I have come to give you the key to the treasure of ananda, or bliss, to teach you how to tap that spring, for you have forgotten the way to blessedness. If you waste this time of saving yourselves, it is just your fate. You have come to get from me tinsel and trash, the petty little cures and promotions, worldly joys and comforts. Very few of you desire to get from me the thing that I have come to give you: namely, liberation itself. Even among these few, those who stick to the path of sadhana, or spiritual practice, and succeed are a handful.
I am determined to correct you only after informing you of my credentials. That is why I am now and then announcing my Nature by mans of miracles, that is, acts which are beyond human capacity and uman understanding. Not that I am anxious to show off my Powers. The objective is do draw you closer to me, to cement your hearts to me. I ask only that you turn to me when your mind drags you into grief or pride or envy. Bring me the depths of your mind, no matter how grotesque, how cruelly ravaged by doubts or disappointments. I know how to treat them. I will not reject you. I am your mother. Why fear when I am here? Put all your faith in Me. I shall guide and guard you. The godliness which is present in everybody in the form of a little spark exists in me as the full flame, and it is my mission to develop every little spark of God in everyone to the fullness of the divine flame. Where there is a desire for mental tranquility, I hurry to grant tranquility. Where there is dispiritedness, I hasten to raise the drooping heart. Where there is no mental trust, I rush to restore trust. I am ever on the move to fulfill the mission for which I have ome. I never utter a word that does not have significance, or do a deed ithout beneficial consequence.What I will, must take place; what I lan must succeed. Transformation must begin with the individual. When the individual hanges, the world will change. This transformation has to take place n the minds of men. Right thoughts will lead to right actions. Do not bother about what has happened in the past. Get immersed in the asks of the present. Render service with a pure and selfless heart. he delight of the individual gladdens the Divine. Equally the Divine steems you. Do everything with the Lord's name on your lips. Develop ll that is good in you and share that goodness with one and all. - Taken from Various Discourses of Swami
