Those who desire to remain intoxicated by Reality do not require artificial intoxicants. Indulging in false things will only increase falsity, for every direction is indeed infinite.
ANANDAMAYI MAThose who desire to remain intoxicated by Reality do not require artificial intoxicants. Indulging in false things will only increase falsity, for every direction is indeed infinite.
ANANDAMAYI MAI find one vast garden spread out all over the universe. All plants, all human beings, all higher mind bodies are about in this garden in various ways, each has his own uniqueness and beauty. Every one of you adds with his special feature to the glory of the garden.
ANANDAMAYI MAA tree is like a saint. It calls no one to itself, nor does it send anyone away. It offers to protect everyone who wants to come to it, whether this be a man, a woman, a child, or an animal.
ANANDAMAYI MAWhen by the flood of your tears, the inner and the outer have fused into One, you will find Her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart.
ANANDAMAYI MAHe alone knows to whom He will reveal Himself under which form. By what path and in what manner He attracts any particular man to Himself with great force is incomprehensible to the human intellect. The Path differs indeed for different pilgrims.
ANANDAMAYI MAPrecious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.
ANANDAMAYI MAEver afterward, though the dance of creation change around me in the hall of eternity, I shall be the same.
ANANDAMAYI MASingle-minded devotion engenders deep thought, which expresses itself in action. The Lord’s Light descends on the devotee, His power awakens in him and, as a result, profound inner inquiry blossoms forth.
ANANDAMAYI MAIn Him is Everything. Him you must try to find.
ANANDAMAYI MAJoys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by these. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the more intense will be your endeavor to cling to His feet and the more will your prayer increase from within. And when the time is ripe, you will gain mastery over this power.
ANANDAMAYI MAReality is beyond speech and thought. Only that which can be expressed in words is being said. But what cannot be put into language is indeed That which IS.
ANANDAMAYI MATo believe in Him under any particular form is not enough. Accept Him in His numberless forms, shapes and modes of being, in everything that exists. Aim at the whole and all your actions will be whole.
ANANDAMAYI MAWhen the mind is full of worldly desires, it is their very nature to confuse the mind. Withdraw the mind from outer things and turn it inwards.
ANANDAMAYI MATry to treat with equal love all the people with whom you have relations. Thus the abyss between ‘myself’ and ‘yourself’ will be filled in, which is the goal of all religious worship.
ANANDAMAYI MAHow many lives are frittered away, age after age, in endless coming and going. Find out who you are!
ANANDAMAYI MAThere is One unchanging indivisible Reality which, though unmanifest, reveals Itself in infinite multiplicity and diversity.
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