That is a big question. I can put it into one small sentence: the meaning of life is to serve. That is the meaning of life. The meaning of life is to serve, not to live for your sake. Life is not given for you to live for yourself. You have been made to live,…
Question: I want to know God, but I keep getting attracted to relationships. If God doesn’t want me to be married, why can’t God help me to want only God? Answer: That’s what God is doing. You are beginning to feel that way now. If God had given you a partner, you wouldn’t even be…
Faith in God is the first step to God-realisation. Not an iota of progress is ever possible on the path of spirituality without faith. The faith must be a living faith. It must be unwavering faith. Lack of faith is a stumbling block on the path of realisation. Faith is an important qualification for an…
A beautiful story in the ancient Hindu scripture, the Mahabharata, clearly teaches what is meant by real surrender to God. A beautiful princess named Draupadi was brought to the king’s court. In the ancient days when you wanted to show that you had won a victory over someone, you did something that would damage his…
Know that you are being guided by God. Whatever situation is presented to you is presented by God. You should realize that. You may have a parent, a boss, someone who is in charge of you, but the true Chief Administrator is God and no other authority. Don’t worry about administrators or outside authorities. Just…
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 meditate. But are you able to…
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 that whatever you do is worship.…
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. Realising the spirit, man achieves security, certainty, perfection, freedom, independence, immortality and bliss…
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 (life) and senses. You must enter into consciousness in which the realisation…
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 won’t. We should trust completely. If we have trust, then even if…
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 problems. You will have no questions to ask, for the questioner…
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 yourself attractive.” Bless the person. If you get distracted by that person, stay…