Once, when a number of people were asked by Me what they would like to be in the hands of God, I got various answers: some said the Lotus, some the Shankha (conch), some the Chakra (discus) but no one mentioned the Murali (flute). I would advise you to become the Murali, for then the Lord will come to you, pick you up, put you to His lips and breathe through you and, out of the hollowness of your heart due to the utter absence of egoism that you have developed, He will create captivating music for all creation to enjoy. Be straight without any will of your own, merge your will in the will of God. Inhale only the breath of God. That is divine life, that is what I want you all to achieve.
- From Swami's Divine Discourse in Venkatagiri on April'1957.
