Life is not what you think. A few years ago, I had the specter of death following me for a year. That culminated in severe anemia that led to a diagnosis of tumors. This led to several operations—treatments and recovery from the treatments. Then recovery led to another stage, the past few years of remission from any tumors. This has been a lot of activity, unknowns that have ultimately led to a time of excellent health that I enjoy today.

And this was just one aspect of my life at that time, concurrently running with so many other parts, projects to complete and service to provide. Now, this is just one life, and since all life is sacred, multiply this life by so many billions of lives, all connecting, all important, all filled with powerful events that matter to the individual and to the lives that person touches.

And the essential point is this, while all these life-events are important, they are but a tiny portion of a much greater Reality. When you think of the ocean, the waves on the ocean’s surface are powerful and produce a lot of activity, still when compared to what is occurring below the surface, there is so much more ocean below than what is seen on the surface. You realize that the surface is but a miniscule percentage of the whole, and while not insignificant, especially to those busy riding the waves, surface living pales in significance to the real power and life found below. Worldly life is the wave action, the great Reality is what lies below.

Papa spent the first thirty plus years of his life tossed on the waves—as a boy eluding his school teacher to find a quiet spot to read Shakespeare, a young man learning the textile trade, being a husband and father—until he experienced a great awakening that led him in a completely new direction toward his beloved Ram. Mother lived as a little girl being hemmed in by the waves, rules her mother had to not leave the yard when playing, being the object of so much attention—as the only child of seven to live—a young woman making her way in a work world, with a glimmer of an awakening thought that there is more to existence, that she had a special destiny. But, so much lay hidden under the surface until meeting her great guru, who opened a window and showed her there was more to life.

For us, what is “below” the surface is experienced, if we are fortunate, in glimpses of a greater Reality—something we know exists but are not very conscious of it, even with the glimpses. To get to this greater Reality we must face a thin film of reality known as the subconscious mind. Through dreams and introspection, we gain greater awareness of the subconscious mind; those thoughts and emotions that are stored from times past, sometimes these memories are compressed psychic energy because they have been repressed. This reservoir of psychic energy can be a powerful player in a life, making fears, desires, both useful and destructive habits come to us from surprising depths. It is our past, the good, the bad, and the ugly bubbling up to the surface and costing us an enormous amount of mental energy to keep it at bay.

Besides the relatively thin layer of the subconscious mind, there is the vast Superconscious Mind—not usually directly perceived by the conscious mind. When the Superconscious Mind illumines the conscious mind it brings inspiration, intuitive flashes of truth, a higher order of Reality that supersedes either the normal waking conscious mind or the oftentimes murky depths of the subconscious mind. Even a glimpse of the beauty and transcendence of the Superconscious Mind can inspire life to new heights, awakens an awareness to a new way of experiencing a life—it is the doorway to the vast ocean that creates the waves of creation on the surface, but oh, is so much more.

The Superconscious Mind reveals what we call God, and God-consciousness. When this awakening occurs, what before may have been dismissed as myth, because it does not appear to belong to the surface waves of creation of the material world, suddenly takes on more than a theoretical potential, but a living Reality that is undeniable, powerful and enthralling. The old notion that the world of the five senses and what the human mind makes of this physical world is the ultimate reality falls away, and what is born is a vast Reality, the Reality of the tremendous ocean under the waves.

This Reality is blissful, enlightening, and leads to the supreme truth. The alternating waves of this material reality fade into a shadowy twilight compared to the rising dawn that reveals a bright and beautiful world all around. The astounded conscious mind discovers this Reality has always been with us, only the ordinary mind simply did not have the light to see it. The Buddha is a title that means the “Awakened One,” having the same meaning as the title the Christ, “The Anointed One.” It denotes the one who is awake to this greater Reality, sees it through newly awakened eyes, new understanding and awareness.

All those called to this path are here to awaken to this greater Reality. While we must navigate the waves on the surface of this material reality, our greater task is to explore the immensity below the waves. The story is told of the pearl divers. The pearl divers swim under the surface to find the valuable pearl, but only the divers who are willing to dive deep will discover it and know the wealth it promises. We too must learn to dive deep, to drop further down in meditation to truly experience the greater Reality. To merely play on the surface will never awaken this deeper life. God is bliss, ever-new joy, shining truth, and a living awareness of the eternal nature of life—all of this awaits the pearl diver for God-experience—it awaits you.

This past weekend we had our Loon Lake Retreat—we had a tremendous time together. My only wish is that all of us could be there for satsang. The topic was a meditation on trust, trust in God. The work that aspirants did at the retreat, then additional work done during individual appointments while we continued on at Maple Ridge after the retreat, brings up my deepening appreciation for the willingness, courage, determination, sincerity and openness that devotees exhibit in their desire to grow in God.

There is not a single aspirant who does not think they could do better—but the key to real progress is that both feet are put into the arena. I remember a time when I recognized that I always played it safe, never really committing myself to anything. At the time this was due to the fact that I did not fully believe in what I was doing in the world. Then I found my spiritual path, for the first time I was one hundred percent committed. Yet, the old habit of having one foot in and one foot out of the arena was still playing a role–it affected my sadhana.

One reason for playing it safe was that, if I did not succeed—so the unconscious reasoning went—I could justify that I had not really given it my all and thus preserve my ego. Well, this would not do. It was not acceptable to not be fully in the game, to not commit myself heart, mind and soul in order to realize God—my one reason for taking incarnation. This was the most important decision I have made in my life, and it has made all the difference.

There is such a tendency for the ego-mind to hedge its bets, to keep a safety valve available, to not be fully committed. When I see others jump in with both feet, do the work, make God first with everything they have, I stand in admiration and awe. I know that the results will come, that that one is standing on the cusp of something great. To meditate deeply, to serve the Infinite in all one does, to commit to using discrimination and making God first, and to love the Beloved with all one’s heart is to draw nigh to blessed Spirit.

Mother did not want a formal organization, or a church mortgage that must be paid, committees for this and that, she wanted us to avoid the traps and distractions to making God our single focus. We have our marching orders, we know what we must do, now it is a matter of giving our all, to have both feet in the arena and to go all the way to becoming fully realized. It is what Mother wants for you, it is what all the great masters want for you, and it is God calling to you, Come to Me—with both feet in!

Note: I bow to the commitment you make in knowing God, and all the support you give for this work we do in His Name. Pronams.

There are many forms of government, various kinds of legal systems, and methods of changing or not changing the status quo that is a patchwork covering the earth. Of course, the structure of government and legal systems are important, the founding fathers created a check and balance form of government so that structure would help keep things from devolving into despotism. However, whatever the form of government, legal system and opportunities for businesses are in place, there is one immutable law that will determine the greatest happiness for the most people—the law of love. Without this guiding principle, all forms of government and legal systems are simply empty shells.

When you have rule of law, but there is no love and compassion, then true justice will ultimately be sacrificed. When you have government and ruling bodies, and there is no love as a guiding light, it will become corrupt and it will not produce the greatest general good. When you have businesses, and there is no love behind its intention or its practices, then its goods and services will not truly benefit society.

Love, as spoken of here, is not sentimentality, but a guiding force. When you love, you will not do things that you know will bring about harm to yourself or others. When you love, you will not act out of greed, but with integrity, evoking the principle of love for one and for all. When you pass laws and regulations, you work for the highest good of all when love is your motivation.

In running a business, you might say, “I have got a business to run, I don’t have time to start the day with a group hug!” And if that is your view of the kind of love I am talking about, I would agree that this is missing the mark. Love is a far more important and vital of a principle than a mere show of emotionalism. Love speaks to something much more basic in you. When you go into business, of course you must earn a profit, otherwise the business will not be there in any capacity the next year. However, in running your business, does your service or product bring about some good? Good for the customers, good for employees, good for the community?

In dealings with customers, do you employ the Golden Rule, as J.C. Penney did when starting his first store—Treat your customers as you would want to be treated. The way you work with co-workers, employees, bosses—do you treat all others the way you would want to be treated if you were in their position? The very best owners, managers, and employees do exactly this. These Golden Rule types are the kind of people you want to work for and do your best, they are the kind of workers you want in your business, and companies with this motto branded into their thinking, words and actions are the kind of businesses you want to patronize.

When you are in a position of authority, do you set out with the intention to better the lives of people when you make decisions? This speaks to fundamental intention, and how that intention is translated into day-to-day behavior. Love considers, “What is for the highest good of all?” A policeman will take to heart the motto, “To Protect and To Serve.” Yes, laws will be enforced, occasionally with force, but all behavior of the police is governed by the overriding intention, what is for the health of the community? For a judge, a county administrator, a governor, a representative or leader of a country—what is for the highest good of all? You may not always get it right, but your intention is unwavering. This is acting out of love—not selfishness, greed, building a petty fiefdom, or responding to the thousand other lower motivations.

In seeking to treat the customer as you want to be treated or administrating with the intention for the highest good of all, it does not mean you gratify the demands of every person who walks through the door. First of all, you never will be able to do so. Secondly, what one individual or group wants may not truly be for the highest good of all. Love will legitimately say no to some—in fact, love demands the word no at times.

And love in service to others is not just for the good of the recipient. When you serve with love, when love flows through your thoughts, words and actions, it blesses you. Jesus said of the great principle: As you give, so shall you receive. This does not mean every person is going to treat you with love when you love them first. What it does mean is that when your focus is on love, giving good service, speaking the truth and offering kindness and compassion, and you do all this without expectation of receiving it in return, then you are saturated with the quality of love—because it has flowed through you, it blesses you. This is due to the nature of love I am speaking of, it does not emanate from you, rather it flows through you from something greater than just you.

When you are in integrity with this higher love you run an honest, clean/clear business, and you feel the purity of that honesty—you are left without stains on your soul. You do not ever need to look over your shoulder for someone coming up behind you because you have cheated or lied to them. There is a fair exchange of money for goods or services, both giver and receiver benefits from this transaction. This clarity of purpose, this purity of action is what you carry forward with you, it is a gift you have given to yourself, and to the world you interact with.

Every human misery can trace its roots back to wrong motive which results in wrong action. You punish or reward yourself and those around you according to the purity of your intentions. Beginning with and carrying through with the intention of love, not only rewards you internally—it is what defines the best business practices, the best government, and the best legal system. It is not always openly displayed through talking about love, but you know when someone is acting with integrity, sincerity, and working to give the best goods and services—you naturally want to reward them with more business, and recommend them to others.

Such love may not be listed on the business banner, but it is broadcast through the quality of its goods and services. Just think of a world in which each person serves all others with love—what a tremendous world that will be!

Frontier is the limit or boundary of an area or nation, mentally is the extreme limit of understanding, and in meditation we have a frontier when we meet the limit we allow ourselves to surrender to God. For us to continue to make progress in deepening meditation we must face the inner frontiers that act as resistance; resistance being the self-imposed boundaries created by the ego-mind.

The ego-mind draws a circumference around itself to define itself; it is what the ego does. The nature of the ego is to say, “This is me, and this is not me.” This allows the ego to operate in the world according to its own comfort and to make decisions. As a child develops there comes a fateful day when the mind says, “mine.” Small children will play a game in which they choose to keep a toy and not give it to the mother—then arbitrarily turns around and gives it to the mother with total delight. The next step is to consider an object mine, unless I sell it. Of course, this is how the world operates on a daily basis, with some being misers and others generous.

In India sadhus take a vow to have no possessions and to not stay at any one place for more than three days. This discipline is to break the idea of, “this is mine,” to eliminate the ego-mind. Even in a sadhu’s world, as Papa humorously writes, one can find the ego-mind inserting itself. Whether it is the position in line for meals being served, or possessiveness of a lota pot for water, or even one’s cloth—the sense of position or possession can exhibit the idea of “mine” in the most subtle of ways. Papa describes how a seeming madman came into a hut he was staying in and demanded that Papa hand over, one by one, every “possession” he had—which was very little. For Papa, this madman was his beloved Ram come in this form, and he immediately took it as a test as to whether he had any attachment to these things. Papa cheerfully handed over every item, until he was down to his last cloth that Papa wore in modesty. That too Papa started to give, when the man suddenly changed his mind and said no, Papa could keep that. The man left, but Papa was in such a state of bliss at having this interaction with God that he merged into his infinite Beloved in samadhi and stayed that way until far into the next day. At which time he found himself surrounded by devotees who had come to see him and sat in wonder as to why Papa was reduced to wearing only one small cloth!

Your attachment to things are a small thing compared to your attachment to the boundaries of the mind. You sit in meditation, focus on the ajna, the point between the eyebrows, you face your frontier—that which is in front of you. It may be the immediate darkness you see with closed eyes, or, if your consciousness has expanded it is the vast but limited sphere of consciousness. You may be in a deep state of stillness, when suddenly thoughts about the world create waves upon the mirror-like surface of your mind.

I remember many a time in meditation I had the sense I was dropping deeper, like going down through thermal layers of the ocean. Suddenly, some thought would whiplash me back to the surface—some idea activated worldly awareness and had taken me from that wonderful state of stillness. On other occasions I would feel uplifted, expanded, like going up in a hot air balloon. In this state of blissful expansiveness some thought would come along, and attachment unthinkingly reached out to this thought or memory, the presence of that thought weighted down the balloon and descended from those heights—it was maddening.

Oh, to be present to God with no attachments, no artificial limits—no fear of infinite expansion or to be taken into the minute world of subatomic matter, to go anywhere God takes you without fear or desire is perfect freedom. The active ego-mind is transformed into the witness to what is; and all that is, is Divine in origin. When your absorption in meditation transitions into activity in the world, then all sensory input is seen and felt as God living His life through His creation. You and all others, animate and so-called inanimate, are all part and parcel of one Divine Life.

A few months ago I injured the bicep tendon. As a result, moving my arm in a certain direction, overhead or behind, creates a blindingly shooting pain. Pain can bring up any number of attachments to the body, resulting in fear, anger, resentment and depression. It has been my long practice to see pain as coming from God—the pain impulses being activated prana, life-energy, traveling at high speed through the nerves to the brain. Prana, coming from God, is nothing but God in that form—to practice allowing the pain impulse to pass through the brain and into the light, not simply be absorbed in the brain; to affirm life-energy in this form is God, just as all other forms of life-energy are God. An interesting thing began to happen with the pain from this tendon area, instead of coming as a pain impulse, with internal vision I saw the shoulder area emit light, instead of shooting pain. God is so interesting.

When we are in the adventure of exploring God, in creation and beyond, and we challenge the frontiers of limitations, not accepting anything in life as being normal—in the sense of being absent of God—then the normal frontiers dissolve into something more, something greater, something Divine. For most of us, this is a process. However, it does not take much reflection to see the various ways in life our minds have created barriers, even beyond our conscious intention—and that these barriers keep us separated from Sacred-awareness. To know God as bliss, wisdom, light, expansiveness and the deep—to know Him as our all and all, in all, is real freedom, true liberation. Let us journey together until we know, absolutely know, there is nothing but He, nothing but He. And, as our dear Swami Satchidanandaji said to do, dive deep, soar high.

I have been immersed in the sea of Mother, swimming in her spiritual waters as I work with her talks in preparing them for publication. We are making nice progress, but there is much to do before we are ready to go to press. In the meantime, as I work with transcripts of Mother’s talks, her words, thoughts, and her spirit are so very much present, in and all around me. Oh, what a treasure we have in Mother.

And not just Mother, but how the currents of her life intermingled with Master, Sister Gyanamata, Rajasi and others. Although Gyanamata and Rajasi have not been so well known, what tremendous spiritual personalities they are. Gyanamata—Mother of Wisdom through Devotion—and Mother were closely connected in their Seattle days, and they continued in her friendship after Sister moved down to Mount Washington headquarters and played such an important part in Master’s work.

A brilliant woman, with the social status of being married to the dean of the University of Washington’s school of law, Gyanamata’s had the heart of a bhakta—with a total and complete devotion for Master. In any gathering she never turned her back to Master, feeling that it would be disrespectful to him. Even though she suffered some grievous illnesses, if Master came to see her she insisted on getting up from her sickbed to honor him. Under a large picture she had of Master, like Mother’s lithograph of Master, Gyanamata had the words God Alone as her motto written under it. And, she lived it—with all of her heart, mind and soul.

And Rajasi, what a soul. A brilliant man, he had a Midas Touch when it came to business—starting with nothing he became a multi-millionaire in his young thirties (translate that to billionaire in today’s value). Yet, this titan of business was Master’s little boy. Such a loving, affectionate relationship they held for one another. Even though a great business success, before meeting Master Rajasi could not sit still for a minute, his hands always fidgeting, his mind racing, and he was desperately unhappy. When he attended Master’s lectures for their first meeting, on the second night he noticed his hands were still, he was feeling a great, inner peace. Soon, he was established in that peace, the strength of consciousness he had built in previous lives as a Himalayan meditating yogi came to the fore. Since his meditating spiritual life was not welcome on the home front, he went into work early, closed his office door and deeply meditated before his workday started. He had an unshakable love and reverence for Master, but different in expression from Gyanamata and Master—there was an easy friendship and exchange of love between guru and disciple with Master and Rajasi.

Both Gyanamata and Rajasi were to have significant effects on Mother, both were part of her going all the way to her complete realization of God. How blessed we are to have these tremendous spiritual personalities in our lives. For, even as they were part of Mother’s journey to God, so, through Mother, they become part of us as well. One thing we can observe is how unique the outward expressions of these devotees are. Yet, even accounting for their differences, go under the surface and there you find God-joy, God-love, and God-wisdom.

Measuring spiritual beings is fundamentally different than evaluating people by worldly standards. Mother was standing next to a devotee who criticized Rajasi when he was seen being led like a child from one place to another, and others needed to tell him what to do; sometimes he put the wrong clothes on, wearing casual sneakers with a suit coat and pants  (long before that became fashionable in some sets). Mother said, “Well, of course, when your mind is so focused upon God that you’re in the tremendous ecstasy of God. You’re not conscious of anything.” Imagine, this titan of business, so childlike in God’s bliss—what humility, what surrender he had in God.

Let us take inspiration from these saints, knowing that they have walked in the same world as we, and found their freedom in the infinite Divine. Rajasi, Gyanamata and Mother, all unique expressions of the Divine Mind, yet their hearts beat in perfect harmonious rhythm with inward attunement to God, Christ, Gurus.

I am being held prisoner. I should make it clear, I voluntarily became God’s slave some time ago—in fact I worked hard to do so. Even though my slavery and my imprisonment are entirely with my consent, by putting God first and making it clear, “Not my will, but Thy will be done,” I have deliberately placed myself in this situation where my little human desires are routinely overwritten by God’s.

It is true that I have not even the smallest wish (well sometimes maybe the smallest wish), to not be His slave. But, it is not a wish to not be His instrument, it is only the groan of a bridge over which a heavy load is being driven, being stretched to the utmost of human limits. Fortunately, I do not depend on my human strength for the work He has me do.

Now, it may all sound a bit vague what this work is, and in truth it can be very difficult to describe. At any hour of the day, and all through the day, God uses this human instrument as His conduit of power, bliss and light. He also puts loads upon this human frame of illness, as well as mental and emotional disharmony—in short, any part of the human condition this world finds itself in. Since I experience His grace along with what he gives me to bear, there is always His power for strength, and the certain knowledge it is all He. This grace makes all the difference, without His constant sustenance the human element could not last a second.

It is the most fascinating life imaginable, and one day, even one hour is not like another. Because of His insistence in recent years I spend many days withdrawn from human interactions. There are exceptions to this, such as this past Easter weekend, but He makes it abundantly clear when those limits are reached.

Being His slave is perfect, but when He has me disappoint others, I must surrender that disappointment at His feet. This weekend I was not able to attend a House Blessing, and that became one of those points of surrender, giving my little human desire to be there at the feet of God. I am certain that Reverend Jill did a beautiful job leading the House Blessing—so I let it go. In my absence I sent a letter to Sarah and all attendees in which I closed with a blessing. I am passing that blessing on to you—that God and Gurus may richly bless you. And, if it be your sweet will, you too may enjoy being a slave to the Almighty, our Infinite Beloved.

Blessing for the Householder Yogi

Bless you and your home; make it a sanctuary that is a witness and a support to your aspiring spirit. As the petals of God-experiences unfold in your receptive soul, may they reveal the flower of Self-realization that lights your whole Being, your entire home, and fills all the world with His eternal splendor. Ever in God, Christ, Gurus.

I am cradled in the Divine Presence, wrapped in His Bliss in a happy hangover after Easter. I think over the weekend’s activities celebrating Divine Resurrection—the kirtan at Jerry and Lois’s, Easter Service, Potluck and seeing so many devotees of God glowing in His Light, the little ones hunting Easter eggs, then watching Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth—starting with the powerful scene of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead to the Christ’s resurrection. After the disciples had dispersed during the Master’s arrest, they gathered again after the crucifixion. Peter, talking about his denial of Jesus said, We all abandoned him! But, he has forgiven us, forgiven us all. A statement of such pure compassionate truth.

This morning God has been talking to me—it is very interesting in the way He does this. In the stillness of my mind a teaching flows in as pure thought. This stream of Consciousness is clearly from above, and I am but a witness to the thoughts, pictures, and wordless-words that manifest on my mental screen. It is an intimate union, and He tells me the most wonderful things. His expositions are often about the path to realization. With a fine scalpel of discernment, He cuts away gross and subtle falsehoods, those things that can derail us, and reveals the Way.

This morning the Lord picked up on a theme He spoke about on Sunday—Jesus fell three times while carrying his cross—or the body—up the hill of Golgotha—meaning Hill of the Skull (i.e. ascending spinal consciousness to the higher centers of the brain). Of course, this story of Christ from two thousand years ago is conveying what happens in everyone’s spiritual journey to complete realization. When we are put through the Mystical Crucifixion we are tempted, and tempted hard, even as Peter was in his fearful denial of Jesus. In that temptation we may fall—three times the Christ fell, and he was born an incarnation of Divinity.

Mother and Master also made mistakes on the way up, and this is true with all ascending souls. We have all fallen short of the goal of perfection—Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. And here we tread a fine line in talking about the ways great masters fell when on their upward journey to spiritual perfection. There are those who are too apt to see their spiritual heroes as being too good to make mistakes, and any so-called imperfection threatens the picture-perfect image they have created of a master—if they encounter a flaw their entire worldview is threatened. And then there are those who glory in their fellow man’s imperfections, thus we have tabloids appealing to the voyeur who gets a charge from tantalizing details.

To have a realistic view of the spiritual path upon which we tread we must know that, “Yes, we can fall,” and, “Yes, we can recover.” None of us would like to be defined by a past when we were not at our best; we must have the freedom to learn and to grow from our experiences. And while we need not shamefully hide away unlovely truths about ourselves, we should also not get overly fixated on the faults or shortcomings of another. This is the razor’s edge, to know the whole truth of a soul’s journey, and not get hung up by something negative when the bigger picture reveals a soul ascending beyond those falls on their way to spiritual perfection.

“So,” one may ask, “how do I discriminate between a true spiritual master, who made missteps on the way up, and those who portray themselves as spiritual adepts, but in reality are hypocrites, wolves in sheep’s clothing?” For that we carefully observe—what happens next? When one falls, then tries to cover it up, continues to stumble from one fall to another and casts the blame on others, not doing the hard work to change oneself—that is the very definition of a hypocrite. When, on the other hand, following a fall the aspirant continues to strive for God; through repentance or turning away from temptation the sincere seeker makes reparations where possible; and by intense sadhana—deepened meditation, humility and surrender—comes into contact with the fabric of God’s Being and is renewed in Spirit—then that one grows, and in time he or she is perfected. Humble tenacity that never gives up, and never gives in, is a sign of a true aspiring spiritual master.

A boxer may get knocked down with a terrific blow. But then comes that critical moment, does he get back up or stay down on the mat? Even though the athlete may go down, the champion gets back up, shakes off the blinding pain and continues—and may very well go on to win. The sign of a champion athlete is not that he never stumbles, but that he never gives up. So too for the spiritual champion. One may take a knock, but what comes next is not to grovel in the mud and give up, but to pick oneself up, wash the muck off, heal the wounds, and get right back on the path to Self-realization.

As our dear Lahiri Baba prescribed, striving, striving, striving, behold, one day the Goal! There is a saying that, “Rust never sleeps,” so too with ignorance, it never goes on vacation. Every day proves the necessity for striving in our spiritual practice. Ego’s default is to seek out the muddy puddles of ignorance—where it feels at home. However, there comes a day through ever-deepening practice when we feel more at home swimming in the Ocean of Light and Bliss, inwardly attuned to Spirit—this then, is the new normal.

I have put to words here what my Lord was speaking to me wordlessly. May these teachings be one of healing the past, and renewed hope for what is to come—a deepened understanding for your own journey and compassionate clarity for the lives of others. As an aspirant you must work and strive with all of your heart, mind and will, you must hold the highest standards ever before you. Attaining the supreme truth reveals that real discernment is always saturated with compassion for all those who strive. We are all on our journey, and everyone must return to the Source from which we have come. The wise make straight the way of the Lord; the wise do not look left or right, but ever strive and ultimately achieve the purity of the highest realization.