Part 2 - AMORC

they realise it or not. God speaks through everymouth, even if we personally don’t care for the toneof the speaker’s voice! Realising this, we must takecare to humble ourselves before some external eventforces humility upon us.Learn to be LovingIf you want to learn to be loving, you might askyourself, “What can I do to make it easier for anotherperson to relate to me?” Trying to relate withinsomeone else’s framework is not manipulation,but rather, consideration and common sense. Ifsomeone acts extremely formally and you ignorehis sense of etiquette, whose fault is it if youweren’t understood?Try to give a little of yourself every day, notto score points for some future day of reckoning, butjust to be a better, more loving person. If you do itEveryone is a traveller on the path,whether they realise it or not.for any other reason, you may still have somethingto learn, or as some might put it, you will have somekarma to work out.If you find it difficult to reach out and bewith others, it may help to remember that theyare probably just as nervous as you are when itcomes to making the first move in getting to knowsomeone new. We’re all self-conscious at times.But to be conscious of only ourselves can lead to aselfish attitude. It’s not wrong to be concerned withyourself, but by thinking only of yourself, how cansomeone else feel comfortable with you? How canthey feel that you mean them no harm and havetheir best interests at heart, if all they can see is yourpreoccupation with your own needs and fears?If you reach out to someone else in a friendlymanner and are met with negativity, perhapsyou can take comfort in knowing that you werecommunicating from the highest part of yourself.Maybe your kindness or smile won’t be returned,but perhaps it will be passed on to someone elsewho has a greater need of it than you. If someone iskind to you but because you are in a bad mood, yourebuff them, don’t be too hard on yourself. Just try todo better next time.Soul MateAt times we look for the perfect mate or the perfectfriend. However, as we aren’t perfect ourselves,there is a good chance we won’t find this perfectperson. Acceptance of who we are, even thoughthe tendency to deny it is compelling, is thefirst step to perfection.Hard work to change these painful flawsis the next step. Perhaps, changing what wecan, but also accepting ourselves as we are, willhelp us to help someone else to become that perfectsomeone for whom we are searching. These effortsare difficult and seem so small in comparison to thegreat work others have accomplished. Yet we mayeventually realise that our efforts toward this goalare the greatest work we can do.Perhaps, because of these efforts, we willone day find there is less need for formal teachings.Each person will be in touch with the God Within,and teachings will be heard whenever humanityconverses. There will be no comparing, no judging,just ecstatic joy in being.The MomentThe moment I have realised God sitting in the temple of every humanbody, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being andsee God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everythingthat binds vanishes, and I am free.Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)The Rosicrucian Beacon -- June 200835