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Speak kind and sweet words. Have Satsanga of Mahatmas. Eat moderately. Take care of
your health. Cultivate fellow-feeling and universal brotherhood.
Do not waste your precious hours. Find out your evil habits and remove them. Thou art the
best judge in this direction. Try to minimise the time spent in useless company. Be on the alert.
Speak little.
Feel that the whole world is your own Self. Feel that all beings are your own Self. Develop
universal love. Live in God. Be kind to all. Take refuge in th

You are born for higher things. A glorious brilliant future is awaiting you. Do not think of
the past. Purify. Concentrate. Reflect. Meditate. March forward. Find thy rest in the Supreme Soul.
Do not be troubled by difficulties, adversities and sorrows. They instil mercy in thy heart.
They will help you in developing your will and power of endurance. They will make you wise and
help you in your evolution.
Be courageous. Never despair. Draw strength from within. Move forward. Feel the Divine
Presence

Allow the waves of love to arise constantly in your heart. Feel the warmth of the Divine
Love. Bask in the sunshine of Divine Love. Taste the bliss of the eternal life.
Do not murmur when you encounter difficulties, troubles, diseases and sorrows. Be
courageous. Endure them with patience. Turn your mind towards God. Cultivate serenity of mind.
Educate your will. You will possess tremendous inner spiritual strength. You will have rapid
spiritual progress.
Conquer your difficulties one by one. Do medit

Develop joyful nature. Have an amiable nature, a modest and unassuming temperament.
Understand the secrets of nature. Develop your will-power. Conserve all leaking energy. Move
Do not waste your precious hours in idle talk. Cut short the conversations. Be humble and
simple. Do everything as Ishvararpana. Accept your faults openly and endeavour to rectify yourself
in future. Pray fervently to the Almighty God. You will realise Him quickly.
From "Light, Power and Wisdom" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963)

Have an eager, receptive attitude to imbibe the teachings of your master. Be absolutely
guileless, frank and candid like a child. Have unshakable faith in the words of your Guru or Srutis.
Be ever ready to serve. Serve with pure love, kindness, and courtesy. Never show a weary or
gloomy face when you serve. Live a life of utter devotion to service.
Develop sympathy, affection, benevolence, tolerance and humility. Have a catholic or
liberal view. Give a place for the views of all. You will have an ex

Lead a life of intense activity. Keep always a calm mind. Mentally repeat your Ishta Mantra.
Mix with all. Serve all with Atma Bhava. See God in them.
Do not be afraid of difficulties and failures in the spiritual path. Difficulties will develop
your will-power. Failures are stepping stones to success. Use your intelligence, sagacity,
discrimination and commonsense. You will overcome the difficulties one by one.
Stand adamant. Be cheerful. Dismiss fear and anxiety. March boldly in the spiritual path

Wake up from the dream of forms. Do not be deceived by these illusory names and forms.
Cling to the solid living reality only. Love your Atman alone. Atman only persists. Live in Atman.
Become Brahman. This is real life.
Approach the sages, the doctors of divinity with faith, devotion and humility. Take a dose of
medicine called Jnana. Then the disease of Ajnana will be eradicated completely. You will attain
everlasting peace.
Do not be deluded by Maya. Be calm as the waveless ocean. Be broad-minded

God is great. Resign yourself completely to His Will. His Will is great and His actions are
wise. Nobody can grudge or complain when the collective Karma is in operation. There is always a
chapter of accidents in the history of Nature’s work. Let us be sincere and offer our actions and
fruits at His feet as Ishvararpana. Let us never forget Him. Let us pray for the Peace of the whole
world.
May you be ceaselessly engaged in the pursuit of Atmic enquiry! May peace abide with you
forever!
From "Light, P

Do not be guided and influenced by public opinion. March boldly and cheerfully in the path
of Truth, consulting your conscience and hearing the inner, small, sweet voice of the soul.
Keep company with one Sattvic man. Spend every second profitably. Serve sick people.
Share what you have with the poor people. Unfold the Divinity hidden in the chambers of your
heart. Repeat your Guru Mantra or the Mantra of the Ishta Devata mentally. Associate the idea of
purity, infinity, eternity, immortality, Vyapa

Be still and realise the Truth. Be vigilant and destroy the Vasanas and Vrittis. The more the
thinning of the Vasanas, egoism and Dehadhyasa, the greater the bliss of the Self.
May you attain Kaivalya or peace of the Eternal, leading the divine life, serving the poor and
the sick, feeling the Divine presence everywhere at all times, in all faces and radiating joy and peace
to all those who come in contact with you.
From "Light, Power and Wisdom" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on S

"It is You"

The One who has attained the enlightenment spiritually behaves basically in three ways first lives as a yogi remaining as a viewer (Sackchibhao)secondly preaches and loves as a saint and thirdly serves as a disciple.

A common human does all karmas either they are relating to spiritual practices or materials practices and keeps a motive for being in comfort, peace and happy living life.

While in course of spiritual practice he/she does Tirth (a Holy Pilgrimage), Puja, Rituals and other f

Be calm under all circumstances. Cultivate this virtue again and again through constant and
strenuous endeavour. Serenity is like a rock. Waves of irritation may dash on it, but cannot effect it.
Meditate on the ever tranquil Atman within, which is unchanging. You will attain calmness.
The Divine Light will descend on a calm mind only. An aspirant with a calm mind only can enter
into deep meditation and Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
Be sincere at heart. Care not for the perishable things. Care for the ever-la

Concentration is the only way to get rid of the worldly miseries and tribulations. Your only
duty is to practise concentration. You have taken this body to practise concentration and through
concentration to realise the Self.
When you read a book you must read it with concentration. There is no use of skipping over
the pages in a hurried manner. Read one page in the Gita. Close the book. Concentrate on what you
have read. Find out parallel lines in Mahabharata, Upanishads and Bhagavata. Compare and
c

Meditation is the Grand Trunk Road to attain Godhead. Without that no spiritual progress is
possible: Therefore, meditate. It will take you to the realm of Bhava Samadhi and make you drink
the honey of Prema and Nectar of Immortality.
Therefore, withdraw your mind from sensual objects. Fix it at the lotus feet of the Lord.
Merge in the Atman within. Practise silent meditation. Swim freely in the ocean of Atmic Bliss.
Float in the Divine joy. Tap the source. March directly towards the fountain-head o

Do not give a loose rein to the mind. Curb it ruthlessly. Annihilate it. You will soon cognise
the Truth and attain the final emancipation. All pains, sorrows and delusions will terminate.
Renounce all your sorrows, fears and anxieties, and walk in the path laid down by the
scriptures. Abandon the impure Vasanas, cultivate the pure Vasanas and practise regular meditation
on the pure, All-pervading Atman.
Meditate on the Lord who is an embodiment of Light, Peace, Bliss and Knowledge. Do not
waste the

Purify your heart and meditate. Dive deep into the innermost recess of the heart. You will
find the Atmic pearl. If you search in deep water only, you will find the pearl. If you keep only to the
shore, you will find broken shells only.
O friend! Wake up. Sleep no more. Meditate. It is Brahmamuhurta now! Open the gate of
the temple of the Lord in your heart with the key of love. Hear the music of the soul. Sing the song of
Prem your Beloved. Play the melody of the infinite. Melt your mind in His con

Discipline the mind and the senses. Cultivate noble virtues. Develop the four means. Hear
the Srutis. Reflect and meditate on Atman. This will result in Self-realisation.
Have no blind faith. Reason out carefully and then accept anything. Annihilate lust, anger
and greed. Share what you have—mental, physical and moral—with others. Take delight in serving
others. All your egoism and arrogance will disappear.
In the lamp of the heart put the oil of Vairagya. Insert the wick of devotion. Now kindle the

Do not grumble of bad environments. Create your own mental world and environments.
Build up your character properly. Establish virtuous healthy habits.
Understand the glow, splendour and power of the Self which is at the back of your mind,
thoughts, will and memory. Keep your body strong and healthy by regular exercise. Become a
spiritual hero.
Shut out the doors of the senses. Still the thoughts, emotions and feelings. Sit motionless
and calm in the early morning hours. Have a receptive attitude. Go

The practice of selfless service destroys sins and impurities and causes purity of
Antahkarana. Knowledge of Self dawns in a pure mind. Knowledge of Self is the only direct means
to freedom. Cooking is not possible without fire, so is emancipation without knowledge of the Self.
Knowledge certainly destroys ignorance as light destroys thickest darkness.
Be absorbed in your work. Give your full heart, mind and soul. Do not care for the results.
Do not think of success or failure. Do not think of the p

Within you is the hidden God. Within you is the immortal soul. Within you is the
inexhaustible spiritual treasure. Within you is the ocean of bliss.
Look within for the happiness which you have sought in vain in perishable sensual objects.
Rest peacefully in your own Atman.
Surrender everything unto Him. Place your ego at His feet and be at ease. He will take
complete charge of you. He will do everything for you. Practise. Feel. Assert. Enjoy the Supreme.
From "Light, Power and Wisdom" by Swami Sivan