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Harmony and Goodwill HARMONY
Harmony: let us strive that the day may come when this will be the means and the end.
Harmony is my aim and all that leads to harmony makes me happy.
Integral harmony: harmony between things, harmony between people, harmony of circumstances and above all harmony of all aspiration directed towards the Supreme Truth.
A harmonious collective aspiration can change the course of circumstances.
Collective harmony is the work undertaken by the Divine Consciousness; It alone has the power to realise it.
There is a deep and true consciousness in which all can meet in love and harmony. Page ― 197 It is only in union with the Divine and in the Divine that harmony and peace can be established. 20 July 1935 Surely we must always want peace and harmony and work for it as much as we can ― but for that the best field of action is always within ourselves.
Look for the inner causes of disharmony much more than the outer ones. It is the inside which governs the outside. 4 July 1966 Do not worry or be impatient ― all the disharmonies will disappear, but it must be on the true basis of a settled luminous consciousness leaving no room for the play of the ego.
For all to agree, each one must rise to the summit of his consciousness: it is on the heights that harmony is created. April 1970 You must rise so high in your consciousness that it dominates the opposition. This is the solution. 4 March 1971 Page ― 198 Collaboration: ever ready to help and knowing how to do it.
Collaboration does not mean that everybody should do the will of the man who asks for it. True collaboration is a non-egoistic union of all personal efforts to express and realise the Divine’s Will.
We must replace competition and strife by collaboration and fraternity. 2 July 1954 Substitute the spirit of rivalry and competition by the goodwill of collaboration and mutual understanding.
It is when things are going wrong that it is the best opportunity to show one’s goodwill and spirit of true collaboration.
Indeed, the good will hidden in all things reveals itself everywhere to the one who carries good will in his consciousness. Page ― 199 This is a constructive way of feeling which leads straight to the Future.
One should keep goodwill and love constantly in his heart and let them pour out upon all with tranquillity and with equanimity. 16 December 1966 Good will for all and good will from all is the basis of peace and harmony. 14 August 1969 Goodwill: of modest appearance, it makes no noise but is ever ready to be useful.
Mental goodwill likes to show off a little, but is very useful.
Benevolence makes life fragrant without attracting attention.
A tireless benevolence, clear-seeing and comprehensive, free from all personal reaction, is the best way to love God and serve Him upon earth. Page ― 200 I mean a benevolence sincere and spontaneous in thought and speech and not a supposed benevolence in acts which is accompanied most often by a dreadful sense of condescending superiority serving chiefly as a platform for human vanity.
Tolerance is full of a sense of superiority; it should be replaced by a total understanding.
Tolerance is only the first step towards wisdom. The need to tolerate indicates the presence of preferences. He who lives in the Divine Consciousness regards all things with a perfect equanimity. 9 August 1969 Page ― 201
What is liberty?
Liberty is to depend only on the Divine. 28 March 1932 If you have a strong and conscious will and your will is centred around the psychic then you can have a taste of liberty, otherwise you are the slave of all the outside influences. 24 August 1955 Freedom does not come from outer circumstances but from inner liberation. Find your soul, unite with it, let it govern your life and you will be free. Blessings. 31 August 1966 Freedom is to do only what the Supreme Consciousness makes us do. In every other case one is a slave, whether of the will of others, or of conventions, or of moral laws, or of vital impulses, or of mental fancies, or, above all, of the desires of the ego. 21 September 1969 Freedom is far from meaning disorder and confusion. It is the inner liberty that we must have, and if you have it nobody can take it away from you. Page ― 202
The only true liberty is that obtained by union with the Divine. One can unite with the Divine only when the ego is mastered. 26 July 1971 Liberation: the disappearance of the ego. Page ― 203 |
