The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things that change and vanish. But there can be no real fulfilment through the transient things
MEHER BABAThe entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things that change and vanish. But there can be no real fulfilment through the transient things
MEHER BABAThe book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life
MEHER BABAThere is no such thing as evil. Only relative degrees of good.
MEHER BABALive a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself.
MEHER BABAIllusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination.
MEHER BABAArt is one of the sources through which the soul expresses itself and inspires others. But to express art thoroughly, one must have the inner emotions opened thoroughly.
MEHER BABAThose who constantly want something will never feel happy.
MEHER BABAWhen the bubble of ignorance bursts the self realizes its oneness with the indivisible Self. Words that proceed from the Source of Truth have real meaning. But when men speakthese words as their own, the words become meaningless.
MEHER BABASince 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.
MEHER BABAOne of the most difficult things to learn is to render service without bossing, without making a fuss about it, and without any consciousness of high and low. In the world of spirituality, humility counts at least as much as utility.
MEHER BABAI am also an artist. I have the whole world as my canvas. I paint souls.
MEHER BABAI am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality.
MEHER BABAWorry is the product of feverish imagination working under the stimulus of desires… It is a necessary resultant of attachment to the past or to the anticipated future, and it always persists in some form or other until the mind is completely detached from everything.
MEHER BABAIt’s a divine art to be cheerful.
MEHER BABAThere is nothing that love cannot achieve, and there is nothing that love cannot sacrifice.
MEHER BABAWhen 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.
MEHER BABA