Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance.
The devotee engages to the best of his ability into the play of life, fulfilling his role on this earth as student, employee, husband, wife, parent, neighbor, and community servant. But at the heart of the devotee is a burning desire for the Lord.
Direct the mind resolutely towards God, restraining the senses in their various seats, and looking on the state of the body as a matter of indifference. Realise your oneness with God, remaining continually intent on identifying with its nature…for what use is there in other, empty things?
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
