Talk excerpt 259. Swamiji: How do you get rid of ignorance? By repeating His name [japa].

From Mother Radha’s notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.

Ignorance clouds our knowledge of our own perfection. Meditation removes the clouds. How do you get rid of ignorance? By repeating His name [japa].

So when someone insults you – simply laugh and say, ‘Yes Ma [Divine Mother], it is you in him hurting me, the ego.’

Do you think you will get God-realisation without pain? Never.

If you say, ‘I am angry,’ the ‘I’ is the narrow ‘I’ all the time. Rather get angry with God.

What spoils my remembrance of God? Name, fame, reward.

You want the guru to pet you, fuss over you? This is weakness. Strength is when you do not want anything from the guru.

Go to God each morning and ask Him, ‘What can I do for you today?’ It’s not ‘Gimme, gimme, gimme – give me.’ Rather say, ‘Use these hands, this mouth and so on, for thy works, Lord.’

Never mind what your wife, child, husband, mother, father do. See that what you do it right.

Come on. Be a great saint. It hurts to kill the ego. So get on. Chop it with the panga [machete] of knowledge.

Three stages of spiritual life were described by Christ. They are:

1. The kingdom of God is within. Seek ye first the kingdom of God.

2. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.

3. Be still and know that I am God.

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