Try to analyze what sort of fear you come across, what sort of doubt. Even to analyze and find out you should have a strong and clear mind. Because you are trying to penetrate through the mind with another part of clear mind which is very hard. So, in a way, it is better even…
The mind is the all in all. Its mastery leads to the renunciation of all. True renunciation is the abnegation of the mind. It consists in renouncing all desires and egoism, not world existence. Through such mental abnegation you will be able to free yourself from pain. Then will come immortality in life – the…
Question: The Bible talks about “false gods.” What is a false god? Answer: If God is omnipresent, what could be called a false God? God is present in name, in fame, in money. The Bhagavad Gita says, “Wherever people glorify a thing, I am there.” What would be a false God then? Anything that you…
The first thing a spiritual aspirant has to acquire is mastery over the mind. Like a blind man – look at the objects. Like a deaf man – hear sounds. Do not allow the sense experiences to penetrate within. The mind gets fattened on account of its being fed by sense objects. Restrain the senses…
The bhakta is blissful at all times. His mind cannot think of anything for everything is God. “Yatra yatra mano yati tatra tatra samadhayah- Wherever the mind goes there it experiences samadhi” – for it does not find any object of enjoyment. God fills every speck of space and the whole world is clothed in…
Mind is a bundle of habits. Bad habits and prejudices, hidden in one’s nature, will be brought to the surface of the mind when the opportunity comes. If you change the habits you can also change your character. You sow a habit and reap a character. You sow a character and reap a destiny. Habits…
If everything that comes from outside—money, friends, family, name, fame—were going to make you happy, there wouldn’t be any need for churches, synagogues, spiritual centers or religions. Nobody would need to read the Bible. Why? You would be happy with your money, you would be happy with your friends. Why would you need anything else?…
Certainly if you have that kind of faith and devotion, God can speak to you. You can hear God whispering. There’s nothing strange about it. But you must make sure of one thing. God is not the only one that speaks to you. There’s some other fellow inside who also whispers to you. That fellow…
Creation, preservation, destruction, veiling and blessing are God’s five kinds of actions. God is the ruler, the knower of the heart, and the prompter. He helps the student in a variety of ways – through dreams, the inner voice, talking through the mouths of others in conversation and in advice from friends. Eternal bliss, supreme…
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Heaven is a place where love and nothing but love flows. Real, cosmic, universal love. People love each other as they love themselves. They love the animals, the plants, all the things around them. They even love their trash cans. That’s what heaven is. Everyone living as one big family with no “mine” and “yours,”…
When you cannot avoid certain things, the easiest way to bring peace into your heart is to immediately accept them. “Kita dayin, vetana mara” is a beautiful Tamil saying that means, “If you cannot get it, immediately forget it.” Remembering this will save you from a lot of problems. If you deserve something, let it…