“One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.”
– Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) – India Independence Movement Leader from British rule
HOLDING ONTO THE NEW JEWELS IN OUR CROWN –
” … when we have difficulty practicing spiritual principles, we turn to the God [or H.P.] of our understanding. In this step, we ask a loving [H.P.] to remove our impatience, our intolerance, our dishonesty, or whatever shortcoming is currently in the way.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 52)
Billionaire – Travis Mc Coy ft. Bruno Mars (3:34)
Gandhi – The Philosophy of Non-Violence (1:29)
Which spiritual values have you felt slipping from your grasps, lately?
Value of Time :
Once, a king and a lazy man named Haria were very good friends. One morning, the king said, “Why don’t you do work to earn some money?” Haria said, “No one gives me job. My enemies told everyone that I never do any work in time.” The kind king said, “You can go into my treasury and collect as much wealth as you can, till sunset.” Haria rushed home to tell this to his wife. She said, “Go and get the gold coins and gems now.” “I cannot go now. Give me lunch first.”
After lunch, he took a nap for an hour. Then in the late afternoon, he picked some bags and went to the palace. On the way, he felt hot so he sat under a tree to rest. Then, two hours later, he got up to go but saw a man showing some magic tricks. He stopped to watch for an hour again. When he reached the palace it was already time for sunset. The palace gates had been shut. So Haria had lost a golden chance because he had not learnt the value of time. (http://www.english-for-students.com/Value-of-Time.html)
Sometimes a newcomer will ask how to stop feeling a certain way – how to get rid of guilt, how to get rid of shame, how to stop obsessing. I do not know. As I take off my God cape, I can honestly say, “I don’t know.” I do know what has worked for me. And I can point to others who may have had a similar/same problem. And I cannot remove defects of character. I can simply say, “Keep coming back.” I have learned to hear the voice of my Higher Power – in the rooms of the fellowship – in the silence of my meditation.
I think this billionaire song is rather ironic considering today’s theme. I’m not so sure I’d want to be a billionaire “so freakin bad”. Of course when I make my first million, I’ll be a better judge of that.
Till then, I think I’ll concentrate on developing values that will help to keep me spiritually free.
Hmmmm humility comes to mind i think thats a core principle in any spiritual principle
When i am wrong promptly admitted it. I had to do that yesterday and it was tough but i felt good afterwards