What is mind? What is heart?

Baba put two questions to us all:

“What is mind? What is heart?”

It set us to thinking. Some tried to express what they […]

Surrender requires pure heart and empty mind

Baba asked, “What do you most desire?”

Shalig Ram answered sincerely, “To surrender to you, Baba.”

Baba observed:

No one knows how to surrender […]

On Intelligence, thinking and imagination

At Shahane’s house on March 25th, Meher Baba gave the following discourse on intelligence – the use of knowledge by the mind in the […]

The best way to control the mind

Shiv Charan Singh of Batala had come to the meeting with his son, Air Force Commander Jasbir Singh. He asked, “Baba, please show me […]

Importance of steady mind and being one-pointed

On Wednesday, 18 December 1929, two Germans named Victor Stomps and Phillip Bobl came to Nasik for Baba’s darshan. They were interested in […]

“Do not leave room for the mind to play its tricks”

Neurgaonkar informed Baba about his resolve to observe silence for several days. He asked Baba whether, during that period, he could make exceptions by […]

God only listens to the language of the heart

God does not listen to the language of the tongue which constitutes Japs (mental repetitions), Mantras (verbal repetitions), Zikra (either […]

“Do not think much over petty questions, and wear out your mind”

Do not think much over petty questions, and wear out your mind. This constant thinking weighs heavy on your mind, and causes you much […]

What is fasting of the mind?

What is fasting of the mind? It is to have no thoughts. This in itself is impossible, but remember me as often as you […]

“This whole creation is the outcome of the mind”

Baba then explained to Dedolchow about this imaginary creation: “Close your eyes and imagine a ten-headed elephant. (Dedolchow did so.) Now when you open […]