Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own.
Christ was crucified once, but his teachings suffer crucifixion every day at the hands of men of limited vision. Christ’s teachings cannot be understood just by reading the Bible…but by living and trying out in everyday life the principles taught in the book.
What parents inculcate in the child is permanently there because childhood is the most impressionable time of life.
Begin with yourself. There is no time to waste. It is your duty to do your part to bring God’s kingdom on earth.
You love your family, but not your neighbor. You love your parents, but not others’ parents. You love your religion, but not all religions. You love your country, but not all countries. This is not true love, it is limited love. Transformation of limited love into divine love is the goal of spirituality.
Knowledge is structured in consciousness. The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of consciousness enlightenment. Knowledge is not the basis of enlightenment, enlightenment is the basis of knowledge.
Contemplating upon divine qualities, performing good deeds and chanting are all ways of destroying delusion through satsang.
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible
Flood your mind with love. Look into the eyes of the other and embrace the person with whom you have quarrelled. Words are not necessary. Both will have their eyes flooded, and the joy of tears will wash away all quarrels.
A fasting person is in a state of worship even if asleep in bed. Every breath he takes while asleep is ‘tasbih’, and his sleep itself is worship.
