“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/martin_luther_king_jr_133296
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Emotional and Spiritual Violence
Seek not to harm another; emotionally, physically, or spiritually. Emotional and spiritual violence can leave scars that do more damage than physical ones.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 42)
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In Spite Of
“To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that the one that must be loved is not a friend.”
– Gandhi
Source: http://thinkexist.com/quotation/to_forgive_is_not_to_forget-the_merit_lies_in/344810.html
Show Grace
In your dealings with those around you, show grace, and know that grace is greater than justice. Justice is—at times—necessary, but not when it causes separation. Therefore, forgive those who have wronged you. This is the way of love. To not forgive is to act counter to unity. Being imperfect yourself, remember to love all as God loves them, and be lenient in your dealings with others, as you would want them to be with you.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 41-42)
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Fruit of the Mind
Actions are the fruit of the mind. They are the reflections of our true selves and the mechanisms by which others will relate to us.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 41)
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Suffering
“The principle reason why people are not happy is that they get a perverse satisfaction from their sufferings,” said the Master.
He told how he was once traveling on the upper berth of a train at night. It was impossible to sleep because from the lower berth came the ceaseless moan of a woman, “Oh, how thirsty I am … God, how thirsty I am … !”
On and on went the mournful voice. The Master finally crept down the ladder, walked through the windy corridor of the whole length of the train, filled two large cups with water, brought them back and handed them to the tormented woman.
“Lady, here. Water!”
“God bless you, sir. Thank you.”
The Master climbed back into his berth, settled down comfortably and was on the verge of falling into blissful slumber when from below came the lament, “Oh, how thirsty I was … God, How thirsty I was … !”
– Anthony de Mello, One Minute Nonsense
The True Saint
“The true saint goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment.”
Source: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7635036-the-true-saint-goes-in-and-out-amongst-the-people
Q & A: The Self
Question: In your writings, you say that everything is a part of God; could you explain more about that?
Answer: Sure. Gandhi illustrates that if you were to take a drop of the ocean and isolate it somewhere, in essence, it’s still the ocean. It’s a beautiful analogy, and I derive spiritual inspiration from it, but a drop of the ocean doesn’t have free-will as we do. That’s the biggest thing that makes us individual. It is not an illusion that we’re individual. We are, of course, interconnected with all things, but the point isn’t, in my opinion, to lose the self – it’s to lose selfishness. There’s nothing evil about being an individual. I believe that God created us as individuals because of the grand beauty and uniqueness which that inevitably creates, and which creates so much joy when shared at its full potential.
Maybe I’m right, maybe I’m wrong, but that’s The Truth as I See It.
Ultimate Freedom
To control and come in harmony with your mind is to know ultimate freedom. It is the kind of freedom which will remove all barriers in the way to intimacy with God and those around you.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 41)
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DISCOVERY
“Help us to find God.”
“No one can help you there.”
“Why not?”
“For the same reason that no one can help the fish to find the ocean.”
– Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom
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