The Divine Romance: Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life – Volume 2

The person who refuses to think, or reason, or discriminate, or use his will or creative energy, is already dead.

“I will shake the world to get my share. In order to keep me quiet, the world must satisfy my need.”

the truth is that a successful individual has created that vibration of success during this life or previous lives. Otherwise, he couldn’t have attained his present position. Wherever there is money, the vultures of envy and greed will come. So no matter how unselfish you are, there will be those who will be jealous of your accomplishment. Some peo

To wish for perfection for the loved one, and to feel pure joy in thinking of that soul, is divine love; and that is the love of true friendship.

When you try to imprison Omnipresent Love in the form of one soul, it will escape and play hide-and-seek with you until you find It in every soul. Increase the intensity and spiritual quality of the love you feel for one or a few souls, and give that love to all. Then you will know what Christ-love is.

Isn’t it silly, therefore, to

the state of this world. They are trying to establish

be attached to things that were never yours in the first place? Your attitude should be that you are looking after these things only for the time being, like a housekeeper who lives in her employer’s home and devotedly, loyally, faithfully looks after it, but knows that her own home is elsewhere.

The purpose of life is to find God. Under no circumstances allow yourself to become buried in the debris of mortal habits and limitations and all the other humiliating experiences of delusion. Use your determination to wrench your will free, and attain mastery over your body and the universe.