“Your children are not your children.
They are sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself.
They come through you and but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.”
—Kahlil Gibran, “The Prophet”
To become ourselves is the one thing to be done; but the true ourselves is that which is within us, and to exceed our outer self of body, life and mind is the condition for this highest being, which is our true divine being, to become self-revealed and active. It is only by growing within the living within that we can find it…
—Sri Aurobindo
My song is about loyalty and justice,
and I sing it to you, O Lord.
My conduct will be faultless.
When will you come to me?
I will live a pure life in my house,
and will never tolerate evil.
I hate the actions of those who turn away from God;
I will have nothing to do with them.
I will not be dishonest,
And will have no dealings with evil.
I will get rid of anyone
who whispers evils things about someone else;
I will not tolerate a man
Who is proud and arrogant.
I will approve of those who are faithful to God.
and will let them live in my palace.
Those who are completely honest
will be allowed to serve me.
No liar will live in my palace;
no hypocrite will remain in my presence.
Day after day I will destroy
the wicked in our land;
I will expel all the evil men
from the city of the Lord.
—Psalms 101, Good News Bible.
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