“Do not torture them with your doubts.”

Last updated on: August 26, 2015 at 11:12 am by Annie Mueller

“Do not torture them with your doubts.” 2015-08-04T11:18:25-05:00 Annie Mueller

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Bible: 1 John 2

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is past and the true light now shineth.

He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

Rejoice in your growth, into which you can take no one with you, and be good to those who remain behind. Be assured and peaceful in their presence, do not torture them with your doubts and do not frighten them with your confidence or your joy, which they could not comprehend.

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Selections from the Writings of the Bab

THERE is no paradise, in the estimation of the believers in the Divine Unity, more exalted than to obey God’s commandments, and there is no fire in the eyes of those who have known God and His signs, fiercer than to transgress His laws and to oppress another soul, even to the extent of a mustard seed.

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The Lord is in Me

Kabir

English version by Andrew Harvey
Original Language Hindi

The Lord is in me, and the Lord is in you,
As life is hidden in every seed.
So rubble your pride, my friend,
And look for Him within you.

When I sit in the heart of His world
A million suns blaze with light,
A burning blue sea spreads across the sky,
Life’s turmoil falls quiet,
All the stains of suffering wash away.

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This is the music

Of soul and soul meeting.

Of the forgetting of all grief.
This is the music
That transcends all coming and going.

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