The purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties.
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.
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Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.
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A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.
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Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.
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Worry has never done anyone any good, and it is very much worse than mere dissipation of psychic energy, for it substantially curtails the joy and fullness of life.
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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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When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.
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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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Who says God has created this world? We have created it by our own imagination.
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When the mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space…it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.
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It’s a divine art to be cheerful.
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God and love are identical, and one who has divine love has received God.
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Art 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.
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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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But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun.
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Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.
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Only in the human form is it possible for life to attain its final goal, which is to realize the all-pervading and infinite Divinity.
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It is not so much that you are within the cosmos but that the cosmos is within you.
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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
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What I want from my lovers is real, unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.
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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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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 experiences which drugs induce are as far removed from Reality as is a mirage, from water. No matter how much you pursue the mirage, you will never quench your thirst, and the search for Truth through drugs must end in disillusionment.
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Suffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub in order to wash the stain from my coat.
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Irrespective of doubts and convictions, and for the Infinite Love I bear for one and all, I continue to come as the Avatar, to be judged time and again by humanity in its ignorance, in order to help man distinguish the Real from the false.
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If we understand and feel that the greatest act of devotion and worship to God is not to harm any of His beings, we are loving God.
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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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