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.
MEHER BABAThe 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.
MEHER BABAThe purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties.
MEHER BABAI have come not to teach but to awaken.
MEHER BABAAll 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.
MEHER BABAIllusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination.
MEHER BABAIt is not so much that you are within the cosmos but that the cosmos is within you.
MEHER BABAGod alone is real, nothing matters but love for God.
MEHER BABAForgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)
MEHER BABABeing is Dying by Loving.
MEHER BABANothing is the shadow of Everything.
MEHER BABAOne 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.
MEHER BABAThe seeker asking, Where is God? Is really God saying, Where indeed is the seeker!
MEHER BABAThere is no higher or lower goal. There is only one goal, Self-Realization.
MEHER BABAThings that are real are given and received in silence.
MEHER BABAGod has been everlastingly working in Silence, unobserved, unheard, except by those who experience His Infinite Silence. Those who have got the courage and wisdom to surrender themselves to a Perfect Master are the recipients of His Grace.
MEHER BABAIf 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!
MEHER BABA