India Reflections

Love

If there is Love, you don't need anything else. If not, you need tolerance, you need faith, you need courage, and you must not have prejudices.

Taken from the Book "Heart Speak 2005", Chapter "The Art of Listening to Nature", pg. 10, by Revered Chariji

Spiritual Person

A human being must not ask for Love. He and she must give Love. This, beyond all philosophies, is the philosophy, the essence of Sahaj Marg. He who cannot love, who cannot learn to love, who cannot give love unconditionally, unstintedly, unreservedly at all times to all who seek it, is no spiritual person.

Taken from the Book "Heart Speak 2005", Chapter "Life in the Real Sense", pg. 48, by Revered Chariji

Improve Yourself

He who will not improve himself with everything that he does, with every breath of his life, can do nothing to improve anybody else.

Taken from the Book "Heart Speak 2005", Chapter "Use your Self to Change Yourself", pg. 23, by Revered Chariji

Self-Help

You know prayer is a powerful tool, but prayer is not the only thing. God’s grace is a must, but it will help those only who help themselves.

Taken from the book "Heart Speak 2008", "Healthy Minds in Healthy Bodies " pg. 2, by Revered Chariji

Ashrams

Ashrams are not built of mud and stone and bricks and cement; they are built of human hearts, hearts full of love, hearts filled with the same aspiration to rise beyond the human condition into the spiritual condition and become divinized.

Taken from the Book "Heart Speak 2005", Chapter "Dedication, Devotion and Love", pg. 59, by Revered Chariji

Personal Discipline

Personal discipline goes a long way in spiritual progress. Personal discipline shows an inner discipline—that you are balanced, that you don’t put your needs before that of others. It shows itself in courtesy: you give way to others, let them sit first. You will let others eat first, don’t rush.

Taken from the book "Heart Speak 2008", "Personal Discipline shows in Courtesy" pg. 37, by Revered Chariji

Balance

We want a totally balanced human individual - a broad minded mind in a body which will accept that other bodies are also holy, not to be exploited, not to be bought and sold; that every individual is a part of the divine being here, playing its role.

Taken from the Book "Heart Speak 2005", Chapter "The Real Purpose of the SMSF Training Centres", pg. 41, by Revered Chariji

Bliss

Ananda is to be translated as bliss, something superior to just happiness and joy. It is a combination of love, the joy of life, and inner contentment with one’s own self.

Taken from the book "Heart Speak 2008", " Healthy Minds in Healthy Bodies " pg. 2, by Revered Chariji

Spiritual Life

Anything you do, good or bad, reflects on the entire universe. In this consciousness, if you continue to work, and strive in your spiritual life, the world will automatically become a better place.

Taken from the Book "Heart Speak 2005", Chapter "The Art of Listening to Nature", pgs. 13-14, by Revered Chariji

The Core

Embrace spirituality as a totality in your life—because spirituality must be the core of existence, not the periphery.

Taken from the book "Heart Speak 2008", "Embrace Spirituality Totally" pg. 35, by Revered Chariji