Author: Prasad Raju

Gradations of love

Gradations of love

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Like every great virtue, love, the mainspring of all life, can also be misapplied. It may lead to the height of God-intoxication or to the depths of despair. No better example can be given of the two polarities of love and their effects than that of Mary Magdalene before and after meeting Jesus. Between these two extremes are many kinds of love. On the... »

Love and sacrifice go hand in hand

Love and sacrifice go hand in hand

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The light of love is not free from its fire of sacrifice. Like heat and light, love and sacrifice go hand in hand. The true spirit of sacrifice that springs spontaneously does not and cannot reserve itself for particular objects and special occasions. Love and coercion can never go together. Love has to spring spontaneously from within. It is in no way... »

Love brings about universal leveling of human beings all over the world

Love brings about universal leveling of human beings all over the world

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Love for God, love for fellow-beings, love for service and love of sacrifices; in short, love in any shape and form is the finest “give and take” in the world. Ultimately, it is love that will bring about the much-desired universal leveling of human beings all over the world, without necessarily disturbing the inherent diversities of details about mank... »

Best anti-selfish measures

Best anti-selfish measures

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The spirit of true love and sacrifice is beyond all ledgers and needs no measures. A constant wish to love and be loving and a non-calculating will to sacrifice in every walk of life, high and low, big and small, between home and office, streets and cities, countries and continents are the best anti-selfish measures that man can take in order to be rea... »

The greatest Law of God is Love

The greatest Law of God is Love

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Of all the forces that can best overcome all difficulties, the greatest is the force of love, because the greatest Law of God is Love, which holds the key to all problems. This mighty force not only enables one to put the ideal of selfless service into practice, but also transforms one into God. It has been possible through love for man to become God; ... »

“Unless you love me, you can never find me”

“Unless you love me, you can never find me”

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Love is meant to be experienced and not disclosed. What is displayed is not love. Love is a secret which is meant to remain a secret save for the one who receives it and keeps it. To love Baba in hopes of achieving health, wealth, betterment of family and friends, etc., is to love all these and not Baba. … Love God and become God. I have come to receiv... »

No compromise in loving God

No compromise in loving God

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Margaret Scott had not seen Baba since 1935. “I am sorry I caused you suffering, Baba, for I know you have suffered for me,” she said. “But your love has compensated for all the suffering,” Baba assured her. “I know deep down you do love me. Baba loves you, too.” Margaret said, “Sometimes I am very naughty just because I do not understand. I think I un... »

Significance of prasad

Significance of prasad

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Afterwards Baba walked slowly out of the house, assisted by Adi and Eruch. He stopped near a magnolia tree in the shade and an upholstered chair was brought for him. He began throwing pieces of candy to the men, looking in one direction and throwing in another. Baba remarked, “This is not a game. It is a link between myself and each lover for the futur... »

What matters is your heart

What matters is your heart

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The prayer that God hears is the prayer of the heart, that raising of the heart, that suffering of the heart — that is what God pays attention to. And so it does not matter, and certainly it is foolish to rely upon the usual religious practices and ritual. What matters is your heart, the prayer that arises from your heart. That is the prayer that Baba ... »

“Once you come to know that this body is not you, then that veil of ignorance is lifted”

“Once you come to know that this body is not you, then that veil of ignorance is lifted”

Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center After one woman sang a song, Baba dictated: One who hears the music of God in his heart – such wonderful music, for it is the Original Music – loses his bodily consciousness and sees God everywhere. God is within everyone. He is in all of us, Infinite, All-powerful. The helplessness that you now feel here is because you are now in the body, and it is a... »