Wings of Soul

Dadi Janki is a yogi one who seeks union with God. Her life s work has been to build within herself the experience of the Divine and to share that experience with the world. Set in lyrical verse, Janki s timeless words explain ways of responding to life s challenges that help us to find true happiness and fulfill our highest potential. In this inspiring collection, framed by the stunning color images of French artist Marie Binder, readers will discover that it is indeed possible to banish sorrow from their lives. Chapters on Humility and Empowerment, Living the Vision, God, The World, Meditation, The Art of Living and Angels, provide readers with the tools they need to remove mental and emotional obstacles to self-fulfillment. Dadi shows how, with God s help, every one of us can find our spiritual identity and make a very practical contribution to a better life and a better world.

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Humility and Empowerment Part One I. The Power of Truth The power of Truth is such that you need never be concerned about proving it. Trying to prove Truth reveals only your own stubbornness. You need only be concerned with being it and living it, your own self. Truth is always revealed, at the right moment, at the right place. It is for this reason that the simplest, most powerful expression of Truth is Humility. II. Simplicity Humility makes you simple and truthful. The more humility you have, the greater will be your understanding of truth. And vice versa. III. Self-Respect Self-respect is a state of inner dignity which brings great benefit to the self. No matter what the situation, it makes everything easy and light. You have to look after your self-respect so carefully, making sure you never lose it. The basis for maintaining it is Humility. IV. Protection There is a great deal of power in humility. Sometimes that power is useful for your own protection. Sometimes it is useful in the protection of others. The power of humility allows you to see the benefit in everything, even in the insults of others. It enables you to say, ôMaybe thereÆs something for me to learn here. Someone is saying this to me, there must be something to it.ö Even insults become learning situations, naturally. You donÆt feel a need to get upset. You arenÆt affected in a negative way. Your own self-respect works to keep you steady, no matter what the criticism coming your way. Even if the problem is theirs, not yours, and thereÆs nothing for you to change in yourself, still, humility removes the need for you to say so. Real humility results in so much power of truth and inner silence, that you donÆt need to say anything at all in words. The very power of your inner state of being will make the other person realize the error of their ways. Your only desire at that time is the hope that they will be touched by your humility, so that they can open and begin to enjoy their humility, too. V. Giving Sometimes people are not open to being touched by humility. They do not yet understand its power, and so they take advantage of your attitude, thinking you are weak. If this is the case, then the first thing to remember is that it is your duty to help people . . . And in this, it is important to be tireless in your giving. So, on the one hand, never give up, never completely stop, because one day they will definitely understand, they will definitely take your help. However, on the other hand, it is equally as important to assess how worthy they are of your donation. Understanding the value of what you are giving is a first step; understanding the one to whom you are giving is the second. If they have no value for what they are being given, it is as though what you are giving is going to waste. You need wisdom to understand these two things: the value of what you are giving and the extent to which the other person is taking benefit.