HAVING FAITH IN OTHERS

August 28, 2021

How can we serve those around us? By making our lives inspirational and interacting with tact and wisdom. Even if there is not the chance for actual conversation, we can learn to take in each other’s presence in a positive way. This creates an atmosphere of love and regard, which...

FOR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS, CHANGE YOUR NEGATIVE NATURE

August 21, 2021

A major obstacle to spiritual progress is one’s own negative nature. The root cause of this kind of nature is limited consciousness. This root has to be eliminated completely because obstacles that arise from a negative nature will prevent you from taking power from God. Power from God is received...

SOUL-CONSCIOUSNESS FREES YOU FROM EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

August 14, 2021

A beautiful state of being is soul-consciousness, where your whole sense of self is shifted from a physical identity to a spiritual one. In soul-consciousness, you no longer feel yourself to be male or female, black or white. No worldly achievement forms your self-esteem. Instead, self-esteem is shaped by a...

SPIRITUAL STRENGTH BUILDS CHARACTER

August 7, 2021

Spiritual strength is necessary if you want to grow spiritually and help others grow, too. It is an inner kind of strength which builds character and allows you to discipline your mind. A disciplined mind means a peaceful and happy one. A strong mind never gets disturbed. To develop this...

WHAT MAKES GOD HAPPY?

July 31, 2021

God does so much, yet He is beyond the feeling of doing. He does not think, yet still you can say that He thinks. That is His wonderful personality. We cannot become God, because His part is unique. But as His children, we can become like Him. And this is...

GOD UNDERSTANDS YOU VERY WELL

July 24, 2021

Never have the thought that you do not want a part in the drama of life. That is not possible. It is good to understand these things in detail. Understanding allows you to remove the sorrow. It makes you a self-sovereign and makes others this, too. What is needed is...

CHECK AND CHANGE YOURSELF TO REACH YOUR GOAL

July 17, 2021

No matter how good a car or its driver, if the car is not regularly checked, there will be problems. In the same way, if one moment I am happy but the next moment I am not, something is wrong with the vehicle of my mind and I will need...

KEEP THE INTELLECT CLEAN AND FULL

July 10, 2021

The intellect is the vessel which holds the knowledge of God. It is different from the mind. A clean intellect is like the mind’s filter, sorting out thoughts of value from those of waste, enabling me to put into action only that which is of value. So much energy is...

ELEVATED THOUGHTS PURIFY THE SELF

July 3, 2021

Through our thoughts, we are either gaining power or losing it. With pure thoughts power is generated, and with impure thoughts, power is destroyed. Pure thoughts are those that express our spiritual personality. Impure thoughts are all the others. They have nothing to do with our truth. Thought is the...

To change yourself, be patient

June 26, 2021

The most important virtue needed for self-transformation is patience. Without patience you will lose hope in the transformation process. As you travel the path you sometimes run into rough spots where the foot slips and you find yourself suddenly not on the path, and there are wrong thoughts or behaviour....