Talks Excerpt 325. Swamiji says: Ask the question: ‘Who am I?’ Do not answer. Stop and watch.

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

To become sattvic you must practise meditation and concentration, keep the company of the holy and eat sattvic food. Be humbler than a blade of grass. See God in him, in me, in all.

Kill jealousy with God’s name. All tests are to prove the guru’s grace. When the guru wants to attract you, he will. And when he wants to distract you, he will. We need a guru to teach us humility. Pride leads to suffering; and pride is why we are suffering now, today, tomorrow and every day.

God-realisation is a struggle because the ego shuts us in. ‘I do this’ is the barrier. Rather pray: ‘Not I Lord, but Thou, Thou, Thou.’ Think it, feel it, live it. When men revile you, they do you good and hurt themselves only. To him who has nothing, God comes and cuts the bonds of worldly affection.

Go beyond laziness. Never look back. Give all to God, think only of Him.

Learn to feel yourself in others. Give the burden of all deeds to God. When man has tried his hardest and failed, God takes over. Use only God’s strength. Give up desires.

Two mountains will never meet, but one day I will meet you.

Ask the question: Who am I? Do not answer. Stop and watch. You will see the ego vanish.

Bhakti gives us a human relationship with God. It directs our whole being to God.

First worship the guru with utter devotion, and then see the guru in everyone. We have to have purity, sincerity and divine devotion, coming from the heart, mind and senses. Sri Krishna says, ‘At all times think only of Me and fight. You shall come to Me. There is no doubt about it.’

Be hurt by others, but never hurt others 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.