The Importance of Contemplating on Our Ideal
This Month's Reflection on Healing
Dear friends,
Each time our Master has emphasized the importance of contemplating on our ideal. In Volume VIII (revised) of The Sufi Message his words are:
“It has been said that we grow into the likeness of that which we habitually contemplate. Therefore constant and habitual contemplation of the perfect ideal, dwelling in thought upon the attributes of divine beauty, keeping the heart tuned to the note of love and harmony, and making this the practice of daily life, the mind still and calm, the heart pure and open so that it can reflect the perfect Will – this should be the aim of life of the one who aspires to serve humanity as a spiritual healer.
We are told that one of the properties of radium is that, if for a time you shut up certain substances in an appropriate receptacle with even a tiny portion of radium, these substances will acquire some of the properties of the radium and will show its power. After some time they lose these properties and have to be replaced close to the radium in order to be recharged. We read of the great masters that, when exhausted after days of teaching and ministering to the sick, they retired into the mountains and forests to commune with Almighty God, and came forth again charged with fresh power to resume their work of healing and inspiring. If even for the great ones these times of quiet were necessary, how much more for us. The action of the radium is a parallel of the Almighty Father’s power, it speaks to us of the refreshment which comes from quiet communing with the Supreme”.
I wish you much inspiration in your beautiful work!
With loving greetings,
Sattva.
