Excerpts
from the Book JOY IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT: WHY
BE SAD? And other Heart-to-Heart Talks, By Dada J. P. Vaswani
Dada starts
by telling us that the deeper the joy caves in your being, the more joy you can
contain. Wealth is decrease in desires. He tells us Buddha’s 4 noble truths.
Krishna-shakti is desireless.
He advises
us to tear the veil of the ego.
The time to
begin is now.
Controlling
the mind requires: Abhyasa and Vairagya. Patience & Perseverance,
Detachment & Discipline, can take you to your goal. Cultivate the strength
within. Let us continue with our Sadhna & daily prayers.
Walk the
way of devotion. Let us give unconditional love to one and all.
Go directly
to God. Make God a Senior Partner in your business.
Our deepest
source of power and perfection is prayer. Walk the way of Bhakti.
To be
compassionate is to experience divinity in our everyday life. The positive
energy that goes out will be returned to you by the Infinite Universe. It will
come back to you at the right time and in the right measure.
Life’s
richest treasure is a loving heart that is at peace with all. Man wanders
through 3 stages: Waking, Sleeping and Sushupti. Satsang means true fellowship
with like-minded aspirants.
Wisdom
consists in accepting God’s will – not with despair or resignation, but in
peace & faith, knowing that our journey through life has been perfectly
planned by Him. There can be no mistake in God’s plan for us.
The law of
Karma in Hindu philosophy is neither fatalistic nor punitive; now is man a
hapless, helpless victim in its bonds. God has blessed each one of us with
reason; intellect & discrimination, as well as complete free will. Even
when our past Karma inclines us towards evil, we can consciously tune our
inclination towards detachment & ego-free action, thus lightening the
karmic load.
Remember –
insults & unjust criticism are like bad coins. You cannot avoid getting
them, but you can always refuse to accept them.
Practice
tapasya of the tongue. Experts tell us that 80% of all the diseases today are
caused by the turmoil of negative emotions of hate, envy etc. Forgive endlessly
and repeatedly and you will be free.
Faith never
fails. We live in an uncertain world, where God is the only Absolute Certainty
of life.
Without
love, the world is like a neglected garden where no flowers bloom. Rise in
love. Speak softly, gently, speak with loving kindness and treat everyone with
love and respect. Let us not see the faults of others. Let us also love those
who hate and criticize us. Whatever we do, whatever we say, whatever we think,
whatever we give – let us do it for the pure love of God. The law of love is
the law of service and sacrifice.
The love of
God is the one reality in this illusory world. His love doth take care of his
devotees and will never let them go.
The nature
of man is love.
3
principles to be followed on the spiritual path: Be detached, ignite the flames
of lord divine and seek refuge in him and ask for his grace.
Silence
heals, Silence soothes, Silence comforts, Silence purifies, Silence revitalizes
us.
3 dictums
of Sufism: God is one. The one creator resides in all. Annihilate your ego,
become nothing
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