• Paramahansa Yogananda • Peace is the altar of Heaven. When peace comes to you, you are one with God. Peace is not something passive or negative. It stabs the heart of worries. One can kill worries by cultivating peace rather than by becoming angry at one’s lot.
You are swimming in an ocean of peace. Just as blood goes through every tissue, so peace flows through every cell of the body. When you are peaceful, everything is beautiful. When you lose your peace, your whole mental life becomes poisoned. Peace and divine love are much stronger than anger.
Learn to give love and calmness, and continuous understanding. When you wear the crown of peace, you will have everything. Everything you do should be done with peace. That is the best medicine for your body, mind, and soul. It is the most wonderful way to live. Cultivate peace!
• Norman Paulsen, Sunburst Founder • In the light of true discernment past judgments may be found to be incorrect. When equanimity is practiced, we can look at circumstances around us and apply reason and virtue to our thoughts and actions.
Existing within each one of us is the exact center of the first light of creation; it is the point of concentration in meditation. From this center of divine consciousness, we learn how to balance the dual forces within us, and live in harmony with the law of cause and effect. We are now able to choose the correct thoughts and expressions to use in our everyday living.
Though we are in the storm of life’s experiences, let us take the time to sit down within our soul—our center of consciousness—and really weigh and balance our course of action. We can choose between the forces of positive and negative options surrounding us, and sail our soul ship of life within the eye of the storm. We will continue on course until the storm abates and equanimity reveals the shining brilliance of the inner omniscient sun, the only port of refuge!