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prison. It’s amazing what can flow from the
inspiration of our hearts, our willingness to
act, and the presence of grace.
Sometimes people don’t open themselves to
being instruments for greater good because
they haven’t understood how life itself will
provide what is needed to accomplish the
necessary good. They don’t know how
resourceful life is and how resourceful they
are. Here is the secret: We can’t find out until
we step out.
HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
As expressions of the infinite Source, we have
within us the creative power of imagination
for tapping into higher potential and aligning
ourselves with the greater good. Not how to
use this dynamic creative power for our good,
but how to be used by it, to be an instrument
for the good of all. When we are willing to be
creative instruments for the good of all, the
bonds of self-interest that hold us back are
loosed, and the imagination soars. When we
help others prosper, we prosper.
There are infinite ways to serve and to
prosper — each according to our talents,
dreams, and duties. For some the avenue
is public — such as through organizational
or community service. For others, it may
be familial — by raising a child, tending an
organic garden, or caring for aging parents.
Either way, as we serve we are naturally
learning and teaching love, wisdom, and
compassion. What has broken your heart
open and awakened your passion? What do
you care most deeply about? What have you
learned and experienced that makes all the
difference? What is the inspiration that won’t
leave you alone? That is where we begin.
We begin with what is most alive in us.
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AS EXPRESSIONS OF THE
INFINITE SOURCE, WE HAVE
WITHIN US THE CREATIVE
POWER OF IMAGINATION
FOR TAPPING INTO HIGHER
POTENTIAL AND ALIGNING
OURSELVES WITH THE
GREATER GOOD.
We simply begin by inwardly dedicating
our life to serving others. By expanding our
awareness and our compassion, we step
beyond the limiting boundaries of self.
We enter the prospering stream of divine
grace and experience the expansion of our
imagination and creative abilities. This flows
into and through our lives as resources — as
inspiration, peace, well-being, love, and the
connectedness that brings forth whatever is
needed.
All we have to do is take this heart here and
apply it to what is over there.
Excerpted from the book The Jewel of Abundance: Finding
Prosperity through the Ancient Wisdom of Yoga. Copyright
©2018 by Ellen Grace O’Brian. Printed with permission
from New World Library — www.newworldlibrary.com.
Ellen Grace O’Brian - Ellen is the author of The Jewel of Abundance
and director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment in San Jose,
CA. Ordained by a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, she
has been teaching Kriya Yoga philosophy and practice nationally
and internationally for over three decades. Visit her online at
www.ellengraceobrian.com.
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