| From The River Of Heaven |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE ETERNAL TEACHING: SANATANA DHARMA | |
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| It is this religion of truth which is
emphasized here. It is not an organized belief but the emergence of consciousness. It has its order in
life but an order which unfolds the creative and spiritual potentials of
life, not one which casts a shadow over our heart. To enter into this
stream of consciousness is not to take upon a new identity or role in
the outer life. It is to step outside of the realm of images and roles. To
follow this order is not to impose some rule or authority upon ourselves but to come into harmony
with the rhythm of our own inner being.
If there is truth in this, let it be adopted as we can. If there is no truth in this then let it be discarded as we wish. Truth always wins in the end, not untruth, as the Upanishads say. Though the present moment may belong to the forces of ignorance, to the truth belongs all eternity and all time must bow down before it. The measure of who we are in life is not how much we own or how people regard us. It is what portion of the eternal we have discovered in life, as that alone goes with us at death. That eternal is the universal and it is to discover this and enshrine it again within us that our journey proceeds.
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