Gospel Talk #22
from Sant Bani Tapes Hosted by Sant Bani Ashram
Cont. Sermon on the Mount (The Great Instruction) Matthew emphasis on doership of God and helplessness of man Judge not or ye shall be judged Why see the mote in your brother’s eye, but not the beam in thine own eye Must grasp the concept of cosmic helplessness before we can grow Parable of servant who was forgiven and then didn’t forgive his fellow servant Have to reach 3rd or 4th plane to become karmaless As long as we consider ourselves and others the doers, we contract karma Finding fault with anyone for any reason is incompatible with spiritual growth Trusting in God means trusting in whatever He sends us We have to accept whatever happens to us however unpleasant As we think so we become See good qualities in others rather than bad qualities See our own shortcomings rather others’ There are shortcomings and good qualities in all If you want to see shortcomings, see them in yourself; if you want to see good qualities, see them in others We’re all in the same boat There, but for the grace of God, go I When we constantly blame ourselves or constantly exonerate ourselves, the ego becomes enormous and blocks out everything else Parable in Luke 16 – rich man and the unjust steward Hear no evil, see no evil, and say no evil Hate the sin but love the sinner When we criticize others, we get their bad qualities and they get our virtues Cast not your pearls before swine (do not let people know how holy we are so we can progress)
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