"A poor devotee points to the sky and says, "God is up there." An average devotee says, "God dwells in the heart as the Inner Master." The best devotee says, "God alone is and everything I perceive is a form of God." |
At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it. |
Be not a traitor in your thoughts. Be sincere; act according to your thoughts; and you shall surely succeed. Pray with a sincere and simple heart, and your prayers will be heard. |
Bondage is of the mind ; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be. |
But you must remember, unless one is guileless and broad-minded, one cannot have such faith. |
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house. |
Give up every thing to Him, resign yourself to Him and there will no trouble for you. Then you will come to know that every thing is done by His will. |
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole. |
God cannot be seen so long as there is the slightest taint of desire. Therefore have your minor desires satisfied , and renounce the major ones through right reasoning and discrimination. |
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God. |
God is our inner controller; He will certainly listen to our prayer if it is sincere. |
God is the master, the devotee is the servant. God is the beloved the devotee is the lover. |
If you want to go east, don't go west |
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God. |
Man's ego itself is Maya. It is the veil that shuts the light. |