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REMEMBER YOURSELF (CONTINUED)
continued from previous page We play another role as well, by being in commu-
But it didn’t feel like a discovery, more like a re- nion with those who come to us, and recognizing
membrance. that we are all, in fact, not separate from one anoth-
er, but rather of the same substance. We need one
Years later, as a first-year student in college, I took another to travel on the road.
a preceptorial on World Religions, and read a book
by Walpola Rahula entitled “What The Buddha There is an old parable about desperately seek-
Taught,” which would change my life profoundly. ing the jewel of wisdom everywhere in the world,
As I read through its pages, underscoring almost travelling frantically here and there, toiling mightily
every line with my hungry pencil, I thought to my- in the process, only to discover that it was right on
self: “there it is, that’s it!” The words spoke to the our foreheads all along.
very core of my being. It was as if I were reading my
eternal self written into all of the pages. We just need to stop and be still, and remember
what a tremendous miracle we all are.
What both of these experiences had in common
was the sense that I was recalling something that Just that.
I already knew, flashes of recognition coursing
through my soul, as if I were remembering not just
my very essence, but the essence of God and The
Universe itself. -Rev. Seifu Anil Singh-Molares
Many decades have passed since both of these
events, and now that I exercise my calling on a daily
basis, I can’t help but reflect that the core mission
of spiritual companionship is helping others simi-
larly recall their true essence, however they might Listen
perceive it.
And although it can be described as a journey of
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