The disciplines are for you. They do not benefit the Divine. They are to benefit you. So ultimately it is each person’s choice to follow disciplined lifestyle or to incorporate the disciplines into their lives. To what degree is totally their decision. No one need be told to follow. No …
It is important to entertain no judgment. No judgment of any sort. Imagine if the world was full of people who did not pass judgment. There is so much joy inside your heart. Release all judgment. Then there is no expectation, no disappointment. Only LOVE.
If you react with anger to injustice in the world, you will be angry round the clock.
At this stage you really have to go into more humility. You are becoming more and more humble, but you have to take hold of experiences with very difficult people who test your reactions all the time. These very people will help you achieve humility.
Do not think, “What will be?” Focus on what already is, i.e., “Be here and now.”
To rid yourself of negative habit patterns, replace them. Concentrate only on positive thoughts. Positive actions will result. Get out of these …
If you come to an impasse it is always best to improve one’s concentration in order to overcome obstacles to success in …
Silence “The silence of the guru is his sermon and all the doubts of the devotees are dispelled.”–old Sanskrit proverb “Let what …
Man is made “in the image of thy Father.” It is our free will that makes the difference. It is YAJNYA fire …
Desire creates a coloration that distorts reality and prevents us from attaining that higher level of consciousness which results in inner peace and harmony, peace of mind. Once the desire is fulfilled, another desire is born.
One is drawn to others on the spiritual path not to fulfill desires only but to join with another soul in working together towards the light. This kind of soul connection is quite divine. It is not found through fulfillment of desires.
In fact, this preoccupation with desires, e.g. sexual desire, can block what the soul is truly to receive. Then one can meet the wrong person but because of desire, assume the person is the “true love.†Desire only begets desire and misery follows.
Put attention on the Divine, the love of God, and place all desires at His feet. Only then can the judgment of the mind in such matters become clear.