"The word religion comes from the Latin word religare
(reuniting or union), which is synonymous with yoga: it is the union of
the individual soul with the Absolute. This is what I call ‘vertical
religion.’ Even though religions have lost their ‘vertical’ traits, they
still contain some of their pearls, which are expressions of the
eternal truth. One example is the prayer of St. Francis: ‘Lord, make
me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love… O
divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to
console… To be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive…’ This is one of the pearls of Christianity."
Sri Prem Baba
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