Worship is more for effect, a play acted with the pit in view; there is no sincerity. |
Yon fluttering little spirit that has been fixed into thy heart, from it the jealousy do I remove, as air from a water-skin. |
You alone know Your mystery; You are the Perfect Architect of Destiny. I am a helpless orphan - please keep me under Your Protection and save me. |
You are All-powerful; there is no other than You. You alone know Your condition and extent. |
You are in the dark and you fear more. You cannot notice the heaps of earth and the pits on the road. You cannot even know that the road is smooth and fine. There is no fault or partiality in creation; be confirmed in that. Then you will no more waver in your faith. |
You are like the rocks on the seashore that unflinchingly face the beating of the waves. The rock does not move; the wave will not stop. This predicament should end. Awake and avail yourselves of this unique chance. |
You are my Advisor; You are always with me. You preserve, protect and care for me. |
You are strong! You are the provider of joy! Go to the sages and their sons!Live at the place of virtuous souls to become well-cultured ! |
YOU have come here to learn and practice detachment. Get wet in the rain, while engaged in serving others. It does not matter if death comes while serving; do not pause; if you are so determined, God will not allow it to approach you. |
You have wasted the precious jewel of this human life; you do not know the Way of the Lord of the Universe. |
You know only the present and what is happening before your eyes. You do not know that the present is related to the past and is preparing the course of the future. It is like the headlines and titles of a film on the screen; as the letters gleam one after the other, you read them and pass on to the next that comes to view. Each new letter or word wipes out the one already before your eye, just as each birth wipes out the memory of the one already experienced. |
You may have huge hordes of men in the army; but they are useful only when the few Generals who lead them know where they are and whether they should proceed and how to overcome the enemy, whose strength and weakness they have comprehended. Hordes of people sing, recite, adore, worship, praise and prostrate, but these are the soldiers. |
You must be uncomfortable when those around you are unhappy; when you ease their discomfort, you are making them happy and making yourself happy, isn't it? |
YOU must discover your identity; then only can you have peace. |
YOU must each one try to become ego-less; and then the Lord will accept you as His Flute. |