He 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 MA
ANANDAMAYI MA
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Anandamayi Ma21 quotes“He 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.”
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To 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 MaAnandamayi Ma Single-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 MaAnandamayi Ma In ‘whichever direction’ you may turn your gaze you will find One Eternal Indivisible Being manifested. Yet, it is not at all easy to detect this Presence, because He interpenetrates everything.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma Acquire a firm will and the utmost patience.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma 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 MaAnandamayi Ma Reality 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 MaAnandamayi Ma The same inexpressible Truth is experienced in two ways: as Self-luminous Silence, or as the Eternal Play of the One.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma When 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 MaAnandamayi Ma In Him is Everything. Him you must try to find.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma Joys 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 MaAnandamayi Ma It may be asked, why there cannot be one and the same path for all? Because He reveals Himself in infinite ways and forms – verily, The One is all of them.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma Ever afterward, though the dance of creation change around me in the hall of eternity, I shall be the same.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma There is One unchanging indivisible Reality which, though unmanifest, reveals Itself in infinite multiplicity and diversity.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma I 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 MaAnandamayi Ma Try 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 MaAnandamayi Ma Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.
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