"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Friday, August 23, 2019

Surrender Saves

Sri Sarada Devi

You can practise Pranayama a little, but not much, otherwise the brain will get heated. If the mind becomes calm of itself, where then is the necessity to practise Pranayama? The practice of Pranayama and Asana often brings occult powers and occult powers lead one astray.

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Dreams regarding the Master are real, but he forbade his disciples to narrate, even to him, dreams regarding himself.

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It is true that He has become the animals etc. , but each is to suffer according to its past Samskara and Karma. The Sun is one, but its reflection is different in different places and on different objects.

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Q: Is it not true that God inspires man to every action?

A: Yes, it is true. But is man conscious of it? He thinks in his blind infatuation that he is the doer- he does not rely on God. Whoever surrenders himself to God is saved.

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Know that the service to your mother is your highest duty. But it is a different matter if she stands in the way of your spiritual progress.

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Repeating the name of God a number of times, telling the rosary or counting on fingers is calculated only to direct the mind to God. The natural tendency of the mind is to run this way and that. Through the above means, it is attracted to God.

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Is not a photograph His shadow? As you go on praying to Him, He manifests Himself through that picture.

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