Jain Digest 1994 06 Special Issue

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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FEARLESSNESS
FOR PEACE
TALKS WITH (GURUJI) COMPILED BY: RITANANDA DICARLO There exists among all the people of the world a condition of violence known as fear. Fear, according to many teachers of the non-violent religious path, is the basis of all violence, from fear of ourselves to fear of others. It is written in all religious teachings, "Fear not", We are instructed by all the great teachers that fearlessness is the basis of all virtues-all spiritual and moral values. In my opinion, the upliftment of the universe is based in fearlessness, a condition which hardly exists in these days of fear. In the Vedic philosophy, we learn the truth of the fearlessness. The masters teach that the perfected soul has no fears. If we perfect our selves and send out nothing but positive vibration of self confidence, trust in the power good over evil, health over disease, love over hate, purity over impurity, peace over war, then these vibrations will be gathered in the ether, and the Mind will provide all good things. On other hand, if we cultivate fearfulness, then we cultivate all negativity by filling the ether with negative vibrations. One may then ask, how can we go about cultivating the ideal Utopian state of fearlessness, and being a practical person, I am giving a practical answer. All of the masters of whom I have asked this question have given the same reply, i.e., become detached, detached from all worldly desires and all things of senses, and then you will achieve the ideal state. Transcend even attachment to the thoughts of past and future—focus on being, not been or becoming. Fix your attention within and mediate. If you are able to sit in silence in the thoughtless state, for one and a half or two hours, you will realize Self. Not self, but Self. Do this daily. You will know who you are and you will not wish to return. In that state of union with the one Mind, in the union with the God's consciousness, you will know all things necessary to place yourself on a place in which you will understand and become a perfected soul. Total peace, bliss, happiness, love beauty, health confidence, goodness empathy, wealth, freedom, knowledge, wholeness,--perfection in harmonious existence with the law of the universe will be yours as long as you remain at one with the Supreme. As you remain in that state, opportunities for you to help others to overcome their limitations and their lower nature -- will manifest; opportu
nities to elevate yourself above the fearful, selfish, unknowing state will arise, and you will become stabilized in the positive vibration which will ultimately bring peace to the world. Every word you speak, and every action you take, along with every thought you think will become focused on this and only this purpose. You will attract and become attracted to only those souls whose purpose is your own-- that of World peace and total understanding in the state of fearlessness. The one Mind will return your positive vibration one hundred fold and the Wise Lord of the Universe will use you to accomplish his great and wonderful work for the upliftment and greater good of the world. It is not necessary to be concerned about details of how this wonderful and magnanimous work could possibly be done, the way will be shown to you—"As the student is ready, the teacher arrives," in the words of other teachers of this path. Even the student will be the teacher and the teacher will be the student in this state of being, God will use all equally even without their totally being aware of how they are being used at the time. We can observe that most of the society is immersed in the diluted state of fearfulness. This is what is both the cause and the preventer of war in these troubled times. The desire to hoard money for the protection of their offsprings in the case of wealthy families is causing an imbalance in the monetary systems of the worlds' nations. This creates the unfortunate existence of hunger and other forms of deprivation. It must not be misunderstood. Wealthy people do not wish to create or propagate suffering. Their thoughts are not going in this direction and there are truly many who give much to relieve this condition without anyone even knowing about their generosity.. their thoughts are focused on fear of becoming subjected to these conditions themselves, and fear that they will cause this offspring to plummet into the depths of depravity unless they hoard their money for the purpose of protecting their families. They have not achieved the state of mind which causes them to identify equally with the pain and suffering of all people in such a way as to accept responsibility for the alleviation of these conditions in the same way as they would want to alleviate the pain and suffering of their own children. In other words, they have not achieved the realization of oneness with the Supreme, the father of all - The Mother of all. So it is the responsibility of those who have become one with the Supreme to bring this condition to the rest of the world in order to alleviate all of the problems caused by the
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