Sunday, July 24, 2011

The world is itself a great teacher, a constant guide and inspiration...









There are today two aspects
 relating to man's life which 
have to be considered.

 One related to a person's rights. 
The other relates to one's duties.
 Most people are concerned about their rights,
 but they hardly pay any attention to their responsibilities. 

The world itself is a great teacher, 
a constant guide and inspiration. 
That is the reason why man is surrounded
 and sustained by the world.

 Every bird, every animal, every tree, 
every mountain and star, even each tiny worm
 has a lesson for man if he has but the will and the thirst to learn. 

These make the world a veritable university for man; 
it is a teaching where he is a pupil from birth to death.

God is installed, whether the owner of the body recognizes it or not...

God is installed, whether the owner 
of the body recognizes it or not. 
It is God that inspires you to good acts, 
that warns you against the bad.


Listen to that Voice. Obey that Voice and 
you will not come to any harm.
A lady wept that her necklace was lost or stolen; 
she searched everywhere and became inconsolably sad. 


Then, when she passed across a mirror,
she found the lost necklace around her neck. 
It was there all the time. Similarly, God is there, 
as the Inner Dweller whether you know it or not.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Exterior charm attracts the animal, internal charms resulting from character, pleases LORD..

Exterior charm attracts the animal; 
internal charm, resulting from character, 
pleases the Lord. 


Do not be tempted by the low tastes of the world 
and the cheap regard that people bestow. 


Strive for the holy grace and love of the Lord. 
The affection that people shower is not constant, 
for it depends on their likes and dislikes. 


Those who are enamored of the external 
will tumble into disappointment and sorrow 
every now and then.


But the love that the Lord bears to you 
depends on your good qualities alone. 
It also gives you permanent joy. 


Beauty consists in character, not in anything else. 
There is nothing more charming than that.

What is the best way to serve God?

Q : What is the best way to serve God?

Serve the poor, the weak, 
the downtrodden 
and  the underprivileged. 

There is divinity in each of  us, 
hence love and serve fellow human beings  selflessly. 

Give those around you pure love.  
Religion can be best pursued through the axiom 

 "There is only  one religion -- the religion of love; one caste --  the caste of humanity; one language -- the  language of the heart; one law -- the law of  sow and reap and there is only one God -- He is  omnipresent." 

All of us should remember these  
simple yet profound truths. These truths lead us to  God.

Chant God's name with all love and faith...

God's Name must be chanted 
with all Love and Faith. 
Then negatives drop out of the mind 
automatically, without any effort. 


God comes to the devotee 
when he cries to Him, just 
as a mother goes to her child.


It is perfectly true to say 
that the easiest, shortest and
quickest path to reach God,
it is the repetition of His sweet 
and glorious Name, which makes 
the mortal immortal and changes man into God ".

Offer HIM services with a pure heart...

You attach importance to quantity; 
but, the Lord considers only quality. 


He does not calculate how many 
measures of "sweet rice" you offered, 
but, how many sweet words you uttered, 
how much sweetness you added in your thoughts. 


Offer Him services with a pure heart 
and He will give you everything 
that you have ever wanted.

Always discuss the good in others...

Always discuss the good in others. 
Never think about the evil actions of others. 
If you can, keep trying to turn them to 
good ways and give them good advice. 

You should cultivate peace of mind,
 the charitableness and eagerness 
to promote the welfare of all that
 is necessary for the attitude. 

These can come only through repetition 
of the Divine Name and meditation. 
The wealth derived from repetition of the 
Lord's Name and meditation is good qualities.

Good qualities clean the exterior 
and also purify and ennoble the inner tendencies.

Direct this love to God...

Every being needs love,
inhales and exhales love. \
For love is the basic breath; 
everyone is the embodiment of love. 


Love knows no fear and 
so love need not have falsehood to support it.
 It is only fear that makes people warp the face 
of truth to make it unpleasant to those whom they fear.


Love also seeks no reward;
love is its own reward. 
That is the sole gain,\
the joy of loving and being loved. 


Direct this love to GOD....

How can we discover the motives behind our friends or our LOrd?

You do not know the real reasons 
behind the actions of the Lord. 
You cannot understand the motives
of other men who are almost like you
in everything, actuated by the same motives 
and having the same likes and dislikes! 
But yet, how easily you discover
the motives of One who is far, far above the level of man! 

3 types of activities that reach God and earn His Grace..

Three types of activity reach God 
and earn His Grace: 


(1) those not prompted by personal desire, 
(2) those emanating from unselfish love and 
(3) prayer arising from pure hearts. 


They reach the Lord directly and
 He pays heed to them. The rest are the
 concern of the various deities who preside
 over their disposal. 


Therefore, prayers have to be unselfish, 
saturated with love, and free from the 
taint of attachment to the gift that the prayer would bring.