Spiritual Wealth and Health for All.. by Lucy

One will flow with the stream of pure effort, when one works upon the given task....

2011-12-15T15:20:00.000-08:00

Believe God, it is not hard to return to your true nature.. what is harder is when you resist the come back...

2011-12-15T15:18:00.000-08:00

Give Him the 'I', give him the 'want'... God alone will then stand before you!

2011-12-15T15:17:00.000-08:00

God will accept the offer of your life, only when the self within you has served Him....

2011-12-15T15:16:00.000-08:00

God's love is no binding, it is not, in anyway controlling....

2011-12-15T15:14:00.001-08:00

Do not ever question God's love, for His love is the only response to your call of being saved ....

2011-12-15T15:13:00.001-08:00

Accept change externally, knowing fully that you are changeless and time will stop to threaten you with its rotating hands...

2011-12-14T16:29:00.000-08:00

Once He begins to speak, thoughts will be sparse...

2011-09-26T19:11:00.001-07:00

Know that when God takes, He gives much more! It is only the one that waits patiently that receives...

2011-09-26T19:10:00.000-07:00

He speaks by His silence in those that are yet ignorant, those that are wise, choose to speak and echo...

2011-09-26T19:09:00.000-07:00

Know that it is a sin to expand energy in frivolous and unfullfillling tasks..

2011-09-26T19:05:00.000-07:00

Devotion to God is one's closeness to his own self...

2011-09-05T16:16:00.001-07:00

The bond between the lover and the love merge to find their oneness in identity...

2011-09-05T16:15:00.002-07:00

Knowledge will be bestowed upon you, only when you have reached the state of purity to receive it...

2011-09-05T16:15:00.000-07:00

Love must not be a bribe or payment, it must be your absolute nature...

2011-09-05T16:14:00.000-07:00

The grace of God is simply bounteous and follows those that lead with unwavering devotion and untouchable faith...

2011-09-05T16:13:00.000-07:00

Establish quickly, your right over God, There is no other that truly belong to you...

2011-09-05T16:12:00.000-07:00

The reality will only reveal, once you have suffered from the shock of revealing your own delusion...

2011-09-05T16:07:00.002-07:00

Do not put upon it the error of limitation, do not, ever give up....

2011-09-05T16:07:00.000-07:00

It is wisdom that inspire... truth that corrects and the love for goodness that ultimately sees God...

2011-09-05T16:06:00.000-07:00

Devotion is not a race nor possession, it is not am ambition nor an obession...

2011-09-03T03:46:00.000-07:00

Allow Him to clear the path for He knows you and the obstacle better than anyone....

2011-09-02T15:43:00.000-07:00

Repair the soul by spiritual reform, Heal it by giving up mental despair, cure it by recognizing the self supremacy, awaken it by learning its strength, alone...

2011-09-02T15:41:00.000-07:00

The simpleness of God is the power of His divine will...

2011-09-02T08:37:00.001-07:00

The Lord, my child, is not the stranger that speaks the foreign language.. it is you, my sweet, that has forgotten the tool of true communication, the self...

2011-09-02T08:36:00.000-07:00

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

2011-07-24T18:52:00.000-07:00

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...

2011-07-24T18:50:00.001-07:00

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.

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

2011-07-23T18:45:00.000-07:00

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?

2011-07-23T18:41:00.000-07:00

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...

2011-07-23T18:35:00.000-07:00

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...

2011-07-23T18:32:00.000-07:00

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...

2011-07-23T18:27:00.000-07:00

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...

2011-07-23T18:22:00.000-07:00

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?

2011-07-23T18:18:00.000-07:00

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..

2011-07-23T18:15:00.000-07:00

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.

The seedling wants water and manure to grow and yield rich harvest...

2011-06-09T20:44:00.000-07:00

The seedling wants water and manure,
to grow and yield rich harvest.
The tiny sapling of spiritual yearning
for liberation from bondage also needs these two.

That is the real cultivation you must undertake.
That is the mark of the wise farmer.

More than all, set right your habits,
purify your conduct, cleanse your behavior,

One bad habit that has taken
deep root in this area is the smoking
of tobacco, an evil that is fast becoming universal.
It destroys health, happiness, energy and even charm.

Smoke will not quench your thirst
or fill the hungry stomach.
It disfigures your face and
denigrates your lungs.
It debilitates you and makes you diseased.

Control yourself and do not yield
to the snares of friends or society or,
what is miscalled social convention,
and become a prey to this and other bad habits.

The body is the temple of the Lord;
keep it in good and strong condition.
It is damaged by food and drink of
the behaviour and also by anger, hatred,
greed, etc., and behaviour like sloth,
sleep and inactivity.

When you get violent and angry
with any one, quietly repeat the
name of the Lord to overcome it
or drink a glass of cold water or
spread your bed and lie down until
the fit of fury passes.

While angry, you abuse another
and he does the same; and tempers rise,
heat is generated and lasting injury is done.
Five minutes of anger damages the relationship
for five generations, remember.

Remember always that it is easy
to do what is pleasant; but it is
difficult to be engaged in what
is beneficial.

Not all that is pleasant is profitable.
Success comes to those who give up
the path strewn with roses, and
brave the hammer-blows and sword-thrusts
of the path fraught with danger.

Post 2153 ... To surrender means to turn your thoughts away from troubles...

2011-06-03T07:36:00.000-07:00

To surrender means:
To turn your thoughts away from troubles,
to turn them away from difficulties you encounter
and from all your problems.

Leave everything into God's hands saying
"Lord, Thy will be done. Thou think of it."
That is to say: "Lord I thank you for you have taken everything in your hands, and you will resolve this for my highest good."

Remember that thinking of the consequences
of a thing is contrary to surrender.
That is to say, when you worry that
a situation has not had the desired outcome,
you thus demonstrate that you do not believe in God's love for you.

You will prove that you do not consider
your life to be under God's control and that nothing escapes God.

Fate is the result of your actions...

2011-06-02T00:47:00.000-07:00

Fate is the result of your actions.
Just as there will be reactions
in future for all your present actions,
there are reactions to your past actions.

They affect your body and mind.
Every thought, word and deed will bounce back to you.
Therefore, it is not that fate controls you;
conversely, you control the fate.

Sacrifice, love, compassion and forbearance are the sterling human qualities that should be fostered...

2011-06-02T00:42:00.000-07:00

Some say knowledge is valuable,

but character is more valuable than knowledge.

One may be a learned scholar,

one may hold high positions of authority,

one may be very wealthy or be an eminent scientist

but if one has no character, all the other acquisitions

are of no use at all.

Sacrifice, love, compassion and forbearance

are the sterling human qualities that should be fostered,

shedding jealousy, hatred, ego and anger, which are animal qualities.

True spirituality is to love all and serve all....

2011-05-28T18:36:00.000-07:00

"True spirituality is to love all and serve all"

"But, before loving others, you have to Love yourself first. This means that you shouldn't have any bad habits and bad thoughts about yourself first and you should be very much self confident that you should Love yourself to the fullest. For that to happen, you should be perfect in everything.

If you could love yourself completely, you can also Love others completely.

What an answer! Do we really love ourselves fully? Are we sure that there is no quality in us which we detest?.

Let us all think about it.

Never even try to even a single person...

2011-05-28T18:30:00.001-07:00

“ Never even try to hate even a Single person . If you hate anyone you are only trying to kill the Divine Goodness in you. Hatred or ill feeIings only make the Divine within you to go further away from you" .

“If you meet and discuss the faults of everyone else, then How can you ever have the time to correct your own faults? Also what can you do by points faults at others when you yourself are at Fault by Discussing about others"

“In times of unhappiness each and everyone should always remember the Lord's Divine Strength and Greatness, But also in your times of Great Happiness and Joy, You should remember the Lord’s generosity.”

“ Never argue with anyone that you alone are correct and that you always are right. Think deeply that if you are correct, then what is the need to argue at all ?”

“God is always with you at all times. He is always speaking to you in Different ways. He is forever Showering HisDivine Grace upon everyone. The moment you believe this , you will experience all of it immediately.”

Repeating the Name of the Lord is the safest, surest and easiest spiritual practice...

2011-05-28T18:27:00.000-07:00

Fish nurture their newly hatched young ones
first in a safe and shallow spot.
Then, they send them out into the
wide open sea with its monstrous denizens.
Only then can the young ones survive courageously
and grow without fear.

If they were bred in the open sea right from the beginning,
they would certainly be swallowed up! In the same way,
the practice of the contemplation of the name,
repetition of the name, and meditation are
to be practised with a great deal of care
according to a set routine in the initial stages,
until you become an expert who contemplates
on the name constantly and repeats
it with concentration.

Repeating the Name of the Lord
is the safest, surest and easiest spiritual practice.

The agony of the devotee to attain their beloved Lord is the true sign of devotion...

2011-05-28T18:19:00.000-07:00

Neither liberation from the cycle of birth

and death nor purity of intellect and emotions

is possible without devotion to the Lord.

Those who have the spring of ecstatic devotion

to the Presence of the Lord within them do not need

any texts to ponder over.

The very contemplation on the beauty,

grace, and power of the Lord will give them

the bliss they seek.

In that ecstatic mood,

they discard all self-consciousness

and yearn to become the beloved of God,

and remain in blissful Union with Him.

They dance and sing aloud and

merge with Him in genuine joy and bliss.

The agony of the devotee to attain

their beloved Lord is the true sign of devotion.

All relationships come and go...

2011-05-28T18:15:00.000-07:00

All relationships come and go just
like moving pictures on a cinema screen.
Do not be deluded by the pictures
that appear on the screen.

Have the picture of God imprinted on your heart.
Develop strong conviction and consider Him
as your sole refuge. Only then can you have the vision of God ".

Believe that God resides in all beings...

2011-05-28T17:42:00.000-07:00

Believe that God resides in all beings;
speak such words as would spread goodness,
truth and beauty; perform such acts
as would promote the happiness and prosperity of all;
pray that the entire world enjoys peace.

Expand yourselves; do not
contract into your own tiny individuality.
Expand into universal love, unshaken equanimity,
and ever active virtue.

That is the path which will bring out
the Divinity in you to the fullest.

Bliss.....

2011-05-28T17:39:00.000-07:00

Bliss can be won only by means
of the transformation of the impulses
which agitate the mind.

It is not to be found in wealth.
You think that the rich man is happy;
ask Me, and I shall reveal to you that
they are full of grief, for they come to Me
in large numbers for relief.

They have no peace at all.
A strong physique does not by itself give peace;
nor does scholarship, or asceticism or rituals.
Only constant dwelling with theName of the Lord
gives that unshakeable Peace,
unaffected by the ups and downs of life.
It makes man a hero.

from a divine source...

Who is your friend?

2011-03-11T17:15:00.000-08:00

"Who is a true friend?

The one who will always be in your company,
who will never betray you, who will never cheat you,
who will never give you up in times of difficulties,
in times of sickness, in times of danger --
He's only your true fried.

Do you have any friend on earth
like that, who will never leave you,
who will be with you always, supporting you in times of difficulties and sickness?

He's God. So treat God as your true friend. He'll be always with you."

However high a bird may soar, it has sooner or later to perch on a tree top, to enjoy quietness...

2011-03-05T18:32:00.000-08:00

However high a bird may soar,
it has sooner or later to perch on a tree top,
to enjoy quiet.

So too, a day will come
when even the most haughty,
the most wilful, the most unbelieving
and even those who assert that there
is no joy or peace in the contemplation
of the highest self will have to pray,

"God, grant me peace, grant me consolation, strength and joy."

What is worship?

2011-03-05T18:26:00.000-08:00

Many so-called spiritually inclined people tend to separate all the different types of work into two distinct categories, spiritual and non-spiritual. But God tells us that all kinds of work should be considered as worship and executed with that thought clearly in mind. Only then can we pursue whatever our job happens to be with an attitude of acceptance instead of the far more prevalent one of resistance if it is not exactly what we think we would prefer. Resistance produces tension which leads directly to a persistent feeling of frustration. How then can we be happy?

On the other hand, we can use an entirely different approach by doing as God suggests, by making our work a type of worship. By asking the God-self to act through us, we shall be able to free ourselves from our former resistance and tension, so that whatever our work is, it will become an adventure. We will never be able to anticipate what surprises are in store for us. When the God-force is in command, animating us like a puppeteer with Its puppets, we can relax and watch the outcome.

Frequently, this change of attitude will allow the learning to take place that the job made possible, and then we may be relieved of that work which provided us with the opportunity to benefit from it in this way. Then, another door can open up, perhaps leading to a different job to provide yet another learning opportunity.

Welfare is the fruit of knowledge... malevolence is the fruit of ignorance...

2011-03-05T18:19:00.001-08:00

Welfare is the fruit of knowledge;
malevolence is the fruit of ignorance.

Through welfare alone can peace, joy,
and progress be attained.

One's very basic duty is
to strive for the welfare of all beings.

Promoting it and contributing to it
is the right task.

Living out one's span of life
in discharging this task is the ordained path.

Service is the most difficult of the nine steps to inner reality.....

2011-02-06T15:22:00.001-08:00

Service is the most difficult of the nine steps to inner reality. It is basically action arising out of the yearning to win the grace of God. It is the most important step to erase ego... Through service alone can man attain mastery of senses, the passions and predilections, and through that, reach divinity itself. I have come to teach you the proper attitude of service - for love expresses as service, and God is Love. Service to man leads to the discovery of man as God.

It is difficult to describe anything in words.....

2011-02-06T15:20:00.000-08:00

To describe anything in words is difficult;

it might even cause boredom.

But to demonstrate it by deed is easier

and more pleasant!

Through meditation, spiritual aspirants

are able to cast off sheaths of ignorance,

layer after layer.

They withdraw their sense perceptions

from contact with worldly experiences.

The process that aims at this holy

consummation alone deserves to be called meditation.

For this process, you must be equipped

with good habits, discipline, and high ideals.

You must be full of renunciation towards

worldly things and their attractions.

Whatever the situation, you should conduct

yourself with enthusiasm and joy.

Whatever is done must be dedicated

not to eke out a livelihood but for earning bliss

You should train yourself to adopt a good sitting pose

to avoid tension of the body, and to ease the mind

from the weight and pressure of the body.

If you thus truly meditate, you will achieve

oneness with the Divine and experience the joy of realizing the Self within yourself.

God says....

2011-02-06T15:13:00.001-08:00

"The more you come close to me, the more you earn my love, you become more likely to 'burn'." What will be burnt are our evils, defects and impurities. Such a burning leads to spiritual purification, to refinement. As the process of burning is accompanied by God's love, which acts a shield, the aspirant is able to withstand the fiery ordeal.

Pray for happiness, and what is right....

2011-02-06T15:09:00.001-08:00

If you feel you must have something to be happy, pray to God; "God! You have the responsibility to keep me healthy, happy, good and intelligent; give me this thing, which I believe is necessary for my happiness; but, if you think, I am wrong, give me whatever you think best." God will never desert His obligation; He will feed you and foster you.

Living is either pleasant or unpleasant depending upon your basic attitude towards life,,,

2011-02-06T15:07:00.000-08:00

Living is either pleasant or unpleasant depending upon your basic attitude towards life. See how the same object becomes pleasant once and unpleasant on another occasion? The thing welcomed with great fondness at one time becomes hateful at another time and there is not even the desire to see it. The condition of the mind at those times is the cause of this state. Therefore, it is necessary to train the mind to be always pleasant.

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

2010-11-23T18:23:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-11-23T18:20:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-11-23T18:04:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-11-23T17:59:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-11-19T06:28:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-11-19T06:24:00.000-08:00

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.

2010-11-19T06:22:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-11-19T06:18:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-11-16T16:56:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-10-11T18:52:00.000-07:00

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..

2010-10-11T18:47:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-10-11T18:43:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-10-11T18:36:00.000-07:00

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.

2010-10-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

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..

2010-10-11T18:27:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-10-11T18:22:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-10-11T18:09:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-10-11T18:05:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-10-11T17:47:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-08-09T07:26:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-09T07:23:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-09T07:20:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-08-09T07:16:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-08-09T07:13:00.001-07:00

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

2010-08-09T07:11:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-08-09T07:10:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-07T07:15:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-08-03T02:42:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-03T02:39:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-03T02:38:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-03T02:37:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-29T07:52:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-29T07:27:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-07-29T07:21:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-29T07:19:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-29T07:14:00.000-07:00

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....

2010-07-29T07:08:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-07-29T07:05:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-07-29T07:01:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-07-29T06:52:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-07-20T17:21:00.000-07:00

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.

The beauty that is contained in nature is not enjoyed by Nature herself...

2010-07-13T03:37:00.000-07:00

The juice that is contained in the fruit
is not enjoyed by the tree which bears the fruit.

The honey that is contained in the flowers
is not enjoyed by the creepers which bear the flowers.

Those beautiful sayings which are contained
in the textbooks and scriptures are not enjoyed by the books themselves.

The beauty that is contained in nature is
not enjoyed by Nature herself.

How can the writer who deals with the material world
enjoy the spiritual bliss that is contained therein?

Cultivate faith...

2010-07-12T08:22:00.000-07:00

The greatest obstacle on the path of surrender

is egoism and mine-ness or possessiveness .

It is something that has been inhering to

your personality since ages, sending its

tentacles deeper and deeper with the

experience of every succeeding life.

It can be removed only by the twin

detergents of discrimination and renunciation.

Bhakthi is the water to wash away this dirt

of ages and the soap of repetition of God's name,

meditation and communion will help to remove it

quicker and more effectively.

The slow and the steady will surely

win this race; walking is the safest method

of travel, though it may be condemned as slow.

Quicker means of travel mean disaster;

the quicker the means, the greater the risk of disaster.

You should eat only as much as you feel hunger,

for, more will cause disorder.

So proceed step by step in spiritual effort;

making sure of one step before you take another.

Do not slide back two paces when

you go one pace forward.

But even the first step will be unsteady,

if you have no faith. So cultivate faith.

What is the gain in staying frustrated? Know that hope is the key to faith, faith is the door to patience, and patience is the home of God, My child...

2010-07-08T08:08:00.000-07:00

Beat the temptation of wasting by submerging yourselves completely and fully at each moment in the work of the Lord...

2010-07-08T08:06:00.000-07:00