An extract from the book
“Glimpses of the Divine Vision” by Swami Ramdas – Section “Peace”
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The peace you crave for is ever within you.
If you seek for it without, you will never have it anywhere. This is a great
truth which very few realize.
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Surrender is the only way to peace. So, in
all circumstances of life, submit to the will of God, and be free from the
touches of worry and anxiety of every kind. All happen as determined by the
Lord. Do not assert your will and expect everything to take place as you wish.
Unpleasant situations are the common lot of mankind. Yours is to resign
yourself to the Lord and remain unaffected by them.
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When the mind rests in peace by a complete
self-surrender, the heart’s desire is realized without any delay. The longing
ceases by a perfect self-abandonment, and then no time is lost for its
fruition. This is the secret of realization.
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The one predominant hunger of the soul is
for absolute peace and bliss. You can have this peace and bliss only when your
mind rests on the bosom of the Infinite Reality. So, a constant contemplation
or thought of the great Truth whose attributes are immortal bliss and peace can
alone completely satisfy the yearning of the soul. Direct, therefore, all the
forces of your mind and intellect towards the All-merciful Lord of the
universe, and put yourself entirely into His hands. There is no path easier
than self-surrender. He who trusts the Almighty never comes to any harm. This
is the rule of God that knows no exception. Do therefore walk the path of pure
and simple devotion. Be conscious that the Lord seated in your heart is your
all-powerful protector. Keep Him ever in your remembrance. Tune your thought
and life with His radiant existence, and thus permit His divine energy to flow
into you and transform your life into one of peace and joy. Don’t give yourself
away to dejection, doubt and despair.
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To experience the stillness of the
all-pervading Spirit who is at once the witness of this world of manifestation
and the world- manifestation itself is to realize God in His all-inclusive
nature and being. Behold Divinity everywhere. Rise above all conditions and
dwell ever in union with the immortal Truth who has become all. Everything is
His doing because all, all is He alone. Ramdas has nothing beyond this to tell
you. Realize that you and all beings, creatures and things in the world are
utterly divine.
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It is absolutely of no avail for a man to
bewail over his worldly lot and his unstable attachments to worldly friends.
Seek the true life in God, and the friendship of the Eternal-the highest; both
are everlasting. The real peace can never come to the share of man so long as
he thinks that the adjustments of external life can grant him happiness.
Disappointment and misery must be his lot wherever he be. Take thought and know
once for all that real freedom and peace lie only in the close communion with
the immortal Truth dwelling in your heart. Take complete refuge in God through
constant remembrance of Him, and thus be content in all situations He places
you. Don’t embitter your life with thoughts of worry and care. Make God your
friend and aid. Once you become His, He never gives you up. He takes you to the
seat of immortality and bliss. This is the way and there is no other.
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True it is that until a man or a woman has
found in his or her heart the beloved Lord of the universe, there can be no
real peace and liberation for the struggling soul. Therefore, feel always that
the divine Presence is ever with you and in you. Let the stream of His remembrance
flow continuously in your mind, and may you attain the supreme blessedness of
perfect union with Him.
