October
28th
Salient Thought
for the Day
One who wants nothing gets everything.
Lines
to Memorize
Those who worship Me and meditate on Me without any other thought, to these ever steadfast devotees I secure safety and supply all their needs (I carry their burden).
~Bhagavad Gita
Lesson
We can have nothing, yet possess a sense of princely heritage. What is renunciation? It is giving up self-limitation; it means no longer yielding to a lower order of things. We want happiness with a fervent longing, but the fever of self keeps us from attaining it. As our outlook changes, we outgrow the limitations of greed, pride, envy and all the narrowness of the little self. An awakened soul is never touched by earthly things. When we have very high fever we are delirious and everything is distorted. So with the fever of the world — it makes us lose our sense of proportion.
Prayer
All-abiding Deity, liberate me from the bondage of desire;
Through Your grace may I never forget that You alone are my wealth and the source of my life.
May I seek no possession apart from You.
Help me to realize that the objects of this world are fleeting and perishable;
That You alone are eternal, unchanging and indestructible.
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