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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

GAYAN 188 - BOULA -147 – It is the purity of the soul itself that gives the

GAYAN 188 - BOULA -147 – It is the purity of the soul itself that gives the tendency towards cleanliness of body. The body is an instrument, the most sacred instrument, an instrument which God Himself has made for His divine purpose. If it is kept in tune and the strings are not allowed to become... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 23, 2020

GAYAN 154 - BOULA -113 - The unsociable person is a burden to society.

GAYAN 154 - BOULA -113 - The unsociable person is a burden to society. He who perceives this realizes, 'What I have taken from another, I have lost; what I have given to another, I have gained. Whatever good I have done to another is my gain, and whatever good another has done to me is my loss.' The... Sign in to see full entry.

GAYAN 154 - BOULA -113 - The unsociable person is a burden to society.

GAYAN 154 - BOULA -113 - The unsociable person is a burden to society. He who perceives this realizes, 'What I have taken from another, I have lost; what I have given to another, I have gained. Whatever good I have done to another is my gain, and whatever good another has done to me is my loss.' The... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 14, 2020

CS-421 The first step in intuition is to understand the symbolical meaning

CS-421 The first step in intuition is to understand the symbolical meaning of different things, and the next is to express them symbolically. To a person who sees only the surface of life, symbols mean nothing. The secret of symbols is revealed to souls who see through life, whose glance penetrates... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 13, 2020

Gayan 411- Chala 90 – It does not matter what you have lost, so long as you

Gayan 411- Chala 90 – It does not matter what you have lost, so long as you have not lost your soul. According to the readiness of its tool, the soul experiences and knows life. It is the condition of the mind which enables the soul to see life clearly. The mind can be likened to water; when the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Gayan 377 - Chala 56 - No tie can bind you if your heart is free. The mi

Gayan 377 - Chala 56 - No tie can bind you if your heart is free. The mind of the artist must be free from the worries and anxieties of life. No thought of ugliness and badness of anybody's nature, nor bitterness or spite must take hold of the mind of the artist. For the mind must be perfectly free... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Gayan 377 - Chala 56 - No tie can bind you if your heart is free. The mi

Gayan 377 - Chala 56 - No tie can bind you if your heart is free. The mind of the artist must be free from the worries and anxieties of life. No thought of ugliness and badness of anybody's nature, nor bitterness or spite must take hold of the mind of the artist. For the mind must be perfectly free... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 9, 2020

Gayan #300 – Boula #259 The lover of nature is the true worshipper of God.

Gayan #300 – Boula #259 The lover of nature is the true worshipper of God. Most people consider as sacred scriptures only certain books or scrolls written by the hand of man, and carefully preserved as holy, to be handed down to posterity as divine revelation. Men have fought and disputed over the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 8, 2020

GAYAN 209 - BOULA -168 – Fighting against nature is rising above nature.

GAYAN 209 - BOULA -168 – Fighting against nature is rising above nature. Then we come to the question of how we can maintain our will. The nature of the life we live is to rob us of our will. Not only the struggle we have to undergo in life, but also our own self, our thoughts, our desires, our... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 6, 2020

Gayan #287 – Boula #246 Speech is the sign of living, but silence is life i

Gayan #287 – Boula #246 Speech is the sign of living, but silence is life itself. What can we learn from this? Every activity which we call 'life' has sprung from a source that is silent, and will always be silent; and every activity, however different in aspect, peculiar to itself, and unlike... Sign in to see full entry.

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