BELOVED PAPA

Spirituality Spirituality that cannot be applied in actual life is no spirituality. God is in the world and is acting through every one of us. God-realization does not mean disappearing into some unknown realm beyond the world. True spirituality consists in our living in this world, moving in it and serving all beings, all the time being conscious of the Divine within us and everywhere around us.

Creativity Be the light unto yourself and in your own original way manifest the magnificence and power of your enlightened life. Be highly creative and set free the infinite power that is within you.

Liberation The liberation and peace of an individual is surely based upon his or her contribution towards the collective human happiness and harmony.

Stillness Utterance of God’s Name is to make the mind ultimately still, free from all thoughts. In that stillness it is that you know and realize God. Bhajan, Kirtan, Nama Smaran are all means to that end. You have to repeat, chant or sing the Name, no doubt, for a certain period. After that, repetition must cease and mind must become perfectly still. In that stillness, duality is transcended and the repeater and the repeated - devotee and God - become one.

Witness Be a witness to all movements. Detach yourself from them and become the observer of them; then you will realize that you are the eternal witness and the body is not yourself. Identification with the body will go and witness-consciousness will be attained. Mostly you can practice it when you are in meditation. When you are active and moving about, it is difficult to maintain that consciousness.

Observe Many rules have to be observed for control of mind; observance of silence is one of them. Who is observing silence? Let us try to find out. Sit silent, detach yourself from the mind and watch its activities. The watcher is the real you - the Self Immortal.

Silence Where the river starts there is perfect stillness, the running water is active and noisy in its course, until it attains its calm again when it meets the ocean. The sleeping bird starts up early morning, flies about from tree to tree; when the evening comes it regains its nest and calm again. From silence all come, to silence all revert. All activity is rounded by silence. Out of silence, tremendous forces are released and wonders are worked. Learn to be silent. Bhajan must lead you into silence. It is not merely outer silence but inner silence - silence of the mind.

Consciousness Once the mind ceases to be restless, being free from thoughts and desires, that moment we are not individuals, but Pure Consciousness which is at once cosmic and super-cosmic in nature. Look without seeing, hear without listening, eat without tasting - that is the thing you have to attain.

Name Name is a ladder by the help of which you ascend to the supreme zenith of the above described state. When, through the repetition of the Name, the mind gets dissolved in the ocean of stillness and peace within you, repetition of the Name is no longer necessary. Of course, off and on, you can drink the nectar of the charming music of the Name, but do not depend entirely upon this music for your peace and bliss. Because no joy which is conditioned and dependent can be permanent.

Music Through the power of the Name, let the bliss of the eternal Atman, which is self-existent and independent, reveal itself within you, so that you can experience it at all times and in all states. Find joy in the non-repetition of the name as much as in the repetition of it, by realizing that all the activities of your life are tuned together by the divine Shakti to produce the sweet music of the Name. Listen to this music in all sounds and movements in yourself and the world. Verily, all the worlds and beings move and act to the grand symphony of God’s own music.

Me in all I look around me - everywhere I find myself revealed in a thousand forms. What glory, what joy in seeing myself as all! What beauteous scenes are unfolded before my eyes! The mountains with emerald verdure spreading over them; the sparkling lake tranquil like my peaceful mind; the grey mist gradually rising and enveloping the mountain, lake and all like the veil of Maya covering the splendour of my soul; how varied and picturesque is my manifestation!

Child I am a child - child of eternal light and joy. My body thrills to the music of the worlds dancing round each other in space. Ecstasy is my being. Love is the fragrance I shed on all. To my heart clings a million hearts. My eyes behold my Beloved wherever they cast their glance. I look small but I am infinite. My thought embraces the whole universe.

Eternal I am the child, innocent and pure, that dwells in the hearts of all beings and things. I sleep in some, awake in others and play in waves of delight in some others. I am still - yet I move all the worlds. I am the child of the Eternal - I am the Eternal. I behold myself as all.