{"id":866,"date":"2011-09-27T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=866"},"modified":"2011-09-27T04:52:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T08:52:42","slug":"the-seeker-journey-to-the-greatness-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2011\/09\/the-seeker-journey-to-the-greatness-within.html","title":{"rendered":"The Seeker: Journey to the Greatness Within"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The need for whatever it may be that we\u2019re drawn to is the yet to be realized presence within us of that very thing to which we are drawn. This means that no matter how distant seems our guiding star, or how isolated we may feel in our journey towards its light, these higher truths we\u2019re learning would have us know otherwise; we are not alone. Even more importantly, just as a small filing of iron must fly to the magnet that pulls upon it, so too must those who\u00a0are drawn to the Divine eventually answer its call.<\/p>\n<p>Following are just a few of some of the innermost thoughts and feelings of inspired seekers who have gone before you. Some names you may know; others you will be glad to meet!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>By the very thing you seek.<br \/>\nTo know when to stop<br \/>\nTo know when you can get no further<br \/>\nBy your own action,<br \/>\nThis is the right beginning!<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2014Lao Tzu (ca. 570\u2013490 BCE, China)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>God made man so that He should seek the Lord.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2014Acts, New Testament (55\u201395)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>This thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet<br \/>\nonly seekers find it.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2014Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804\u2013874, Bastam, Iran)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Who seeks, and will not take when once \u2018tis offered, shall<br \/>\nnever find it more.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2014William Shakespeare (1564\u20131616, England)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Happiness does not come into being when you seek it; it is a<br \/>\nbyproduct; it comes into being when there is goodness, when<br \/>\nthere is love, when there is no ambition, when the mind is<br \/>\nquietly seeking out what is true.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2014J. Krishnamurti (1895\u20131986, India)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-883\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/92\/2011\/09\/seeker_cover_120x1401.gif\" alt=\"Guy Finley's New Groundbreaking Book, The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred\" width=\"120\" height=\"140\" \/>Watch for the release of Guy Finley&#8217;s newest book, <em>The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred: Journey to the Greatness Within,<\/em> next Tuesday October 4th when you&#8217;ll be able to buy the book at a special price and <strong>receive 4 free bonus gifts, including a 60-minute DVD and an 8-hour Audio Album!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The need for whatever it may be that we\u2019re drawn to is the yet to be realized presence within us of that very thing to which we are drawn. 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