St. Paul’s Chapel
25 April 1973“Veni, Vidi, Vici — I came, I saw, I conquered.” Julius Caesar had the outer experience of human power. Sri Krishna, the Buddha and the Christ had the inner experience of divine Power. Sri Krishna embodied, revealed and manifested the Power of Love-Light. The Buddha embodied, revealed and manifested the Power of Compassion-Height. The Christ embodied, revealed and manifested the Power of Salvation-Delight.
The outer experience of power with and in the physical is potent. But the inner experience of Power with and in the soul is omnipotent. The outer experience of power is self-styled authority. The inner experience of Power is God-ordained Duty.
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The inner experience of Power is God’s Forgiveness.The inner experience of Power is God’s Compassion.
The inner experience of Power is God’s Patience.The inner experience of Power is God’s Assurance.
The inner experience of Power is God’s Pride.```
God uses His Forgiveness-Power to illumine the impure human body. God uses His Compassion-Power to illumine the aggressive human vital. God uses His Patience-Power to illumine the restless human mind. God uses His Assurance-Power to illumine the insecure human heart. God uses His Pride-Power to illumine the aspiring human soul.Human power comes into existence from self-effort, time and patience. Divine Power comes into existence from God’s unconditional and limitless Grace. Human power plays with doubt-power, jealousy-power and ingratitude-power. Divine Power plays with faith-power, love-power and oneness-power. The moment we use human power in a human way we see in ourselves the human death. The moment we use divine Power in a divine way we see in ourselves the birth of the Divine.
The inner experience of Truth tells us that human power needs constant divine direction. The inner experience of Truth tells us that divine Power needs constant human participation.
The transformation of the seeker’s personality starts taking place the moment the seeker has some inner experience of Power. This is the transformation of his finite existence into the infinite Existence. This is the transformation of his earth-bound time into the Time eternal. His personality becomes God’s manifested divine Individuality, and it carries the message of God’s illumining Unity into His fulfilling diversity and multiplicity.From:Sri Chinmoy,The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 2, Agni Press, 2004
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