Devotion should pervade the entire life-process of man here
on earth. To live is to adore the Divine each moment of your life. To know and
to be aware that God resides in all living beings, nay, in all things animate
and inanimate, is verily the source of all righteousness. This knowledge is the
root and support of Dharma. No man will injure another if he is intensely aware
that God is in him. For he would be directly offending Him! Therefore, see Him
in all and act with devotion and reverence towards all.
Gracious, most gracious indeed is the Lord. Avail of His
Grace Divine, the ever-present Love that is ceaselessly pouring upon us all.
The irony of human life is not the withholding of Grace by a remote Divinity,
but actually, man’s rejection of the ever-present Love and Grace, running madly
after egoistical pursuits and fleshy sensations. He would rather dedicate his
entire life to his five senses than open his heart to the descent of Divine
Love and Grace that seeks to enfold him in its infinite compassion and uplift
him to the supreme blessedness.
Swami Chidananda Saraswati (1916 – 2008) was the
president of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh – associated with the Swami
Sivananda Ashram
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