Divine Messages - 103 : Words of Wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani

Some words of wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

·         Which is the best city in the world? SIMPLICITY

·         What sleep is to the body, meditation is to the soul.

·         In Thy Will, is the peace I seek - Thou knowest everything, Beloved! Let Thy Will always be done! In joy and sorrow, my Beloved! Let Thy Will always be done!

·         There is nothing more valuable than longing, There is nothing higher than longing.

·         Be kind to everyone. Who knows the next person you meet may have a broken heart.

·         Life is like a mirror. What you put into it, comes back to you - perhaps more, never less!

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Divine Messages - 102 : God Spoke To Me by Eileen Caddy - Sincerity - 2/2

An extract from the book "God Spoke To Me" by Eileen Caddy - Section "Sincerity"

• ALL ARE MADE IN MY IMAGE - I have asked you constantly to expand your consciousness. There is no limit to that expansion. Grow slowly but surely as nature does. Open that single inner eye within you; see all that is perfect. See My wonders and glories all around you; see Me reflected in your fellowmen. Know that all are made in My reflected in your fellowmen. Know that all are made in My image and likeness, that perfection is the real and all else illusion. Demonstrate what you feel within. 

• GO YOUR WAY DOING MY WILL - When a truth has been revealed to you from within, you understand that truth because it is a part of you. You know that you are standing on an unshakable foundation, and you can speak on it with absolute authority and confidence. Remember that you are in the world but not of it; therefore, have no longing for the things of the world which are here today and gone tomorrow. See always the things of the spirit which are eternal, from everlasting to everlasting. In quietness and confidence go your way, doing My will. 

• REMEMBER THAT I AM LIFE - Keep on raising your consciousness and see beyond the immediate; see the real, the spiritual, the perfection of My creation. It is there in everything and everyone. You will be severely tested from time to time, but as you peel off layer upon layer of disillusionment and unreality, you will find that perfect creation of Mine in its full beauty and glory. You will find your whole life beginning to change. You will find yourself living in peace and harmony, because you are creating it for yourself by your right approach to life. Remember that I am life; therefore, it is your right approach Me, the source of all, the creator of all that is perfect. You can find a perfect freedom which protects you from all that would harm you. Stand firm in your belief that I am guiding your life. 

• NO IDLE WORDS - Let there be no idle words spoken. There is power in words and that power must not be dissipated but channeled in the right direction. Watch your tongue, remember that silence is golden! 

• I WANT YOU TO KNOW - Be grateful for everything that helps you to expand your consciousness. Every step that makes you rise is a step in the right direction and should be welcomed. See these as steppingstones and dance along them joyously and surefooted with the assurance that you cannot fail to reach the goal. Do this whole-heartedly. This is an exciting life. Nothing is dull or uninteresting when done with raised consciousness. It may be the same old job you have done thousands of times but now you are doing it from a different dimension and therefore it appears to be entirely different. It takes on a new purpose for you are doing all for Me. See it like a dark room when someone walks into it and puts his hand on a switch and instantly all is light. This transformation can be just like that. There need be no twilight hour. I want you to know that this can happen and you will find it happening to you now. You feel that this is a mighty leap from one stepping-stone to the next. So it is, but you have wings on your feet and you know that all things are possible, so you can take that leap in absolute confidence and know that you will land safely. I never fail you nor forsake you, but am with you and within you to help you over every transition. See it like a dark room when someone walks into it and puts his hand on a switch and instantly all is light. This transformation can be just like that. There need be no twilight hour. I want you to know that this can happen and you will find it happening to you now. You feel that this is a mighty leap from one stepping-stone to the next. So it is, but you have wings on your feet and you to the next. So it is, but you have wings on your feet and you know that all things are possible, so you can take that leap in absolute confidence and know that you will land safely. I never fail you nor forsake you, but am with you and within you to help you over every transition.

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Divine Messages - 101 : God Spoke To Me by Eileen Caddy - Sincerity - 1/2

An extract from the book "God Spoke To Me" by Eileen Caddy - Section "Sincerity"

• REJOICE AND BE OF GOOD CHEER - Rejoice and be of good cheer, for the doors stand wide open. Enter and share the wonders of the new. Walk with a light tread. Dance like a piece of thistledown  through My many mansions. Enjoy to the full everything that is happening. Expect only the best, the most beautiful and glorious and behold, all things open up before you. All is there for you to behold. Miss nothing. My finger is pointing the way and those of the light behold it and walk in My ways. My ways. Go with all that is happening. Your heart is full, let it overflow. You saw a chalice of silver light  overflowing, and the pouring forth of that liquid made smooth all things which it touched. That is My love flowing forth from hearts which have been split wide open, freeing the love to flow with ever-increasing power and strength. The need is great. Never at any time stem the flow of that love; never be afraid to demonstrate it openly. What is the use of saying that you love someone if you are afraid to demonstrate that love on the outer? It becomes like empty words without power. Let go and let Me use you as I will, freely, joyously. Rejoice and behold all things become new. 

• ADVANCE WITH JOY - Open the door of your consciousness wide so that there is a firm flow of My divine inspiration in and out. As you do this, your understanding will grow and expand and the things of the spirit will develop. All I need is a receptive instrument so that My truths can be imparted. Put first things first. Find the right path, the way of the Spirit. The way of the spirit you must tread with only Me as your companion and guide. You can take no human companions with you along this path; it is straight and narrow and there is no room. Alone we tread the path of the spirit. It can be the most exciting and thrilling adventure you have ever experienced, for you are entering new realms, exploring new dimensions, and you never know what is going to happen next. Be not faint-hearted. There are ever greater and more wonderful realms to be opened up, more and more and more. Advance with joy and praise. Advance with joy and praise. Allow nothing to stop your advancing along My spiritual path. 

• RISEN BEING - As you talk about risen being, as your consciousness rises and expands in this thought, it becomes more and more a part of you. You begin to live it, to be it, and the longing in you to do this helps in many ways. It is as if you were completely blind and could see no light, in fact you did not know the meaning of light and now you have been made whole and can see for the first time. The things you see are so wonderful that you find it difficult to believe they are real, you keep stretching your consciousness to touch them. You handle them in your consciousness in wonderment and find that they are reality, that you can live and be in this risen state, not occasionally but all the time. Never pull back or doubt this thought. It is fact; the more you dwell upon it, the more real it becomes. You wonder why you have been so blind and unable to see this truth as fact until recently. My child, you were not ready. There is a right time for everything. Now is the time for the great awakening. What each soul does with this falling away of the scales before its eyes is up to each individual. Some will glory in the revelations, some will try to draw the glory to the self. Some will turn their backs in fear and disbelief and will walk straight back into their self-made darkness. This is now the dividing of the ways. You will see it happening all around you. Be surprised at nothing, for this time is a time of wonderment. 

• LET THE WORLD GO BY - Be still. Let the world go by, but seek peace and stillness, which are absolutely essential. Never be too tired to listen to My voice. Be aware of that still, small voice within you, guiding you, prompting you, giving you the right answer to every problem. This is what makes you tick! If you closed down this part of yourself, you would become like a clock that had not been wound up and had stopped ticking, or a piece of machinery that had been clogged by dirt and needed cleaning before it could work again. Think on those things, My child. Realize just how vital is that contact you have with Me. Seek peace and stillness at all times. How necessary it is to be faithful in service and to enjoy the service whatever it may be. Approach it every day with new eyes, realizing how important and essential this is. Start now doing that same routine job with an entirely new attitude. Stop and look at it from a new angle; stand back and look at it upside down if this will help you change your attitude  towards it. When a child does the washing up for the first time, it is the most thrilling thing it has ever done. The soap suds are fun, the water dripping off the cups and plates is a lovely spectacle, everything is a wonderful game and it dwells on every piece of china in sheer delight. How about every time you do the washing up? Stop and see it with the eyes of a child. Nothing in life should be dull. Try this out today as an experiment and see what a difference it can make. Do it with the right attitude and enjoy everything you do. Life is what you make it. Make it a thing of sheer beauty and harmony. 

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Divine Messages - 100 : Glimpses of the Divine Vision by Swami Ramdas - Peace

An extract from the book "Glimpses of the Divine Vision" by Swami Ramdas - Section "Peace"

·         The peace you crave for is ever within you. If you seek for it without, you will never have it anywhere. This is a great truth which very few realize.

·         Surrender is the only way to peace. So, in all circumstances of life, submit to the will of God, and be free from the touches of worry and anxiety of every kind. All happen as determined by the Lord. Do not assert your will and expect everything to take place as you wish. Unpleasant situations are the common lot of mankind. Yours is to resign yourself to the Lord and remain unaffected by them. When the mind rests in peace by a complete self-surrender, the heart's desire is realized without any delay. The longing ceases by a perfect self-abandonment, and then no time is lost for its fruition. This is the secret of realization.  

·         The one predominant hunger of the soul is for absolute peace and bliss. You can have this peace and bliss only when your mind rests on the  bosom of the Infinite Reality. So, a constant contemplation or thought of the great Truth whose attributes are immortal bliss and peace can alone completely satisfy the yearning of the soul. Direct, therefore, all the forces of your mind and intellect towards the All-merciful Lord of the universe, and put yourself entirely into His hands. There is no path easier than self-surrender. He who trusts the Almighty never comes to any harm. This is the rule of God that knows no exception. Do therefore walk the path of pure and simple devotion. Be conscious that the Lord seated in your heart is your all-powerful protector. Keep Him ever in your remembrance. Tune your thought and life with His radiant existence, and thus permit His divine energy to flow into you and transform your life into one of peace and joy. Don't give yourself away to dejection, doubt and despair.

·         To experience the stillness of the all-pervading Spirit who is at once the witness of this world of manifestation and the world- manifestation itself is to realize God in His all-inclusive nature and being. Behold Divinity everywhere. Rise above all conditions and dwell ever in union with the immortal Truth who has become all. Everything is His doing because all, all is He alone. Ramdas has nothing beyond this to tell you. Realize that you and all beings, creatures and things in the world are utterly divine.

·         It is absolutely of no avail for a man to bewail over his worldly lot and his unstable attachments to worldly friends. Seek the true life in God, and the friendship of the Eternal-the highest; both are everlasting. The real peace can never come to the share of man so long as he thinks that the adjustments of external life can grant him happiness. Disappointment and misery must be his lot wherever he be. Take thought and know once for all that real freedom and peace lie only in the close communion with the immortal Truth dwelling in your heart. Take complete refuge in God through constant remembrance of Him, and thus be content in all situations He places you. Don't embitter your life with thoughts of worry and care. Make God your friend and aid. Once you become His, He never gives you up. He takes you to the seat of immortality and bliss. This is the way and there is no other.

·         True it is that until a man or a woman has found in his or her heart the beloved Lord of the universe, there can be no real peace and liberation for the struggling soul. Therefore, feel always that the divine Presence is ever with you and in you. Let the stream of His remembrance flow continuously in your mind, and may you attain the supreme blessedness of perfect union with Him.

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Divine Messages - 99 : Glimpses of the Divine Vision by Swami Ramdas - The Lord's Name - 2/2

An extract from the book “Glimpses of the Divine Vision” by Swami Ramdas – Section “The Lord’s Name”

·         The easiest way to reach or realize Sri Ram is surely to repeat His most powerful name. Smaran is to remember what you have forgotten. You have forgotten that you are His Swarup. You are always He, but your ignorance has made you forget your real nature. Continuous and ceaseless Smaran of Sri Ram is to remove your ignorance and make you realize ultimately that you are all He and He alone. There is none but He. To attain this, your mind must be spotlessly pure. Repetition of His great name is again the only means or Sadhana. A pure mind is the first preliminary to your surrender to Sri Ram. Conceive a strong and intense love for Sri Ram the more intense your love for Him, the more continuous and unbroken your remembrance becomes automatically; because it is your nature to remember that which you love most. A purified mind alone can realize Sri Ram who is the one Supreme Truth, all-pervading, changeless, the highest, the best, the greatest goal of your life. Your intense desire to attain this goal, i.e., Sri Ram, is Bhakti. The more intense your desire for reaching this goal, the more rapidly you advance towards it. Therefore, incessant, ceaseless remembrance--Smaran--is the only Sadhana. Smaran of what? Smaran of your real Swarup--which is Sri Ram--who is Sat-Chit-Anand. This real Swarup is the entire universe. The universe is Brahman, Sri Ram.

·         Make your faith in the Name quite unshakeable, and repeat the Name at all times. You will know in the course of time that a mysterious power within you is awakened and is infusing courage, strength and joy in all your activities.

·         All Mantras have the same power. The Shiva Mantra is as powerful as the Ram Mantra. Don't make any distinction between Rama and Shiva. The name stands for the Purushottama of the Gita - who is Purusha and Prakriti at once and also the Supreme One beyond both. Meditate on His infinite attributes. Seek to realize Him in your heart, and then everywhere in the universe. Do not cling to any form. Do not doubt and bring up any questions. God in your heart is your guide and protector. He is your father, mother and all.

·         Devotion to God who is seated in the hearts of us all is the one path that leads the struggling soul to the haven of perfect peace and joy. Bereft of devotion, life is dry and tasteless. Devotion sweetens life and frees it from the bond of ignorance. Devotion means loving remembrance of God. Blessed indeed is the heart which adores the Lord and are the lips which utter His nectar like name.

·         For the man who has attained the supreme goal of perfect Self- realization or liberation, the repetition of the divine mantram is optional. He may or may not repeat the Mantram, since the continuous repetition of it has yielded him the fruit, viz., the supreme consciousness which is eternal peace, bliss and knowledge. The liberated soul, after he drops off his body, may or may not be born again. If he does, he will become a potent power for awakening mankind to the inherent glory of their immortality.

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Divine Messages - 98 : Glimpses of the Divine Vision by Swami Ramdas - The Lord's Name - 1/2

An extract from the book “Glimpses of the Divine Vision” by Swami Ramdas – Section “The Lord’s Name”

·         Depend upon it that the Lord’s Name is all powerful. It will not only shield you from all harm, but also grant you the power of endurance and peace. To take refuge in the Name is to take refuge in God, because God and His Name are not different. With the Name on the lips you can withstand all the storms of life, you can brave all the dangers, all the disappointments and all the losses that attend on life. In regard to repetition of the Name, give up keeping any account. Counting distracts the mind from the central ideal of adoration and you fail to attain the needed fixity of mind or concentration. Make it a rule to repeat the Name at all times and in all places. There are no restrictions with regard to taking the divine Name.

·         Believe always that, by whatever name you remember Him, you are in close communion with the Reality who is universal Spirit, the inner Controller and Master of the worlds. The mother is He, the master is He. Your supreme Beloved is He. Where the Lord’s Name is uttered, there all purity, power and goodness reside.

·         The power of the divine Ram Mantram is inexpressibly great. By its aid you can defy death itself. Be ever fearless and free. Take always that God who is the source of all strength and peace, is your Mother, Friend and Lord, and He is ever with you, to protect, help and guide you.

·         The Name “Ram” has an intrinsic value of its own, although the other names of God are as great and powerful. For a Mantra, rhythm is a most important factor: because the soothing melody of the repeated word or combination of words has a marvellous effect on the distracted mind. Of all the words, the word “Ram” produces a most charming sound. No two letters linked together could, by their harmonious music, lull and bring peace to the mind as the letters in the word, Ram. Again it is rightly said that “Ram” is equal in power to the most sacred “OM”. Then again for the devotee who strives to reach God through, his Saguna or manifest aspect, “Ram” is the name of an incarnation of God. For these reasons, Ramdas thinks, the name Ram is more widely accepted for Japa than any other name of God.

·         Purity is the greatest asset of a human being purity in thought, word and deed. Purity is attained when the mind is filled with remembrance of God. A pure mind always reflects kindness, forgiveness and love towards all.

·         The name of Sri Ram is glorious indeed! The name is Brahman Himself. So the Vedas declare. To have this holy Name permanently stamped on the mind is therefore to realize Brahman. Brahman is eternal existence, knowledge and bliss. He is the source of all goodness, purity and power. This mighty name-Sri Ram-stands for all this. All glory to Him!

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Divine Messages - 97 : Glimpses of the Divine Vision by Swami Ramdas - Self-Surrender - 2/2

An extract from the book “Glimpses of the Divine Vision” by Swami Ramdas – Section “Self-Surrender”

·         To always keep the name of God on the lips or in the mind is not the whole thing in the matter of God-remembrance. Constant repetition of the name ultimately takes you to the consciousness of God wherein remembrance of Him as such ceases. Thereafter you maintain a steady consciousness of the indwelling Reality. Self-surrender denotes this supreme state.

·         The end of all Sadhanas is total self-surrender which means giving over your individual life into the complete control and guidance of the supreme Lord and thus remain ever in a state of perfect oneness with Him. It is He alone, within you and without you, that makes you act every part in this world-game. Realize this and be free from all bondages, and enjoy the ecstasy and peace of immortality.

·         Complete surrender to God denotes the divinisation of life. In this life there is neither acceptance nor rejection. Life must flow spontaneously like a river. Whatever act you do will, in this condition, be utterly divine. Don’t have any misgivings or doubts. Push on until the great Truth within you reveals itself in all its glory through every part of your being. This is the attainment and this is the goal.

·         The perfection in spiritual attainment lies ultimately in the total dedication and surrender of yourself to the supreme Beloved who eternally dwells within you and pervades the entire universe. This surrender grants you a vision of your eternal Beloved in all beings, creatures and things, nay the universe itself as the visible image of the Beloved. When you have experienced the ineffable delight and ecstasy of this exalted state, you will have reached the end of your Sadhana. Thereafter, you are utterly in His hands, and your whole life is filled at all times with the light and power of the Beloved. The Asana, Dhyana, and even Smaran, performed as Sadhana, ceases, because you now attain to a consciousness which is ever surcharged with divine bliss, and all your actions will be done in a state of Samadhi, which is called “Sahaja Samadhi”. Achieve this perfection, and be ever free, cheerful, contented and active. See the Lord in all, love the Lord in all and serve the Lord in all. Be such a Mahatma who, Gita says, is very rare to be found.

·         Identify yourself with the immortal Purusha-the witness-beyond the Gunas and Dwandwas-on one hand; surrender all your actions to the divine Shakti whose manifestation is the universe of name, form and movement-on the other. Lastly, realize that the inactive Purusha-the witness, and the active Shakti or Prakriti-the witnessed, are the eternal aspects co-existing in the ultimate Godhead-the Purushottama, who is at once Purusha and Prakriti and beyond both. The first two processes effectually eradicate the ego-sense, take you to the Impersonal, and then lead on to the still higher Impersonal Person-Nirguna-Saguna. This is the complete, all-comprehensive Truth. This glorious realization makes it natural with you to love all alike and to enjoy the bliss of universal love. You love yourself, in all, and as all.

·         Surrender to God’s will denotes the assertion of your higher will which is one with the will of God. God resides in you. When your individual will ceases to exist, the divine will starts to work in you, or you become conscious of a divine possession, and thereafter in all your actions, great and small, you are controlled and guided by your own omnipotent will. Here there is no conflict, but a transmutation of the human into the Divine Will.

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