Daily Inspirations


Make Your Entire Life an Act of Worship

If you sit and meditate, that’s good; but what are you doing the rest of the time? Are you also meditating then? Whatever you do, do it as a meditation. That is important. If you are doing your job as a meditation, you don’t even need to sit and medita…


Learn from Sleep

Study the condition of deep sleep, where there is neither the play of the mind nor the senses. There are no objects; there is neither attraction nor repulsion. Wherefrom do you derive ananda in sleep? This experience is universal; everyone says: “I sle…


Will You Make a Good Babysitter?

Question: We have been very busy lately and we haven’t been able to meditate or do pujas anymore. Even while at school or while playing we seem to forget about God. What can we do to bring God back into our lives? Answer: The easiest way is to know tha…


Know Thyself Now

Man is a soul and has a body. Man’s true nature is God. You are pure consciousness. Through ignorance you have imposed limitation upon yourself. Reflect and abide in the absolute or Brahman. Man’s innermost essence is atman or the divine spirit. Realis…


There Is Nothing Terrible in This Life

You need good light to make a movie, is it not so? And then you need good darkness in which to show it. Isn’t it funny? The cameraman says, “Oh, there’s not enough light; we can’t take the picture.” But when they want to show the film, they turn off al…


Be One with All

Mere intellectual conception of identity or oneness will not serve your purpose. You must actually feel the truth of it through intuition. You must become fully aware of the real self, the basis or substratum or bedrock of this world, body, mind, prana…


Your Not Knowing Is the Darkness

Where there is light, certainly there is darkness also. What is darkness? Absence of light. When you don’t recognize the light, you see darkness. What is dark to you is bright to a cat or a tiger or a bat. It’s all relative. And when you have one, you…


The Riddle of the World

You yourself have made your life complex. You have entangled yourself in this quagmire. You have multiplied your wants and desires. Every day you are forging new links in the chain of bondage. Simplicity has vanished. Luxurious habits are daily develop…


Everything Happens According to God’s Will

Even though individuals have their own will, ultimately God’s Will will win. Can human beings do anything against God’s Will? No. Nothing that is against God’s Will will ever happen. A certain thing will happen only if God’s Will okays it. Otherwise it…


Guide to Sadhakas

No complete knowledge is possible as long as there is the relationship of subject and object. When the subject and the object merge into absolute union there are no doubts or questions. When you enter the consciousness of the infinite you will have no…


You Are Married to God Already

Question: What is the best way to handle being attracted to or distracted by someone? Answer: If you’re attracted to someone, deal with it by saying, “You are very attractive. Thank you. God has created you as an attractive person, wonderful. Keep your…


Brahman of Vedanta

Brahman cannot be approached by argument. He is unknowable. He is without any limiting adjunct. He is the source of the world, vedas, body, mind and prana (life). Brahman is the only abode of eternal peace and purity. He is the instrumental and materia…