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.
MEHER BABAThe purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties.
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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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Live a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself.
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Pure love is matchless in majesty; it has no parallel in power and there is no darkness it cannot dispel.
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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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I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality.
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Nothing is the shadow of Everything.
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Love God and find him within – the only treasure worth finding.
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God has to be temporarily cruel in order to be permanently kind.
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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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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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God alone is real, and all else is illusion.
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Forgiveness 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.)
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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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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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I only know one yoga: ‘You Go.’
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Don’t Worry Be Happy
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When a person tells others “Be good,” he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.
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You must make bold experiments in life!
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When you paint, you forget everything except your object. When you are too much engrossed in it, you are lost in it. And when you are lost in it, your ego diminishes. And when the ego diminishes, love infinite appears.
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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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Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.
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One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.
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Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.
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Live more and more in the Present, which is ever beautiful and stretches away beyond the limits of the past and the future.
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I am the Avatar of this Age!
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