"The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth."
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"A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything."
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"He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life."
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"When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited."
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"More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him."
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"If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love."
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"Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance. The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God ."
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"It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated."
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"You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God."
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"God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous."
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"You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn't bear malice toward others."
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"As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge."
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"Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water. There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The 'I' is the jar."
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"Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe."
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"Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without."
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"All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food. All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self."
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"Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other's home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for. God, the true Philosopher's Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart, The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!"
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"It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God's mansion lies the stump of ego. One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump."
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"Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God."
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"Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal."
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