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The spiritual journey

The spiritual journey does not consist in gaining what a person does not have, but in the dissipation of ignorance concerning himself and life, […]

Assertions and conditions in surrender indicate lack of faith

In July of 1936 Baba wrote [as part of His letter to His close Western lovers about their stay at Nasik]:

Whatever happens, […]

Jealousy– Spiritual vs. Material

Finding Kim doing Baba’s personal work and herself excluded from it, Minta took it so badly she quietly went up to the third floor […]

True Education

Rustom and Sohrab behind Baba

One day, Baba emphasized to Rustom and Sohrab, “I joke with you, make fun at your expense, play […]

Make others happy and be happy

Elizabeth had told Baba about Harry’s* chicken farm. “I like sheep better than chickens,” Baba remarked. Harry said he had many sheep and lambs […]

Obedience make you understand the ununderstandable

Khilnani asked, “Yes, but why is it that man, although he desires to be good and honest, fails to do so? This is the […]

“Why not always choose to be happy?”

From Hamirpur, the son of Bhavani Prasad Nigam sheepishly walked into the room. He had gone to Bombay without his parents’ permission, and there […]

“If you want to talk about anything, speak only of love”

Two days later while on nightwatch, Baba dictated another ghazal to Bhau as follows:

Sip the nectar of love and become like a […]

“Don’t lose heart, but keep me in your heart”

Shapoor was soon to join the Indian Navy, but was frightened by the prospect and in tears. Baba joked, “People are flying towards the […]

Love holds the key, not rituals and ceremonies

 

Just a week before, on 9 May, Baba had told another person:

… Darshan has no connection whatsoever with rites, rituals, dogmas and […]