{"id":524,"date":"2007-11-21T08:19:10","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T21:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/11\/21\/pathways\/"},"modified":"2007-11-21T08:19:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-20T21:19:10","slug":"pathways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/11\/21\/pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/beach-walk2.JPG\" title=\"beach-walk2.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/beach-walk2.JPG\" title=\"beach-walk2.JPG\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/tb-pathway.JPG\" title=\"tb-pathway.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"top\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/tb-pathway.JPG\" alt=\"Pathway to truth\" title=\"Pathway to truth\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Through simple questions<br \/>\nand affirmations,<br \/>\nShri Mataji, by Her grace,<br \/>\ntraces the history of mankind,<br \/>\noffering us a way to face<br \/>\nourselves, to seek and find<br \/>\nthe wisdom, joy and peace<br \/>\nof unceasing<br \/>\nself realisation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Somewhere \u2013 in the Garden of Eden<br \/>\nperhaps \u2013 the Power of God<br \/>\ngranted us a great gift,<br \/>\nrifting us from the rest of Creation.<br \/>\nShe, the Prime Power,<br \/>\ngifted to us our<br \/>\nimagination,<br \/>\nour perception, a new voice,<br \/>\nour free will, choice.<br \/>\nWhile the rest of Creation still<br \/>\nobeyed, without question, God\u2019s will,<br \/>\nmankind took its destiny, and<br \/>\nthe consequences, into its own hands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The first desire, in those early days,<br \/>\nwas matter \u2013<br \/>\nfood, shelter, weapons of security,<br \/>\nthe surety of survival<br \/>\nagainst all rivals.<br \/>\nEven in these latter<br \/>\ndays money, things<br \/>\nand what things bring,<br \/>\nare still the way of life<br \/>\nfor most, causing envy, greed<br \/>\nthe need for more, for new, for speed,<br \/>\nincreasing our current<br \/>\ninternational strife,<br \/>\nand individual discontent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The next desire?\u00a0 A towering<br \/>\nneed for power,<br \/>\nfor praise, obedience.<br \/>\nWe domineer,<br \/>\nexperience<br \/>\nthe other\u2019s fear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But as we drive<br \/>\nthrough on-going lives<br \/>\nwe tend to find<br \/>\nthat things and status bind<br \/>\nand blind us, while stuff<br \/>\nand power are not enough.<br \/>\nThere must be something more,<br \/>\nwe say, a simple core<br \/>\nto our existence!<br \/>\nSo we search the distance<br \/>\nbetween our world and peace of mind<br \/>\nto find,<br \/>\nto sleuth-out<br \/>\ntruth.<br \/>\nSo we seek outside<br \/>\nourselves, in humility or pride,<br \/>\nthrough religions and prisms<br \/>\nof \u2013osophies and \u2013isms,<br \/>\nspecial visions, special places,<br \/>\nso-called wise, attractive faces,<br \/>\nsects and drugs and cults.<br \/>\nThe result?<br \/>\nWe find among all the congestion,<br \/>\nthose key questions<br \/>\nconcerning truth, which guide<br \/>\nus inside,<br \/>\nand we find that the wealth<br \/>\nof answers lies in the Spirit, the Self.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brian Bell<\/p>\n<p>(Photograph by\u00a0Vishnu Bonneau)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through simple questions and affirmations, Shri Mataji, by Her grace, traces the history of mankind, offering us a way to face ourselves, to seek and find the wisdom, joy and peace of unceasing self realisation. 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