“Healing the World”
“‘This is what you all must remember as you go out to heal the world. Although that world may look sick and troubled, it is really Divine. God inhabits every one of its particles. What others see as danger and disaster is only maya cloaking the brilliant, dazzling light of God. It will be your […]
Continue reading“Feeling God’s Presence”
“‘Feel the overwhelming joy of life! Let yourself bathe in its soothing, soft waters. Notice the divine at play all around you. Look at your friends and see God shining out of their bright faces. See the birds chirping up in their comfortable nest. Feel the warmth of the life-giving sun as its rays stream […]
Continue reading“Devotion and Knowledge”
“Devotion is bhakti, worship, love. Devotion is from the heart. It is surrendering yourself to God wholly and completely. Worshipper, worshipping, and worshipped merge into Oneness. Only by being identified with the Lord, can one worship Him. Knowledge is of the mind, but not of the thinking mind. A meditator uses the mantra to sink […]
Continue reading“God Is All Around Us”
“As corroboration of her claims about God, Ma now extended her arm and moved it from right to left, indicating the scenery: the reflective pond, the massive banyan tree, the cluster of smaller trees, the undulations of the grassy land stretching out before them, and the blinding brilliance of the sun. As the visitors followed […]
Continue reading“When the Love Flows”
He merely had to see her for the freshet of love to begin pouring forth from his heart. His hand would go to her cheek, move irresistibly to her skin, as if in confirmation of the unfolding mystery. With his other hand he would press one of hers, signaling through manual contact the union of […]
Continue reading“God is Now”
“‘Actually, there is no such thing as time. So long as you remain enslaved by time, there will be birth and death. Time is a construction of your mind. Do not focus on other lifetimes, those that have come before or those that might come after this one. Pay full attention to what you can […]
Continue reading“Tree Vision”
“Miraculously, the tree had been transformed into a living wonder. It became completely transparent and changed its nature from that of a hard, tangible object to something amorphous, and immaterial. The tree glowed with the untouchable splendor of a rainbow. Its light resembled the phosphorescence sometimes seen on the surface of a southern sea. It […]
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