"The Man Who Does Not Know What...

"The man who does not know what the universe is, does not know where he lives.

MARCUS AURELIUS

The universe.

The universe is God's creation

And man's realisation.

The universe is God's Compassion

And man's emancipation.

The universe is God's Concentration

And man's transformation.

The universe is God's Meditation

And man's revelation.

The universe is God's Contemplation

And man's manifestation.

The poet in me tells me that the universe

Is beautiful.

The singer in me tells me that the universe

Is enchanting.

The philosopher in me tells me that the universe

Is meaningful.

The yogi in me tells me that the universe

Is soulful.

The God-lover in me tells me that the universe

Is fruitful.

My poet sees the truth.

My singer feels the truth.

My philosopher achieves the truth.

My yogi realises the truth.

My God-lover becomes the truth.

The higher worlds are within us and not without. When we concentrate, when we meditate, when we contemplate, we enter into these higher worlds. When we concentrate dynamically, we near the door of these higher worlds. When we meditate soulfully, we enter into the room divine. When we contemplate unreservedly and unconditionally, we reach God's Throne.

Since we aspire to enter into the higher worlds, we pray to the cosmic gods. We feel that the cosmic gods will come to our aid and help us enter the higher worlds.

Here at this point I would like to invoke the soul of MARCUS AURELIUS:

"Either the gods have the power to assist us or they have not. If they have not, what does praying to them signify? If they have, why do you not pray that they would remove your desires rather than satisfy them, set you above fear rather than keep away the thing you are afraid of?"