Swami Shivapadananda with steps to spirituality

SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA

DAILY READINGS

Taken from Mother Radha’s
notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.

Day 329

 

Rasalila is a word which indicates the secret love of God for the
devotee. This needs purity of heart, mind, soul and faith to understand. Radha [the
Divine Consort and Shakti of Lord Krishna] loves for love’s sake only, come
what may.

All difficulties and all happiness come from God.

For God-realization there must be continuous remembrance of God.
Continuous, all day. Meditation with deep concentration is the only way. So we
need concentration and Guru’s Grace. Use it, you have it already.

In great spirituality there is no worldliness, all is God. Selfless
equals spirituality. Selfish equals worldliness. The world is a disease, purge
it with sadhana [spiritual practice] and God’s name.

We must do every action for God, then thank God for letting us do it.
Ask yourself: “Do I desire or resent humility?” If I feel superiority let me
bow down and worship God in all.

The Guru tells you to do something in order to correct yourself – or as a warning of what may happen. Justification is ego, ego, ego. So watch it.Be humble – feel it, do it.

In household life you must borrow money or earn it. You suffer both
ways.

In the Katho Upanishad we read: ‘Arise, awake, resort to the Master and
learn.’

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1) Care should be taken by the reader to understand and take Swamiji’s
words in these postings, in context. Every teaching or instruction that he gave
was specific to the people who were with Swamiji at the time.