Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:47 am

Often, unconsciously, our desires continue to grow. What is wrong with that?

Your life is a long journey. You should have less luggage (desires) in this journey of life. Therefore, it is said: ‘less luggage more comfort, makes travel a pleasure’.

You have many desires. What do you get out of them? There are rules for ceiling with regard to land and property. But is there any rule you observe to exercise a ceiling on your desires?

Ceiling on desires is the need of the hour today. It means exercising control over your own desires. You can be truly happy only when your desires are controlled.

You are under the mistaken notion that happiness lies in the fulfilment of desires. But in fact, happiness begins to dawn when desires are totally eradicated.

Cut short your desires, day after day. When you reduce your desires, you advance very rapidly towards the state of renunciation, peace and bliss.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 14, 1999.

“I – want – peace”. ‘I’ is ego, ‘want’ is desire. Remove ego and desire and you will be filled with peace.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:37 pm

How can we control our negative qualities?

You build a house and install doors in it, isn’t it? After installing doors in your house, will you allow animals and reptiles like donkeys, pigs, snakes and scorpions to enter your home, just because the doors are there? No! Even if they try to enter, you will drive them away and close the door, isn’t it?

Similarly control the door of your heart. If you close the door of your heart to evil qualities, they cannot enter.

You should not get angry with anyone, nor criticise or harm anyone. If, for any reason, such circumstances arise, control yourself.

When anger overtakes you, put it down immediately considering it as your worst enemy. It is said: ‘Anger is your enemy, patience is your shield of protection, and happiness is your heaven’.

Fill your heart with love and compassion. When you fill your heart with love, you will see the Divine everywhere. Bereft of love, you will see only devils everywhere!

– Divine Discourse, May 2, 2006.

Anger breeds danger.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:14 pm

How can we transform our heart?

Change the angle of your vision. When you practice seeing the world from the point of view of the omnipresence of the Divine, you will be transformed.

You will experience the power of the Divine in everything in creation. You cannot hide anything from Him.

Your eyes are divine. But you are not aware of your true nature. When you have faith in yourself, you will have faith in the Divine.

Realise that there is nothing beyond the power of the Divine. Love Him with that supreme faith. Then you will be drawn towards Him. It needs purity.

A magnet cannot attract a piece of iron covered with rust. Similarly, the Divine will not draw to Himself an impure person. Hence, change your feelings and thoughts and develop the conviction that He is everywhere and in every being.

– Divine Discourse, Feb 27, 1995.

If you really yearn for the Divine, repeat His name with devotion.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:28 pm

What should we do to lead lives befitting this human birth?

Sanctify your life by developing sense control. It is only because people have no control over their senses and no limit to their desires that there is a lot of unrest and agitation in society.

Many people roam about in society like animals. You should not become so. Whenever some evil thoughts arise in you, you should remind yourself that you are a human being and not an animal.

Anger is an animal quality. When animals get angry, they fight with one another. Unfortunately, today human beings are also fighting among themselves like animals.

Animals have a reason and a season, but human beings have no reason, no season and behave worse than animals.

Being a human being, you should cultivate human qualities and do not get angry! Even if anger overpowers you, you should try to become calm and quiet.

Do not lose your cool. When you cultivate calmness, you will never become agitated and restless.

– Divine Discourse, May 2, 2006.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:52 am

Why are discipline and self control essential in one’s life?

Everyone is now seeking comfort and pleasure; that seems to be the be-all and end-all.

If you tell people that they can eat whatever they like and as much as they like, they are delighted; if you add that they might develop, as a consequence, some illness or other, they will treat you as an enemy!

No regimen or control is popular. But strength is derived only from control, from restraint and regulation.

People become tough and capable of endurance only if they welcome hardships. Struggle, and you get the strength to succeed. Seek the basis for the seen, in the unseen.

The tall skyscraper has a deep base reaching into the earth. This seen world has as its base the unseen Supreme Divine!

Your body is the divine-gifted instrument through which you can search, investigate, and discover that base.

– Divine Discourse, Nov 23, 1964.

The Divine is Love, Peace and Strength.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Mon Nov 27, 2017 2:54 pm

Why are discipline and self control essential in one’s life?

Develop renunciation with regards to your own needs and wishes. Examine each on the touchstone of essentiality.

When you pile up things in your apartment, you only promote darkness and dust; so also, do not collect and store too many materials in your mind.

Travel light. Have just enough to sustain life and maintain health. The dish of lentils must have only enough salt to make it relishing; do not spoil the 'dal' with extra salt.

Life becomes difficult to bear, if you add too much desire to it. Limit your desires to your capacity and amongst them, choose those that grant lasting joy.

Do not run after fashion and public approval and strain your resources. Stick to your own code of rules that regulate your life based on your spiritual progress.

Place the needs and joys of others first, as more important than yours!

– Divine Discourse, Aug 19, 1964.

I want each one of you to cultivate Purity, Love and Compassion.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:08 am

How can we understand the infinite divine potency present within each one of us and cultivate it?

Do not demean your talents; when you dive deep into yourselves you can discover the source of all strength.

Ants creeping over a huge rock, millions of them, can carve a deep groove along their path. The minute feet of the ant have that power. You might have seen on the walls around the village wells, deep holes produced on granite slabs by the continuous placing of water pots! The pots are made of mud, but over years they erase even the hardest granite!

The embodiment of the Self that you are, is not an embodiment of insignificance! The Inner-Self Atmma is not anaemic. It is a powerful dynamo, capable of generating enormous power.

Your spiritual teacher shows you the goal but you must generate the power yourself, by your own spiritual effort.

– Divine Discourse, Nov 23, 1964.

The Divine alone is the giver of life, the guardian of life and the goal of life.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Thu Nov 30, 2017 4:09 pm

At times we feel restless or agitated. We even immerse ourselves in argumentation and worry. Why does it happen?

The bee hovers around the lotus, it sits upon it, it drinks the nectar; while drinking the sweet intoxicating honey, it is silent, steadfast, concentrated, and forgetful of all else. That pure love (prema) is experienced by the inner I, which is the reflection of the real I, your Divine Soul (Atma).

Every individual behaves exactly like the bee when they are immersed in the presence of the Divine. The hum of the bee ceases and it is silent once the drinking of the nectar begins. So also, people argue, fight, condemn, and assert only until they discover the sweet essence of Divinity.

The Divine essence is the sweetness of pure love. Where there is love, there can be no fear, no anxiety, no doubt, and no absence of peace.

When you are afflicted with restlessness and agitation, you can be sure that your love is narrow, restricted, and it has some ego or selfishness mixed in it.

- Divine Discourse, Feb 26, 1968.

Love can conquer anything. Selfless, pure, and unalloyed love leads you to the Divine.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:57 am

Why is it important to balance one’s spiritual and worldly pursuits?

Man walks with two legs (this world and the other).

If one is totally engrossed in this world, the person is choosing to travel all through one’s life with a handicap, hopping on one leg. That is fraught with trouble; the person may fall any moment and break the shin. And one does!

One must be vigilant while taking a step, whichever foot it may be. Both are essential for a happy journey through life.

You have to put the right foot, the Divinity step, when you enter the region of realisation. By then the senses have to be conquered.

You can enter the region where the holy lives, only after mastering your emotions and impulses, and the tendency to yield to the senses.

– Divine Discourse, Jan 13, 1968.

The Divine is Strength, Love and Peace.

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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)

Postby winston » Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:30 am

How do we know if we are on the right direction in our journey to the Divine?

There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey - Love, love for all beings as manifestation of the same Divinity that is the very core of oneself.

This faith alone ensures the constant presence of the Divine with you, and endows you with all the joy and courage you need to fulfill your life’s pilgrimage to Him.

When the reservoir is full of water and you turn on the taps, then the buckets will be filled. Cultivate love and devotion, then your activities will be saturated with compassion and charity, and yield the golden harvest of joy and peace.

Love must be unselfish and universal. You judge for yourself whether your love is narrow or broad, and whether your devotion is shallow or deep.

Are you content with your achievement? Examine it yourself and pronounce the verdict on yourself, using your own discrimination.

– Divine Discourse, Jan 13, 1970

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