THE MIND IS A BUNDLE OF IMPRESSIONS I have said many times to you that samskaras are impressions formed in the mind through the process of evolution over millions of years. All the experiences gained over ages of time are left in our minds, and those are called samskaras. The mind is not an outside entity...
THE NATURAL ART OF SERVICE Service is performed by everything that is natural. Observe a flower, how well it serves us in its beauty and its fragrance. Observe the rain, how well it serves us by providing the water for things to grow. Observe the sun, how beautifully it serves us by providing heat and light....
OBSERVATION IS THE ESSENCE OF ALL EXPERIENCE Self-integration brings about the equilibrium that, as the Gita says, “You do not become too elated with joy, and you do not become deflated with sorrow.” To preserve that equilibrium, it necessarily requires the quality in man to be able to stand apart, and the easiest way I have...
WHERE THERE IS IMBALANCE, THE UNIVERSAL POWER COMES TO CREATE THE BALANCE The personification of a divine spirit comes from time to time to this planet and to every other form of existence to preserve and create a balance where an imbalance exists. If we study, we will find that throughout the history of the world,...
APPRECIATE THE SIMPLICITY OF LIFE AND THE GREATNESS OF IT WILL DESCEND UPON YOU Vivekananda had given a discourse in a hall not far from where he lived, and on the way back they were talking and walking. He said, “Hey, I have got it!” They were all so excited and wanted to know, “You know,...
PURE LOVE REQUIRES NO RETURN To be able to love truly, completely, and in one’s totality, one has to first find the totality, the completeness, in one’s Self, because love is an expression of what one is. There are various levels of love, ranging from the grossest physical level to the highest spiritual level. One can...
BEHIND EVERY PAIN THERE IS PLEASURE, AND BEHIND EVERY PLEASURE THERE IS PAIN Do you know that every experience a man has gained has always been pleasurable? Even the severest pain has pleasure in it. Here is a new proposition. Write it to all the psychiatrists in America. They need to learn that behind every pain...
THE INWARD PRACTISE OF MEDITATION MUST BE RELATED TO PRACTICAL LIVING The purpose of meditation is to bring about self-integration in man. By self-integration, we mean that the three aspects of man, the mind, body and spirit, should become and function as a unit. Meditation helps to bring about this state of being, which is very...
ACCEPTANCE IS THE FIRST STEP IN DEALING WITH NEGATIVITY If, subconsciously, the negativity within oneself comes to the fore and produces adverse circumstances, then one has to accept it because accepting it is dealing with it. In everyday life, we find that the expressions of our experiences and thoughts, whatever they may be, are so deeply...
MAN NEEDS SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO APPROACH THE ABSTRACT We know that the spiritual energy that exists in the universe is abstract. The human mind is so constructed that it could never conceive of anything abstract, because it is tangible in a very fine, subtle form of energy. In contrast, the abstract is an energy beyond all...
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