Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center On the 9th, during his interview, Walter’s brother Oscar asked, “What hinders me from being a better and truer Christian, and so also a better husband and father?” Baba answered, “You must try, as far as possible, to live the life that Christ lived. Not by theory and intellectual understanding alone should one try to follow Christianity, but it is the ... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center To a devotee, Baba once gave these two “spiritual secrets,” as He called them: “1. Never to hurt the heart of another, because that is where God resides; and “2. Always to be grateful, to give thanks to God every day.” -Vol 14 No 2 P 31 Awakener »
“Through repeated sincere prayers it is possible to effect an exit from the otherwise inexorable working out of the law of karma. The forgiveness asked from God evokes from Him His inscrutable grace, which alone can give new direction to the inexorable karmic determination.” (Beams, p38) Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The actors are so engrossed in their respective roles that they treat them as the be-all and end-all of all existence. For the major part of their continued lives (running into innumerable incarnations), they are unconscious of the closely guarded truth-that the Author of the drama, in His imaginative production, Himself became all the actors and playe... »
Raja Gopichand play enacted by Masts at Rahuri Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The drama of the continued life of the individual soul has many acts. From the standpoint of the worldly existence of the soul, a curtain may be said to be drawn over its life after the closing of each act. But no act yields its real significance if it is regarded as complete in itself. It has to be viewed... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The life of the reincarnating individual has many events and phases. The wheel of life makes its ceaseless rounds, lifting the individual to the heights or bringing him down from high positions. It thus contributes to the enrichment of his experience. Ideals left unattained in one life are pursued further in the next life; things left undone are finish... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The power that keeps the individual soul bound to the wheel of life and death is its thirst for separate existence, which is a condition for a host of cravings connected with objects and experiences of the world of duality. It is for the fulfillment of cravings that the ego-mind keeps on incarnating itself. When all forms of craving disappear, the impr... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center From any of the first few planes the aspirant, instead of going forward toward the goal, may have such a setback. In exceptional cases an aspirant of the fourth plane may, through abuse of his powers, invite upon himself such a fall that it takes ages for him to return to his earlier point of progress. The aspirant who has such a fall is known as a yog... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Spiritual progress requires active effort: As a rule, the person who has entered the spiritual path gradually advances until he attains the goal; this does not apply to those who have not definitely entered the path or have no Master to guide them. Through their chaotic pursuits of several lifetimes, most persons are likely to go further away from the ... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center When the disciple invites the attention and the grace of a Master, it is not without reason. Sometimes the Master seems to impart spirituality to a disciple without there being any apparent effort or sacrifice on the part of the disciple. But these are always cases in which the disciple has earned the right to this favor by his associations and endeavo... »