«Dwell not on the past, only on the present! Bury every fear of the future -
of poverty, of suffering, of loss - bury all thoughts of unkindness and
bitterness, all your dislikes, your resentments, your sense of failure -
your disappointment in others and in yourselves, your gloom, your
despondency - and leave them all buried and go forward to a New Life!
Remember! You must not see as the world sees! I shall guide you one day at a
time. For each day, I shall provide the wisdom and the strength.» --God
Calling, ed. A. J. Russell, entry for January 1, at
http://www.twolisteners.org/
I personally find powerful direction in these words. The direction of my destiny.
To be dust under His feet...
- Baba Jacob
- Bandung, Java Barat, Indonesia
- I am an Expat living in Indonesia. I grew up in Oregon, USA. Avatar Meher Baba is my Spiritual Master.
5 comments:
This message was welcomed by many who needed to hear it. I have asked Bob to find out the context of the message, who it was originally sent to, etc.
While this is a nice quote I don't think it's Baba. A quick Google search shows the quote on many Christian sites. It seems to trace back to a book called, "God Calling" by A.J.Russell. It's billed as a daily devotional.
Well that is a mystery then! Because this was supposedly sent by telegram from Meher Baba way back, I am guessing, in the first half of the twentieth century.
Kendra, please let me know if you learn anything about the history of this qoute as it pertains to Baba.
Cheers!
Interesting. I looked at God Calling (using Search Inside This Book at amazon.com; the passage appears in slightly different wording in the January 1 entry. I am reminded that recently I found a statement in one of Bill Le Page's recent books (Divine Humanity of MB) that Baba wrote inside a Gujarati biography in his own hand in English, "I am He whom I love and He whom I love is I. We are two spirits in one body. If thou seest Me thou seest Him. And if thou seest Him thou seest us both." The implication was that he had composed the verse; but a simple Google search would have shown that the verse was by the Sufi Master/poet Hallaj. On the other hand, Google and the Internet are obviously not an infallible guide. Recall the "Nelson Mandela" quote that swept the Web and really was the words of Marianne Wiliamson, a Course in Miracles teacher.
Thanks Kendra for working it out that this is not a Meher Baba quote. I have edited it appropriately.
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