We do everything in our power, and when we are ultimately worn out by it all, we turn back to God in the hope of immediate submission. Immediate surrender is not possible. We spend the whole day doing worldly things and assume that when we sit to meditate, we will immediately connect with God. When …
Although it is challenging, the distance between your first and second thoughts gets wider as you repeatedly focus your attention on one point. When you practise all day, there will come a point when you won’t think, and at that point, your mind will be completely immersed in your soul. That is feasible with experience. …
When you take God’s name, you can feel his presence. You might be disbelieving in his name, but God is the truth. If you take God’s name, he reviles himself to you. We know about Valmiki Ji, who was not able to repeat Ram’s name when he was a bandit. He repeated “Mara Mara” for …
Islam is an Arabic word that means submission to the divine will. How do you know that you have submitted yourself to the divine will? If any action of yours is a selfish act, then it is not God’s will, and you have to suffer the consequences of your action regardless of whether it is …
During the session, someone said, “I have understood from today’s thought that human birth has happened to realize God and is to become one with him. If we do not realize God in this human birth, then there is no difference between us and animals.” Teacher asked, “What difference will it make if humans and …
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There are three types of solitude. The first one is when you are alone and thinking about that loneliness. You start getting thoughts that you are alone, that no one is there to help, that everyone has left you, etc., which usually come with negativity. This type of loneliness is not good and should be …
There will be hurdles and failures in life, but every failure will be a stepping stone to success. Never give up, keep moving ahead. Never giving up means having complete faith. Feedback- During the session, someone said, “We have to learn not to put a full stop on this journey. We should keep trying and …
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In the materialistic world, the harder you work, the more success you will achieve. In the spiritual life, whoever is doing spiritual practise will come to a point where they will think that there is no progress being made. They might feel that they are going down, and they might become depressed. A negative attitude …
A child goes to a seashore and makes a sand castle. He becomes very happy seeing the sand castle. The waves come, and they eradicate the sand castle. The child again becomes extremely happy seeing that, and he makes another one; it goes on. He is full, complete, and happy. God creates us, nurtures us, …
During the session, someone said, “As you told us today, we don’t get blessings by asking.” Teacher asked, “Why don’t we get it by asking?” He replied, “Because I think love and blessings are one thing. “To love someone means you see that person in a particular form, and when you see God in others, …
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