My abode is in your heart and i am within you. always worship me, who is seated in your heart, as well as, in the hearts of all beings, blessed and fortunate, indeed, is he who knows me thus.
We have an infinite number of reasons to be happy, and a serious responsibility not be serious.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.
Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.
The nature of life is to grow.
The flower of life blooms in love and radiates love all around it.
Rest and activity are the steps of progress.
From tiny, tiny waves of joy, one gets to the ocean of happiness, which is called bliss.
To get the knowledge (realization) of the self, dhyana (meditation) is necessary. if you practice it continuously, the vrittis (thoughts) will be pacified. being quite desireless, you should meditate on the lord, who is in all the creatures, and when the mind is concentrated, the goal will be achieved.
If you spread your palms with devotion before me, i am immediately with you, day and night. though, i am here bodily, still I know what you do; beyond the seven seas. go wherever you will, over the wide world, i am with you.
People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Why then come to Shirdi and slander people?
If anyone gets angry with another, they wound me to the quick. If you cannot endure abuse from another, just say a simple word or two, or else leave. What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.
If formless meditation is difficult, then think of my form just as you see it here. With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.
For seeing brahman (realising the self) one has to give five things, (i.e. surrender five things) (1) five pranas (vital forces), (2) five senses (five of action and five of perception), (3) mind, (4) intellect and (5) ego. this path of brahma-jnana of self-realisation is ‘as hard as to tread on the edge of a razor.
I love devotion. This body is just my house. My guru has long ago taken me away from it.”“I look on all with an equal eye. I cannot do anything without God’s permission.
God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast. I have to take care of my children day and night and give an account to God of every paisa.
f one devotes their entire time to me and rests in me, need fear nothing for body and soul. If one sees me and me alone and listens to my Leelas and is devoted to me alone, they will reach God.
Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind: I am always aware of everything you do. I will not allow my devotees to come to harm.
My business is to give blessings. I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers? I will take you to the end. Surrender completely to God.