The Sermon on the Mount.....(5)by Swami Prabhavananda

Jesus said;" Blessed are the merciful,,for they shall obtain mercy"..........To be merciful is one of the conditions necessary before we can receive the truth of God.......Envy,,Jealousy,,Hatred,,,,these are some of the universal weaknesses inborn in humanity....they are linked with our ego-sense which stems from ignorance.........How are we to overcome them ?....By raising an opposite wave of thought...When someone is happy, we should not be jealous of them,,we should try to realize our unity with them and be happy also..when someone is unhappy, we should feel sympathy and be merciful....when a man is good, do not be envious...when he is bad, do not hate him..be indifferent to the wicked....all thoughts of hate will raise a wave of hatred within our minds,increasing our ignorance and restlessness...We cannot think of God or love God until this thought-wave has subsided........If we want to find God, we have to become God-like in mercy............