(from The First Three Stages of Life, rendered for children from Avatar Adi Da's instructions to young people and adults.)

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When you love and feel and breathe and serve the Mystery, you can always love everyone else, too.

 

​When you forget to love and feel and breathe and serve the Mystery, you will forget to love others, too. That is what happens when you forget the Mystery.

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If you forget the Mystery, you will get weak in love. Then you will act:

• like you are unhappy

• like you are alone with no one to help you

• like someone purposely hurt your feelings

• like you are empty and need things to fill you up

• like you have to look everywhere for love and never find it

• like you have to trick people to get what you want

 

Do you have any of these feelings? If you do, remember the Mystery! Feel and breathe and serve and love the Mystery, and you will notice these unhappy feelings are not bothering you so much anymore. Then you can be strong in love with the Mystery and with other people.

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If you forget the Mystery and you get weak in love, you will want to:

• punish other people

• ignore other people

• pretend that other people are bad

• make other people not want to be around you

 

Do you have any of these feelings? Remember the Mystery, right now.

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If you forget the Mystery and you get weak in love, you will feel:

• that other people do not love you

• as if there is not enough love or happiness

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If any of these feelings come up for you, remember to feel and breathe and even Be the Mystery!

Because, if you remember and feel and breathe and love the Mystery, you will let go of unhappiness, and you will be love right now in everything you do.

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No matter what anyone else does, you can always be happy. And when you are happy, you can feel what is good in other people and want them to be happy, too. When you are happy in the Mystery, no matter what anyone does, you can always want everyone to be happy in the Mystery, too!