MESSAGE 22

“I am always devoted to My devotee. I am pleased most often when one loves Me spontaneously without its awareness.”

“I will answer you…guide you…turn and transform you. I am the voice of your soul.”

“I grace you with devotion when you turn away from your ‘artificial ways’ and seek the way from your fears to truth.”

“Whatever needs to come to you will come timely. I rescue you from all your difficulties by simply changing your way of thinking.”

“The more you experience your love for Me…the more you will be free of the unnecessary fears.”

“You must believe that your devotion for God is nothing but your devotion to your ‘Self’.”

“Do not plan…do not worry. Whatever that is supposed to happen will come to you. If you are immersed in being devoted to Me nothing will touch you…nothing will awaken you from the Glory of your devotion.

Your love for Me must not swing from time to time. That will lead to restlessness. Restlessness is the first sign of the suffering to come.

Do not think…even if things are going your way or the other way. Just face them…what can you receive from both? Nothing! Remain steadfast in the effort of remaining calm and balanced.

Remember Me always. That practice will free you from chasing all else.”
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MESSAGES 21

Our greatest responsibility in life is to keep our own minds in continuous check. If that is done then all your responsibilities will be conducted with selflessness. Then a selfless task that is conducted in the absence of fear is no more a responsibility but a “simple joy”.

We are all so fearful of doing our own duty in the right way…at the right time…to the right person…with the right attitude…with the right effort…with the right gains. Mixed in all these fears we may conduct the task physically…but not with the right love!

Transformation is not too far away, if you are willing to see and accept your self as truth.

If you have chosen the path of truth do not look back as to how much you have already walked…do not look ahead and see how much of the way is left. Look at each present step you take…be stable in it. Each step of truth is complete. It is not measured like distance. Truth is in reality only one step. You feel you have taken many steps only because each time you landed on truth you broke more of the “I” and the same step appeared to you different each time. The step O child was the same…it was only the I that had differed, and hence the illusion of taking many steps of truth. In reality there was only one truth…one step…no time…no past…no present…no future except the I that marched on the step of truth with its many faces!Part of the book: 'Inspiring Thoughts'
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MESSAGE 20

We often learn more when we hear episodes that involve others. Most of us feel the unnecessary urge to defend our way of thinking even if there is a slight provocation.

Hence today God speaks of such an episode that does not involve you or me directly yet when you hear this story as I did, we both shall reflect on its value and hold it close to our hearts from now on.

There was an orphanage in the district of Sholapur. That orphanage was run by a couple. The husband was a great devotee of Sai Baba of Shirdi. He always had a dream to take care of not so very fortunate children. With the blessings of his Guru his dream came true. For the last fifteen years he had built the orphanage and served the lives of many children.

When God gives you a task in your hands He usually gives a test with it so you can toughen the character, hold the reigns of the senses tight and be steadfast and focused in mind. Yes! The husband Govinda also endured such a test. It was nothing but his own wife, Simran. God had blessed her with a lot of physical beauty, but with the Grace she carried also the curse of arrogance. And her tongue…who could listen to her knife like words?! Even Govinda was frightened by what next he or the children might have to hear.

Often the children spent time with Govinda. Govinda loved the children as his own, especially Ram. Ram was the first orphan that he had received fifteen years ago. Ram was a true son to both Govinda and Simran. He loved and served all his brothers at the orphanage.

Ram woke up early every morning to do his daily prayers to his Guru, Sai Baba of Shirdi. Of course, even in the middle of his prayers Simran would walk into the room, kick him on his back and say, “How dare you waste my time in your prayers?” With that she would hand him a broom in his hand. But Ram always had the same reply to her, “May God bless you dear Mother.”

Govinda would often wince to see his Ram abused verbally and sometimes beaten. He often tried to come in the middle of it but landed himself to be the victim of her arrogance and cruelty.

One day when Simran was away Govinda called Ram to his room and said, “Ram, I have cooked this meal with my own hands- I want to feed this meal to you.” Ram replied, “Did you keep some for mother?” “No, my dear son, this treat is not for you but for me. I will receive solace feeding you. I know, my child you do not need anything.”

As he had completed these words Simran returned unexpectedly to the room. Upon seeing the scene of her husband feeding the meager orphan boy she thundered, “How dare you feed this beggar with your hands?” Saying that she kicked the plate full of food. “Get out” she screamed. “God bless you dear Mother” was Ram’s reply.

The next day Ram saw Govinda pack his bags. “Where are you going, father?” he asked. “I am leaving…I am unable to withstand her ways. Please come with me, Ram,” he implored.

Ram gently took his father’s hand and placed it in his. Then he took him to the altar of his Guru and said, “Father, this is His work. When God has entrusted you with His work how can you leave? Mother is not bad. She is the test that God has given us, so our work in the midst of resistance must not slow down or stop. O father even though she shouts and makes me work don’t you realize that in her anger is a ‘silent dependence’? She is unable to take care of her own tasks in a timely way. Even though she is born with parents and has a family she never learnt to love her own self. If she does not have that ability then how can you get angry with her? How can she love you or me, then?

Father, she loves me through her anger, she loves me through her sharp words, she loves me through her hands that strike me.

That is all she has known, dear father. And our dear Guru has sent us ‘orphans’ only so that we could give her the love that she has never experienced within. We are not the orphans, father. We already have ‘faith’ as our mother and ‘patience’ as our father. We were sent to you only so that dear Mother is not alone in this life.

This is God’s task, dear father. It appears to the world that we have a shelter under your roof. But the real task is that while we are under this shelter we need to build a home for God in the heart of Mother.

Hence, I implore you father, do not leave me in the middle of my task. Whatever she has given me is the only love she knows and “May God bless her for that.”

This is the test of God, and in His test is always His Grace disguised.

Let us pray…In every test let us be graced O God with so much understanding that we pass the ups and downs.

In every test let us realize, dear Lord that we have to learn to bear so that we can experience Your strength within.

In every test let us cherish Your work and let us not be lazy to leave it.

In every test Dear God let us believe in ourselves and wait until Thy will is done.

In every test ’May God bless all. May all emerge victorious in love.’”

Build the home of God in your heart.

And when you have placed Him there

His task will be born

And you will be at peace!
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MESSAGE 19

What we lack is peace of mind. Why is that? It is due to lack of self-contentment and self understanding. We become so involved in what we have acquired through our ambitions that we unknowingly begin to reflect their grandeur. Little do we realize that we become so aware of the beauty that surrounds us that in it we lose the highest grace of God that we are all born with, i.e. “Self awareness”

The wise, O child reflect only on the truth in both the good and the bad. They are able to be in full control in any situation that comes before them for they have abandoned “desires”. They seldom plan “God’s ways” for themselves. They have no picture in their minds of “perfection”. They are not anxious for time to come nor for it to pass. They O child, believe in the present moment …in the Grace of God…in their selfless strength and in the will of their Divine Master. They are of the simple faith that God comes as both…God alone gives the Grace to face both…God alone protects “the goodness” of the good…God alone challenges “the wickedness” of the bad; for even the crooked one in that challenge is unable to remain that and with the grace of God alone he turns… and transforms to straight ways. Yes! To the wise there is no fear. For him truth is no more a choice. It is his breath…his food…his life…his attachment…his discrimination…his principle and his love.

Self contentment comes from continuous self understanding. Self understanding comes from self analysis. And self analysis comes from constant undisturbed self awareness.

Constantly ask yourselves, ”Am I happy to be this me? Do I understand myself? Am I content? What makes me content? What am I looking for in life and why? Do I respect the way I am? Do I believe in myself?”

The answers are within. The ways are within. The truth is within. For God has placed Himself in this universe where He is very reachable at all times in all situations…in your heart! Purity is the presence of God.

Spirituality is the process of cleansing. Self awareness is the tool. Self realization is the last step of the cleansing. Beyond that last step there are no more words. No one has yet spoken of that…the one who reaches that has no more to say!
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MESSAGE 18

When we give too much importance to a thought, we unknowingly start to live that thought. That results in you splitting yourself in two worlds. One world that is in our mind…that others cannot see, but to you it exists because you have given a part of yourself in that illusionary world. In the other world again there is a part of yourself that is without your dream trying to face reality, and in that world you witness the dreams of other minds and realize how real it is to them. To the one you, the illusionary dream that is in your mind is real and yet to the other you, the illusionary dreams in the other‘s mind is only a thought and quite unreal.

Yet you want your dream and at the same time you are convincing the other of their dream to be only an illusion in their mind. When one splits himself in these two worlds and defends his ignorance yet exposes the ignorance of another such a one will be lead by both emotion on one hand and intellect on the other. When emotion and intellect work both together it results in a mental condition often called “stress”.

Stress is an unnecessary reworking of the mind.

Stress is thinking much more than one can willingly do.

Stress is reasoning that is shocked in emotion.

Stress is the refusal of giving up an attachment…yet willingly giving up your Self.

Stress is the childish denial of facing the present.

Stress is the conflict between reasoning and desire…and where desire wins!

Stress is being constantly anxious of time and timely events.

Before your nature becomes to stress catch your thought that you are giving too much unnecessary importance to. Catch it before it catches you and takes you on a horrible journey in which you may have to fight your own reasoning…ignore your own conscience…give up your self-reliance and then in return gain temporarily only to lose your own sanity permanently.

Do not stress. Nothing is worth so much thought that you lose the awareness of your own well being!When you follow the rules of the Higher Self'automatically one inspirational thought will lead you to the task.If a task is demanding you to think intensely,immediately realize that the 'I' has found its way before the Divine principle.Part of the book: 'Inspiring Thoughts'
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MESSAGE 17

God is the higher Self of every self. Even though for intellectual purposes we separate this higher Self from the “I” in reality both are one and inseparable from each other.

Most of us fall into ignorance because we are more comfortable with the concept that the “Higher Self” is the “ruler” and the “I” serves the higher Self with its “free will”.

Until that concept of separation exists to realize your Self as God is extremely confusing and fearful. From the time of birth we lean on our mother and father…then in youth upon friends…later on your life mate and toward the end upon the children. We love them…we serve them…still they are the “other” and what we call our “I” is only a bundle of desires…fears identity and experience and that “I” is always searching from freedom from its own self. Even when we love our dear ones we do not feel free. In fact we increase our desires…share our experiences…understand each other’s fears…bind each other and defend our common ignorances.

And then we pray to the Higher Self to come to save us from our own “free will”!!

We fail to realize from the time of our birth that what we have loved all our lives is the love of the mother…the love of our father…the love of our friends…the love of our life partner and the love of our children.

We confuse the love for this love with the identity…the characteristics…the duty…the relationship…the time spent…the desires shared…the fears understood…and the ignorances forgiven. But all of this translates to the Higher Love. Only the wise one realizes that he loved the love of the Higher Self in all the forms that He Himself took while ‘He” also took your very form.

Yes! We are in love with love and loving love as one’s Self is “God”. The “I” is merely a reflection of that Higher Self that takes a form…lives a story and realizes that in his life…his search for love was nothing but a search for his Self…

And that search for the Higher Self must begin today…this very moment. Begin by saying, “I am the ‘Higher Self’ and because I have denied that I have made my own truth a doubt, and that doubt is the ‘I’.”

“Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?” Ask…until the answer is born from within you! Spiritual laziness must go! The truth is right in front of you…above you…below you…behind you and within.Part of the book: 'Inspiring Thoughts'
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MESSAGE 16

The one that loves God is always light-hearted. Why? When we love someone fully, we place our full faith in Him. In the same way when we love God fully we place our faith that all He does for us is good for us. That faith keeps one free from anxiety, doubts, hatred, misunderstandings and desires.

Most of us are under the false impression that a spiritual life is a serious life. That is completely a misconception. A spiritual heart always concentrates on simplicity and simplicity, and in that focus he escapes a life of artificiality.

Simplicity is one’s natural response to one’s conscience. A simple person believes in the wisdom of the conscience and overcomes the tribulations of the mind by the sincerity of his reasoning. He reasons by not focusing on the desire but instead on the guidance of his conscience. With that he is always content…always happy!

We all wish to be light-hearted but we choose wrong ways. Often we choose ways that bring us to a loose way of thinking. As a result we are unable to receive guidance from within ourselves and rely on outside methods. The greater we rely on these outside methods the more cynical we get toward our own inner voice. The more we doubt ourselves the more we resent to rely on the outside guidance. It is indeed a vicious cycle that once one steps into, one is unable to get out of.

We often carry heavy loads in our minds. But none of us truly realize that most of these loads that we carry are born out of desire. They become a “must” only because we have desired them so very much. We are prepared to carry the burden of so much in our minds but we are not prepared to be simple. Simplicity to the ‘ordinary mind’ is ‘deprivation’. And ‘deprivation of these burdens’ to the ‘simple mind’ is contentment.

Be simple…be sincere…then only will you be content. If you wish to focus on being happy then realize the three things that you will need to carry are self-respect, self-confidence, and self-awareness.

Self-respect is the love for truth that is within you (bhakti or devotion).

Self-confidence is the love for carrying out that truth (karma or action).

Self-awareness is the love of the Self as that truth (jnana or self-revelation).
May you be blessed with all of them. May simplicity and sincerity bring you heart-filled contentment.
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MESSAGE 15

The way one thinks, that is what he finally becomes. It is often said, “The way you think, that will be the world before you.”

However, happiness and sadness is only a state of mind. When we are promised security for the moment, we experience less fear and hence the voice of the mind that becomes less chaotic offers a little peace to the thinker. That momentary peace gives joy within and hence the thinker falsely leans on the security that he has received rather than realizing that both his states of worry and peace were merely dependent on the way he alone thought.

We often feel that when we are happy others too must be happy. One may be very happy for what he received…the same happiness that he received may become a source of anxiety and unhappiness to another who has yet not received the security that the former received. Yet we pretend to be happy for the former while we think and bring to ourselves misery and anxiety.

At every moment we bear within a new thought. From this new thought is born a new analyzer. From the new analyzer is born a new planner. From this new planner is born the new desirer. From the new desirer is born the new chaser. The new chaser readily and willingly accepts to chase that thought at any cost…even at the cost of his own self. And from that chase is born the sufferer that is confident that he will gain the ultimate peace if he allows his thought to chase his mirage and in that chase he is ready to leave behind only temporarily his so-called ‘present peace’. After he has caught his mirage he feels he will return with its gain to his self and add its treasures to his ‘present peace’.

All of this happens within the mind of the thinker, and while he crushes himself for his dream he crushes the present wealth of his peace and as well the peace of those he lives and works for. How very sad!

Hence, O child if you need to watch anything carefully, watch your thought. Watch if it dares to repeat. Watch if it creates the havoc of fears in you. Watch if it is asking for you to forget the present knowledge you have gained to remember peace.

Remember peace over all. If anything touches it, it needs to go. Nothing can give peace security other than remaining in it. Peace is never given…it is never found…it is never chased…it never can be kept!

Peace is a state of being that is born when one can witness his thoughts and not be bound to it. It is that state in which one is able to see his thoughts chase the needless. It is that state in which one finds endless patience to see the thought roam and return. It is that state in which one remains like a stone that is untouched and cannot be moved by the emotion of thoughts. The resolve in one’s Atmic principle will finally make the thought dissolve in the truth of the Self. The only thing that you have to realize is that the peace you chase is simply suffering awaiting its return to you. Peace is present in you…right now.

Be fearless of such thoughts. Continue to concentrate on truth. They are bound to subside and once they do the same energy that was utilized to go outward will turn inward and return to you as peace.May you always be at peace. May your thoughts always return to it!
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MESSAGE 14

A prayer that comes from the heart, that has no malice toward anyone, that has no self-interest or self bearing, that carries no attachments of the past, such a prayer when spoken carries its vibrations to the Divine Master instantly and returns with His Grace, and that prayer My child, becomes a proof that one’s soul is always in touch with God.

Grace is always there for all but the pure one alone sees it…recognizes it…realizes it…utilizes it…shares it…and carries it for the benefit of God’s work.

The one that wakes up to selfish interests speaks the prayer of fear and walks past the Grace to reach whatever he can grab in case God had denied his fearful requests.

Pray to God. Pray every minute. Pray from the heart. Pray and believe in your prayers. Pray and believe in your inner strength. Pray and overcome the obstacles that make you deny His Grace.

God is present…this very moment…as you read. And why must your practice wait even for a second? Pray and begin right now! Close your eyes and speak these words,

“I shall speak to You

O friend of my heart

From now on every day...

Whenever I wish

For something else

Other than you

I, O Lord

Shall return

My mind to You

And place my heart

Upon Your feet.



I will never deny

From now on

My right to pray

That you have always

Given to me

And Your Grace

I shall see

With the eyes

Of love.



From now on

When I shall slip

Into self-interest

And self-pity

I shall hold

Your hand O Father

And rise above

The lows

For I am well

With You alone.

I, O Lord

Am unwell

With my own thoughts.



From now on

I shall speak

To You

Before I speak

To my mind

And whatever

Comes before me

I shall

Generously accept

And say to myself,

'His Grace has come

His Grace has come

My prayers have been answered!'"

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MESSAGE 13

Patience is not a “resentful wait” for the desirable to happen…patience is that strength in which a desireful mind holds hands with God and in that companionship God teaches the mind to resist its burning desires, witness its resentments and pass to a higher state of thinking.

Patience is not passing the time…it is O child the “passing away” of the mind.

We must learn to wait. And while we wait, we must realize that when we have given up our plans and surrendered to Him it is then only that we shall see that His plan was always before us… our desires… our anxiety and that our doubts simply had made that picture so faded.

Should we fear when we are patient? Should we check on His ways? Should we ask Him for a ‘clue’? Or should we just bear our minds until time slowly takes it away?

Wait! Wait! His gifts shall come…they were always there. For us to see His Grace our hearts and mind must become one!

Everything shall come to you…but only when we are ripe. Be patient, for God has declared, “I alone walk with the patient man. While he waits, I do. While he forgets his desires, I remember his welfare. While he is grateful for whatever he receives, I give him the very best! I alone walk with the patient man…I alone do…I only ask him to wait!Part of the book: 'Inspiring Thoughts'
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MESSAGE 12

There is no greater sanity than ‘God Madness’. Such is this story that the Lord told me today and I upon receiving it rushed to share it with you.

Upon the Niligri hills was a tiny village. Dev was the head of this village. Not only was he a good head of the village but the people called him ‘the heart of their lives’.

Dev thought only for the welfare of all. He was always fair, equal minded and happy. And most of all he was God mad.

But Dev’s life to the normal eye was full of troubles. It seemed like God would give him one test after another. His mother was bedridden for years…his wife died upon the birth of their son…and his only son was born blind…deaf and dumb.

And that was not all. Recently in an accident with his tractor Dev had lost one of his legs. Yet no one could stop Dev from loving God…madly.

Dev had a Guru that lived in silence in a cave. This Guru was always in meditation…he spoke to no one other than Dev. Dev frequently went to him and came back with even more vigor to serve…even a bigger smile and more devotion toward God.

The villagers wept at the fate of Dev. They loved him deeply and wondered how he had no resentment toward God.

On one festival when Dev was dancing before the village deity intoxicated with devotion one of his friends went to him and asked, “Dear brother, I love you and have intense respect for your love for God. But in the midst of this love and respect is mixed a little pity for the way God has treated you. Not only have you not spoken of your troubles, it seems you have never even seen them. And then you help others in trouble all the time. How do you do this?”

Dev stared blankly at his friend. “What trouble?” he asked gently. “What help?” he again asked in confusion. “My Guru once told me that God is the indweller in the heart. He is always in bliss. Never disturb His bliss. Always keep your mind quiet. Make sure the senses see nothing that disturbs the equilibrium of your mind. Let your mind think only of God. Then the intellect has nothing to reason. Give up your name and form, for this indweller is the real you. To maintain His bliss is your sanity. That message of my Guru is my life. I only see that. I have yet not seen any trouble for I concentrate on not troubling my indweller. I have also not helped anyone for I in doing all have concentrated only on that bliss of the true Master within.” Saying that he closed his eyes and began to dance once again.

His friend weeping ran to the Guru. He said to him, “O divine soul, how sweet is Dev…how sweet is your knowledge, please tell me how sweet is that indweller within me?” The Guru opened his eyes…he smiled. Bliss was shining on his face. He said, “Dev is free from troubles. The indweller has given Dev His eye of love and blinded him to the troubles of fate. And while Dev passes his life in this love the sweet indweller Himself endures the pains and suffering of his troubles and in that remains in bliss. That is the sweet indweller in you my dear brother and in all."

What can I write after this but weep…I must return to that sweet love…and so must you!
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MESSAGE 11

Be aware of this truth at all times in every place, for He Himself has spoken these words...

“Never fear for whatever happens is simply My will…nothing more…nothing less. Whatever is to come…a thunderous storm or a ray of light like that of dawn…in both I alone walk with you taking care of you moment to moment all the way. And if you were to speak to Me alone sharing with Me your heart in joy and the tears of sorrow then that faith I shall accept as My only food and give you O child a life of protection with wisdom and love as your weapon and armor.

I respond instantly when you have made Me reside within your very Self. In a pure mind I alone think as peace. My devoted ones are seldom agitated by changes or desires. They are focused only upon Me, and whatever may happen in external circumstances their inner core remains pure, calm and still.

I have no beginning and no end…My Grace is endless with no boundaries. You become aware of Me the moment you adopt a sincere and truthful life immersed in duty and love. I am the very breath of that. After tasting My truth nothing ever will be sweet to you…and even if for a moment you drown in temporary pleasures, you O child shall realize its shamefulness and will quickly return to true ways.

Never give up. Maddening thoughts are to be left alone. Pray and surrender their burden upon My feet. Talk to Me…the moment fear arises and begins its monologue turn and talk to Me. You must…let that be your sadhana (devotional practice)…you must talk until its voice drowns in the faith of your prayers. I am listening…I am responding…I am guiding…I am protecting…

Never fear for whatever happens is simply My will…that alone shall free you…nothing more…nothing less!”Be aware of this truth at all times in every place, for He Himself has spoken.
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MESSAGE 10

To catch one’s thoughts in the midst of a wrong, one’s heart has to be completely dedicated to the ways of truth.

If one slightly betrays truth within his own heart then that one will learn to ignore the so-called “small slips of the mind” and soon enough will deny any wrong in it.

No one purposefully invites wrong thoughts. They come…they go…some stay…only if we have defied the truth within our hearts. How painful that is!!

We begin with good intent. That leads to good thoughts. Then in the midst of good we fear for our good greater than for the task. We slip. But do we see ourselves slip? No…we remember the good intent we started with. We betray our own path and bear for it bad results.

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MESSAGE 9

We often get defeated by the way we think.

Think positive!


We often do not reach our destination by the way we worry.

Be fearless!


We often lose by the way we play.

Be fair.

Be sincere.


We often hurt by the way we bear.

Be courageous.

Be tolerant.


We often give up by the way we try.

Be determined.

Be devoted.


We often misunderstand by the way we love.

Be sacrificial.

Be patient.


We often miss God by the way we deny.

Be pure…

Be aware…

Be ready…

Always!

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MESSAGE 8

Food for Thought

1. Did you know that suffering begins primarily in the mind and the cause and effects during that period are merely the projections of the same thoughts that repetitively reside in the thinker?

2. We often make resolves to make ourselves more peaceful but in the midst of the same resolve we often watch its gain and unknowingly return ourselves to fears and fear’s judgments.

3. Did you ever consider that we all say that we wish to be peaceful…and we wish to make others happy, but seldom do we realize at that very moment that we have silently declared our present nature is to be restless and to be selfish?

4. We all want to change yet we all want the change known to ourselves first then to others. Most of us fail to realize that this desire itself is the biggest obstacle to change.

5. We often read the stories of the noble souls that received the knowledge of the Self while enduring great physical and mental tribulations. Yet when it comes to us we wish it to be smooth…with all our desires unhindered and with our egos completely unhampered. Little do we realize that when all is taken away… including mind, intellect and ego, it is then alone that knowledge remains as the Self of all selves.

6. We make those happy that are already happy…we make those happy that make us happy. But how many of us make those happy that refuse to be happy? It is when we work hard to always try to make those that refuse to be happy…happy…it is then that we shall find the true value of happiness that lies within us. For when we can remain happy with those that are stubborn to receive it and we constantly try to spread that joy…it is then that we will not wish to be happy…we will simply be happy…in inner happiness.


Think…Ponder…Derive…Strengthen…Rise…Serve…Love…And just be!



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MESSAGE 7

I asked the Lord,

'O Sweet Mother and Father of this creation do I do what is right?'

His voice resounded as a flash of light

'Have you left everything to Me?'

'Yes Father' I replied

'Then if I alone am that does........

Then I alone am that knows.......

Then for you there is the bliss of silence

And nothing more to ask.'

He murmured within my sigh of relief.


'Will I be free O Father' I asked again

'Do you wish to worry?' He asked

'I have no wish dear Lord,
I am but filled with Your Light' I replied

'Then you are free.........right now.
Never deny that for a fraction of a second,
or you will bind yourself with darkness and
chase the light that is already within you.'

With that I was filled..........
until the mind woke me with yet something else to ask


'Sweet Master never leave me'

'Is that your fear?' He asked

'Yes' I replied in tears

Then all at one time

The world faded

And within my eye

He placed His knowledge Supreme.

It said,' Until you see your fear in front of you........

You O child place Me behind you.

Just face your fear

And mock its ways

Turn around then

And you shall see Me

Before you.

I can never leave you

It is when you leave

Your Self behind

And follow your fears

That I appear distant.

Turn around........

I alone whisper to you

With My love

Even when you are

In the merciless hands of fear.


'One last thing'I pleaded

'Yes,Yes' He said very gently through my breath

'Can I pray that each and every being

Receive Your Grace O Lord?'

I felt a joy...........

A joy that surged

Through my very being

And then the nectarine words

That flowed in my heart........

'To you there are many..........

For me it is one.........

To you I am.........you are.......they are

To me I alone am........

To you I am a wonder.......

To Me it is Me with Me as Me..........

Yes My child your prayer is already answered

Before creation even began-

For My Grace is inseperable

Even from the one

That doubts Me

That questions Me

That asks Me more than Me

My Grace can never be returned

And the one that always remembers this

Shall experience

The kingdom of heaven..........within.'



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MESSAGE 6

A passionate mind will often experience spiritual laziness. Passions are waves of emotion that rise high to drown one’s intellect, and without the working of the intellect it naturally appears that the feelings one experiences are true.

Then how do we get out of passion? What causes passion to arise? That is the first question we must ask ourselves. Let us look at the order of events. Before the passion we experience inner pain. But then what is before the pain? Before the pain is usually an experience of some misunderstanding. And what is that misunderstanding? It is usually a conflict between fear…desire…conscience…effort…and result. If fear wins the battle the result will be anger. If desire wins the battle the result will be greed. If one concentrates on the result then one will experience anxiety or frustration and if the concentration is on effort then it results in attachments. And why does misunderstanding arise? Before the experience of the conflict one experiences the confusion of what is right and what is wrong…what is to be done…what can wait…what is true…what is unreal. And these questions arise when the mind is on a slightly different path from the intellect and the intellect has only slightly deviated from the voice of the conscience.

We must remember, it is not how much is the deviation- even the tiniest bit can give rise to the highest waves of passion. The sad part is we remember that we almost depend on the conscience but that almost is not enough!

To be free from the waves of emotion you must be vigilant. Your thinking…your understanding…your feeling… your doing and your being must be united in complete oneness. Then all misunderstandings will be at bay! The inner voice will guide you. But then we must not forget to listen to it fully and completely without the obstruction of unnecessary thinking and unnecessary reasoning.



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MESSAGE 5

Once in a small town there lived a very wealthy man. He was known to be very pious, charitable and humble. He was blessed with a very God loving wife and three dutiful sons.

Every day he and his wife visited the village temple nearby. On one such day he went before the idol of the Lord and prayed as usual for a long time. As he finished his wife as usual bent before the idol only for a single second and returned to attend to her children.

On their way back home one of the sons asked, “Respected father, you spend so much time with the good Lord every day. What do you say to Him?” The father replied, “Son, I thank God for giving me you in this life. I thank Him for your mother. I thank Him for your grandmother and grandfather. I thank Him for my work. I thank Him for my wealth. I thank Him for keeping us safe and virtuous. I thank Him for everything He has given me.”

Soon the same son turned around and asked his mother, “Respected mother, why is it that you pray to the good Lord only for a second and then return to us?” The mother replied, “Son, I thank God for Him and then I quickly return to His task…and my duty. In that prayer O son, I remind myself of Him within me and then when I return to take care of you He reminds me of His love that is within me and all of His children. And that strength alone takes me back to the temple the next day.”

Thank the Lord for Him alone. All else has come to you only to go. Do not focus on them and live in fear. Be free. Nothing in life comes to you without His Grace. To remember that Grace at all times is the biggest boon in life!

Thank the Lord for the Lord has come…



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MESSAGE 4

The ego that thinks to be the most supreme shall through the torture of its own doing bend before the Supremacy and Simplicity of the soul within.

For how long can the ego hide behind the glitter and glamour of worldly gifts? Even a glimpse of truth shall put it to shame.

From time to time we must remind ourselves that our chase for worldly riches will result in a lonely life and a petty death.

Rise above…there is still time. We cannot desire to change at our final moments. We must climb down from our ladder of arrogance and touch the ground where the Lord stands to receive us- with His arms spread widely open in order for us to fall…without a wound…without a single bruise!



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MESSAGE 3

Surrender today to God's will...surrender this very moment. Why must we hold on to our desires? And what can we gain from them other than

anxiety, silent inner anger and complete disillusionment?

The nature of the mind is to reach out. It plays havoc and then it repents. The trouble is that when one suffers this havoc of the mind...it is not in

the coming and going of desires.

When the mind plays its unruly games it is then that we must refuse its companionship. Turn towards your best friend...God...in His game when

you play you only will receive... and you only will win...His Grace...and the highest of all love!

Desire God! Desire His Grace! Desire His continuous presence! Any other desire should be treated as the enemy.



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