Only heartfelt remembrance reaches God – Part 2 (final)

 

Instead, if anyone prays to God, to me, purely and honestly, from however far away and however slowly or softly, I, as God, […]

Only heartfelt remembrance reaches God – Part 1

In Dhulia, a Brahmin priest lived in a room adjoining the mandali’s. Every morning he would get up early and loudly chant Hindu shlokas […]

“Deathless Living”

Don Stevens read Baba’s message “Deathless Living,” and afterwards Baba stated:

It is the birthright of every human being to be happy, but most […]

“I am always with you”

 

To one who was weeping while leaving, Baba consoled, “Why shed tears? Although you may not see me physically, be certain I am […]

“They are poor, but their hearts are clean”

 

The following day, Baba again spent time with his Hamirpur lovers. They were all poor, but had made the long and costly journey […]

What is mind? What is heart?

Baba put two questions to us all:

“What is mind? What is heart?”

It set us to thinking. Some tried to express what they […]

The spirit of prayer

“It is better not to worship if your heart is not in it. Any prayer made mechanically in a spirit of show or ceremony […]

Act on principles than rituals

“Even as the mind cannot be freed of bindings by mere physical renunciation, so the heart […]

“Search within your heart for that which is true and lasting”

 

During the darshan, a Dutch woman, married to an Indian editor and living in South Africa, came to meet Baba. She was […]

“He needs to be awakened by prayer.”

Padri, rather exasperated, confronted Baba, saying, “God is omnipresent and omniscient, so why pray for his blessing?”

“God is omnipresent,” […]