Life 33 (May 19 - Sep 19)

Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:24 pm

Why should we be focused on seeing the Divine within us and around us and remain grateful to Him?

In this fleeting world, there are many mysterious powers unknown to man. These are referred to as transcendental and hidden powers; not all can understand them.

Every being is endowed with divine power. That is why I always address you as "Embodiments of Divine Atma (Inner Self)".

Even today, doctors are unable to comprehend the secrets and mysteries of the human body.

For example, take the tongue. There are 40,000 taste buds on the tongue. Of these, there are 25,000 buds that generate heat in the tongue.

The eye, which is hardly an inch in size, can recognise 13 crore types of light rays.

There are millions and millions of cells in your body, and each cell is divine and contains your complete form. Is it not awe-inspiring?

Whose creation is this? This is the transcendental power of Divinity. It is foolish to consider such all pervading Divinity to be non-existent!

- Divine Discourse, Nov 23, 1998.

Start the day with love, fill the day with love, spend the day with love and end the day with love.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:15 am

At times we feel discontented with our situation in life. What should we do then? What is real spiritual practice?

What is sadhana (spiritual exercise)? Service is true sadhana.

Serve society. Treat everyone as your brother and sister. Only through selfless service will your life be redeemed.

Consider service unto others as a service to the Divine.

Unfortunately, today people take to service expecting something in return. People have become money-minded.

Excessive wealth makes one egotistic. Ego leads to bad qualities.

Excessive desires make one suffer. As the desires increase, misery also increases.

“A discontented man suffers both ways.” People are not happy with what they have and feel unhappy over what they have not got.

Be content with what you have. Experience bliss and share it with others. If you have devotion, the Divine Himself will confer bliss.

- Divine Discourse, Sep 30, 1998.

Contentment is the most precious treasure.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:15 am

At times we feel discontented with our situation in life. What should we do then? What is real spiritual practice?

What is sadhana (spiritual exercise)? Service is true sadhana.

Serve society. Treat everyone as your brother and sister. Only through selfless service will your life be redeemed.

Consider service unto others as a service to the Divine.

Unfortunately, today people take to service expecting something in return. People have become money-minded.

Excessive wealth makes one egotistic. Ego leads to bad qualities.

Excessive desires make one suffer. As the desires increase, misery also increases.

“A discontented man suffers both ways.” People are not happy with what they have and feel unhappy over what they have not got.

Be content with what you have. Experience bliss and share it with others. If you have devotion, the Divine Himself will confer bliss.

- Divine Discourse, Sep 30, 1998.

Contentment is the most precious treasure.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:17 am

How will a true spiritual aspirant lead life and merge in the Divine?

The senses say, “Why struggle? Eat, drink and be merry while you can,” but the guru says, “Death lands on you without notice; overcome its fear now, before the call comes.

‘Now’ is the true friend, ‘yesterday’ has deceived you and gone, and ‘tomorrow’ is a doubtful visitor.”

Death stalks your footsteps like a tiger in the bush. So without further waste of time, try to give up sloth and anger; be tranquil amidst the storms and mix in tranquil company.

Let the flagrant aroma of divine thoughts, full of love to all, rise around you. The flame of experiential knowledge of Supreme Reality can reduce to cinders the impulses inherited through many births and many experiences.

In the heat of that crucible, dross is burnt and precious metal is isolated.

- Divine Discourse, Feb 06, 1963.

There must be a sense of urgency in you when you take to the spiritual path, for death is lying in wait to snatch you off.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:50 am

When do we qualify to become a true devotee?

The tongue may utter the Name of the Divine, your ears may be open when the glory of the Divine is recited, your hands may scatter flowers on the image of Him, but does your tongue know or relish its taste? Does the ear yearn? Does the hand hanker for the Divine?

The result of your spiritual practices can be experienced only when your heart is aware of the Supreme and when your mind is thrilled when the glory of the Divine is recollected.

Otherwise, it is like the spoon which dips into sour and sweet with equal alacrity and insensitivity. It does not refuse or relish any taste!

Read sacred texts or scriptures earnestly and practice them, then it will become part of your daily living, conduct and character.

One’s claim to be a devotee of the Divine, a votary of the Highest, can be admitted only if your passions and emotions are pure, noble and your character virtuous.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 23, 1966.

Love for the Divine should be free from any desire or favour.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:56 am

How to keep the mind calm at the time of tribulations?

Read to yourself whenever affected by joy or grief: “This too shall pass”.

This method will calm your mental agitations. Take life in the world as a compulsory duty imposed on you.

You are now in jail under a sentence for crimes committed in a previous birth. The superintendent assigns various duties — cooking, drawing water, chopping wood, etc.

Do work assigned to the best of your ability, without any expectation of reward. If you behave well, do assigned duties without demur and cause no trouble, then you may be released sooner, with a certificate that you are reliable and good.

This analogy should help you practice selfless action without expecting reward and help you curb your senses.

- Divine Discourse, Oct 26, 1963.

To achieve spiritual transformation, generously develop the qualities of kindness, love, forbearance and compassion.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:34 am

What are the prerequisites to acquire everlasting peace and bliss?

Your determination to acquire ananda and shanti (bliss and peace) should not flicker like the flame of a lamp placed on a gusty windowsill.

You must learn to acquire them from scriptures or from the wise who have won them. Then adhere to the path, however sharp the criticism, and no matter who condemns it callously and cynically.

Cynical laughter shouldn’t harm an aspirant. Can a storm shake the Himalayan ranges?

Let not your faith in your goal quake before troubles, trials, toils, travail, distress or despair. They are but passing clouds, casting temporary shadows, hiding the glory of the sun or the moon for a little while.

Never get distracted by doubt or despondency. Build the mansion of your life on the firm pillars of dharma, artha, kama, moksha (righteousness, prosperity, desire and liberation) - the goals of human effort laid down by ancient sages, each pillar bound strong and safe with every other.

Never allow the pillars to slant or tumble, as many individuals, communities and nations are doing now!

- Divine Discourse, Mar 23, 1966.

Whatever be the trouble, however great be the sorrow, persist and win over it by recalling the Lord’s Name.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:44 am

How should we benefit from the Advent of the Divine? What should we strive to achieve from this moment?

The Divine is everywhere at all times; He accomplishes everything.

He accomplishes the minor feat of assuming human form, and growing up with men and women and being in their midst to win them over to the path of truth.

He gives humanity a chance to savour His sweetness and have a glimpse of His glory. He acts despite the absence of any compulsion, so that human beings may choose to act likewise!

- Divine Discourse, Aug 13, 1971.

Prayer alone makes life happy, harmonious and worth living in this universe.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:56 am

When can a true spiritual aspirant merge in the Divine?

He is sweetness. So the Universe which is His creation, must be sweet for those who recognise it as His handiwork. The Universe must serve as a tool to learn the glory and power of the Divine, so that you may seek Him and reach Him.

Unless you have love, you cannot claim kinship with votaries of the Divine; mere ritualistic worship, pompous adoration, or loud acclamation, will not entitle you to enter the portals of the Divine!

These are mere tin and trash before the treasure-chest of love. Pure Love is the bridge which helps passage from birth to death to deathlessness.

When you rise from being human to being Divine, there is no more birth or death. Liberation happens when you love every being so intensely that you are aware of only One.

Soak your heart in love, soak your acts in righteousness, and soak your emotions with compassion; then you will merge in the Divine very quickly!

- Divine Discourse, Aug 13, 1971.

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Re: Life 33 (May 19 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:08 am

The art of learning is to instantly perceive what is said, whether it is true or false and to see in the false the truth.

This means to have a very quick mind and a sensitive brain.

If it is loaded with information of what other people - philosophers, teachers, sacred books and your gurus - have said, then that brain is clogged.

Public Talk 2 in New Delhi, 1 November 1981

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