Precious Gems

Keep cheerful. In pain, cry. But deep in yourself know that the lord is only purifying your inner instruments.

• An intelligent choice of thoughts changes the character pattern in us, placing thus the entire destiny of our life in our own hands.
• All disturbances and challenges rise not only from our relationship with others, but from our attitude to all other things and beings.
• 'Renounce ego' is the Lord's only request, and 'I will make you God' is the promise.
• It is easy to develop the intellect, but it is difficult to develop the heart.
• If you want to prove God, improve yourself. This is the only method.
• The source of all bliss is dedicated performance of duty.
• Great achievements are earned not through proficiency alone; achievements are the rewards of efficiency.
• The quieter the mind , the sharper the intellect.
• At all times , send out thoughts of love to all , kindness to all, blessings to all. Soon you will find all , including your enemies, showering love on you.
• Be regular . Be sincere. Make each day a rounded beauty of love, goodness and joy. Live in the bliss of best thoughts, said and done.
• A man of full realisation instinctively becomes a lover of the whole universe.
• He who believes that fall is antecedent to rise , will never give way to despair.
• Kindness is an attitude of sympathy cooked in kindness, honeyed with love and served on golden platters of understanding.
• Constant contemplation upon sense-objects is the cause for bondage.
• Doing good in return for evil is the correct morality.
• Learn to be happy alone. If we do not enjoy our own company, why inflict it on others?
• Be a tapasvin and learn to tap the very source of all life and joy, which is verily in thyself. Go inwards towards the lord in thee.
• Let your limbs do their work, but let a part of your mind steadily hold on to the idea of the Divine Essence in you.
• God is not an 'object' to be found outside. Stop searching . Discover Him within .
• Learn to speak softly , always word of love and affection; then friends multiply.
• Be ruthlessly discriminative. Let not the heart wander away without the intellect, its master driver.
• Live your life as though you are a true mental Sanyasin. Depend on none for anything. Be hapy with what is given. What comes to you unasked is what comes from Him. Serve all, at all times, in all ways. Let not your goodness be a liability on you; don't allow others to play pranks on you because of your goodness. Be fully conscious of the weakness and goodness of individuals and the society around you. But inspite of their weakness, love them! serve them!