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You come to Puttaparthi to strengthen your relationship with the Divine. Hold
on to it firmly. Put into practice at least one thing you learn from here. It
is not enough to chant the names of God. God must be installed in the heart.
Make your conscience your guide an...d preceptor. That will promote true
devotion. All external paraphernalia will not help you. There are four mottos
which all devotees should follow: (1) Avoid bad company (2) Welcome association
with good persons (3) Remember always the transient and the permanent, and (4)
Ceaselessly engage yourself in meritorious acts. It is through the above that
you become good. Remember, the essence of all scriptures is: ‘Help ever; hurt
never.’ If the above basic rules are followed, all countries will be happy and
peaceful. Like India, every country is a part of the mansion of planet earth.
When we have this broad vision, humanity will be one in spirit. - Divine
Discourse, 23 Nov 1997.
Love All, Serve All. Help Ever, Hurt Never. - BABA.
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The spiritual aspirant should note the distinction between the conduct of the
ordinary (sahaja) person and the spiritual aspirant.
Rice in its natural state and boiled rice —can these two be the same? The
hardness of natural rice is absent in the boiled one. The... boiled grain is
soft, harmless, and sweet. The unboiled grain is hard, conceited, and full of
delusion. Similarly both types of individuals are souls (jivis) and humans, no
doubt, but those immersed in external or multiplicity based illusions
(avidya-maya) are ‘people’, while those immersed in internal or knowledge based
illusions (vidya-maya) are ‘spiritual aspirants’. Though the Lord is situated
in every heart, spiritual practice is necessary so that they may discover it
for themselves, right? It isn’t possible for us to see our own face! We need a
mirror! So too, a basic path, a spiritual practice, is necessary.
- Prema Vahini, Ch 59.
Just as fire is needed till the rice is cooked, so too, spiritual practices are
necessary until you realize your innate divinity.-BABA
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