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God meant us to be practical in this world – He has given us hunger that has to be satisfied – but to go after only food and shelter, money and possessions, is to forget the true Source of happiness. Satisfy your needs, pursue your worthwhile goals in life, but give yourself to God first.Continue reading “Goal Wisdom.”

“As often as one tries to surrender, the ego raises its head and one has to try to suppress it. Surrender is not an easy thing. Killing the ego is not an easy thing. It is only when God Himself by His grace draws the mind inwards that complete surrender can be achieved. But suchContinue reading “Surrender…possible only through his grace.”

“Such is the nature of all thoughts and sensations, they come and go. Your previous problems seemed equally as pressing and important in their time as your current problem now does, but they are no more, absent from the present by the force of nature. If such is the nature of thoughts and feelings, surelyContinue reading “That state.”

It is not enough to believe in spiritual things…we have habits of lifetimes that tie us to earthly patterns of behavior. We have to daily develop and practice an upward way of acting, in thought and deed, and taking care to avoid downward tendencies. Only thinking doesn’t change from body centered to soul centered.

“It is not possible to develop ecstatic love of God unless you love Him very deeply and regard Him as your very own. “Listen to a story.  Once three friends were going through a forest, when a tiger suddenly appeared before them.  ‘Brothers,’ one of them exclaimed, ‘we are lost!’ ‘Why should you say that?’Continue reading “Immortal Love”

Maya does not begin with illusion in the world — it begins with resistance inside you.The moment the mind says “this should not be happening”, a subtle veil appears. That veil is Maya. Maya is not the world.Maya is the comparison between what is and what you want it to be. When you accept theContinue reading “Clarity is reality.”

The aspirant who does not have a feeling of egoism, who has completely surrendered himself, his deeds, and the fruits of his actions to his single goal, the supreme Lord, is not considered to be an evil doer even if he kills someone in the battlefield, because he has profound knowledge of life, love, andContinue reading “Devotion through surrender.”

A hunter stayed awake all night, unknowingly dropping leaves on a hidden Linga. He wasn’t a scholar; he was just present. Mahashivratri teaches us that the Self (Atman) is pleased by presence, not just performance. One leaf, given with a still mind, is worth a thousand rituals. Acharyaupendraji .

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.”