... from yourself. let me explain.
a lot of people try to pack up and move, leave for another city or even country, when they feel that they're standing still in their life. or perhaps they've gotten into a routine or pattern that they're not happy with and want to change it. moving to a new place will allow them to start all over again, and this time "do it right".
here's a reason why it won't work: wherever you go, you'll always bring yourself with you. as einstein is attributed to have said: "we cannot solve our problems with the same mind that created them."
what is needed is a change of self, a personal transformation. this can be done regardless of where you are, but usually comes with some great effort and possibly. you will need to change some inherent parts of yourself that perhaps have grown accustomed to and sometimes even partly enjoy, but in the long run will not be good for you.
so what is it that can help? here are a few quotations from the Bahá'í Writings:
the Divine Elixir is nothing other than the Word of God: "Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame..."
it is just for us to read, ponder and meditate upon them.
a lot of people try to pack up and move, leave for another city or even country, when they feel that they're standing still in their life. or perhaps they've gotten into a routine or pattern that they're not happy with and want to change it. moving to a new place will allow them to start all over again, and this time "do it right".
here's a reason why it won't work: wherever you go, you'll always bring yourself with you. as einstein is attributed to have said: "we cannot solve our problems with the same mind that created them."
what is needed is a change of self, a personal transformation. this can be done regardless of where you are, but usually comes with some great effort and possibly. you will need to change some inherent parts of yourself that perhaps have grown accustomed to and sometimes even partly enjoy, but in the long run will not be good for you.
so what is it that can help? here are a few quotations from the Bahá'í Writings:
... the Divine Elixir that can, alone, transmute into purest gold the dross of the world, and have been empowered to administer the infallible remedy for all the ills that afflict the children of men. No man can obtain everlasting life, unless he embraceth the truth of this inestimable, this wondrous, and sublime Revelation.
Bahá'u'lláh
Such is the potency of the Divine Elixir, which, swift as the twinkling of an eye, transmuteth the souls of men!
Bahá'u'lláh
Without the intermediary of the Holy Spirit, man would remain dull, helpless and deprived of attainment. But touched by that Divine Elixir he becomes tender, loving, responsive, and capable of every perfection of existence.
'Abdu'l-Bahá
the Divine Elixir is nothing other than the Word of God: "Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame..."
it is just for us to read, ponder and meditate upon them.
very nice post! :)
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