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Ahimsa
   From a talk  on the question
 “Do you believe in God”?
There have been times in all of our lives when we have been asked by one person or another the age old
question Do you believe in God? This on the surface may seem a rather straight forward question and
all that is required is a simple yes or no answer. But in essence it is rather more complicated than that.
To be able to answer the question Do you believe in God? one must answer the question not with an
answer but with another question.....Can you tell me your perception of God first please? Because until
you have a in depth understanding of the questioners perception of God it is quite impossible to even
attempt to answer the original question. Most times when this question is asked, by in particular a
well intending religious person knocking at your door, the asker really is asking Do you believe in the
same perception of God as I have? We may have, at the time, answered this question with a yes but
upon stating your preferred beliefs be told in no certain terms  that you are in fact quite wrong. The
question really in itself  is a bit of a no-brainer because of course no two people will ever have the exact
same understanding on any subject  at all, much the least this particular very personal question, as it is
fact no two people can ever think or experience anything in the exact  same manner as any other.  One
can for example take 10 people from the same church, group,  spiritual or religious background and ask
them this very same question and receive 10 completely  different answers entirely. The answers of
course will be coloured by race, age, gender, education, personal enlightenments or life experience's....to
name just a few things. Even if by chance two people did answer in the very same way, using the very
same words to describe God, each persons understanding of the words used would not be the same.
The written language used is so limited to say the very least......and a word, or the words used to
describe something learnt in a meditation or spiritual enlightenment for example may only be the best
one or ones available at the time of writing, again based on the writers education, race, age, gender and
so on and as we all see God in our own very own unique and personal way the question means nothing
at all and the questioner themselves  is rather naive in the asking of it.                                                         
We may as well ask the question Do you believe there is  a Ford motor car? Of course most asked
would answer yes, but if asked to describe a Ford car one would have as many answers as the different
kinds of Ford ever built, and even if all were asked to describe one particular model placed before their
very eyes  the descriptions given would each be uniquely different depending on the placement of the
describer to the subject and the  life circumstances that indeed would colour their vision and
explanation. Much also is lost when one tries to translate a spiritual experience into the language of
man for example as  most of what we learn, or have learnt through an enlightenment or spiritual
experience  is a inner knowing & indeed quite untranslatable in full to any language mankind may have
at  their disposal to use. Yes we can write down on paper the experience to the best of our ability but  as
the written word is so greatly limited, therefore what is eventually penned can be only a partial insight
of the whole truth experienced at the time. This is because the knowledge obtained is personal, meant
for the receiver and the receiver alone and not intended for general consumption by the masses.
Your truth is just that, your truth  and each and every one of us must find this truth alone for no one
else can do this for us. Many may flock to guru or pastor to find the truth but all they sadly receive is a
faded reflected image of a truth meant quite for another. At best a good teacher or way-shower can help
guide you to see that which is false.......and once the false is debunked my friend then only the truth
remains
YOUR TRUTH!
There is great wisdom in the saying Those that know, do not say. Those that say, do not know
The wise know that sometimes it is best to say
"no-thing".

The Temple of Inner Wisdom.
From a talk given by
Ahimsa
When we search for “the truth” in the greater complexities of this material world we soon get lost in a  
barrage  of a million different arguments thrown in our direction to disturb us. But as soon as we begin
to search within ourselves, making certain that we put that inner world to rights first, we soon find
“the truth” and it begins to live in us, work for us, and be us, thereby helping the rest of creation as a
whole. We now realise that “love” is the only way forward. We know,now, instinctively, that there is
no other way to find peace and harmony in this world. If we try look for love outside ourselves we
search in vain. But as soon as we begin to say “The way of love is the way of truth for me, from now on
in I shall look into my own soul, and build my TEMPLE OF INNER WISDOM there, no matter
what the rest of the world may say or do, this will be my sanctuary” a whole new world opens up to us.
(Here I invite you, my friend, to  read or re read the poem PUT OF THY SHOES by DEREK
NEVILLE . Read it through and jot down your thoughts, your realizations, your understandings of
each verse. If you wish to discuss it please feel free to share it with me). This  way of thinking  leads to
the true awakening of the soul and this way of thinking will send out perpetual ripples of love and peace
throughout the whole universe and beyond.  By travelling within ourselves my friend, clearing your
mind to all you have ever read or heard in the past, without taking  any of this false outside baggage
inside with you and by building up that Inner Temple of Wisdom, one can only find “the truth”..... for
there is nothing false that can live there within that Temple.
Now we can look at the world with bright new eyes, eyes of compassion, wisdom, love and
understanding. Now we can see that others may be not so bad after all. We can see now how the
worries and troubles of the material world shape the lives of the many that have not yet found their
truth within. We can see now the world around us, yes be it dusty and torn, is still looking for beauty,
warmth, peace and serenity. But now we know where that beauty,peace and serenity can be found. Yes
it lies within us all, in our own TEMPLE OF INNER WISDOM, all we need do is look.
We and we alone must find this truth, as no teacher can teach us, no book can do the work for us, no
mantra or prayer can help, as all these things are outside of yourself. You will only find your truth on
the INWARD JOURNEY.












About Ahimsa



About Ahimsa

Ahimsa (his spiritual name) was born in Wellington New Zealand in the year of 1951. In his early
teenage years he began taking a interest in the spiritual quest for enlightenment. Years went by reading
and experiencing the many different kinds of alternative religions and beliefs available. He has learnt
meditation techniques from Buddhist monks and the Brahma Kumaries, worshipped in the Temples of
Sai Baba & Krishna devotees, studied with the   Paramahansa Yogananda Self Realization Society   
and was one of the first in New Zealand to take initiation from the founder of the world known “Yoga
in Daily Life” HH Swami Paramahansa Maheshwarananda. He   spent time as a member of the
Theosophical Society, studied different Eastern Meditation & Religious techniques, helped in starting
a Yoga Spiritual Centre, and together with his wife managed a Temple and Vegetarian drop in
Centre. Ahimsa  has  studied  the teachings of The Tao & Lord Buddha. During this time he also
refined the HAND PSYCHOLOGY system that he now uses today as well as qualifying as a
Natural Therapist. He studied and received  a Reiki Masters Degree from a world known Reiki master
and also became a Spiritual counsellor & life guidance coach. Ahimsa has been a life long  student
(Chela) & disciple of the teachings of  great soul and Spiritual light Dr Murdo MacDonald-Bayne
(35+ years) who was a  healer, author, psychic and spiritual teacher & of the authors Derek Neville,
Deng Ming-Dao and many others. Over these years he has met, spoken with, and associated with
some number of visiting Swami’s, Buddhist monks and Gurus, many often being hosted in his home.
He now lives in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand with his wife living on a small semi self
sufficient country block of land and spends his days guiding a growing number of Spiritual seekers and
Chela's from New Zealand, England, USA, South Africa, Asia  and Australia who have personally
approached/emailed him for spiritual guidance.
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A teacher can only be a teacher when he directs towards that which is within yourselves.
A teacher can only be a teacher when he directs you how to free yourselves.
A teacher can only be a teacher when he directs you to look into your own self and find there what is hindering
the true expression of the Spirit of God.
A teacher is only a true teacher when he realises this truth that God and he are one. The Father and I are one.
But I of myself am nothing. It is the Spirit of the Father within me that doeth these things.
But a teacher that tells you how to think, is a thief and a robber and is no teacher at all.
Jesus never taught you how to think. He told you how to find that which is Perfect in Itself—within you and all
his words were directed to the Spirit of God in man.
Murdo MacDonald-Bayne
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