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Work with Devotion

It is always preferable to approach God for the fulfillment of wants, rather than cringe before men, who themselves are but tools in the hands of God. In His own silent way, God will transform the mind and turn it towards sadhana (spiritual practice) and successful spiritual pilgrimage. He cannot and will not allow His children to lose their way and suffer in the jungle. When you approach God and seek His help and guidance, you have taken the first step to save yourself. You are then led to accept His Will as your own. Thus, you achieve shanthi (absolute peace) .

Game of Life

The game of life is worth playing and becomes an interesting tonic, only when there are bounds for field, and rules and restrictions for the players. Imagine a game of football or cricket where there are no rules or boundaries or umpires. The game will be chaotic, it will soon degenerate into a riot, a free fight. Dharma (Right conduct) is what makes the game of life interesting, decent and desirable.

Tolerance of Falsehood

Whenever any person is ill-treated or harmed, it is God who is the target of that sacrilege. Resorting to falsehood is a demon that possesses and overpowers the weak. Indulging in unnecessary talk, talk for its own sake, is a morbid habit. It is also a waste of energy. It disperses company, for no one likes to listen to a bore. If a talkative person is tolerated for a minute, he will stick to you for days. There are also others, who spread rumors and gossip, and spoil your peace of mind and poison the spring of love. You must stay away from these habits, weed the bad in you, and be engaged in developing the good in you, heightening your purity and holiness.

Life is a Game

Life is a game of football. You are the ball and you are bound to be thrown and kicked about. How long have you to bear this treatment? Until the air is full in the ball. Deflate it, and no one will kick it again! The air that inflates is the ego. When the ego is out, Bliss comes in. Remove the ego in you and make yourself useful to your parents, friends and society. Do not belittle others or your parents as illiterate or ignorant. They are far more knowledgeable than you are. Never cause tears to fill the eyes of your parents. Love them, revere them and serve them. Be humble and loving, and in the company of good and Godly. Remember the Name of God indicating His Glory, His Mercy, His Love... All egoistic feelings will flee away from you.

Choice of company

A person is made or marred by the company he/she keeps. A bad man who falls into good company is able to shed his evil habits quickly and shine forth in virtue. A good person falling into evil company is overcome by the subtle influence and slides down into doing evil. The lesser is overpowered by the greater, hence be watchful at all times.

Who can give us peace

To presume that peace comes either from wealth, or from kith or kin is a great error. Peace comes only from God. In fact, there is no strength superior to Love. Where Love is, there everything is. You must Love God and live in love. Everything shall be alright. You must make others also live in love.

Blessings of the Lord

The mansion called life must be built on strong foundations, the pursuit of artha (wealth) and kama (fulfillment of desires) must be regulated by the yardstick of Dharma. Dharma fosters those who foster it. The strongest foundation is ever-present Faith in the Almighty. Some may ask, "If He is Almighty, why then is he not patent?" Well, He reveals Himself only to the person who has the yearning, not the one who puts questions out of impudence or ignorance. He will be patent only in the pure heart that is not clouded by egoism or attachment to worldly objects.

Purpose of Education

Expansion is the key note of education. The first step for this expansion is the home, where you must revere and please your parents who gave you this chance to live and learn. If you ill-treat them or inflict grief on their minds, how can you ever gladden others by service and understanding? You know that when a balloon is blown, it bursts and the air inside it merges with the vast limitless expanse outside. So too your love must fill your home and your society, and finally burst even those bonds and become worldwide. A drop of water held in the palm evaporates soon; it is very alone. But drop it into the sea - it survives! It assumes the name, the majesty and the might of a sea! Cultivate the seeds of love in all hearts!

Selfless Service

Doing something because it is being done elsewhere is a sign of ignorance. The service programs must satisfy a need, solve a local difficulty and must be adapted to local conditions. Do not think of the satisfaction of doing something concrete or about the name, fame or praise you will win. Do not crave for publicity...crave for the joy that shines in the face of the people whom you help. Selfless service brings you nearer to Me. The flower that is your heart gets the fragrance by means of your selfless service and becomes more acceptable to me.

Motive of Service

Through service you realize that all beings are waves of the Ocean of Divinity . No other spiritual practice can bring you into the incessant contemplation of the Oneness of all living beings. You feel anothers pain as your own; you share anothers success as your own. To see everyone else as yourself and yourself in every one is the core of spiritual practice. This spirit makes you humble before the suffering of others. When you rush to render help, you do not calculate how high or low ones social or economic status is. Thus, the hardest heart is slowly softened into sweetness by the opportunities of service.

Real Service

Service is prescribed as one of the nine steps to realize God. You must therefore be earnest and welcome all chances to serve the sick, disabled, diseased and the distressed. Holding a fruit in the hand is just a preliminary step. Without eating and digesting, you cannot he healthy and happy. Similarly, unless you serve, you will not attain joy and bliss. Your acts of service will be judged based on your mental attitude that is accompanying them. So, whatever work is allocated to you, do it with fervor, understanding of its importance and developing reverence towards it. In service, there can be no high or low, for God is in all.

Real Peace

Absence of mere anger cannot be taken as peace. The winning of a desired object and the satisfaction derived then should not be confused with peace. The peace that has pervaded the heart must not be shaken subsequently for any reason. Peace must be everlasting and have no ups and downs; it cannot be partial in adversity and complete in prosperity. It cannot be one thing today and another tomorrow. Only that kind of permanent peace alone deserves to be called Prasanthi. Maintaining the same even flow of peace, bliss, and joy is Prasant.

Selfless Service to needy people is Seva to God

Through selfless service you realise that all beings are waves of the Ocean of Divinity. No other sadhana (spiritual practice) can bring you into the incessant contemplation of the Oneness of all living beings. You feel anothers pain as your own; you share anothers success as your own. To see every one else as yourself and yourself in every one, that is the core of the sadhana of seva. Again, seva makes the ego languish for want of food. It makes you humble before the suffering of others, and when you rush to render help, you do not calculate how high or low his social or economic status is. The hardest heart is slowly softened into the softness of butter by the opportunities that the seva offers.

Lord is the Saviour - 2nd June, 2009

A devotee is like a needle which is always drawn towards the magnet. But the needle has to be near enough and must be clean. If you stay far away and complain that Grace has not come, what can be done? You must scrape off the mud and rust by the process of repentance. Sometimes, you come near for some time and stray way. I do not mean the physical distance. I do not measure distance in miles or meters. Realize that I am always with you, in you, beside you, ever. Only you have to be aware of Me and make use of My presence.

Adventure in our Life - 1st June 2009

You must demonstrate that Love, Peace, Righteousness, Truth and acts of Loving Service, rendered in a spirit of humility and reverence, is what makes people happy. We need not concentrate on production of more food or building of more houses or manufacturing more cloth. What is most needed today is a total effort to make human beings manifest more tolerance, more humility, more brotherliness, more compassion and deeper awareness of the springs of joy and peace that lie within the heart of each one. Be in the forefront of this spiritual adventure.

Life is Game, play to win and not to loose

Living becomes a glorious experience only when it is sweetened by tolerance and love. Willingness to compromise with others ways of living, and co-operation in common tasks - these make living happy and fruitful. Develop the Atmic awareness, the consciousness of the Divine and the acquisition of Divine attributes.

Expand love and understanding. When one consciously and steadily strives to develop these distinct human qualities, one gains valuable experience and feels equipped to transform the society. When this happens, the nation and the entire human race benefits

Compassion can achieve ends, which money cannot

Today, our lives are tainted by a desire for wealth. Wealth makes a man intoxicated. Money is necessary, but it must have a limit. Excessive money can be harmful to the mind. It is more difficult to spend money than to earn it. It is even more difficult to take care of money earned. This difficulty has an advantage. Put the money to good use by spending it for the rural folks, and for the people in distress. Money is not the basis of this mundane world (It is not Dhana moolam idham Jagath), but it is (Dharma moolam idham jagath). Righteousness is the foundation of this world. If money grows, unrest also grows, and money brings sorrows with it. Give your money in charity and make it purposeful.

A Pure Heart is all Sadhana

The key discipline you must cultivate is Ahimsa (Absence of Violence). It does not merely mean not injuring a living being. You should not cause hurt even by a word, a look or a gesture. Tolerance, fortitude, equanimity - these help you to be steady in Ahimsa. They will remove all chance of your causing pain to others. This is called Sahana (Forbearance) or Kshama (Forgiveness). Assess the worth of whatever others do to you or say about you, and cultivate fortitude and the understanding to appreciate their behavior and pardon their faults. This capacity is as invaluable as truth, righteousness, renunciation and compassion. This is all that one need to possess for spiritual advancement.

Inner Purity(Real) and Outer Cleanliness(Show)

The body is cleansed by soap and water, but true cleanliness can be achieved only from within. The cleansing of the body may keep physical illness away, but the disease of the mind requires inner cleanliness. A perfume applied to the body might please the company around, but good thoughts and sweet conversation will please them more for a long time. As the soap is for the body, truth is for the speech, both have a high cleansing effort. The mind has to be cleansed by proper education in the crucible of renunciation. Education is the process of gaining illumination - it is the light that dispels the darkness of ignorance and doubt. It confers humility and discipline.

Good Virtues leads to Real Destination

Cultivate not riches, or comfort, or luxuries, but Divine virtues. Speak sweetly, shed comfort with every glance of yours. Do not be slaves to your sensual desires. You should conquer lust and vanquish anger. Exile from your mind greed, hate and jealousy. Dedicate your hand to the service of the fellow human beings. To resurrect infinite love and compassion, you must kill jealousy and selfishness, and purify your hearts. Earn the true mercy of the Divine. Follow the path shown by the Lord and reach the position He holds for you.

“Love” is the Divine Power

God incarnates to inspire human beings to follow higher ideals in the Universe. Human beings may have different languages and life styles, but God is One and He is present everywhere. All religions speak of Him as Love and as attainable through love. Forms of worshipping God differ, for they are shaped by time and place, but love is the basic content of all the forms. The language of love is understood and spoken by all hearts. There is only one race, the race of mankind. One must not consider petty distinctions of nationality, race, religion and language, and withhold love. Love must flow to everyone from the heart. Nurture this love in your hearts and experience the Divine.

Consciousness is the Master

Develop knowledge about the higher levels of consciousness and the higher planes of existence. Knowledge leads to skill. From skill in using such knowledge, one acquires balance. You must recognize that this life is a stage in the long pilgrimage, and that we are now at a hotel, a temporary resting place. There is a watchman to the hotel, which is your mind.

Do not feel permanently attached to the mind or the body. This "negative" body has the "positive" Divinity within it. When you become all embracing infinite Love, the Divine will manifest in and through you. Try to be like the Divine.

We are all Messenger of God

Every living being is on a pilgrimage - whether he/she or it is aware or not. The Sun causes clouds in the sky by raising water from the sea as vapour; the waters of the sea fall as rain, the rain water accumulates and flows as streams and rivers, until it merges with the source, the sea. It is faithful to its destiny; it confronts bravely all the hurdles and obstacles on the pilgrim path. Every human being has come into this world as a Messenger of God.

March towards the Destination

Protect your mother tongue and Motherland with all your energy. Make yourselves fit for this, by making the best use of the opportunities. Progress as much as you can, without any hesitation. Develop character as well as intelligence and health. The most reliable source of strength is in you, not in money, or kinsmen or physical acumen, but in the Divinity within you. Know it, delve into it, and draw sustenance from it. See it in all, serve it in all.

Work is Worship

You should not spend your time in idleness, saying to yourself that the Lord will come to your help when the need arises. You must rise and work. God helps those who help themselves, and He will help no other. Do the work that has fallen to your lot, and do it sincerely and efficiently.

Mind a Powerful Weapon

We become what we contemplate. By constant thought an ideal gets imprinted on our hearts. When we fix our thoughts all the time of the evil that others do, our mind gets polluted by evil. On the contrary, if we fix our mind on the virtues or well-being of the others, our mind is cleansed of wrong and entertains only good thoughts. No evil thought can penetrate the mind of a person wholly given to love and compassion

All Human being is a Messenger of God

Every living being is on a pilgrimage - whether he/she or it is aware or not. The Sun causes clouds in the sky by raising water from the sea as vapour; the waters of the sea fall as rain, the rain water accumulates and flows as streams and rivers, until it merges with the source, the sea. It is faithful to its destiny; it confronts bravely all the hurdles and obstacles on the pilgrim path. Every human being has come into this world as a Messenger of God.

Teaching of Flowers and Trees

Flowers scatter fragrance, trees offer fruits in plenty. No one brings wealth when he is born or takes it with him when he dies. Whatever riches one has accumulated have to be freely shared with others. Instead of learning the lessons they teach, man pursues his own sense-cravings and his urge for fame and authority over others. Contentment is the most precious wealth. Greed brings misery in return. Contentment alone can lead man towards the goal of Divinity.

March toward Distrination

Protect your mother tongue and Motherland with all your energy. Make yourselves fit for this, by making the best use of the opportunities. Progress as much as you can, without any hesitation. Develop character as well as intelligence and health. The most reliable source of strength is in you, not in money, or kinsmen or physical acumen, but in the Divinity within you. Know it, delve into it, and draw sustenance from it. See it in all, serve it in all.

Do your work, God will Reward

You should not spend your time in idleness, saying to yourself that the Lord will come to your help when the need arises. You must rise and work. God helps those who help themselves, and He will help no other. Do the work that has fallen to your lot, and do it sincerely and efficiently.

Power of Thoughts

We become what we contemplate. By constant thought an ideal gets imprinted on our hearts. When we fix our thoughts all the time of the evil that others do, our mind gets polluted by evil. On the contrary, if we fix our mind on the virtues or well-being of the others, our mind is cleansed of wrong and entertains only good thoughts. No evil thought can penetrate the mind of a person wholly given to love and compassion.

Divinity is the Nature

You must realize that bhajan, namasmaran and puja (chanting the Name and worshipping God) are not for pleasing or making God happy, but for our own spiritual progress. Frequently, people flatter the rich and the powerful - especially when they are in their employment or are beholden to them for some precious help - in order to induce them to shower gifts on them. But God does not shower Grace on people because they sing His praises. Nor does He come down upon them because they do not worship Him. Recitation of the Divine attributes only enable us to dwell on elevating ideals and approximate ourselves more and more to the Divinity that is our true nature.

Criticism and Enmity

Do not develop much attachment with others and get entangled through the silken bonds of friendship or iron chain of hatred. It is good and helpful to have an enemy, for they are ever eager to criticize you for your faults than a friend who will cast a blind eye on them. The enemy takes delight in abusing you, and as a consequence, he goes on diminishing and wiping off from your account the demerits you have to live out in misery.

The person displaying enmity absorbs your sins and effects. Moreover, this person makes you alert not to give him any reason to point a finger of scorn at you. He is your censor, corrector and conscience. Be thankful to him who talks ill of you, for he is doing you very great service by examining your every act on the touchstone of morality, truth and righteousness

Sacrifice

The Vedas have taught the means to make life in the world pure and meaningful. They have declared: Na karmanaa na prajayaa dhane na, thyaagenaike amrutatwamaanashuhu (not through rituals, progeny or wealth, but only through sacrifice can immortality be achieved). A Thyagi (renunciant) does not hesitate even to sacrifice his body for others welfare. Sacrifice means something more than giving up of wealth, gold and material objects. Evil qualities like hatred, jealousy, wrath and malice which have become ingrained in man over many lifetimes should be discarded.

Life is a path of Flowers

You have it in your power to make your days on earth a path of flowers, instead of a path of thorns. Recognize the Lord present in every heart, and all will be smoothness, softness and sweetness for you. The Lord will be the fountain of Love in your heart, and in the hearts of all with whom you come in contact.

Know that the Lord is Omnipresent in You, and in every other being. Adore everyone as you adore the Lord. Allow the others as much freedom as you like to enjoy, and do unto him just as you would like to be done to you. Dont do unto him anything you dont like to be done unto you. This is the sum and substance of your spiritual effort.

Like and Dislike

Ignoring the unity of all mankind in the Divine Soul, one relishes in quarrels and factions. He classifies some among his contemporaries as friends and some as his foes. Duality is the making of an individual. It is their own likes and dislikes, prejudices and passions that is reflected, and that creates all these reactions of love and hatred - it is the resounding echo of faction and friction.

Friendship and enmity arise from your heart; they are labels fixed by you, not marks which other people are born with. The same person is the thickest friend of one and the mortal enemy of another - both because of his one act or word. Realize this truth and live in unity.

Spread Joy and Prosperity

Cultivate unity and brotherhood. A single fiber of hemp cannot bind even an ant. Thousands rolled into a rope can tame a wild elephant into quiet submission. In unity lies strength, joy and prosperity of the entire society.

Good Deeds

Falsehood looks easy and profitable, but it binds you and pushes you into perdition. Purify your feelings and impulses. Do not worry that the others are not doing similarly. Each person is carrying their destiny in their own hands. You should strive for your salvation, at your own pace. Two people may have two acres each in the same village, but they reap different quantities of harvest, depending on the skill and attention they bestow and the quality of the seeds, soil and the manure they use. You have no right to the fruits grown on anothers tree.

Control of Speech

The very first lesson in the primer of spiritual text is Control of Speech. Speech is the armament of the man. Through the sweetness of speech, one can disarm all opposition and defeat all the designs of hatred. Sweetness makes you Pashupathi (Divine), harshness makes you pashu (bestial). Mere outward politeness is hypocrisy. Sincere speech must flow from real sweetness of heart, a heart full of love

Life should be pure and meaningful

The Vedas have taught the means to make life in the world pure and meaningful. They have declared: "Na karmanaa na prajayaa dhane na, thyaagenaike amrutatwamaanashuhu" (not through rituals, progeny or wealth, but only through sacrifice can immortality be achieved). A Thyagi (renunciant) does not hesitate even to sacrifice his body for others welfare. Sacrifice means something more than giving up of wealth, gold and material objects. Evil qualities like hatred, jealousy, wrath and malice which have become ingrained in man over many lifetimes should be discarded.

Blame & Spirituality

Rig Veda teaches the lesson of serenity. Peace is like rose water scent; when it is sprinkled on you, smell it but dont drink it - that is to say, accept it and thrive on it. Blame is like a medicine. Examine yourselves whether you have the illness and if you have, accept the blame and benefit by it.

Power of mind

What is required is the awareness of the vicious game that the mind plays. It presents before the attention, one source after another of temporary pleasure; it does not allow any interval for you to weigh the pros and cons. When hunger for food is appeased, it holds before the eye of the attraction of the film, it reminds the ear of the charm of music, and it makes the tongue water for the pleasant taste of something that it craves for.

The wish becomes very soon the urge for action, the urge soon gathers strength, and the yearning becomes uncontrollable. The burden of desires gradually becomes too heavy and man gets dispirited and sad. Train the mind to turn towards the intelligence for inspiration and guidance, not towards the senses for adventures and achievements. That will make it an instrument for reducing your vagaries, and saving your time and energy for vital matters.

Unity & Diversity

Body is an assembly of various organs. No single organ can constitute a body. When the various organs get separated, the human body gets weakened and even loses its existence. One should find God in every object. Bulbs of different colors and voltages glow when the same current passes through them. Similarly, we should develop the habit of visualizing unity in diversity, and not diversity in the unity that is divine. God is everywhere and in everyone. The whole universe is inhabited by Him.

Peace & Blame

Rig Veda teaches the lesson of serenity. Peace is like rose water scent; when it is sprinkled on you, smell it but dont drink it - that is to say, accept it and thrive on it. Blame is like a medicine. Examine yourselves whether you have the illness and if you have, accept the blame and benefit by it.

Be in the World, But let not the World be in you

Sacrifice is the salt of life; it is the secret of peace and joy. All the senses are self-centered, egoistic. They should be controlled so that they may not stand in the way of sacrifice. They must be educated to be "inward-directed", towards the Atma which is the Universal Self. That experience is gained by entrusting the senses to the Lord. Everyone must pass through good deeds into the realm of expanding Love, and from Love, one learns the lessons of sacrifice, dedication, and of surrender to the Lord.

Practice what you preach in a virtue

Try to break a coconut, as it comes from the tree. The shell is covered compactly by a coat of fibre. You cannot break the coconut as it is by hitting it with a crowbar. Take off the fibrous armor, then breaking is very easy. You can also take the coconut to the temple as an offering to God.

So too, you have to remove the fibre of desire for sense-objects and then go before the Lord, devoid of kaama (desire) and krodha (anger). You have to destroy your ego and surrender to the Lord. Then you declare that you are egoless and break the coconut into two. You will be accepted unto Him now, not before.

All good things to be done the hardway

You must develop the attitude of "merging with the Divine" in all that you do. That is the attitude of dedication, of surrendering to His will. This is the best means of realizing Him.

You need not learn all the verses of the sacred texts by heart and exhibit your scholarship, engaging in contest with other scholars. It is enough if you put into practice one verse, the one that appeals to you the most.

Be a mast of your Feelings and Impulses

Do not pay more attention to the outside world than necessary; concentrate more on the inner springs of joy. In a car, the wheels that are underneath are the outer wheels. If you pay more attention to the steering wheel, that will guide the outer wheels as well. The driver of the car is inside. So too, you must care more for the inner motivator. If you are master of your feelings and impulses, you can be anywhere, engaged in any profession and you will surely have peace.

Do your work with devotion, as an act of Worship

To escape the pull of the worldly attractions and material pleasures, Faith in God as your inner reality is essential. The Divine Self is the Reality of everyone, however distinct they may appear in physical form. When one lamp lights many lamps, all shine with equal brilliance. The One Supreme Effulgence is the origin and the source of all the different lamps. This is the very foundation of our culture. Do your duty, with the feeling of oneness permeating every act of yours. Do not give any importance to differences of religion, sect, status or colour. Your duty is to emphasize the One in all that you do and speak.

Plant the seed of Love, reap the harvest of Wisdom

Like the frog caught and held in the mouth of a cobra, which unaware of its fate, flicks its tongue at a fly, you too are unaware of death, which holds you in its fangs. You seek joy and earn pain, hunt for pleasure and bag grief. You attach yourselves to the body that decays and let go of God, the one who lasts. A clean consciousness is like a bright and shiny lamp. Pour into the lamp, the oil of Grace, and place in it the wick of Self-Control. Keep in the position of chimney, the Name of the Lord, and repeat it continuously so that gusts of Joy and Grief will not scotch the flame. Light the lamp with the belief I am God. Then, you will not only have Light, but also will be the source of Light.

Sweetness in Speech

Speak so that your language is as sweet as your feelings. Make the words, true and pleasing. (Sathyam Brooyath, Priyam Brooyath) But, for the art of pleasing another, do not speak falsehood or exaggerate. Cynicism, which leads you to speak about a thing in a carping manner and in order to bring it into disrepute is as bad as flattery which makes you exaggerate and cross the boundaries of truth.
Speach is a symble of express your feeling - good or bad. Good speach reflects the goodness of your heart and feeling.

Be Good, See Good and Do Good

Do good to others, avoid do any harm. Doing good things are the drug and avoiding harm is the regimen that must accompany the treatment. This is the cure for the disease of suffering from the joy and grief, honour and dishonour, prosperity and adversity, and the dual throng that bothers man and deprives him of equanimity.

30th March, 2009 Good Activity and Virtues

You visit holy temples and begin every day worshipping God. That is simply sathkarma (good activity). It wont take you far. Along with this, you must also develop sathguna (virtues), that is, good habits, good attitudes, good characteristics and have good character. Otherwise your life is a chain of pluses and minuses, one cancelling the other out, totaling up to a mere zero. You must become virtuous and realise the Truth, Thou art That (Tath thwam asi). That will make God happy.

29th March, 2009 - Quantity of Comforts

Hunger is the disease for which food is the medicine; thirst is the illness for which drink is the medicine. Food and drink, housing and clothing, must be subsidiary to the needs of the spirit, and the education of our emotions, passions and impulses. You cannot have more salt than the quantity of dal (a side dish), not even the same proportion. So too, efforts to achieve health, comfort, etc. must be just enough for the purpose of sustaining the sadhana (spiritual practice), not more, not less.

28th March, 2009 I am present in all. Serve other Gladly

“I ask you to fix your mind on any name of the Lord that brings up into your consciousness the Glory and the Grace of the Lord. Train your hands to serve the Lord, who is shining amongst everyone. All are He.

He shaves as a barber, He makes pots as the potter; He starches and irons clothes as the washerman. He prompts, He inspires, He devises and He fulfils. You take a sheet of paper on which My Form is printed and you revere me. Why cannot you then revere all human beings, believing that I am in each of them

Master the mind and be a Mastermind

“There is a certain joy in being the master of the senses, rather than in being their slave. Suppose, you are slaves of the coffee habit. Resolve not to cater to that attachment and stick to that resolution for three days continuously. You become the master and the tongue is your slave. Coffee cannot hold sway over you any longer. If coffee is capable of conferring joy, all should get it equally from that beverage. But, some prefer tea and many find it distasteful.

Some delight in taking it without sugar and others without milk. So, it is the mind that gives delight, not the coffee; it is not the object that caters to the senses. The secret is - discover the fountain of joy within; that is a never-failing, ever-full, ever-cool fountain, for it rises from God.”

GOOD KARMA

First, tend your parents with love, reverence and gratitude. Second, speak the truth and act virtuously. Third, whenever you have a few moments to spare, repeat the Name of the Lord, remembering the Form in your mind. Fourth, never indulge in talking ill of others or try to discover others faults. And finally, never cause pain to others in any form.

All Are One, Be Alike to One

Very few people can realise Truth and conduct themselves accordingly. Only those who realise the path of Truth will be able to follow it. When people develop anger or hatred against Truth, they keep themselves away from it. Regardless of their love or hatred, we should always love them. In fact, you are not different from others.

Today they may appear to be different, but tomorrow they may come close to you. All are brothers and sisters! When a tree bears fruit, not all the fruits in a bunch ripen at the same time. Similarly, when a plant bears flowers, not all the flowers blossom at the same time. Some are in the process of blossoming, others are fully blossomed, yet a few remain as buds. Only the fully blossomed flower spreads its fragrance.

Similarly, people too are in different stages of evolution some are at a blossoming stage and some others are like the fully blossomed flower, spreading their fragrance. We have to wait patiently they reach the fragrance stage. We should all live like brothers and sisters with love and unity.

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