The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life
MEHER BABATo attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One.
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No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.
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God has to be temporarily cruel in order to be permanently kind.
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To attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One.
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I have come not to teach but to awaken.
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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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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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Just think you are the greatest. Where’s the harm in thinking like that? It is not for pride you do it, but for bringing the best out of you. There is nothing wrong.
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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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I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality.
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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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The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life. Living in the midst of your day-to-day duties, responsibilities, likes, dislikes, etc., will help you. All these become the very means for the purification of your heart.
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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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There is no difference in the realization of the Truth either by a Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, or a Christian. The difference is only in words and terms. Truth is not the monopoly of a particular race or religion.
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God and love are identical, and one who has divine love has received God.
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To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!
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Since 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.
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Art when inspired with love leads to higher realms, and that art will open for you the inner life.
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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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There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question there are no more to ask.
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Who says God has created this world? We have created it by our own imagination.
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External silence helps to achieve inner Silence.
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…the more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees.
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All illusion comes and goes, but the soul remains unchanged. What is meant by God-realization is to actually experience this important thing that the soul is eternal.
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I am the Avatar of this Age!
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There is no greater romance in life than this adventure in realization.
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Love is the reflection of God’s unity in the world of duality. It constitutes the entire significance of creation.
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