Remember, Mind! remember.

May I remember that peace begins within

Cross at Sunset, Thomas Cole (1801–1848), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

May I remember that peace begins within, and that this is only attained through struggle against egoistic tendencies that are within me, as in everyone.

And may I not worship a self-satisfied "peace" that forgets the need of my neighbour.

For this Remembrance Sunday, a meditation from The Eesha Upanishad [1]:

Life merge into the all prevalent, the eternal; body turn to ashes. Mind! meditate on the eternal Spirit; remember past deeds. Mind! remember past deeds; remember, Mind! remember.

Holy light! illuminate the way that we may gather the good we planted. Are not our deeds known to you? Do not let us grow crooked, we that kneel and pray again and again.

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[1] In The Ten Principal Upanishads, translated by Shri Purohit Swāmi and W.B. Yeats, Faber And Faber Limited (London), 1937. - Amazon Paperback, Kindle