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TRANQUILITY of SOUL

ALL that we may hope for in life is within our grasp when we embrace Selflessness and Truth as our spiritual vanguard in the service of others. Thus too do we come to know divine tranquility of soul.” — Garry D. Kilbourn

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MIND in TRANSCENDENCE

“ … We well know the mind stirs the imagination, invoking images both real and fanciful. It is less well known, however, that within the phenomenon of the mind lies our most precious human resource; the ability through imagination to transform thoughts of the mind into the realm of the supernatural. Thus may we visualize ourself suffused in the Light of God’s presence, His Love a salve to our soul. — Garry D. Kilbourn

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ABIDING SELF-WORTH

We are as nothing without Love: love of ourself and love of others. Love lies within the soul, the very core of our Being. Left to lie dormant and unused, our capacity for love ever diminishes such that we become but an empty shadow of who we are meant to be. When taken up and used, love is that which reveals our humanity and gives reason for our Being.

Love—in reality a divine providence—is accessible through the twin character traits of Selflessness and Truthfulness. These, in turn, require that, in all humility, we entrust ourself to God. Thus may we quiet the turmoil of the mind to reveal the Light of the soul and our divine spirituality. And only thus may we know peace within, coupled with a deep and abiding sense of self-worth. — Garry D. Kilbourn

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HAPPINESS

For all too many Happiness is but a daydream nourished by faint hope. Others have overcome such reverie by rediscovering their childlike trust to know that Happiness is no longer illusory, but is in fact wondrously real.

The rediscovery of our childlike trust awakens in us our spiritually inner self and gives Light to the very soul: We know beyond faith that God lives in us and we in Him.

Happiness is not a state of mind, something to think about and make real. Rather, it is one of surrendering in all humility to God, that His will may be done. Happiness is made whole, and our Purpose revealed, only when this wondrous gift is shared with others. — Garry D. Kilbourn

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A TUG OF WAR

That no one likes being told what to do is not an indictment of our character. The sense of disquiet occasioned by such an admonition stems not from personal shortcoming, but goes directly to the dichotomy of our very Being: the mortal body and the immortal soul.

Custom and belief have long acquainted us with a mode of living conducive to bodily comfort, while at once antithetical to the true source of inner peace and harmony; that of the divinely God-given soul.

For our own well-being and that of others, it is clear that we have a personal responsibility to achieve a balance between worldly pursuits and spiritual enlightenment.

Mastery of thought is paramount to all else. Thus may we see only the good in others, and thus are our thoughts transcended to a higher spiritual plane whereby we instinctively manifest God’s Goodness and Love. — Garry D. Kilbourn

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DUALITY of BODY and SOUL

MORALS and ETHICS are fundamental to human well-being; traits that bespeak Honesty, Integrity and Truthfulness. They are of our divinely immortal soul; hence our lifelong providential guideposts.

That we are as well born of mortal body and must come to terms with our innate dualism, means quelling the workings of the mind; thus to give vent to our spirituality.

Invoking the soul’s spiritual emanation - a matter of becoming one with God - means quitting mundane thoughts of the mind in favour of those acknowledging God’s presence, and putting our life in His. Aught else will give inner peace and harmony. — Garry D. Kilbourn

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THE TRUTH OF OUR BEING

The ever-present veil that conceals the Truth of our Being, that keeps us from knowing ourself, is of our own making; a man-made desecration of the soul. It has its genesis in our failure to acknowledge our two separate though interdependent beings: a) the divinely immortal soul and b) the physical body.

Throughout life, with little or no thought otherwise, we allow custom to install in us aught but the ways of the world, of itself destructive of our inborn harmony. Meanwhile, the life-giving soul finds itself gravely undernourished. Left unattended, we come to know a life all too often troubled with chaos and sorrow.

Were we but to listen, we would hear God’s “… still small voice …” warning us of the disquiet within. Once having heard, we are at once overcome with a deeper sense of calm, certain of God’s overwhelming presence. We know then that all is well. — Garry D. Kilbourn