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Words of Peace Pilgrim
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Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981) was one of the truly enlightened personages of the twentieth century. From 1953 to 1981 she walked more than 25,000 miles spreading her message of peace along the highway and byways of North America. Her Pilgrimage took her to all 50 states of USA, the provinces of Canada and Mexico.
1. “Truth is the pearl without price. One cannot obtain truth by buying it – all you can do is to strive for spiritual truth and when one is ready, it will be given freely. Nor should spiritual truth be sold, lest the seller be injured spiritually. You lose any spiritual contact the moment you commercialize it. Those who have the truth would not be packaging and selling it, so anyone who is selling it, really does not possess it.”
2. “Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, no more occasion for war. If this is the peace you seek, purify your body by sensible living habits, purify your mind by expelling all negative thoughts, purify your motives by casting out any ideas of greed or self-striving and by seeking to serve your fellow human beings, purify your desires by eliminating all wishes for material possessions or self-glorification and by desiring to know and do God’s will for you. Inspire others to do likewise.
3. “The spiritual life is the real life; all else is illusion and deception. Only those who are attached to God alone are truly free. Only those who live up to the highest light live in harmony. All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. It is not important that others be noticeably affected; results should never be sought or desired. Know that every right thing you do-every good word you say – every positive thought you think – has good effect.”
4. “There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage. There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is this; Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended.”
5. “Never underestimate the power of a loosely knit group working for a good cause. All of us who work for peace together, all of us who pray for peace together, are a small minority, but a powerful spiritual fellowship. Our power is beyond our numbers.”
6. “You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is established wrong things will fade away of their own accord. GrAss-roots peace work is vitally important. All who work for peace belong to a special peace fellowship – whether we work together or apart.”
7. “Know that you are God’s beautiful child, always in God’s hands. Accept God… accept God’s protection… there is really no problem to fear. Know that you are not the clay garment. Know that you are not the self-centred nature, which governs your life needlessly. Know that you are the God-centred nature, the kingdom of God within. The indwelling Divinity. Eternal and indestructible. Identify with the real you.”
8. “The path of A seeker is full of pitfalls and temptations, and the seeker must walk it alone with God. I would recommend that you keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights, so that you may attract only good. Concentrate on giving so that you may open yourself to receiving; concentrate on living according to the light you have so that you may open yourself to more light; get as much light as possible through the inner way”.
9. “Live this day! Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well-lived makes every tomorrow a vision of hope. Never agonize over the past or worry over the future. Live this day and live it well”.
10. “Death is a beautiful liberation into a freer life. The limiting clay garment, the body, is put aside. The self-centered nature goes with you to learn and grow on the disembodied side of life, and then returns here into a suitable clay garment and suitable circumstances to learn the lessons we need to learn. Could we but see a bit deeper into life, we would grieve at birth and rejoice at death. If we but knew how short is the earth life in comparison with the whole, we would be less troubled with the difficulties of the earth life than we are troubled now with the difficulties of one of our days.”
11. “To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life – bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live –then, and then, alone can you begin to find inner peace”.
12. “There is no greater block to world peace or inner peace than fear. What we fear we tend to develop an unreasoning hatred for, so we come to hate and fear. This not only injures us psychologically and aggravates world tension, but through such negative concentration we tend to attract the thing we fear. If we fear nothing and radiate love, we can expect good things to come. How much this world needs the message and examples of love and of faith!"
This is the way of peace.
Overcome evil with Good, falsehood with Truth, and hatred with Love.
(With grateful acknowledgements to FRIENDS OF PEACE PILGRIM)
1. “Truth is the pearl without price. One cannot obtain truth by buying it – all you can do is to strive for spiritual truth and when one is ready, it will be given freely. Nor should spiritual truth be sold, lest the seller be injured spiritually. You lose any spiritual contact the moment you commercialize it. Those who have the truth would not be packaging and selling it, so anyone who is selling it, really does not possess it.”
2. “Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, no more occasion for war. If this is the peace you seek, purify your body by sensible living habits, purify your mind by expelling all negative thoughts, purify your motives by casting out any ideas of greed or self-striving and by seeking to serve your fellow human beings, purify your desires by eliminating all wishes for material possessions or self-glorification and by desiring to know and do God’s will for you. Inspire others to do likewise.
3. “The spiritual life is the real life; all else is illusion and deception. Only those who are attached to God alone are truly free. Only those who live up to the highest light live in harmony. All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. It is not important that others be noticeably affected; results should never be sought or desired. Know that every right thing you do-every good word you say – every positive thought you think – has good effect.”
4. “There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage. There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is this; Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended.”
5. “Never underestimate the power of a loosely knit group working for a good cause. All of us who work for peace together, all of us who pray for peace together, are a small minority, but a powerful spiritual fellowship. Our power is beyond our numbers.”
6. “You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is established wrong things will fade away of their own accord. GrAss-roots peace work is vitally important. All who work for peace belong to a special peace fellowship – whether we work together or apart.”
7. “Know that you are God’s beautiful child, always in God’s hands. Accept God… accept God’s protection… there is really no problem to fear. Know that you are not the clay garment. Know that you are not the self-centred nature, which governs your life needlessly. Know that you are the God-centred nature, the kingdom of God within. The indwelling Divinity. Eternal and indestructible. Identify with the real you.”
8. “The path of A seeker is full of pitfalls and temptations, and the seeker must walk it alone with God. I would recommend that you keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights, so that you may attract only good. Concentrate on giving so that you may open yourself to receiving; concentrate on living according to the light you have so that you may open yourself to more light; get as much light as possible through the inner way”.
9. “Live this day! Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well-lived makes every tomorrow a vision of hope. Never agonize over the past or worry over the future. Live this day and live it well”.
10. “Death is a beautiful liberation into a freer life. The limiting clay garment, the body, is put aside. The self-centered nature goes with you to learn and grow on the disembodied side of life, and then returns here into a suitable clay garment and suitable circumstances to learn the lessons we need to learn. Could we but see a bit deeper into life, we would grieve at birth and rejoice at death. If we but knew how short is the earth life in comparison with the whole, we would be less troubled with the difficulties of the earth life than we are troubled now with the difficulties of one of our days.”
11. “To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life – bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live –then, and then, alone can you begin to find inner peace”.
12. “There is no greater block to world peace or inner peace than fear. What we fear we tend to develop an unreasoning hatred for, so we come to hate and fear. This not only injures us psychologically and aggravates world tension, but through such negative concentration we tend to attract the thing we fear. If we fear nothing and radiate love, we can expect good things to come. How much this world needs the message and examples of love and of faith!"
This is the way of peace.
Overcome evil with Good, falsehood with Truth, and hatred with Love.
(With grateful acknowledgements to FRIENDS OF PEACE PILGRIM)
