Love is nothing if it is not spontaneous. It cannot be a conclusion of reasoning.
MEHER BABAOne has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.
More Meher Baba Quotes
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One of the most difficult things to learn is to render service without bossing, without making a fuss about it, and without any consciousness of high and low. In the world of spirituality, humility counts at least as much as utility.
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True love is no game of the faint-hearted and the weak; it is born of strength and understanding.
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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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The best course for My lover is to remember Me wholeheartedly as much as one can…and leave the rest to Me.
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You must make bold experiments in life!
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Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others.
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There is no greater romance in life than this adventure in realization.
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Desire nothing except desirelessness. Hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes. Want nothing and you will have everything.
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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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Truth is simple, but Illusion makes it infinitely intricate. The person is rare who possesses an insatiable longing for Truth; the rest allow Illusion to bind them ever more and more.
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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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God alone is real, nothing matters but love for God.
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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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According to the law that governs the universe,all sufferings are your labor of love to unveil your real self.
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Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.
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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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Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.
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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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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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I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play.
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If I were to ask the famous Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it? Never! But if I were to make a thousand-year-old corpse come alive before his eyes, he would jump at the chance to stay here and wash my clothes!
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Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.
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This whole universe, with all its vastness, grandeur and beauty, is nothing but sheer imagination. In spite of so many discoveries, researches and scientific knowledge, the creation remains a great unsolved riddle.
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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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If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.
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Joke I read somewhere: They say that God is the innermost dweller of all. Well I hope He likes enchiladas – cause that’s what He’s getting! Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.
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