Saint Ramalingam once said, “When I repeat God’s name, it is not only my tongue that repeats it; my whole body, my bones, my flesh repeat it. I feel that everything is melting.” Imagine that your beloved friend or partner went away somewhere and after five years he or she is returning. You are waiting…
Question: How can we develop service as an instinctive, natural habit in our lives? Sri Gurudev: By knowing that you are always serving. You don’t need to develop anything. Simply know that you are not doing anything other than serving. God sent you, and must have had a purpose for sending you. God is not…
Critical times test the faith of the devotee. He who has faith in the lord must pass through the fire of suffering. Suffering is not misfortune; it helps one to grow. Suffering and pain open the door to wisdom.” Not to be hurt by others” is more difficult than,”not to hurt others”. Blessed are those…
Youth is the best time, the most fitting in a man’s life, to devote himself to spiritual aspiration and sadhana (spiritual practice). The spiritual life is practical from beginning to the end. The love for the ideal should be single minded and whole-hearted. The spiritual path is an unknown path which is as straight and…
God wants proof that you are totally surrendering yourself. Tests will come. If you fail the tests then your surrender is not complete. If your surrender is complete, no matter what test comes you will pass it. Once you pass the tests, you don’t have to worry about anything that happens in your life, because…
The kind of realization we talk about—that nothing outside can bring fulfillment to you—is only theoretical. You’ve heard of it, but mere theoretical knowledge isn’t enough. To experience it, you must convince your mind. Think of your past experiences outside. Analyze them. Did they bring you inner experience? Did they bring you satisfaction, or were…
You are not going to get God. You are not going to surrender yourself to God. You are not even going to allow God to function through you. God is already doing that. All you have to do is know it. If you don’t know, then you think that you are doing it. So as…
Live in the golden present. Always feel, “Yes, this is my present, right now. The past is past. The future is not in our hands.”Probably someone will ask, “Then shouldn’t we plan for tomorrow?” Yes, you should plan; but you shouldn’t worry about it. Ideas come, all right, plan. But know that there’s someone who…
You’re all looking for that God whose name is happiness, and your righteous approach to that happiness is what you call religion. If you approach that happiness without hurting yourself and hurting others, you are a religious person. But if you are trying to get happiness by hurting yourself or others, it’s not religious.
Meditate on the atman; you will enjoy peace and bliss. The more you grow in aspiration and meditation the more God-like you grow, for in meditation in the light of the Lord. Meditate and charge your battery by contact with God. Dive deep into the chambers of your heart through profound and silent meditation and…
“You are the Light of Lights. You are the source of all lights. You are the Sun of Suns, Moon of Moons, Star of Stars. You are the light within and without. You are the Light of the enlightened. Kindly lead us from the darkness of ignorance to the light of understanding to realize the…
Christmas is the great festival of Christendom. There is a spirit of joy everywhere. Men and women lay aside their jealousies and enmities for a while. They come a little nearer to each other – and to Christ. Christ came and lived among men to awaken the Christ- consciousness within them. Christ should be born…