Meditations — Weekly Meditations — No. 1, Dec, 1966 to May 1967
11 December 1966
Arise, Awake, stop notuntil the Supreme
is yours.
18 December 1966
My body is the Truth of theSupreme.
My mind is the Peace of the
Supreme.
My heart is the Love of the
Supreme.
My soul is the Delight of the
Supreme.
25 December 1966
No right have I to undertakeany other work before I
work out my own spiritual
salvation.
For did God not entrust me
with this unique task
at the time of
my birth?
1 January 1967
What have I?Desires and death.
What has God?
He has Liberation and
Immortality.
What are we here for?
Just for an exchange.
8 January 1967
God's all-fulfilling Gracedescends
Only when man's
unconditional surrender
ascends.
15 January 1967
Self-giving alonehas free access
to Joy everlasting.
22 January 1967
When we are in Ignorance,AUM feeds us.
When we are in Knowledge,
AUM feeds us.
When we are beyond both
Ignorance and Knowledge,
AUM still feeds us,
For it is the Nectar which gives
life to creation,
born and unborn.
5 February 1967
AspirationIs the mounting flame
of our Divine Wish
To raise ourselves
To the crest and crowning
of Divine Perfection.
12 February 1967
True aspiration can and doesmake us feel
That if God is for us,
who can eventually stand
against us?
19 February 1967
Our tears to God are ourgreatest strength
To bring down His adamantine
Protection.
26 February 1967
We turn to the Lord for Grace;He waits for our soulful sincerity.
5 March 1967
Adversity leads us inwardto correct and perfect
our march of life.
Prosperity leads us outward
to illuminate and immortalise
our human birth.
12 March 1967
"No suffering, no salvation"so says the teacher, Adversity,
to his student, man.
"No soul's delight, no salvation,"
so says the teacher, Prosperity,
to his student, man.
19 March 1967
Man's joy in forgiving is a joyworth having.
Man's joy in being forgiven
is a joy worth
aspiring for.
26 March 1967
The man who is a sincere seekerof the Infinite
Must needs always say,
"So little done, so much to do."
2 April 1967
A theory must be tested.A fact must be honoured.
A truth must be lived.
9 April 1967
The Guru can kindlethe lamp in you.
When?
Only after you
have brought him
the wick and the oil.
16 April 1967
Who can show a discipleHis true Motherland?
The Guru.
What is the name
Of that Motherland?
Consciousness:
Consciousness Infinite,
Consciousness All-Pervading
23 April 1967
Unconsciousness, the mentor,uses us as
blind instruments.
Consciousness, the mentor,
teaches us how to be
pure, knowing agents.
30 April 1967
Every falsehood eventuallydies in Truth.
But Truth, once revealed,
never dies.
7 May 1967
In the intensity of love,we can extend our knowledge
and follow the
Footsteps of God.
14 May 1967
As our very existencedepends on God alone,
We must be independent of
the opinions of others,
the values of others,
the demands of others.
21 May 1967
Today properly guarded caneasily escape tomorrow's
snares.
It can even nullify yesterday's
stumbles.
28 May 1967
Are you casting aboutfor the happiness in life?
If so, yield not to reason,
yield not to fate,
but yield only to the dictates
of your inner
Voice.