Author Archives: nitinbagai

Without experiencing the anguish inherent in the mechanism of life in the world, the desire to become acquainted with the Great Mechanic (‘yantri”)* Who causes the cosmic machine to revolve does not arise in the human heart.  Disease, grief, privations, remorse and the like are very necessary for man.  Just as fire burns away allContinue reading “Suffering is a blessing”

Without falling asleep or losing consciousness, keep your mind calm and peaceful in deep meditation—just as it is in dreamless subconscious sleep—and enter the finer world of the superconscious. There the body is forgotten and you enjoy the peace and bliss of your soul, your true Self, and of the soul’s oneness with God. InContinue reading “Rise above everything.”

“In ‘dhyana’ (meditation) or ‘samadhi’ there comes a stage where there is no possibility even of perceiving a second besides the One.  There, the behavior that arises out of duality cannot occur.  What is referred to here is a state in which there is no movement, although there appears to be.  How can movement beContinue reading “Ecstatic state.”

When the sadhaka exerts himself fully by his sadhana and higher processes of meditation; he is assisted on his way. The forces of sadhana and vidya succeed in carrying him onward to his destination. If there is the dark empire of maya on the one bank, the sadhaka gets a new light the moment heContinue reading “Universe helps sadhaka.”

Every saint who has found God has understood that this earth is only a show, and so he is ready to leave it anytime God calls. Why should you be attached to this treacherous life? Suddenly you become sick, and it is all over. Without any notice you are pulled away, without any time toContinue reading “See God before leaving.”

“As long as you believe in God, you remain separate, and fear survives.”This is not an attack on the sacred — it is an exposure of illusion. Belief creates distance. The moment God becomes an object of belief, something outside you, separation is born. And where there is separation, fear naturally survives: fear of judgment,Continue reading “Belief Is the Last Prison: Why God as an Idea Keeps Fear Alive.”

There are millions who do not want God. They could not use their brains for one instant without the power of God that invisibly sustains them; yet they shudder at His name. God does not punish them, but they punish themselves, for, being made in the image of God, if we do not live aContinue reading “Discover your real Self.”

You should sit in silence before deciding about any important matter, asking the Father for His blessing. Then behind your power is  God’s power; behind your mind His mind; behind your will His will. -Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “The Law of Success”

“God is ever merciful. His Grace flows perpetually free and uncaused. Keep your vessel right side up so that it may become full.” Sri Ma Anandamayi 🌺

That in which there is no question of form or formlessness, of beyond form and attributes, of transcending even the beyond – That alone is worthy of human aspiration. – Anandamayi Ma