May 20
By HH Shri Bhola Nathji ( 1902-1992) Founder of the word prayer day for peace
"The desire for happiness exists in thy heart.
Thou didst not ask for it from someone else.
It has accompanied the other desires of thy life.
Every unfulfilled desire gives pain.
Where in Life can peace be found if there be no joy.
Joy leaves thee when thou seest a separation between the flower and the thorn; when thou seest night and day as two; when one becomes dear and the other hateful.
How great a joy can be attained by separating thyself from sorrow and happiness that belongs to the world! Let thy sight fall upon the calm ocean and then upon the storms of the ocean but let it not be drowned in either.
Merge not thyself into this ocean of sorrows and joys. Lose not thy existence for its sake. Derive joy by removing thyself from this ocean.
Look upon the dear and the hateful as the actors and objects portrayed on the screen of a cinema hall. They have no true existence. They are not where they appear to be and staying a while in appearances they must vanish forever.
Look! Yonder flower doth bloom in joy!
Ah! But what then?
Look! Yonder drop of dew disappears from the petal in a wisp of smoke!
Ah! But what then?
By HH Shri Bhola Nathji ( 1902-1992) Founder of the word prayer day for peace
"The desire for happiness exists in thy heart.
Thou didst not ask for it from someone else.
It has accompanied the other desires of thy life.
Every unfulfilled desire gives pain.
Where in Life can peace be found if there be no joy.
Joy leaves thee when thou seest a separation between the flower and the thorn; when thou seest night and day as two; when one becomes dear and the other hateful.
How great a joy can be attained by separating thyself from sorrow and happiness that belongs to the world! Let thy sight fall upon the calm ocean and then upon the storms of the ocean but let it not be drowned in either.
Merge not thyself into this ocean of sorrows and joys. Lose not thy existence for its sake. Derive joy by removing thyself from this ocean.
Look upon the dear and the hateful as the actors and objects portrayed on the screen of a cinema hall. They have no true existence. They are not where they appear to be and staying a while in appearances they must vanish forever.
Look! Yonder flower doth bloom in joy!
Ah! But what then?
Look! Yonder drop of dew disappears from the petal in a wisp of smoke!
Ah! But what then?
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