PEARLS OF WISDOM
- PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

1) Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To use them rightly one must possess wisdom and love for God and man.

2) The sincere devotee loves God deeply whether he is nonactive and silently meditating on God, or in the midst of a whirl of outer activities. He is awake in God during all hours and in all walks of life. He does not become so deeply engrossed in material duties as to be oblivious to the inner state of divine bliss.

3) Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.

HABITS

Habits, habits, habits!
Good or bad, dos or dont's, all grown from past.
Trapped in the whorl of habits,
I act, react with its bits!

I can't live without, I can live without,
All but habits that have become my bits,
Bits of my personality, Myself!
Accompanying me always.

It's in my mind, habits delight
For they rule the mind but I don't mind!
When the soul search is in light
Its not reign of habits, I remind.

The raising magical power to vanish its seeds,
In the garden of my mind, clears these weeds.
Still I feel something amiss,
Oh! Forgot my mobile, hence the hiss!!

Habits, habits, habits!!!

SNAPS OF GOD!

GOD IN SILENCE, GOD IN THE HUM, GOD IN BEAUTY, GOD IN TRANQUILITY, GOD EVERYWHERE, GOD ANYWHERE!!

SOME PICS TAKEN AT PALASDARI (NEAR KHOPOLI) WHERE WE WENT FOR A PICNIC!

Guruji said -

1)To create DYNAMIC WILL POWER, determine and attempt simple tasks and then with the confidence try to accomplish a difficult task by devoting entire will power on just one task by refusing to submit to failure.

2) During PRAYER, the DEMAND for Lord’s reply should be STRONG, the mind should be made up of “HE is going to talk with me” and with this trust, he will respond to you one day when your love for him is as great as your attachment to your mortal body.

3) When you work for God, not self, it is just as good as meditation. The work helps your meditation and meditation helps your work. This IS THE BALANCE, else with only meditation you become lazy and with only activity mind becomes worldly and you forget God.

4) God is with you every minute of your existence, and the only way to realize Him is through "Meditation".

I was down with a flu for couple of days.

MY SICK BODY

My sick body is an illusion,
Sinuses blocked because of pollution,
Physical weakness, mental strain,
All in the drama, I cannot refrain.

My part got to be played well,
Amidst aches and emotions, its a hell.
Small body got to be cared,
Regardless you love or hate!

Strength of Kriya, in all nooks,
Keeps the tempo of the rook.
Struggling to keep pace with mirage of time,
It moves forward and backward for a dime.

This rook is not mine, just used to checkmate.
Once the game is over, I play the next.
A new body - pawn or rook?
I got to defend it without a second look.

The game continues, in sick or healthy,
Pawn or rook, hell or heaven,
Illusion or Reality, in life or death.
My sick body an illusion...

THE FLIGHT

I could see myself in the cockpit along with Guruji (as a co-pilot). The funniest part is, I do not know how to ride(fly). With all the controls with Guruji, I am learning to fly to eternity !!! Do you want to accompany?!


I am ready for a takeoff
Flight at the runway,
There is only one way,
Its up, up and away.

Over the rainbow,
Over the clouds,
Into the blue skies,
Into the blue heaven.

Beside me is Guruji,
Copilot, leading me to eternity.
All controls stare at me,
For I know not how to ride!!

Kriya and Guruji help me,
I soar up, I find the blue
Its peace up there,
Thrilled! I thank Guruji.

Amidst the dark clouds of ignorance
I am in a hurry to perceive the Lord.
Still time! Says Guruji,
I got to gain altitude.

My flight attains new heights,
But still there is a long way to go!
Its up, up and away
Into the blue heaven.