If you find souls who will share that goal, then you can drink God together from the chalice of divine friendship. They are all right once in a while, but frequent socializing takes up too much valuable time. Only on that plane of sincere friendship will you find lasting happiness with any other soul.ĭon't engage in too many socials. Send such friends to me, because I want to help them with my thought of Thee." That is a wonderful ideal, isn't it? To have friendship not for idle talk and useless pastimes, but to develop the ultimate friendship with God. If you are seeking such friends, pray to God: "Lord, lead me to those who are friends of the past, that I may continue with them the friendship that was interrupted through separation by death. This can come only when you free yourself from the consciousness that you are a man or a woman. The important consideration is that it be based upon soul qualities, not worldly qualities or attractions of the flesh. True friendship may be developed between woman and woman, man and man, or man and woman. Otherwise, relationships develop into attachment and remain on the plane of human love, taking the soul away from supreme friendship with God. Such was the friendship that existed between Christ and his disciples. It is best formed between souls who are seeking God or who have found God. It is an unconditional relationship between two or more souls: they may be unrelated, or family members, or marriage partners. There is no attachment in true friendship, nor is it founded in selfish human love. Not many in this world find true friends mere acquaintances are not to be confused with real friends. If you can be a friend to all, unconditionally, that is divine love. It is God calling souls back to unity in Him. Friendship is the highest relationship, because in friendship there is no compulsion it is born of the free choice of the heart. As such, it is meant to evolve into the divine manifestation of God's eternal love. It was not finished in past lives, and so it had to continue to evolve in this life. Many, many people that I have met in this country, and in India and elsewhere, I have known before. But there are others with whom we feel immediately a deep harmony the first time we meet. For example, we may associate with some people day after day, yet never really know them or feel close to them. There is a way that you also can recognize those whom you have known before. of 2 How to Recognize Souls You Have Known Before (Excerpts from Do Souls Reincarnate? / The Second Coming of Christ / The Bhagavad Gita)
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