Talks Excerpt 366. Swamiji: Beware of the senses, they can be aroused at any time.

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

Be loving. Feel love for all. But I can feel love for XYZ without having them on my lap. I feel the love and they feel it too.

Beware of the senses, they can be aroused at any time. Even if you control yourself, can you trust another? So do not be too friendly, keep a safe distance. (Or hold back a little.)

Beware of attachment, it is very, very subtle.

There was a guru and a holy woman devotee. One day she was massaging his body and this led to sense pleasure and desire on his part. [This is a real event, which Swamiji told us about as a warning. And it ended in tragedy.] So be careful otherwise you can fall! Learn from this, see what happens unknowingly.

Devotee: How is it that one sees God in X but not in Y? Swamiji: It is because of attachment – it is not God.

The devil [Swamiji always said that ‘the devil’ is the impure mind] can come as a sadhu [holy person]. This is my experience – it is not from a book.

Love, love, love. Spread love, His love, everywhere.

The Guru is the Atman. See him in all. But how can you, if you do not see him in yourself?

The Guru scolds you, kicks you, so you run somewhere else.

The Guru gives each one what he needs. A God-man acts without knowing, and not because he thinks he is the Atman. He never says, ‘I did it’, or ‘I am doing it.’

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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.