The Path to Liberation - by Swami Chidananda

excerpt from "A Call to Liberation" by Swami Chidananda (pg. 354)

You are eternal, beyond time.  You are timeless.   Nevertheless, even though you are rooted in that state of timelessness, you now find yourself to be a creature of time.  Is there any way that we can profit from this peculiar, paradoxical situation we are caught in?   While we are in time, can we turn it to our advantage and utilise it in a gainful way?

Our wise ancients admonished us:  “Forget about the past.  It does not exist.   It is finished.   Don’t be burdened by it.  But before you forget it, take from it all the lessons and wisdom it has taught you about yourself and the world.  Then fully concentrate on the present.  Focus upon all the opportunities it offers you each day.  Take the present in both your hands in a creative, dynamic, constructive way. Be always positive.”

And, while you thus take wisdom from the past and focus upon the opportunities of the present, visualise what you wish to be in the future...

In this way, utilise time to go beyond time.  Attain your true status as the time-transcending, eternal, all-perfect Being.  Do it now and become blessed!