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Saturday, July 11, 2020

GAYAN 185 - BOULA -144 – The man who cannot learn his lesson from his fi

GAYAN 185 - BOULA -144 – The man who cannot learn his lesson from his first fault is certainly on the wrong track. It seems as if the whole life is tending towards freedom, towards the unfoldment of something which is choked up by coming on earth. This freedom can be gained by true purity of life.... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 9, 2020

GAYAN 147 - BOULA -106 - The gardener uses roses in the flower-bed and thor

GAYAN 147 - BOULA -106 - The gardener uses roses in the flower-bed and thorns in making the hedge. The finer an ego becomes the less it jars upon others. In the different degrees of evolution of man one sees this gradual development of the ego. There are people who seem to have no thorns; and yet... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 6, 2020

GAYAN 039 - ALANKARA-22 - My moods, what are you?--We are the waves rising

GAYAN 039 - ALANKARA-22 - My moods, what are you?--We are the waves rising in your heart. All the different moods that we are in--inclination to laughter or crying, heaviness, exaltation, or meditation--all result from the breath. It changes in activity so many times during the day and night. As it... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 5, 2020

GAYAN 251 - BOULA -210 – The mind must be one's obedient servant; when it i

GAYAN 251 - BOULA -210 – The mind must be one's obedient servant; when it is a master life becomes difficult. Then comes the discipline of the mind. That is done by concentration. When you wish the mind to think on one thought that you have before you while the mind is thinking about something else,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 4, 2020

GAYAN 224 - BOULA -183 – One virtue can stand against a thousand vices.

GAYAN 224 - BOULA -183 – One virtue can stand against a thousand vices. A person may realize all the various weaknesses in himself, and be very sorry about them, and he would like to give them up if he could; but he finds that whether he likes some little weakness or not, he cannot hold himself back... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 3, 2020

GAYAN 037 - ALANKARA-20 - My independence! How many sacrifices I have made

GAYAN 037 - ALANKARA-20 - My independence! How many sacrifices I have made for thee, and yet thou art never satisfied. “Very often conditions in life show a picture of captivity; often it seems as if one had to walk between water and a pit. To rise above conditions one needs wings: two wings... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 2, 2020

GAYAN 177 - BOULA -136 - What is given in love is beyond price. In all th

GAYAN 177 - BOULA -136 - What is given in love is beyond price. In all things there is God, but the object is the instrument, and the person is life itself. Into the object the person puts life. When a certain thing is being made, it is at that time that a life is put into it, which goes on and on... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

GAYAN 174 - BOULA -133 - He is an unbeliever who cannot believe in himself.

GAYAN 174 - BOULA -133 - He is an unbeliever who cannot believe in himself. He does not believe in himself; and as he does not believe in himself, he does not believe in God. His belief in God is mostly superficial. Numberless souls believe in God, and yet they know not if He really exists. They... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

GAYAN 172 - BOULA -131 - Life itself becomes a scripture to the kindled sou

GAYAN 172 - BOULA -131 - Life itself becomes a scripture to the kindled soul. People often fight and argue and discuss. Over what? Over a reason. When two persons dispute, each has a reason. Each thinks his reason the right one. They may dispute for years and yet will arrive nowhere because the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 27, 2020

GAYAN 126 - BOULA -085 - As the shadow is apparent, yet non-existent, so is

GAYAN 126 - BOULA -085 - As the shadow is apparent, yet non-existent, so is evil. I remember a Persian verse made by my murshid which relates to the self: 'When I feel that now I can make peace with my self, it finds time to prepare another attack.' That is our condition. We think that our little... Sign in to see full entry.

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