Divine Messages - 46 : God In Quest of Man by Dada J. P. Vaswani - Five Simple Rules for Daily Deeds

An extract from the book “God In Quest of Man” by Dada J. P. Vaswani.

Let your life of daily deeds be built in five simple rules.

·         Return Love for Hate – Like that great mystic, Rabia, let your heart be so filled with love that not a corner may remain for any thought of hatred. And remember, when a man does you harm or cheats you or slanders you, he does it out of ignorance. He needs your loving prayers. The more evil he sends you, the more good must go out of you to him. How beautiful the prayer of Jesus for his persecutors: “Father ! Forgive them for they know not what they do !”.

 ·         See Good in All – Each one of us is a mixture of good and evil. If you have eyes to see, there is not a man so drenched in evil that he has no good which you may learn of him. See the good in everyone you meet and bow down to it. Did not that great teacher of Iran say to his disciples, if you meet a man with ten virtues and one vice, think not of the vice but of the ten virtues, and if you see a man with one virtue and ten vices, think not of the ten vices but of the one virtue?

 ·         Walk the Way of Acceptance – Know that all that happens, happens according to the Will of God. And in His Will is our peace. Meet every situation in life with the prayer, “Thy Will Be Done!”. Many things will happen which you, with your puny intellect, will not be able to understand. Complain not, but in simple faith of a trusting child say to yourself, “I know nothing, Lord! Thou knowest everything. And Thou art my Father, my Mother, my Guardian and my Guide! Thy Will Be Done”. At every step in every round, thank Him and praise Him! For whatever happens, His Will is always for the best.

·         Compassion – Give compassion to all, men and birds and animals. The Qur’an speaks of God as Al-Rahman, the Compassionate One. If at His doorstep we stand and ask for compassion, we must first give compassion to others. So feed birds and cows and dogs everyday and give  them water to drink. And in your dress and diet, keep clear of violence. Abstain from meat-eating and wearking silken garments which cost millions of silkworms their precious life. And see that no needy person is by you turned away empty-handed. Above all, give the compassion of your heart to them whom the world condemns as thieves, criminals, gamblers, alcoholics, sinners sunk in wickedness and vice.

·         Pray – Each day pray for all – men of all nations, all birds, all beasts, all animate creatures, all inanimate objects. Pray for friends and strangers, for the sick and disabled, for lunatics and lepers, for all who are in the agony of pain, physical, mental, spiritual. Pray that all may be happy, full of Bliss!.

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