Creative control (Sublimation): The need

Control of the habitual tendencies of the mind is much more difficult than control of physical actions. The fleeting and evasive thoughts and desires […]

Keep your mind always towards the goal

 

Questioner: I am trying to realize the greater things in life, but find it extremely difficult to reconcile myself with the surroundings, which […]

A clean, open, receptive heart

 

Questioner: The East is mystical, the West practical.

Baba: The practical mind of the West and the mystical mind of the East must […]

The role of duality

 

Questioner: If God is in everything, why is this evil prevalent in the world…this sort of “disproportion”?

 

Baba: God is One, Infinite, […]

The supreme value of love compared to meditation

While Don Stevens had been working on editing the Discourses, halfway through the work he realized: “Good heavens, here are several […]

Love vs. sex

Questioner: The aspirant must undoubtedly eliminate lust and release love. But lust as well as love is a fact of inner life […]

Love your Master in the other person

Questioner: When a young aspirant meets young women, he is susceptible to thoughts of lust. On the other hand, if he avoids them entirely, […]

The method of love is direct

 

Questioner: It has been said that by breaking the through different hindrances of lust, hate, and so on, one can develop true love. […]

The simple remedy for economic adjustment

 

Questioner: Is economic adjustment is possible as long as human being are what they are?

Baba: Economic adjustment and human nature are interdependent. […]

Intellect and spirituality

 

Questioner: Is it impossible to understand spiritual matters intellectually?

Baba: Spiritual doctrine can be stated in intellectual terms. Intellect is a great help […]