29 Quotes About The-golden-prayer

The way to freedom is not with force but with love. Do not fight the world. Do not battle it. Forgive it. Then move towards the freedom that can only be found in God

Everything belongs to God. Here is the wisdom children already know and adults struggle to remember. Nothing is ours. A bitter pill for those who pursue the world, but a sweet remedy for those who desire freedom above all else.

The world is the great temptation. The great test. Those who chase the world have the world, but those who desire God above all else have peace of spirit. They made the choice to be free rather than happy.

Here is the pinnacle of happiness! Blessedness. A state of being where God is living 'His' life through you. Those who have risen to this level of virtue desire nothing from the world because they already have everything in God.

Those who depend on G-d take the burden off of themselves and are liberated. Those who rely only on themselves make themselves G-d and carry the weight of the world; they are lost to sharing in the whole, lost to being a part of it all because they take unto themselves what is not theirs.

We have been striving for the things of the world and in this striving, have thrown ourselves into exile. When enough pain is experienced over a lifetime, people ask the perennial question; 'What must I do to be saved?' They must accomplish the reversal and turn towards G-d. There is no where else to go. No other path to take.

Where is freedom? asks the student. 'In God' replies the teacher. For it is only here we can taste the eternal and the eternal is the only thing that is free.

Here is the situation of Man: the more power he claims for himself, the less power he has.

Here is the wisdom of the free! They no longer waste time pursuing the world. Instead, they find their joy in God, always turning to Him for comfort. They know where there sustenance lies, and are no longer deceived.