You want laboratory proofs? Very fine indeed! You wish to limit the illimitable allpervading
God in your test-tube, blowpipe and chemicals. God is the source for your chemicals.
He is the substratum for your atoms, electrons and molecules. Without Him no atom or electron
will move. He is the Inner Ruler, Antaryamin. He is the Niyanta. Without Him the fire cannot
burn, the sun cannot shine, the air cannot move. Without Him you cannot see, cannot talk,
cannot hear, cannot think. He is the maker of all
Attachment is the first child of Maya. This whole Lila of the Lord is kept up by the force of
attachment. There is in the mind gummy substance which is like a mixture of castor oil, glue,
gum-arabic, mucilage of tragacanth, gluten paste, honey, glycerine, jack fruit’s juice and all other
pasty substances of the world. The mind is glued, as it were, to the objects with this mixture.
Therefore the attachment is very strong.
Selfishness causes attachment. Attachment is the root-cause for all the miseri
Ask God why He has created this world! Attain wisdom of the Self. Then you will know
why God created the world. You cannot understand it with your intellect. You can understand it
only with intuition.
For the sake of sport, God created the world. Lokavattu Lila Kaivalyam. Creation of the
world has a purpose. Just as we cannot have a sun without rays, similarly, we cannot have God
without the world process. The world is like His rays. It is His Svabhava, nature. Just as a
juggler produces something an
Develop forgiveness. Give up idle talk. Study the sacred books. Observe straight-forwardness, celibacy, innocence and equanimity under the opposite conditions of pain and pleasure, gain and loss etc. Do no harm to any being.
Have patience, adamantine will and untiring persistence. Stick to one place, one spiritual preceptor, one method, one system of Yoga. That is the way to positive success. Drive the feeling of depression and gloom at once by enquiry, singing Divine songs, prayers, chanting of
You say in daily life, “My body”, “My Prana”, “My mind”, “My Indriya”. This clearly
denotes that the Self or Atman is entirely different from the body, the mind, the Prana and the
Indriyas. The mind and the body are your servants or instruments. They are as much outside of
you as these towels, chairs, cups are. You are holding the body just as you are holding a long
walking stick in your hand. You are the possessor or proprietor of this body. The body is your
property or possession. The body, the se
There must be Purushartha also. Only when you do Purushartha, the grace will come. A
professor will not answer the questions for you and make you pass. The Gita says, “Uddharet
Atmanatmanam”. One should raise oneself. Grace only helps one to raise oneself. Everybody
should work out his own salvation. You may ask, “What is grace then?”. If an aspirant gets
letters from his preceptor, clearing his doubts, that is grace. If an aspirant comes here, takes
Ganges bath and hears the lectures here, that is
Do not think of the past, nor plan for the future. Live in the present. Believe in the glory of
the Self. Regard all alike. Help the Self in all.
Tear into pieces the veil of ignorance. Catch the fickle deer mind with the snare of enquiry
and Brahma Chintana. Ride the elephant of Self-knowledge and reach the highest peak of Supreme
Wisdom of the Self.
Melt all illusory differences. Remove all barriers that separate man from man. Mix with all.
Destroy the sex-idea by constantly thinking on the Self or
If a person hurts the feelings of some Godrealized
saint, then it is said that the saint may curse and thus herald a bundle of miseries
for him. How far is this true?
The company of Sadhus and Sannyasins is always covetable provided they are of sterling
character. If this singular qualification is traceable in them, they are worthy of adoration and
respect. They can never be a source of trouble to anyone.
Contact with Sadhus and Sannyasins of true worth can never mar the progress or the
personal inter
This is wrong philosophy. God helps those who help themselves. God’s grace will
descend only on those persons who exert. The Lord’s grace will descend in proportion to the
degree of surrender. The more the surrender, the more the grace. You cannot expect the Lord to
do self-surrender for you. Be up and doing. Strive. Plod. Persevere. The Lord will shower His
grace upon you.
Mira abandoned everything. She renounced kingdom, husband, relatives, friends and
property. She remembered her Lord Krishna whol
The goal of life is God-realisation. All desires are gratified by realising God. God can be
realised by pure, subtle reasoning. There is not an iota of happiness in objects, because they are
insentient. There are mental uneasiness, discontentment and restlessness even in multi-millionaires
and kings.
All sorts of fears, miseries and troubles will melt away when the knowledge of God dawns.
You will be freed from the Samsaric wheel of births and deaths with all its concomitant evils. Form
a strong habi
Any number of zeroes have no intrinsic value unless number 1 (one) is added before them.
Even so the wealth of the three worlds is nothing if you do not try to acquire spiritual wealth and if
you do not strive for Self-realisation.
Therefore live in the soul or the Self within. Add Atman to the life here. “Seek ye first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto thee” (Lord Jesus).
Just as the light is burning within the hurricane lamp, so also the Divine Flame
Japa is silent repetition of the Name of the Lord. Meditation is the constant flow of one
idea of God. When you repeat Om Namo Narayanaya, it is Japa of the Vishnu Mantra. When
you think of the conch, disc, mace and lotus flower in the hands of Vishnu, His ear-rings, the
crown on His head, His yellow silken Pitambar, etc., it is meditation. When you think of the
attributes of God such as omniscience, omnipotence, etc., it is also meditation.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). M
You cannot renounce the world all at once. The world is a vast university. Nature is the
best teacher. In the world you can develop virtues like mercy, tolerance, etc. You cannot
develop them if you remain in a cave. The world is the best teacher. Gradually, when you have
evolved, you can renounce. Guru Nanak remained in the world with two or three children.
There is nothing wrong in the world. Prayer will remove all obstacles.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informatio
Remember the goal and the purpose for which you have taken this physical body. Do not
give indulgence or leniency to the mind. Watch the Vrittis or thoughts. Drive them. Just as the
soldier kills his enemies with his sword when they enter the fort, take the rod of Viveka when the
mind raises its hood or Vritti and strike indiscriminately. Annihilate the thoughts.
From "Light, Power and Wisdom" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Societ
There is a great Master of Masters, the Indweller of your heart. Turn the gaze inwards,
withdraw the Indriyas and seek His help. Rest in Him. Identify yourself with Him. Search Him
in your heart. Don’t talk to me of these Himalayan Masters in future. You will be deluded.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda
