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Should you think of God only at the time of meditation and remain forgetful of Him at all other times? Have you not noticed how during Durga Puja a lamp is kept constantly burning near the image?It should never be allowed to go out. If ever it is extinguished, the house-holder meets with some mishap.Continue reading “Constant rememberance.”

“Mataji often says: “If you live pure and dedicated lives, I shall keep good health. Your purity is my sustenance. Material food matters little.” Someone asked: “What is the difference between a Divine Incarnation and a sādhaka? How can an ordinary person distinguish between the two ?” Mataji sat in silence for a little whileContinue reading “Sadhaka and Avatar”

“Most smiles are born of good emotions arising out of good, or out of feeling sympathy, love and kindness, or mercy. But the most wonderful way to smile is to fill your heart with the love of God. Then you will be able to love everybody; you will be able to smile all the time.Continue reading “Real smile.”

Conversation with people requires audible voice. Conversation with God requires silence. People who talk too much are not with God ; there is much less time in their thoughts for Him. Those who inwardly converse with God are outwardly more silent. No matter what their surroundings, they are habitually more quiet. Because the devotee hasContinue reading “Conversation With God Requires Silence.”

A man who has forgotten where he left his things in the house cannot recover them by weeping even for a hundred years. But he will get them only if he thinks the matter over and finds out. The Self is realized directly by Knowledge which destroys forgetfulness (ignorance), the root-cause of all misery, butContinue reading “Everything is within you.”

Proof of god’s response.A common cause of spiritual discouragement is the devotee’s expectation that God’s response will come in a great blaze of awe – inspring inner illumination. This erroneous notion dulls the devotee’s perception of the subtle divine responses that are present from the very beginning of one’s meditative practices. God responds to theContinue reading “Subtle response.”

Maintain a neutral attitude towards all things; do not get infatuated with anything; maintain equanimity whether in happiness or suffering; be the same to friends and enemies; treat alike a broken piece of mud pot and a piece of gold. Know that a flawless yogi is one who does not ever allow himself to beContinue reading “Attitude towards world.”

“Why We Shout In Anger” A  saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled ‘n asked. ‘Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?’ Disciples thought for a while, one ofContinue reading “Distance of Hearts.”

Through my erroneous identification with my ego,which was filled with desires through my false understandingof the nature of the soul and the world,I remained enmeshed in the web of birth and death.But when I attained the blessed state of Grace,wherein I was embraced by the supreme Blissof Realization of the Self,my Heart entered the realmContinue reading “Heart must enter .”

“Before you die, something must happen. If it doesn’t happen, you are wasting your life. And you are even beginning to waste my life !If people do not put their all into their spiritual process, I would rather climb the mountain and sit there alone. Yes, that would be so much better for me.I amContinue reading “Thirst needed.”