PRINCIPLES FOR LIFE, SPIRITUAL PROGRESSION
– From the Satyana Institute

PART 2

  1. Have compassion for the enemy. Be hard on the issues, soft on the people.
  2. Your work is for the world, not for you. In doing service work, you are working for others.
  3. Selfless service is a myth. In serving others, we serve our true selves. “It is in giving that we receive.”
  4. Do not insulate yourself from the pain of the world. As Gibran says, “Your pain is the medicine by which the physician within heals thyself.” A broken heart becomes an open heart, and genuine transformation begins.
  5. What you attend to, you become. Your essence is pliable, and you become that which you most deeply focus your attention upon. You reap what you sow, so choose your actions carefully.
  6. Rely on faith and let go of having to figure it all out. There are larger ‘divine’ forces at work that we can trust completely.
  7. Love creates the form. The heart crosses the abyss that the mind creates and operates at depths unknown to the mind. Let your heart’s love infuse your work and you cannot fail, though your dreams may manifest in ways different from what you imagine.