A few people in the world really try to do good. Others look on and applaud, and think that they themselves have done great good. Life is love, and when a man ceases to do good to others, he is dead …
October 14: Never Mind Success or Failure
Work for work’s sake. Your whole mind should be fixed upon the work. Let that be your ideal, the be-all and end-all of life. Never mind success or failure. (p.144, Spiritual Talks, Swami …
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October 13: Desire Blocks the Way
It is all Mother…. All men are good. Only we cannot reach all…. I am never going to teach anymore. Who am I that I should teach anyone? (p.3-4, Vol.5, New Discoveries, Sister Nivedita describing …
October 11: Work in the Right Spirit
Who says that spiritual practice produces no effect? Surely it does. There is not a shade of doubt about it. People of the world give you wages, if you work for them. Is God so unkind that He will not …
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October 11: “I Have Never Retreated in a Fight”
What will you achieve by mere reasoning? Be restless for God and learn to love Him. Reason, mere intellectual knowledge, is like a man who can go only as far as the outer court of the house. But …
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October 10: A Devotee Cannot Live Without God
The whole thing is to love God and taste His sweetness. He is sweetness and the devotee is its enjoyer. The devotee drinks the sweet Bliss of God. Further, God is the lotus and the devotee the bee. …
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