All who have actually
attained any
real religious experience
never wrangle over
the form in which
the different religions are
expressed.
They know that the soul
of all religions is
the same and so
they have no quarrel
with anybody just
because
he or she does not
speak in the same tongue.
A tremendous stream is
flowing toward the ocean,
carrying us all along with it;
and though like straws
and
scraps of paper
we may at times
float aimlessly
about,
in the long run
we are sure to join
the Ocean of
Life and Bliss.
“The earth is enjoyed by heroes”
this is the unfailing truth.
Be a hero.
Always
say,
“I have no fear.”
“Comfort”
is no test of truth;
on the contrary,
truth is often far from being
“comfortable.”
I do not want to get
material life,
do not want the sense-life,
but something higher.
That is renunciation.
Then,
by the power of meditation,
undo the
mischief that has been done.
I am the thread that runs
through all these pearls,
and each pearl is a religion
or
even a sect thereof. Such are
the different pearls, and
God is the thread that
runs through all of them;
most people, however,
are entirely unconscious of it.
Uphold Your Ideals:
Our duty is to encourage
every one in his struggle
to live up to his
own highest idea, and
strive at the
same time to
make the ideal
as near as possible to the
Truth.
Don't Play The Blame Game:
Condemn none:
if you can stretch out a
helping hand, do so.
If you cannot,
fold your hands,
bless your brothers, and
let them go their own way.
It's The Way You Feel:
Feel like
Christ and you will be a Christ;
feel like Buddha and
you will be a Buddha.
It is feeling that is the life,
the strength, the vitality,
without which no amount
of intellectual activity
can reach God.
Life is Beautiful:
First, believe in this world -
that there is meaning behind
everything.
Everything in the world is good,
is holy and beautiful.
If you see something evil,
think that you
do not understand
it in the right light.
Throw the burden on yourselves!
It's Your Outlook
That Matters: It is our
own mental attitude,
which makes the world
what it is for us.
Our thoughts make
things beautiful,
our thoughts make
things ugly.
The whole world
is in our own minds.
Learn to see things in the
proper light.
Love Is The Law Of Life:
All love is expansion,
all selfishness is contraction.
Love is therefore the only law of life.
He who loves lives,
he who is selfish is dying.
Therefore,
love for love's sake,
because it is law of life,
just as you breathe to live.