Talk Excerpts 210. Swamiji gives advice on getting closer to God.

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

You must take the roaring of the Guru, as well as all the love. As the guru I am in the chela [disciple] and He is in me.

[Swamiji laughing] I have nothing, I am a beggar, and I stand in front of God and beg; I ask Him to give His blessings to you.

Life is a battle of negative and positive, of dharma and [righteousness] adharma [unrighteousness] Whatever you do, do with God’s name on your lips, with God’s form in your heart. May your life be full of flowers and the colours of the rainbow.

During the arati give the lamp to Master as if you are surrendering your soul to Him.

Do the mantra 20,000 times morning and evening. This is the key to the kingdom. Do it and come back to me after 6 months – not before – and either throw it in my face or I will prostrate to you. If you really do it there will not be anyone there to say you did it.

Or see God everywhere and do japa 3 times a day, in the shrine or wherever you like.

From the scriptures we learn that, ‘Everything is permeated with God.’

Do not think anyone is going to do your sadhana [spiritual practise] for you. Take any mantra you like. Or some people use the pranava – AUM.

Trace God. If you cannot do it with devotion and love, force yourself. Love God as your own Self first, then outside and everywhere. But we are not loving ourselves.

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These recordings or the excerpts from them, were made from the early 1970s onward, by Mother Radha, a close devotee of Swamiji’s and edited for uploading here by our gurubhai and her son, Brother Tim. Please be mindful that what Swamiji was saying may have been specific to an individual or a group of people with him, at the time.