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Mankind is
engaged in an eternal quest for that “something else” he hopes
will bring him happiness, complete and unending. For those
individual souls who have sought and found God, the search is
over: He is that Something Else.
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Why should you
think He is not? The ether is filled with music that is caught
by the radio — music that otherwise you would not know about.
And so it is with God. He is with you every minute of your
existence, yet the only way to realize this is to meditate.
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“It
is not a question of belief,” [my guru said]. “The scientific
attitude one should take on any subject is whether it is true.
The law of gravitation worked as efficiently before Newton as
after him. The cosmos would be fairly chaotic if its laws
could not operate without the sanction of human belief.”
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Your being has
two sides — one visible, the other invisible. With open eyes
you behold objective creation, and yourself in it. With closed
eyes you see nothing, a dark void; yet your consciousness,
even when dissociated from form, is still keenly aware and
operative. If in deep meditation you penetrate the darkness
behind closed eyes, you behold the Light from which all
creation emerges. By deeper samadhi, your experience
transcends even the manifested Light and enters the
All-Blissful Consciousness — beyond all form, yet infinitely
more real, tangible, and joyous than any sensory or
supersensory perception.
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In seemingly
empty space there is one Link, one Life eternal, which unites
everything in the universe — animate and inanimate — one wave
of Life flowing through everything.
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Our great
whirling planet, our human individuality, were not given to us
merely that we might exist for a time and then vanish into
nothingness, but that we might question what it is all about.
To live without understanding the purpose of life is foolish,
a waste of time. The mystery of life surrounds us; we were
given intelligence in order to solve it.
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Change yourself
and you have done your part in changing the world. Every
individual must change his own life if he wants to live in a
peaceful world. The world cannot become peaceful unless and
until you yourself begin to work toward peace. It is only by
removing hate from our hearts that we can live a Christ like
life.
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It is not your
passing thoughts or brilliant ideas so much as your plain
everyday habits that control your life....Live simply. Don’t
get caught in the machine of the world — it is too exacting.
By the time you get what you are seeking your nerves are gone,
the heart is damaged, and the bones are aching. Resolve to
develop your spiritual powers more earnestly from now on.
Learn the art of right living. If you have joy you have
everything, so learn to be glad and contented....Have
happiness now.
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Birth, play, marriage, children, old age —
life is finished. That is not living! Life is much deeper and
more wonderful than that.... When you know God, there is no
more sorrow. All those you loved and lost in death are with
you again in the Eternal Life.
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You will tire
quickly of all material things once you have them....But one
thing you will never be tired of, either now or throughout
eternity: the ever new joy realized in God-communion. Joy that
is always the same may cause boredom, but joy that is ever new
and continuous will entertain you forever. Such joy can be
found in deep meditation. |
Jharkhand Alumni