Talks Excerpt 393. Swamiji says: What we really need is purity.

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

What we really need is purity [Swamiji always used to say, ‘In thought, word and deed’] and truthfulness. [A reminder that Sri Ramakrishna said, ‘Truthfulness is the tapasya of the Kali Yuga.] Be positive. There must be no depression.

When I see anger coming up, I say, ‘Oh yes, Ma, this is your form too. Come, do not run away. I want to know you in all your forms, Ma.’

Yes, we all want heaven. But we cannot have this [worldly life] and that.

Why are we fearful? Why don’t we just say, ‘Ma, I am your child, you look after me.’

Did you see Sri Ramakrishna’s simplicity in the film [of Master’s life]? Well God’s simplicity is like that and much more.

Enthusiasm is needed in spiritual life, then you can attain anything.

Be like the maid who comes to work. She loves the employer’s child, but at 5 p.m. she goes home happily to her own child. So we must love our child (or the friend or the relative) as though it is our own, but the moment it goes, or is taken, we are still happy because we know it is not ours, it is God’s.

The mind does not like to meditate – to concentrate on the here and now [mindfully] – because there is no excitement. The mind is full of people and things.

You can do japa in any position, even lying down. God does not really care which position you are in. If He wants to come, He will come.

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