|
PEACE PILGRIM The Way of Peace |
|
|||
|
Excerpts & Quotes "Peace Pilgrim, Prophet of Peace" by Ellen Louise Kahne "In 1953 Peace Pilgrim Mildred Lucette Norman Ryder experienced the dark night of the soul. She walk for hours through the woods seeking direction for her life, she came upon a clearing in the forest which became the clearing in her soul. There, she turned over her life to God with the intention of serving Him in any way He would guide her. She said, "Here I am ... Take all of me; use me as You will .. I withhold nothing." Immediately, she came into balance and wholeness. From that moment to the end of her life, Mildred experienced perfect health; she knew that the purpose of her life, would always be working for peace". "It would be 15 years between her spiritual transformation and the beginning of her pilgrim's journey. Years that were filled with preparation, service, and spiritual growth which enabled her to achieve inner peace and actualize the commitment she had made to God. Peace Pilgrim's first church service at 16 years of age. Near the end of her pilgrimage she entered her religion in a guest book as "Universal Truth." Her understanding of spiritual energy was powered by the mathematically coherent glue of Universal Truth and the Divine Law of Love. Mildred spoke of "the energy which is manifesting in living things," saying she saw "the life spark." "The Peace Pilgrim said "if you want to make peace, be peaceful". "Whenever she met resentment and hostility in others, she responded with kindness and understanding. During her spiritual maturation and preparation she overcame petty bigotries which surfaced in her teens years. and she examined and discarded her love of material possessions, including personal vanity and love of fashionable clothes. Part of her preparation was the severing of old relationships. This was included in what she termed "the struggle between the lover self and the higher self." In the midst of her fifteen-year-long struggle to let go of personal ego to reach spiritual maturity, Peace Pilgrim caught her first glimpse of inner peace. She later said " I have a secret, but I would not call it that. There was a time long ago when I died ... I really died to myself". She was reborn as Peace Pilgrim, the phoenix arisen from her own ashes". Peace Pilgrim was propelled by the urgent need of her times to begin her pilgrimage, motivated by a deep spiritual commitment to peace and spurred to action by the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the McCarthy hearings era, and the Korean War. She was able to cast off the comforts of family and friends, the material life of "things," as she called it, for a guided life of higher purpose: that of bringing the message of peace on every level to anyone who would listen". - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Excerpts &
quotes from: Friends of
Peace Pilgrim
http://www.peacepilgrim.net/FoPP/index.htmlFriends
of Peace Pilgrim Her pilgrimage covered the entire peace picture: peace among nations, groups, individuals, and the very important inner peace—because that is where peace begins. She believed that world peace would come when enough people attain inner peace. Her life and work showed that one person with inner peace can make a significant contribution to world peace. In the course of her 28 year pilgrimage she touched the hearts, minds, and lives of thousands of individuals all across North America. Her message was both simple and profound. It continues to inspire people all over the world:
"This is the way of peace: overcome evil with good, “My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within. This is my calling, to open doors of truth and make people think, to arouse others from their apathetic and lethargic state, and get them to seek out for themselves the inner peace which dwells within. This is the extent of my undertaking, I can do no more. The rest I leave to a higher power.” Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Works in Her Own Words - Pg. 128 We who work for peace must not falter. We must continue to pray for peace and to act for peace in whatever way we can. We must continue to speak for peace and to live the way of peace; to inspire others, we must continue to think of peace and to know that peace is possible." � Peace Pilgrim See Charting Spiritual Growth:
Find more on this: Excerpts & quotes from: Friends of Peace Pilgrim http://www.peacepilgrim.net/FoPP/index.htmlFriends of Peace Pilgrim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
||||
