Talks Excerpt 439. Swamiji says: By this thought you should live – that it ALL belongs to God.

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

[From a book by Swami Yatiswarananda]: What is written in the scriptures, you must follow, not just read.

You must be lovable to God then you will be lovable to all.

Whether the mind is restless or not, you must meditate. It produces harmony in the body and leads to an increase in spiritual themes.

Swamiji: This is a very great passage.

[Reading]: You must regard God to be your all in all. Then your heart is filled with the luminous Infinite Spirit merging in your body. Imagine it, and the mind and the whole world is in it.

Imagination is the open gateway to meditation. Then I can say: ‘My mind has put on a pure mental body and physical body.’

Repeat the name [japa], and meditate on the luminous form. Then think your Ishta Devata is Infinite Spirit shining everywhere. Just follow this. It is practical. It is a direct instruction of the Master [Sri Ramakrishna] to us.

In the Isa Upanishad we read:

Isa vasyam idagung sarvam; yat kim ca jagatyam jagat; Meaning: By this thought you should live: that it all belongs to God.

Tena tyak tena bhunjithah; ma gridahah kasya svid dhanam. Meaning: By this way renounce all short-sightedness, all limited things and, with the eye of your mind, see God permeating everything, covering everything.

All are equal manifestations of God.

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