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DAILY MESSAGES Series VI 901) To find a book in a remote town
unconnected with its subject, is an indication that the message of the book
is alive and we who are interested in its theme, know the theme, do not understand how alive that theme
is. J 902) Wealth has the power of attraction, a
pretty face has the charm of attraction. The rising spark of the soul has
its power and charm of attraction in lone isolated incidents, not in the
collective totality as wealth and a pretty face. J 903) Essence, not the expression, matters.
J 904) When the thought process sets in,
you find no one around with whom you can meaningfully communicate . Again,
when you give up that process of thought, you are not given the opportunity
of communication. But God reveals to you in the unthinking man as well as
great thinkers with whose new-found status you are in sweet harmony.
& 905) Skill gives the parts; culture the
whole. & 906) When an innocent man is accused of
murder, his best bet is his innocence. His most natural reliance is on the
sympathy of the public. For him to relate to and rely on his own self, its
innocence, is for the rishi to remain concentrated on the Self. & 907) The truth of our Nature is we are
more at home with ourselves than with The Mother and we need Her only at
times of crisis. Mother never moves away from men who like Her naturally,
not even for a moment. & 908) The most important decision of a man
in his own life is the most commonplace for the society, as he is one of the
crowd. A man is important if his personal decisions affect the society
materially. J 909) Eternal Self-giving will be
possible for one who has attained inner Self-giving. & 910) A commonly prevalent error is to
measure quality by the quantity which at best leads to misleading situations.
J 911) The moneyed man is the muscle man of
the earlier century. Over accumulation of a power has its heyday during the
period of its ascendancy, not afterwards. Neither money, nor scholarship
in science will be of any avail now. That which pushes populations ahead
as indicated by globalisation is the widening of the area of action which is
an aspect of harmony. The force that harmonises can be a leader now, not
money. That can be the twin forces of prosperity here and peace of mind
there. 5 912) It is great to see human nature at
play. Of course, the play is charming when it expresses through good manners.
Good manners or ill manners, the charm is in the intensity of one nature
seeking another, little knowing what it is. 5 913) Man is constantly taking
initiative from all parts of his being as a way of existing. This we know is
his occupation, though his own intention is, by these initiatives, to reach
the not-self. Sadhana begins when he gives up all his initiatives. At this
point, he can keep quiet which is a monumental impossibility. The energy
cannot be suspended unless one goes back to the One. The direction can be
changed for the energy towards Transformation. Those initiatives must now
be taken towards the Divine. It is Aspiration. & 914) Education is at many levels. § Family
gives the cultural and practical instruction. § School
offers instruction in subjects. § Society
educates the individual in survival values. § Personality
learns from all. § To
raise those levels one step – society giving culture – is to hasten progress. § For
the society to take up education of the individual personality as fashion
educates social value, so that the society starts playing the individual role
is the next step.J 915) The spiritual knowledge and power of
the Jnana yogi is attained in trance. He holds them in his superconscient as
man holds the mastery of his involuntary muscles in the subconscient. 5 916) Silence & Peace = Joy. & 917) A good man must go to Mother. She
comes to one who is Good.& 918) Not to express opinions will help one
not to have detractors. Not to have opinions will make one popular. J 919) Give up meanness and enter infinite
Prosperity. J 920) Acts will not fail to repeat, but
consequences may be different, even opposite. J 921) It is a great soul who knows the
other man’s wealth is not a great gain; it is a rare soul that fails to
notice it. J 922) Having a defect – jealousy – or
wanting to favour one of the establishment – presidentship to an IAS officer
– can have the same effect on the atmosphere. 5 923) Harshness transformed into sweetness
is poverty transformed into infinite wealth. 5 924) Having turned off the senses, Mind
is able to see or hear directly. Marvel is the soul’s direct vision when
the Mind is turned off. & 925) Perfection in the art of
enjoyment, positive or negative, brings more and more of enjoyment. & 926) Life is enjoyment. Enjoyment is
more than accomplishment. He who widens his pure enjoyment and heightens
its intensity can reach Mother more fully. & 927) The motive of the being
concentrating on Mother is all-inclusive concentration. & 928) Anger is emotional ignorance. J 929) The incentive for the social man to
seek spiritual prosperity in life is the awareness and attraction for the
higher joy in life that selflessness offers. 5 930) The variable expressions of
Sachchidananda in their variation fulfil the requirements of
involution. On the return journey, those variations fulfil the requirements
of evolution. & 931) The human mind cannot conceive of
the hideous other side of Beauty, nor the Light side of darkness. These are
points of transition from force to form. Similarly, there are points of inversion
into their opposites. Beyond that lies the whole vision. The Rishi’s vision
is partial. It does not see the other side. The point of inversion in the
act changes sin at that point into virtue. & 932) No problem constitutes a PROBLEM
if it appears on its own. However small, if it is a symptom, its
seriousness must be understood not by its appearance but by what it
represents. And nothing exists by itself, it is always a figure of
something. What it represents is not objective, but it is subjective in
you. It is there you can change a formidable problem into an insignificant
one. If the objective becomes subjective, the problem can cease to be one OR
it can be changed into an opportunity. The objective is an illusion; the subjective
is the Reality. & 933) Relaxation for us is to be what we
really are, which is to indulge our nature, often the lower nature. J 934) The great of soul feel an
imperative need for total surrender. Often, in their unwisdom, they look for
a human being who can receive that surrender. Only SHE can receive it. It
is not given to any human soul to receive that privilege. & 935) The vast work done by many systems
and various organisations inside a company is summarised in the values of his
motive. 5 936) Children of parents of native evil
tendency are consciously directed to seek evil. This is the contribution of
parents to the growth of evil in the next generation. 5 937) To see the infinite past in the
present, one needs to know the present in its infinite dimensions so that he
may expand into its termless territory. Thus, the past is forgotten and the
present is discovered as the Ever-Present Moment. 5 938) The conception of the animal is
purely out of the physical energies. Only in man a part of those energies are
vital. Mind rarely expresses there. The Spirit has no need to express
physically. Human affection, if elevated to spiritual devotion, can
express in conception if they are still physical in their expression. 5 939) Intensely emotional people can
realise Mother when they reach in their intensity of devotion the same level
as to their dearest person. 5 940) Man’s prayers to fulfil his
desires are also granted by God. When he sees that all his prayers are
answered, he moves to a position of asking his evil intentions to be
fulfilled. It falls back on him. Man is
frustrated when God refuses to be his instrument of evil.& 941) The meditation that is affected by
food or rest or movements or noise is one confined to the surface mind. Meditation
that underlies activities and sleep is the one that deserves the name.& 942) Evolution has created the surface
mind where Ignorance is complete. Pain is found only here. There is pain
when moving from the surface to the depth. By moving so through
consecration, there will be no pain. 5 943) The bitch who has earned that name
by her loose morals is only the negative expression of the divine Soul that
enjoys every other soul. & 944) Transformation is a shift of
consciousness and nature to the higher side. & 945) Mischievousness or innocent intrigues
are charming to characters of small intensities. J 946) Society exists at one level below
which and above which exist ways of life entirely at variance with it. Neither
life nor society take note of these activities. J 947) The common idea that goodness must be
rewarded is not true. § A
reward of success is amoral. It comes
to those with capacity and organisation. § A
good man with compunction pays for his scruples. § An
unscrupulous man gets the reward for his energy. This is true. But the reward
will come from such fields that can endorse unscrupulousness. § Goodness
and result of work are not directly related. 5 948) Tradition is preserved by many
forces: a. The physical refuses to
part with what it has. b. The new wave does not
reach all over the society. c. Reaction to the new fashion
reinforces itself. d. The
impulse in the parents to dominate their children finds convenient expression
in the preservation of tradition. J 949) In periods of transition, loyal
members out of inevitable necessity are forced to transgress. Every such
act of transgression is truly an act of patriotism. Standing on the borders between the
human and divine consciousness, life is replete with such occasions. J 950) Increasing quantity though it will
not change the basic quality does influence the quality essentially. J |
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