Live By The Eternal Light Within

Live By The Eternal Light Within

All of us do not see or hear the same way at life or the world. That explains why there are believers and non-believers of all hues. Jesus said that one should fix one’s affections on heavenly things and not lay up treasures upon this earth, neglecting more enduring matters of the soul. We have a choice between being obsessed with material goods or choosing a life of service.

Most people are confused when it comes to matters of spirit and flesh. Our world presents many formulae for happiness and a million things needed for success. Some sages opine that none of the created things in the world can bring lasting satisfaction or happiness to man who is created in the image of God. On the other hand, the senses, as windows to the world, allow entry to all kinds of influences and addictions.

Rope dancers steady themselves, fix the eye on some object on the wall, and look steadily at that. If they should look down on the rope or the people, they might become dizzy and fall. A man crossing a stream on a log, if he will look across at some object steadily, will be in little danger. If he looks down on the dashing and rolling waters, he will become dizzy, and fall. So Jesus says, in order that the conduct may be right, it is important to fix your affections on heaven. By having the affections there - faith that is single, steady, unwavering - all conduct will fall in place.

Toyohiko Kagawa, also known as the ‘Japanese Gandhi’ and nominated twice for the Nobel Prize, was threatened with total blindness while still in his forties. When his career seemed to have come to an untimely close someone asked him: ‘Inconvenient, isn’t it? ‘Yes, but it is inconvenient for people not to have wings, isn’t it? If however they invent aeroplanes, these take the place of wings,’ he replied, and added: ‘The same is true regarding external eyes. If they go blind, it is simply a matter of inventing internal light. My God is light itself. Even though every outward thing is shrouded in darkness, in the inner chamber of my soul God’s eternal light shines on.“God will keep for me the little light forever burning. He Himself is my light, and as long as He shines within I do not lament being compelled to sit out the long day in darkness,” said Kagawa.

Om Namah Shivay.