India Reflections

Intellect and Will

God is not responsible for right conduct, we are. Why? Because God has given us the intelligence and the will. One to decide what we should do and the other to permit us to do it.

Taken from the book "The Spider's Web, Vol. 3", Chapter "In His Footsteps", pg. 234, by Revered Chariji

Impression and Memory

When you put a rubber stamp, it is an impression. If it remains there, it is a memory. Now you see, we are being impressed by so many things we see – an accident, we are afraid; a dead body, we are afraid; somebody bleeding, we are afraid. We have nightmares. That is – impression is too strong; we cannot remove. So we must clean away every day.

Taken from the book "HeartSpeak 2005", Chapter "Love Means Giving", pg. 228, by Revered Chariji

Love III

And you have all heard of the stories where a house is burning, and the mother runs in to bring her child out. What makes that bravery, that courage, possible? Only love. If the love is not there, who cares for that child? And this love has to be so much enlarged, so much universalised, that eventually there is a sort of a resonance between your heart and the big heart that we call God.

Taken from the book "Heart to Heart, Vol. 3", Chapter "The Way of the Heart", pg. 203, by Revered...

Guru

Godly work is always accomplished through the agency of some human being of high calibre and not direct. The reason is that God does not possess mind which is the only instrument to bring things into action.

Taken from the book "Complete Works of Ram Chandra, Vol. 1 (1st Indian edn., 1989)", Chapter "My Vision", pg. 109, by Babuji Maharaj

Progress

So progress means: 1) willingness to become what I have to become; 2) subjecting myself to the forces that are going to help me; 3) avoiding all that is going to pull me back.

Taken from the book "The Principles of Sahaj Marg, Vol. 6", pg. 49, by Revered Chariji

Miseries

Afflictions are the boons from God. There are many secrets in them and many inner experiences can be had by undergoing sufferings. It is good to be put to worries. The home is the training centre for submission and endurance, etc. It is the greatest form of penance and sacrifice.

Taken from the book "Truth Eternal (5th edn., 2010) ", Chapter "Lalaji", pg. 16, by Lalaji Maharaj

Nervousness

Nervousness you should remove yourself. A warrior is never nervous on the field, because he has some aim before him. The courage starts when confidence is there, and confidence is there when you have willed to reach the destination.

Taken from the book "Complete Works of Ram Chandra, Vol. 3 (1st Indian edn., 1999)", Chapter "Message at Bangalore", pg. 418, by Babuji Maharaj

Virtue

If you are virtuous, persons around you are bound to be benefited by happiness. This world can be compared to our body. If any organ (part) is diseased, the whole body is affected. Therefore, good people always keep themselves away from sin and engage themselves in right action. This is a simple truth.

Taken from the book "Truth Eternal (5th edn., 2010) ", Chapter "Karma", pg. 47, by Lalaji Maharaj

Worry

Life in a family also brings worry and nervousness, etc., in its trail. Worry is indeed reserved for humanity and not for animals. Really, that is a great justice and favour for humanity from Divinity. Why so? Because, it is a part of wisdom that takes a man to a higher sphere.

Taken from the book "Complete Works of Ram Chandra, Vol. 3 (1997; 1st Indian edn., 1999)", Chapter "Message At Bangalore", pg. 417, by Babuji Maharaj

Service

Service is easier than loving. Loving is a very difficult thing; service is very easy. Put your heart and serve somebody; you automatically get his love and his obligation to you, and he has to give you whatever he has to give you. But we should never serve with the idea of getting something.

Taken from the book "Heart to Heart, Vol. 2", Chapter "Questions and Answers I", pg. 162, by Revered Chariji