Divinity and Man

   There are two entities, "I" and "this".  "This" refers to the world, the effect, and "I" denotes Divinity, the cause.  The visible world is the effect and God is the  cause.  God is everything.  He is the seer and also the seen.  He pervades everything but is not visible to the  naked eye. 

   Unmanifest Divinity is present in everyone as a witness.  You have to develop your devotion and sense of surrender for the Unmanifest Divinity to manifest before you. 

RECITING DIVINE NAME

1.     We may describe God in any number of ways; but this will only give you temporary satsifaction.  Chanting of his Divine Name alone confers eternal bliss.  Chanting of the Divine Name is the real penance, real pilgrimage and holy place. 

2.     Singing the God's praise captivates the hearts of all those who participate in it; it makes them forget themselves.  All the attibutes and powers of God can described beautifully in singing.  Singing pleases one and all.   It is the royal road to redemption for all.  Those devotees who sing God's glory whole-heartedly forgetting themselves develop total love for God.

3.     You may think, sometimes, God is subjecting you to hardships.  In fact, God does not give you suffering or happiness; He is only  a witness.  Your own deeds are responsible for your suffering.  When you face difficulties, you should remain unperturbed and move forward.  Whatever happens, think it is good for you.  You can achieve anything when you have such unclinching faith.

4.     You have to develop your faith with love for God.  Love is not something that can be given to you as gift.  When you step on the path of love, you love for God will automatically develop.  When you sow a sapling and nourish it with water and manure regularly, it will grow into a tree.  Simlilarly, when you regularly give water of love to the sapling of faith, it will grow into a giant tree.  On the other hand, if you keep on pulling the sapling every now and then to see how much it has grown, it will break.  The growth of the sapling of your faith depends entirely on you, not anybody else.

5.     Be like lotus on water; on it, not in it.  Water is necessary for the lotus to grow, but it will not allow even a drop to wet it.  The objective world is the arena of virtue and the gymnasium for the spirit.  But use it only for that purpose; do not raise it to a higher status and adore it as all-important.

Life is Good

1. Students, fullfill the aspirations of your parents. Your parents educate you with great expectations. If you act against their will, they will be disappointed. If you cause pain to your parents, it amounts to causing pain to God. There is no difference between God and Parents. Make your parents happy, you will not be disappointed in life.

2. Your life is a gift of your parents, hence you should love your parents whole-heartedly under all circumstances. Your mother is your first God, your father is the second. It is they who protect you and take care of you constantly. Of what use are your achievements in life if you forget your father and mother.

3. Good people will always encounter opposition from bad people. Stones are hurled only at fruit-laden trees. Similarly, good people have to face the problems created by evil-minded people; but no harm can every come to them.

4. Today there is unrest and agitation in the world; this is the state of affairs in all areas of human behaviour - social, moral, ethical and even spiritual. Man seems to have lost his humanness. From a millionairre to a pauper, everyone is behaving like a beggar. The pauper is begging for alms; the millionairre is also begging and craving for more and more money. Who is big and who is small in this profession of begging. It is the beggar because he begs because of necessity.

5. The physical, mental and intellectual power of youth is matchless. If they take a firm resolve, they can achive anything. Hence, they should utilise all their powers for the benefit of the society.

6. Our tongue is most sacred, it is the gift of God for the purpose of speaking sweet words. Hence, never use bad words and the tongue should be used in a sacred manner. Do not indulge in useless talk. If you think twice before speaking anything, you will speak four times less and will not hurt any person.

Live life full of love for humanity!

The spark of love in you has to be cherished and fed so that it may reach God, then every being will be God, every act will be divine; every reaction you get from outside world will be charged with love and sweetened with that nectar. You love the God in all beings and the God in all beings responds with love. Love God, though tribulation may be your lot; love Him though you are refused and rebuked; for it is only in the crucible of travail that the metal is purified and cleared of impurities.
Remember three things always, continue service to humanity, whereever you are. Seek chances of helping others. Never lose an opportunity of using your skills and enthusiasm for the allevation of sorrow, pain or distress. Secondly, do not omit, neglect or postpone your own particular duty of study, meditation, bhajan and other such spiritual practices. Above all, have faith that God is with you at all times and at all places.
God is smaller than the smallest and bigger than the biggest. Though He is not visible to the physical eye, you can experience Him. This is a rose which you can see; but the fragrance can not be seen; it can only be experienced. Fragrance has no form but the flower that gives the fragrance has a form. Similarly, love has no form, but the mother who gives you love has a form. Love, bliss, fragrance, all these have no form that is the source of the formless attribute. Therefore, it is foolish to ask for direct evidence of God's existence. There are many things which are beyond the realm of direct evidence.
Detachment alone can give happiness. Renunciation is real yoga. Three evil qualities have to be renounced before man can rise to his real role. Anger which smothers wisdom, lust which pollutes action and greed which destroy's one's love for God and man. The touchstone which pronounces an act is meritorious is renunciation. If an act is self-directed, it it helps to inflate the ego, it is a sin.

GOD IS LOVE!

1. There is only one religion, the religion of love. There is only one caste, caste of humanity. There is only one language, the language of the heart.There is only one GOD and HE is omnipresent. Let different faiths exist, let them flourish. Let the glory of God be sung in all languages in a variety of tunes. Respect the differences between different faiths and recognise them as valid as long as they do extinguish the flame of unity.

2. Love all, Serve all. Help ever, hurt never. Hands that help are holier than the lips that pray. Nothing in this world has more power than love; if you have love, you can achieve everything. Love is the greatest binding force. Therefore devlop love, talk to each other with love, perform all actions with love and always contemplate on the principle of love.

3. Forbearance is truth, forbearance is righteousness, forbearance is the teaching of the Holy Books, forbearance is non-violence, forbearance is sacrifice, forbearance confers happiness and heavenly bliss; infact it is everything in all the worlds.

4. All that you see is the form of God; all heads you see belong to the cosmic form of God. You see only the external names and forms and consider them as mere mortals. When you change your outlook, you will realise that all are divine. Defect lies in your vision and not in the creation. Whatever is the colour of your glasses, the world will appear in the same colour. If you see them with hatred, you will find hatred everywhere. On the other hand, if you see the world with love, you will find love everywhere.

Live with love!

1. No enemy can be so insidious as jealousy. When one sees a person more powerful or more knowledgeable or with greater reputation or more wealth or more beauty and or even wearing better clothese, one is afflicted with jealousy. One finds it difficult to acknowledge and accept the situation. One's mind seeks means to demean him and lower him in the estimation of people. Such propensities and evil tendencies should never strike roots in the minds of educated people. These should not pollute their character.

2. Man can lead his life in this world without any worried by adopting one principle; which is the principle of love, If you have love, then you have everything. You will have physical prowess, intellectual power and all other powers. All types of powers that we require in the world are all present in love. Love persuades you to consider the distress of others, whenever you are overcome by it. You are drawn to those who are equally afflicted by grief; you become engrossed in the sorrow of others that you forget your own.

3. Do not fritter away your energy, playing the silly game of gaining and losing, winning temporary fame, gathering and scattering, fortune and facility. Go strainght to the royal road that leads to self-realisation; do not stray into byelanes of counterfeit bias.

Duty!

1. Man should have love for God, fear of sin and morality in society. These are natural qualities of a human being. These three virtues impart great value to humanness. Since man today has forgotten Truth and Duty, his value as a human being has declined.

2. What exactly is the secret of ensuring peace and prosperity for mankind! Rendering service to others without expecting service from them in return. Karma or activity which binds is a huge fast growing tree. The axe than can cut the roots of this tree is doing every act as worship to glority the Lord. The yearning to do service must flow in every nerve, penetrate every bone and activate every cell of the body.

3. Develop love more and more. From tomorrow talk to everyone with love. Reply to every one with love. If you know the anwere to their question, reply properly; otherwise say "Excuse me, I do not know". You cannot always oblige, but you can always speak obligingly. Talk less, only then can you get rid of the animal qualities. Share you love with every one.

4. What is good and what is bad? First, eliminate the bad in you. Be in the company of good people, then you too will be good. It is a sin to point a finger at others when there is a mountain of evil within you.