LOVE

Swami says: Love is God, where Love is, God is, love more and more people, love them more intensely, transform that love into service, transform the service into worship, That is the highest spirituality.

What do Unitarian Universalists believe? They believe 'in the motive force of love. The governing principle in human relationships is the principle of love, which always seeks the welfare of others and never seeks to hurt or destroy.'

There are ten principles listed on their card. Another principle is, 'We believe in the worth and dignity of each human being. All people on earth have an equal claim to life, liberty and justice...and no idea or philosophy is superior to a single human life.'

I can't give a direct quote but I remember Swami talking about the value of a human being and how it surpasses everything else in the world.

The U.U.'s believe in the ethical application of religion. They say, 'Good works are the natural product of a good faith, the evidence of an inner grace that finds completion in social and community involvement.'

This is their CHURCH COVRNANT:

Let us join hearts and minds in saying together our covenant, Our promise to one another in community. LOVE IS THE SPIRIT OF THIS CHURCH AND SERVICE ITS LAW. THIS IS OUR GREAT COVENANT: TO DWELL TOGETHER IN PEACE, TO SEEK THE TRUTH IN LOVE, AND TO HELP ONE ANOTHER.

I have found in their Sunday program and on the card given to me, words and ideas expressed by Swami. Every word every song is from Swami. I ask myself...were they here before I flew off to India in 1974 for the first time? Why didn't I see it. This same church was here, standing by the lake but I didn't see it because Swami was waiting for me to give me His grace. In order for the transformation to take place, and it has, I had to spend over 30 years praying at His feet. Too much karma, too many vasanas, too many wrong ideas which could only be corrected by meditation and prayer...corrected by the tremendous compassionate love of the 'Living God'.

I had heard all these terrible things about church goers. They were selfish, they loved money, they were prejudiced, they thought non believers would burn in hell forever. I suppose some church goers are like that...but not the U U's. UU's are like Swami, loving and broadminded, tolerant like Swami and compassionate like Swami. In fact, it's obvious that this is Swami's church. But even though this church was here in '74 with it's love and spiritual awareness, I needed the LivingGod. He says that when good men are afraid, He returns to earth as a human so that people can identify with Him and become transformed. I know from experience that this is true. I am truly sorry that those who come now won't have the opportunity of having Darsan of the 'Living God' but I know He will transform them also because He is the Lord incarnate.