I Shall Not Accept More

Life Is A Series Of Tests; But If You Pass Your Tests, You Look Back Upon Them As Good Experiences.

Just After I Dedicated My Life To Service, I Felt That I Could No Longer Accept More Than I Need While Others In The World Have Less Than They Need. This Moved Me To Bring My Life Down To Need Level. I Thought It Would Be Difficult. I Thought It Would Entail A Great Many Hardships, But I Was Quite Wrong. Instead Of Hardships, I Found A Wonderful Sense Of Peace And Joy, And A Conviction That Unnecessary Possessions Are Only Unnecessary Burdens.

Those Who Have Overcome Self-will And Become Instruments To Do God's Work Can Accomplish Tasks Which Are Seemingly Impossible, But They Experience No Feeling Of Self Achievement. I Now Know Myself To Be A Part Of The Infinite Cosmos, Not Separate From Other Souls Or God. My Illusory Self Is Dead; The Real Self Controls The Garment Of Clay And Uses It For God's Work.

No One Walks So Safely As One Who Walks Humbly And Harmlessly With Great Love And Great Faith. For Such A Person Gets Through To The Good In Others (and There Is Good In Everyone), And Therefore Cannot Be Harmed. This Works Between Individuals, It Works Between Groups And It Would Work Between Nations If Nations Had The Courage To Try It.

Religion Is Not An End In Itself. One's Union With God Is The Ultimate Goal. There Are So Many Religions Because Immature People Tend To Emphasize Trivial Differences Instead Of Important Likenesses. Differences Between Faiths Lie In Creeds And Rituals Rather Than In Religious Principles.