God alone is real, and all else is illusion.
MEHER BABABeing is Dying by Loving.
More Meher Baba Quotes
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Who says God has created this world? We have created it by our own imagination.
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God alone is real, nothing matters but love for God.
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…the more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees.
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There is no greater romance in life than this adventure in realization.
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These false answers such as, I am stone, I am bird, I am animal, I am man, I am woman, I am great, I am small are, in turn, received, tested and discarded until the Question arrives at the right and Final Answer, I AM GOD.
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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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No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.
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Whether men soar to outer space or dive to the bottom of the deepest ocean they will find themselves as they are, unchanged, because they will not have forgotten themselves nor remembered to exercise the charity of forgiveness.
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I am also an artist. I have the whole world as my canvas. I paint souls.
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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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Things that are real are given and received in silence.
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The easiest and shortest way to God-realization is through the contact of a Sadguru, which means keeping the company or sahavas of such a Master, obeying him and serving him. This remedy is like a special express train which carries you straight to your destination.
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The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.
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All illusion comes and goes, but the soul remains unchanged.
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Feelings and emotions are only the creation of mind and energy. Love is the creation of the soul.
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Those who speculate from the shore about the ocean shall know only its surface, but those who would know the depths of the ocean must be willing to plunge into it.
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I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality.
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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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True love is no game of the faint-hearted and the weak; it is born of strength and understanding.
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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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I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play, but in the spiritual arena there are people who are even closer to me than that.
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Love is nothing if it is not spontaneous. It cannot be a conclusion of reasoning.
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One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.
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The objective of spiritual advancement is not so much ‘works’ but the quality of life free from ego-consciousness.
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To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God.
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Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.
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