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

Those who act without thought of personal Profit and lead a well-disciplined life Discover in course of time the divine Principle that all forms of life are one.

The “little I” seeks to enhance itself by external approval, external possessions and external “love.” The Self That God created needs nothing. It is forever complete, safe, loved and loving. It seeks to share rather than to get; to extend rather than project. It has no needs and wants to join with others out of their mutual awareness of abundance.

You should learn now to be obedient to the will of the Almighty. This is how I try to be. Every morning I ask Him to tell me what He wants me to do; then I see Him working through my hands and brain, and everything goes as He wishes.

You are able to see through the complex illusions of duality, of self and other, and see and experience it all as an ongoing play of the universal self, of God. Because it is all appreciated as the self, there really is no longer anything to fear, including one’s own death. There is nothing to hold onto. There is nothing to hate. There is nothing t