The clamour of the senses has to be silenced....

The farmer, intent on cultivation,
ignores even food and sleep, 
for he is too busy ploughing, levelling, 
scattering seeds, watering, weeding, 
guarding and fostering the crop.

He knows that his family will have to
subsist on the harvest that he brings home 
and that if he fritters away the precious season in idle pursuits,
his family will be confronted with hunger and ill-health. 

So, he sets aside or postpones
other pursuits and focuses all his attention on farming alone. 

He puts up with difficulties and deprivations,
toils day and night, watches over the growing crops 
and garners the grain. 

As a consequence, he is able to spend
the months ahead, in peace and joy, with his happy family. 

Students and spiritual seekers have to 
learn important lessons from the farmer. 

The stage of youth is the season 
for mental and intellectual culture. 

These years should be intensively and
intelligently cultivated; irrespective of difficulties and obstacles. 

The clamour of the senses has to be silenced; 
hunger and thirst have to be controlled; the urge 
to sleep and relax has to be curbed.

Remembering the divine name is BEST for all of us...

There are many snakes of wicked qualities 

in the anthill of your heart. 

 

When you do remembering the divine name

all the 'snakes' of bad qualities will come out.  

 

Remembering the divine name is like 

the musical wind instrument which attracts snakes 

and brings them out of anthills. 

 

This remembering the divine name is your breath of life. 

One has to repeat God’s name in order to get rid of evil qualities. 

 

Today there are many who do not attach any importance to it.

It is a great mistake.

 

Chanting of the divine name can redeem your lives. 

There is no other refuge. Singing the glory of the Lord is highly sacred!

Recognise the truth that God pervades everything from mircrocosm to macrocosm...

It is a matter of great bliss to be loved by many. 

To win over the hearts of so many is a sign of Divinity.

 

God loves everyone and everyone loves God. 

 Do not hurt anyone by your harsh words and 

do not enter into any evil paths. 

 

Recognise the truth that God pervades 

everything from microcosm to macrocosm. 

 

With sincerity of purpose and faith and self-confidence, 

you can achieve anything in the world. 

 

Love God from the depths of your heart. 

Follow God's commands and you will attain everything

and be victorious in all your endeavours!

Thought, word, deeds must be free from pride, greed and hatred...

Hands are not the only limbs or agents 

that are involved in  human activity. 

 

Whatever is done, whatever is seen, 

whatever is heard, one should be vigilant about its purity. 

 

Thought, word and deed must be free 

from pride, greed and hatred. 

 

The words that one utters must be free from these faults. 

Things that one yearns to hear must be free from these superficially attractive qualities;

the pleasures that one seeks must not be polluted by evil. 

 

You must first assimilate these mental lessons and 

demonstrate their effect in your speech. You must translate 

this lesson taught by words into action.

God lives in the bliss of loving us, love HIM once... and we will live the bliss too...

The prayer that reflects Me, is bound to see the true image. 
Carry the loot of prayers back with you, when you re-enter 
the world so that the transformation within can recognize, 
at all times, its fake face, and slowly, My dears, 
the world will fade and only the prayer will remain.

I live in the bliss of loving you - love Me once, 
My dears, and you will live the bliss, too! 
Let the tears shed, and wash the impure stains; 
the stains of the tears, I will wipe. 

Let the cry be loud so that every evil voice that dwells, 
will shudder with your pain - the racking of the sobs,
I will silence with My presence - My presence, 
My child, is your first vision of love.


from a divine source..

Prayers must be intensive and loud from within, only to silence the world that lies outside...

Like the blind that are forced to awaken their senses 

of hearing and touch to feel their way around - you, too, 

must shut the outward senses and awaken the life within 

to feel the way to God. 

Prayers must be intensive and loud from within, 

only to silence the world that lies outside. 

Between you and Me, there is no curtain - 

do not shame yourself, any further, by attempting

to conceal the obvious to Me. 

Know that I have always known - you are in My past -

I am the present, and we are the future. Know, My child, 

that I am always with you - I have followed you in the past - 

I am leading you in the present and I will walk with you in the future. 

I behold you in My eye so that you can always see, 

I carry you in My heart so you can only live.

I am the eternal womb that will protect and nourish you, 

until you are ready to take birth.

from a divine source..

All prayers must be born out of love and not out of habit, competitiveness or compulsion.

I say leave your world behind, 
for when the prayer, itself, becomes worldly, 
your search for the world that lies beyond and above, 
will become futile. 

The prayer, My dears, must be born out 
of love and not out of habit, competitiveness or compulsion. 
The prayer must awaken the awareness of purity and 
goodness and, must invoke within, the fear of evil. 

Until you are the doer, I will be the witness - 
once you have witnessed Me, My child, I will, 
automatically, become the doer. 

One must bravely encounter the travel in a dark tunnel, 
before he is able to experience the light on the other side. 
Prayer, My child, is that tunnel that one must cross with
his faith and My promise. 

The one that manages to see his way through
this darkness, will reach the light. Stop fearing the unknown, 
instead, walk ahead and experience it - challenge it, 
My dears, by facing it and thereby, reveal its hushed secrets.

from a divine source...

A prayer seeks contentment, not by wishful wants but by the fulfillment of self sufficiency...

Leave the world behind, as you stand 

before the door that will magically transform you,

as you enter into the world of prayers. 

Even the world's beggar, My dears, 

will seek the king within, once he has 

experienced this wisdom. 

A prayer seeks contentment - 

not by wishful wants but by the fulfillment of self sufficiency. 

One experiences the dialogue 

between the imperfect being and the 

Master of perfection, in which, one questions, 

seeks, attempts, recognizes, and realizes; 

 while the other, responds, by simply manifesting 

as the truth to all the inquiring stages. 

The presence of the Lord, My dears, is in, 

itself, the response and success to your spiritual quest. 

All the pitiful doubts of the mind - every reservation that 

the ego holds and all the petty limitations of the intellect, 

will submerge and drown, once He has emerged before the spiritual eye.

If you install the Divine Name firmly in your heart, your life will become sanctified...

The power of Divine Name is unparalleled. 

People often take it lightly. That is a mistake. 

One should not mistake a diamond for a shining piece of glass. 

The real diamond is altogether different. 

What is that diamond? 'Die mind'. God's name is the real diamond. 

Keep it safe and secure. 

Do not ever be bothered by pain and suffering, 

losses and difficulties. They just come and go. 

That is not your real nature. 

Your innate Self is strong, eternal and rere. 

Once you seek refuge in the lotus feet of God, 

you should never give up. Wherever you al. 

You should not follow the fleeting and unreal, 

forsaking your own true and eternal natu

go, the Divine Feet will protect you. 

If you install the Divine Name firmly in your heart, 

your life will become sanctified. 

No enemy can be as insidious as jealousy...

No enemy can be as insidious as jealousy. 

When one sees a person more powerful, 

or more knowledgeable, or with greater reputation

or more wealth or more beauty, or even wearing better clothing, 

one is afflicted with jealousy. 

 

You may find it difficult to acknowledge 

and accept the situation. Your mind may seek means

to demean them and lower them in the estimation of people. 

 

Such propensities and evil tendencies 

should never strike root in your minds. 

You must be careful such that your character is not polluted.

When we recall His Name, a stream of Love will spring forth from your heart..

The story of the Lord is an enchanting treasure. 

Store His story in your memory and save yourself 

from delusion and grief. 

 

You may have listened to the recitals of all scriptures

and mastered all spiritual practices. 

 

But the greatest of them all

is the sacred Name of the Lord 

and the sweetness that it oozes. 

When His Name falls on the ear, 

your heart will be filled with joy.

 

When you recall His Name,

a stream of Love will spring forth from your heart.

Worldly love for another person cannot be termed as genuine love...

Love for the Divine Self is primary; love 

for other worldly objects or persons is secondary.

 

Worldly love for another person cannot

be termed as genuine love. 

 

The cosmos or the five-element composite

emanated from God. There is no spot in the 

Universe where the Divine is not manifest. 

 

The cosmos is ever in movement 

and the Lord of the cosmos is the mover.

 

Love for the Divine Self is the source of all worldly love. 

 

It is clearly proclaim that when 

you love the Divine Self, it brings

everyone nearer and dearer to you 

Build the home and make God the heart, for when God is the beat, you will be in tune always and life will then be in synchrony with God's perfect melody...

Comprehend your very own role 
that will bring the change. 

The strength that will allow you to walk
is derived from your own love from 
within to reach the ultimate destination. 

As long as you will under-estimate 
your own spiritual potential, until then, 
I will be bound by your limitations 
that you have set upon My presence. 

Offer Me all that you have with your hearts full, 
and I will accept and reward you with Me, in return. 
The offer that comes only half hearted has snatched 
the home of life.

Know that a homeless life is only lifeless 
and a lifeless home has no room left for Me! 
Build the home and make Me the heart, 
for when I am the beat - you will be in tune 
always and life will then be in synchrony with My perfect melody.

Discipline must be enforced by you upon your own self. When forced by others, you consider it as 'criticism' when your weakness is pointed by another one.

Discipline must be enforced by you 
upon your own self, for when discipline 
is forced by another, its results are only 
suffocating and disastrous. 

When your weakness is pointed 
by another you consider it as "criticism" - 
once you have recognized your own weakness, 
only then will you truly seek the strength 
that will pull you and allow you to rise to the level of perfection. 

Carry the inspiration with you, always - 
motivate yourselves by visualizing 
your true independence. 

Remind your every thought that 
arises that you are now in My control - 
let the fears, fear their own existence. 

Let only the truth lead you - 
simplify your task by implicitly 
obeying the commands of the conscience - 
stop looking to only hear it - it is time, 
My child, that you listened from now!

Unxonditional love remains open to all... always..

Believe and I will be the assurance 
to your every doubt. Believe, and I will 
be more precious to you than any other want or desire. 

It is only a matter of your saying, "Yes"! 
Once you have affirmed My presence with your faith, 
I, My child, will confirm it with My Grace. 

Your pledge of self discipline will, one day, 
bestow upon you the biggest reward. 

Discipline will arise, only when one is determined - 
determination arises, only from devotion - 
devotion will sprout, only with the seed of faith - 
and faith in the Lord will arise, only when 
one begins to recognize the constant rejection 
one faces in this world, and realizes that 
My path of hope, patience and 
unconditional love remains open to him, always!

No pride, nor doubts, nor fear, nor sarcasm, no blame, no anger can ever threaten to erase God's presence...

Yearn for the Lord with sincerity and faith, 
and watch, My dears, every door that appears 
bolted will unlock, itself, welcoming you 
in the constant paradise of My security. 

Pray, My child, with complete pureness, 
and let the devotion that arises dig deep 
within to find that loot of strength that 
will make the ground move - 
letting the feet rest in the peace of prayers. 

Know, My child, that your spiritual disciplines 
are the wheels that allow the vehicle of life to move ahead - 
let the mind be locked securely in the trunk, and let 
the intellect arise from within to steer its way to the right path -
leading you to the steps of faith, awakening from 
within the voice that speaks the truth in whispers. 

No pride, nor doubts - 
nor fear, nor sarcasm - no blame 
nor anger can ever threaten to erase My presence. 

To Me, My dears, you are the 
wound-up toy that will, eventually stop - 
once the key of worldly ignorance has
completely unwound its way through you. 

Believe, and I will become 
the answer to your every question.

Practice the exercise of purity and cleanliness, at all times, yet do not be afraid to touch the puddle of dirt...

Practice the exercise of purity and cleanliness, 
at all times, yet do not be afraid to touch the puddle of dirt. 

The river, My dears, flows along the banks 
carrying with it decayed debris, mud - it climbs over rocks -
beats against the harshness of several hurdles, 
yet it meets its end by merging its identity 
with the mother source. 

None can wash water, and it is none other 
than water that can cleanse the dirt of another. 
Be that water that flows with sacrifice only 
to bear and endure another's impurity. 

Water in itself, has no color, 
yet it mingles pleasantly with simple willingness, 
acquiring and accepting the tint of several shades. 

Water, in itself is tasteless, 
yet it accepts the essence of all flavors.
It accepts the sugar, only to become the sweet dessert -
it accepts the bitterness, only to become the curing medicine - 
it accepts the salt only to become the stream of tears - 
it accepts the sourness only to be the solution that 
rubs off the tarnish, leaving the original brilliance. 

The need of water, My dears, is inexhaustible. 
The water, My child, must flow, for when it stagnates, 
it will lose the nature of its purity and will remain 
infested and polluted by the parasites 
and intoxicants that will consume its true nature. 

Flow, my dears, with that divine energy - 
learn to accept the worst - know, My child, 
that the stubbornness of the "worst" will bend, 
humbly, before the patience of the best. 

The good, O dear, can never be choosers - 
choosing is only refusing another, and refusing 
another will only make you strengthen his weakness 
and lose your purity of goodness. 

The good only stand before the bad, 
only to take the bad and give back the good. 
They soften the wicked by lashing the whip 
on their own backs - they convince the ignorant 
not by argument but by their silence of wisdom. 

They lead not by threat or force, 
but by their trail of peace and love. 

They, My dears, have descended upon 
this earth to offer to you their source 
of eternal energy that will kindle the 
flame of immortality in the life that 
lives today in the vision of death.

Seek goodness, My child for it is only the good that learn to love and give...

Seek goodness, My child, - 
for it is only the good that learn to love, 
and love will be the stream that will instinctively 
flow to merge in the ocean of God. 

No more tears - no more sorrow, 
for the good live to give - their upliftment is their sacrifice - 
they give the gift of life a perfect meaning by willingly making
it the purest - the most fragrant offering. 

No more fears - no more mine - 
for those who have begun to know 
of the secret to love, will only long 
for another to find and experience 
their own contentment - 
they crawl their way serving every feet - 
the feet of the needy, the miserable, 
the downtrodden, the spiritual, the pure. 

They serve with promptness, 
obedience and respect, touching each of their lives, 
and in each caress, they will make contact and will feel 
My softness - grazing upon their knees - rubbing off their pride. 

Yes! Their way, My child, may seem 
and appear slow and painful, but realize 
that their slowness is their steadfastness - 
their service is the gain of their love - 
their implicit obedience is the richness 
of faith and humbleness - their pain is 
their vow of determination and their 
sacrifice is nothing but their vision of oneness. 

They have made truth their day, 
accomplishing all their work in that light - 
they see no night for they have become 
the beacons of light that shine through all darkness. 

They rest only in their spiritual work - 
their last breath will only signify the 
completion of their service - 
every being is their idol to worship - 
their prayers may seem silent - 
but know that they chant, repetitively, 
only by their loving deeds!

When the wind changes and the same person is disliked or blamed, even the good he does strikes us as bad...

Attempting to hide one's meanness 

and wickedness and putting on the mask of goodness,

justifying one's faults and exaggerating one's attainments -

these are also poisonous traits. 

Equally poisonous is the habit of 

ignoring the good in others and assiduously

seeking only their faults. 

Never speak words that demean anyone. 

When we are friendly with another and like them very much, 

whatever he/she does is certain to strike us as good. 

 When the wind changes and the same person is disliked,

even the good he/she does strikes us as bad. 

Both these reactions are misconceived. 

They are not commendable at all.

When the mind focuses upon any pain, it immediately experiences its brutal sharpness, in the same way, when you let the mind focus upon the true self within...

One can recover from any disease, miraculously, when one does not see his self as a part of it!

You should not retaliate or wish them ill, you must bear all blows patiently and gladly...

The attitude of forbearance is to refuse 

to be affected or pained when inflicted 

with sorrow, loss, and the ingratitude and

wickedness of others. 

In fact, you should be happy and calm, 

for you should know that these are the 

results of your own actions now recoiling on you, 

and you should view those who caused the misery 

as friends and well-wishers. 

You should not retaliate or wish them ill. 

You must bear all blows patiently and gladly. 

The natural reactions of people, 

whoever they may be, when someone injures them 

is to injure in return; when someone causes harm,

to do harm; and when someone insults them, 

to insult back by some means or other. 

This is the characteristic of the worldly path- 

the path of objective involvement.

If you seek the inner path of sublimation and purification

you must avoid such reaction and exhibit forbearance .

Love should not degenerate into an article of commerce. Love fulfils itself in love...

The lotus leaf is born under water; 

it floats on water;

but it does not get wet. 

You too, must be in the world likewise-in it, 

by it, for it, but not of it. 

This is the special feature of the higher education, 

to prepare you for this role. 

That is to say, with the heart immersed in the Divine 

and the hands busy in work, you must live thus on earth. 

Love should not degenerate into an article 

of commerce. Love fulfils itself in Love.

Helplessness is the sure sign of the hopeless faith one has in one's own self...

Forbearance, therefore, instructs you to do good even to those who injure you...

Returning injury for injury, harm for harm, 

or insult for insult only adds to the Karmic burden, 

which has to be endured and eliminated in future lives. 

 

This burden is termed "Aagaami" (impending). 

You can't escape the task of undergoing the

consequences of your thought, word, and deed in due course. 

 

Paying evil for evil can never lighten the weight of Karma;

it will only become heavier. It might confer immediate relief 

and contentment, but it can only make you suffer later. 

 

Forbearance, therefore, instructs you to do good even to those who injure you.

Prayer is the nectar that relieves one from the poison of one's own desires...

Make another's smile your need, make another's success your inspiration...

Make another's smile your need, 

make another's success your inspiration, 

make another's prayer your service, 

make another's wound your pain - 

be that healing touch that melts 

the disease of hatred. 

It is only hatred and malice that 

invokes the syringe of jealousy within. 

Until one will pamper the "I" 

and ignore the true self - until one 

finds within him the need only to receive, 

with no urge to give - until one refuses 

to behave in a human manner - 

until one perceives himself to be 

the master that controls another -

until then, O child, one will face the 

torments of bitterness, sourness, 

and the spiciness of his fiery passions. 

Sweetness will come, My love, - 

I promise! It will come, once you 

are able to swallow all bitterness, 

withstand all sourness, overcome 

all burning heat! 

Find the strength to digest the pride, 

dissolve the mind, and all that will remain, 

will be the sweet, pure energy of God!

Do not look behind, No, just look ahead, concentrate and follow only that which inspires your faith to move forward...

Remember, always, every worldly possession conquers your birth right of freedom!

The weakness of your past can only be wiped by the strength you show in the present...

The self within you, My child, is indestructible, for it knows that it is the only truth in the reality of your existence...

Remember, only that one will recognize and admire your spiritual strength that himself has the vision of truth...

To be free is your birthright, not to be bound...

To be free is your birthright, not to be bound.

It is only when you guide your steps along the 

path illumined by the universal unbound Dharma

that you are really free; if you stray away from the light, 

you get bound and you are caught.

Some might raise a doubt: How can Dharma, 

which sets limits on thoughts and words and regulates 

and controls, make a person free?

"Freedom" is the name that you give to

a certain type of bondage. 

Genuine freedom is obtained only 

when delusion is absent, when there is no

identification with the body and senses, 

no servitude to the objective world.

People who have escaped from this servitude

and achieved freedom in the genuine sense are 

very few in number. 

Bondage lies in every act done with the consciousness 

of the body as the Self, for one is then the plaything of the senses.

Only those who have escaped this fate are free; 

this "freedom" is the ideal stage to which Dharma leads. 

With this stage constantly in mind, one who engages in the 

activity of living can become a liberated person

Be aware, My child, for worldly ambition finally leads one to live in the dreariest seclusion!

Attempt to look out of the window from your prison, and you, My child will see your home...

Without perseverance and earnestness, no success can be achieved...

It is mentioned that "Success begets success." 

But how is success to be achieved and what is 

the success you should aim at? 

 

The persevering seeker secures wisdom. 

This means that without perseverance and 

earnestness no success can be achieved. 

 

Man is not able to make significant progress

towards the Divine because of absence of strenuous striving 

in the spiritual sphere. 

 

Without spiritual practice, reading religious books 

and listening to spiritual discourses have no value. 

 

Study of scriptures and reciting God's names 

may be good acts in themselves. 

 

But, if there is no love, which is the basis of 

all spiritual discipline, they are of no use.

The prayer that yet 'wants' or 'desires' has not known or understood its purpose or reason....

The prayer that yet "wants" or "desires"

has not known or understood its purpose or reason. 

One awakens the divinity within by prayer - the divinity, 

My dears, that will silence all selfishness and humiliate 

the "I" that is present. 

Prayers are only answered, My child, 

when one stops challenging Me with his pride 

and uninquiring questions. The prayer, O child,

is one's effort to reach Me - to know his own self. 

It is not a bribe that will satisfy Me, for I am always in bliss. 
The prayer must be the plea of purity that must show in 
each of your acts. 

The prayer must be that strength that must 
rise before each storm of confusion. 

The prayer must be the truth that will make 
you shut yourself to every lie, and every "my".

The one that prides in his spiritual success, 

has not attained it. 

Goals must be set, efforts must be made, 

but the success of spirituality can never 

be weighed and can never determined in a finite manner. 

When one aspires change, the growth has begun - 

when one begins to change, the growth has shown

its development - when one has changed, the growth 

has resulted, and when one inspires the change, 

the growth is at its fullest maturity. 

The adulthood of spirituality, My dears, is Godhood!

One must instill in his daily routine spiritual practices that will tame the mind from its aggressive behavior from time to time...

One must instill in his daily routine

spiritual practices that will tame the 

mind from its aggressive behavior, 

 from time to time. 

Each time it rebels, each time it entices, 

each time it teases, each time it judges, 

you must quieten it with the final authority 

of your supreme control. 

Each time the senses awaken, 

crying the stubbornness to fulfill their fancy needs, 

you must hush it to sleep with the sweet lullaby of God's name. 

Yes! I, My dears, must be that constant presence 

that dismisses even the possibility of any worldly interference. 

It is time, My dears, that you stopped wanting 

"from" Me and started only wanting Me.

Every living being responds to some kind of love...

Every living being responds to some kind of love, 

and hence, every heart that beats, any existence 

that survives to stay alive is a part of the 

divine creation and will, one day, 

focus its growth towards the only true light 

that really exists. 

In spiritual growth, one widens the walls 

of one's own little world that excludes 

most and includes only some and expands 

it by tearing down these walls, by breaking 

open each shut door and allowing the breeze 

of cool winds to soothe the heat and intensity 

of pride, anger, greed, lust, malice and envy, 

curing one's own burns that have slowly 

gnawed like the vulture on one's divine attributes. 

Know, My dears, that the vulture only 

feeds on dead bodies and will never have

the courage to attack the one that is alive. 

Be spiritually alive and alert, at all times, 

and do not become the victim or the prey 

of the evil eye that hunts.

The duty of the mother lies in nourishing the child's everyday needs...

The duty of the mother lies in 

nourishing the child's everyday needs. 

She does not focus her attention 

in noticing the change in the physical 

developments in the child, everyday -

instead, she focuses her attention on

her efforts to bring about the change. 

Yes! Once you believe in your efforts, 

the change will come - the change for the better - 

the change that will symbolize one's growth. 

Know, My dears, that with every effort, 

one will experience a subtle change that 

may go unnoticed. 

With every effort that shows its success, 

one will only aspire for more. 

Spiritual growth is stunted, 

only when one is impatient and anticipates 

quick results, when one lacks the seriousness

in his own efforts, and when one sets 

a final limitation for his change.

Your very nature is LOVE...

Your very nature is Love.

You cannot survive even for a moment, 

when deprived of Love.

 

It is the very breadth of your life. 

 

When the six vices, to which

you were attached so long, disappear, 

Love becomes the only occupant of your heart.

 

Love has to find an object, a loved one.

It cannot remain alone.

 

You will then direct it to the charming, sweet Lord, 

who is Purity Personified, who is the embodiment of service,

sacrifice and selflessness and who has taken residence

in the cleansed altar of your heart. 

 

Then, there will be no scope for any 

other attachment to grow. 

 

Step by step, this love for God becomes deeper, 

purer, more self-denying, until at last, there is no need for thoughts,

and the individual is merged in the Universal.