Talks Excerpt 303. Swamiji says that even one psychic power can ruin you.

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

If you get angry, punish yourself; do 1000 mantras, or fast for a day. Punish the senses. Get angry with yourself for getting angry with someone else.

As you try to acquire knowledge, you experience pitfalls. One pitfall is wanting to give knowledge. It is easy to get stuck there. Another is mistaking knowledge for the Truth.

Another problem is, powers that come with knowledge. Even one siddhi (psychic power to perform miracles) can ruin you.

No one can help you with this, no one else can do it, even the guru cannot help you because he is inside you.

Why do I pray to the Divine Mother? To keep Her happy. I pray: ‘Ma, let your grace shine upon me.’

Practise sitting – this is asana – posture.

Practise some hatha yoga.

You must live in the world. If it upsets you, something is wrong. Examine yourself and find out why.

I do not like paw-paw [miserable, overly serious] faces. God forgive me.

If you wash a rogue’s feet, do it for His [God’s] sake. If you wash a saint’s feet, do it for His sake.

Do nothing for the swami. You must be master of your senses, of yourself.

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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.