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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.

Ramakrishna

The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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Difficulty Helping Hope Impermanent Knowing World
They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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Action Conscious Doer Fully God Servant
Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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Another.You Everyone Love One
No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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Back Come Holy Jump Man Old Shoulder Sin Sooner Water
So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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Divine Equally Heart Impartially Light Man Receive
One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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Day One Pure Spirit Sudden
God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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Boy Brother God Laugh Mother Occasion Patient Physician
After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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Book Deep Dive Essence God Learn Need Order Realize
When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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Baked Broken Fire Ignorance Man Mud New One Potter
The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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Blowing Grace Inspirational Raise Sail Wind
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Always Blowing Grace Raise Sail Wind
So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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Faith Flower Honey Hover Peace Portal Sweetness Tasted
It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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Afterward Intolerable Painful Pleasant Scratch Sensation Way World
Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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Another Call Drink Other Pani Place Some Water
The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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Bliss Covered Eternal Ignorance Indeed Obscured
That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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Alone Certain Faith False Good Head

A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.

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