The Master said: Writing cannot express words completely.
Words cannot express thoughts completely. …
Silent fulfillment, confidence that needs no words, depend
upon virtuous conduct.
― I Ching Wilhelm / Baynes
Edition
There is power in virtue, the
simple, clean, unassuming approach to life made with humility and compassion in
quiet acceptance that we draw infinite power through us and yet remain equal with
everyone. Feeling neither superior nor inferior toward no one, affords us an
elegant life of enough with some to spare.
Thomas Troward, when writing
about discovering and using the infinite Power as personal power said that the first
action of a virtuous person is to use that power to ensure that he or she uses
it constructively and for the good of all involved. This action creates a flow
of blessing and uplift that always returns blessing and uplift to the one using
the power.
Emerson reminds us that the virtuous
are unaffected and silent about their virtue. Who would
brag about breathing or being aware of the sky at noon? Virtue is that natural
in the person of virtue. So, why then would I write about virtue? The answer is
simple. Although we are born innocent and pure, as we grow, we assume facades
and mannerisms. We color our actions with beliefs that we have accepted but
which may lack basis in truth.
With spiritual practice, we may
rediscover and revitalize our natural innocence as expressions of Spirit. We
meditate on the qualities of being such as love, joy, wisdom, truth, beauty,
and peace. We do this by thinking about how we wish to be treated and then
treating others in that way without force or attempt to fix anything. We begin
to discover a light in other’s eyes that reflects the growing lightness we feel
within as we meditate on the Presence.
Our relationships blossom. Colds
and flu become memories. Inspiration touches us at every turn. Our work seems
to accomplish itself and we always have what resources or assistance we require.
Whatever our calling, each days actions flow almost effortlessly while becoming
more satisfying. We find more energy to enjoy the rewards of life and more life
to enjoy the energy that fills us.
I turn my thoughts and my
feelings to quiet inner contemplation of the qualities of Spirit the only
author of virtue and by seeking to embody these qualities in my life expression
now, I stretch for the high mark of the virtuous, who prosper on all fronts
with compassion and care for all others. Daily my wisdom and my peace grow
within me as I discover that I am prosperous now in that I know that I live by
Spirit’s constant grace and constant gift of life itself. Gratitude fills me
and so it is.
John
John Lusk
“First
you ask definitely for direction, then it will enter your consciousness as a
definite thought; then in your turn you give it back the thought and it will
give you back the thing. It answers every question, solves every problem; it is
the solution to every difficulty.” Ernest Holmes
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