The Voice of God - Frank Alexander

The Voice of God, speaking, saith in the Quiet Hour, "Remember, ever remember, ‘Only the pure in heart see God!’ Purity is the first requisite. Even as they who are governed by desire are intense therein in their passions, even so be thou pure; even so, do thou have a passionate longing for purity! Search deeply and steadfastly for purity. It alone availeth. Call to thy mind that great prayer of My servant, Prahlada, unto Me, ‘O Lord, that same intensity of love that worldly people have for the fleeting objects of the senses, give to me that same intensity of love for Thee!’ Purity is the antechamber to the Lord’s Presence. Before thou thinkest of the Lord, think of purity. Purity is the key by which the doors of meditation that lead into the Abiding-Place of the Most High, are opened.

"Throw thyself upon the Ocean of My Strength. Strive not! Seek not! Know that I Am. This knowledge, added with complete resignation unto My Will shall save thee. Have thou no fears! Art thou not in Me! Am I not in thee! Know thou that all this passes which men deem so great. Death is everywhere, swallowing up the forms of life. Death and change ensnare and bind all things—save the Spirit. Know this! Purity is the method of this knowledge. It is the foundation-ground. With purity come fearlessness, freedom and the realization on thy part of thine own nature, the reality of which I Am.

© "In the Hours of Meditation" published by Advaita Ashrama, 5 Dehi Entally Road, Kolkata 700 014. Website: www.advaitaashrama.org. Reprinted with permission.

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