Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The difference between God and man is more than between heaven and earth. Man is bound by cravings and desires. You eat and drink, and whatever you do binds you. I eat and drink, but I am quite free. Animals also eat and drink, but so do men. Is there no difference between you and animals? There is a vast difference. Similarly there is a difference bet... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center “But why is there always suffering and not happiness?” one of the mandali asked. You simpleton, I am trying to tell you that there is nothing like suffering! It is the mind that creates pain and misery. In reality, neither happiness nor misery exists. Only bliss is real, which the soul enjoys after emancipation. So to attain emancipation, first destroy... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center As long as desires persist, there is no freedom. One who is completely desireless becomes the King of Kings! But people have no idea how to become desireless. Freedom from desires is real life. One has to go beyond desires to enjoy freedom. This freedom can never be imagined; it is beyond the mind. The mind creates desires and as long as the mind conti... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center [Continued from previous post] Baba then again addressed Ramjoo and motioned, “Now tell me whether you are a man or an animal.” Ramjoo replied, “It seems that I am part man and part beast. But I do not understand fully what the natural love of angels is. What do you mean by that?” Baba spelled out, “It is like this: A mother loves her child; she does n... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center [Continued from previous post]: So to be a human being does not only mean to be born in a human form with the lowest animal qualities still sticking to it. A human form with the animal qualities destroyed and the angelic qualities developed, that is a real human being! But even that is not the perfect state. Angelic qualities developed to the highest d... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The next day in the mandali’s cottage, Baba asked Ramjoo if he was a human being or an animal. Taken aback, Ramjoo answered, “A human being!” Baba then gave this discourse about the human form and its attributes: The human form is the last form in evolution and it is the highest. Although it is the last and highest form in creation, it is still full of... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center [Personal Interviews with Baba: A nurse who has some fears in life which she discloses to Baba] Q. Oh, I am so happy to see you . . . . I am so tired of life, and very unhappy . . . . I don’t see how I can improve ! Baba: Everyone is unconsciously tired of this life, because every one seeks happiness, but knows not how to get it. But life is beautiful ... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center After further explanation [of spiritual planes], Baba’s dictation ended and he asked one of the group, “Is it clear?” The person answered, “No. I get all confused when you discourse like this.” Baba smiled, spelling out, “Love Baba! That is all you need to do. The fun of it all is you are already united. It is funny. But you have to go through it – you... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center William Warner, a well-known author, asked Baba, “For a long time, I have been trying to find out the actual definition of love. Can you tell me what it is?” Baba responded, “Love means a life of giving without expectation of receiving any reward.” Warner was impressed, and Baba continued, “People must give and then receive. First give and then you wil... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Love springs spontaneously from within, but although love can never be forced from or upon another, it can be awakened through love itself. Essentially, love is self-communicative: Those who do not have it catch it from those who have it, for one cannot absorb love without making a response. Regardless of the barnacles which may cover the surface, the ... »