It is not so much that you are within the cosmos but that the cosmos is within you.
MEHER BABASuffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub in order to wash the stain from my coat.
More Meher Baba Quotes
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What I want from my lovers is real, unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.
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Since male and female incarnations are equally necessary for self-knowledge, it is not right to look upon one as being more important than the other.
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To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!
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What will the present chaos lead to? How will it all end? It can only end in one way. Mankind will be sick of it all.
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Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.
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Desire nothing except desirelessness. Hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes. Want nothing and you will have everything.
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If you are convinced of God’s existence then it rests with you to seek Him, to see Him and to realize Him. Do not search for God outside of you. God can only be found within you, for His only abode is the heart.
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Pure love is matchless in majesty; it has no parallel in power and there is no darkness it cannot dispel.
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The happiness of God-realization is self-sustained, eternally fresh and unfailing, boundless and indescribable. And it is for this happiness that the world has sprung into existence.
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When you paint, you forget everything except your object. When you are too much engrossed in it, you are lost in it. And when you are lost in it, your ego diminishes. And when the ego diminishes, love infinite appears.
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Love is the reflection of God’s unity in the world of duality. It constitutes the entire significance of creation.
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If God can be found through the medium of any drug, God is not worthy of being God.
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Why is it so difficult to find God? Because you’re looking for something you’ve never lost.
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Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.
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The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life. Living in the midst of your day-to-day duties, responsibilities, likes, dislikes, etc., will help you. All these become the very means for the purification of your heart.
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