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When I was a child.
I don't
know if you are like me, but, when I was a child, I thought that I
was here on earth to live in peace, to be happy and to be in harmony
with myself and with others. I soon realized that day to day
reality was quite different. I travelled the world over in
search of my childhood dreams. I can tell you this much: people
who are truly happy and totally fulfilled are hard to find.
If you are lucky enough to meet such a person, you must ask him his
secret.
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O ne day,
body and soul aching, burnt by the sun and the high altitude, somewhere
in the Himalayas, I came upon such a person... a very simple person.
He didn't wear a long white beard. He didn't carry a sacred
book in hand either; he was just like you and me. But he
fascinated me: in his look, there was love and serenity, in his
manners, peace and in his interactions with others there was harmony.
His answers to my questions can be summed up in only a few
words: "My sanctuary is inside me..."
This was the beginning of a beautiful adventure.
It's so simple...
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Believe it or not, it's not necessary to go so far to find
what is so close. We know it but we tend to forget: everything
is inside us, paradise as well as hell. Everything depends
on the arrangement of our "inner sanctuary". Spirituality
is the art of learning, day by day, how to decorate your inner world
with qualities such as beauty, gentleness, strength, generosity...
It's having real comfort inside oneself. It's cleaning
up and getting rid of everything that is useless in your life or
preventing you from making room for the Light which purifies the
atmosphere and brings out all inner virtues into full bloom from
your inner garden.
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The ingredients are simple: time, silence and love.
You will have the pleasure of rediscovering someone that you had
long ago forgotten: yourself. Not the person that runs
around all day or that is constantly worried. But rather the
real you, the person that was once happy and who used to laugh.
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Everyday, I now make a special appointment with myself and
I take a holiday with that special person. I must admit it,
I enjoy this very much.
The
Source
Furthermore,
I must confess that, in those moments of silence, you will meet another
extraordinary being, a being that you thought you could never meet
on earth, a being that you may have dreamed of meeting one day...
the Source, the Light, the Supreme Being of endless love. You
will always remember this meeting. Your life will never be the
same again. You will want to experience this over and over again.
Can there be a greater friendship, a higher source of inspiration
and energy?
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I won't tell you anything more.
Words, in spite of all their beauty and their melody can't express
the depth of such an ineffable experience. It's your universe,
your inner space. May it be filled with his Presence, with
serenity, joy, good humor, strength and light!
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