, space and matter. The Lord is not far away, but we fail to realize the closeness due to our ego. It is possible to Him, only when the ego melts. When one forsakes it, tears of devotion would start flowing from the eyes. The world may laugh at those tears, but the Lord will make out their truth and will shower his blessings.
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