Prince Dipokusumo: The motor cart that you gave to King Sinoehoen is still in the Palace.

Sri Chinmoy: That cart is symbolic of a journey. When you have a vehicle, you go from one place to another. Here also, you please keep that gift as a symbol of his inner journey. The soul flies on its inner journey. Outwardly, we need a motor cart or a car for the outer journey. He had this cart a matter of only a few months, not even a year, before he passed on. On earth it indicates a kind of outer journey, and in the inner world it symbolises the journey of the soul. I would like you to keep it as my prayerful, soulful gift to him, and I am sure you will take very nice care of it.

I am so happy that you have got peace, you have joy, with your sweet family – your wife and your sweetest children. You have a small family, but you have a very big heart. From the spiritual point of view, your father’s blessings are showering upon you and upon your wife. Inwardly it is a tremendous victory to have peace, to have joy. For us peace is the most important thing in the world. If you have peace, a little peace, then you have so much joy. We value peace infinitely more than power.

You always pray to Allah. For me, Allah and God and the Supreme are the same Person. When you pray to Allah, at that time I can be of help to you to make your prayer strong. In my prayer I may use the term Supreme, but that is the same as your Allah. Here on earth I can play the role of a guide who can help you to realise Allah.

If you learn to meditate, then that will help you even more to feel peace inside your heart. When you pray to Allah, you feel He is descending to bless you with peace. And when you meditate, you feel Allah is here inside your heart with the presence of peace.

If you learn how to meditate, it will help you. The first thing is not to allow any thought, even about your family members or your children. When you meditate, at that time you would like to be alone with God. Then of course when you are alone, you will see inside your heart your sweetest family. But do not think of your family at that time, only medi-tate on God. Let Him inundate you with peace, love and bliss. And when you get peace and bliss, you will offer them to your wife and children. They are your dearest ones.

Usually the husband goes outside to work. The husband brings money, and then he gives it to his wife. The wife takes care of the children, and she uses the money for her children. Again, both roles are equally important. If the wife takes care of the children, her task is also difficult. If the husband goes outside and works, he gets the money power, and he gives it to his wife so that she can use it for herself, or for the husband or the children.

It is exactly the same in the spiritual life. If you pray and meditate, then your children will automatically get the benefit. Here also when I meditate with my students, I bring down spiritual wealth, and then I share it with them. When I pray and meditate, I bring down spiritual wealth from Above. Again, it is from within. From my heart I bring it and share it with my spiritual children. Physical parents share their mate-rial wealth, affection and love with the children; in exactly the same way we share spiritual wealth.