Far better to conquer by love the heart of a person who hates you than to vanquish such a one by other means.
The Spineless Cactus
After Master’s passing, vandals broke into the grounds and beat the cactus with sticks. Amazingly, the cactus started growing spines once again.
The Wolf of Gubbio
A crowd, having gathered in the distance saw, much to their amazement, that as Francis spoke, the ravenous beast lowered its head and seemed suddenly tame and docile.
The Living Vibrations of Saint Francis
Of all the western saints, St. Francis was perhaps the greatest example of ahimsa or non-violence.
Book Review – “John Muir: My Life With Nature With Beauty Before Me” by Joseph Cornell
“Nature was made not just for us, but for itself and its own happiness, and is the very smile of God.”
Education For Life: Serving in La Paz, Mexico
Ninety youths from age six to twenty-two were living at the orphanage. Our children found their niche by unstintingly giving of themselves to the Mexican children and sharing in their daily lives.
Letters to Truth Seekers
Wherever Master saw the slightest hope, he encouraged people in the paths of righteousness. He never judged them.
We Are Children of the Light
By affirming that you are a child of the light, and by intense effort in meditation, you will go deeper and deeper into your consciousness until suddenly you expose the gold that is your true self.
Spirituality Versus Materialism
Seeing other people, plants, animals, everything as interconnected produces a life very different from one based upon the separation and conflict of the materialist.
Nothing Is Really Dead
As the ocean becomes the waves, so does Spirit become matter. Spirit and matter are the same as the ocean and the waves.