
"I
am the thread that runs through all these pearls," and each pearl is a
religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is
the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely
unconscious of it.
Comfort is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often
far from being comfortable.
Face the brutes. That is a lesson for all lifeface the
terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back
when we cease to flee before them.
A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a
year than a mob in a century.
A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with
it; and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float
aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and
Bliss.
All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger,
even the murderer, as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else,
because there is nothing else.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the
infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf
between God and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing God, we find that the
kingdom of heaven is within us.
All truth is eternal. Truth is nobodys property; no race, no
individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all
souls.
All who have actually attained any real religious experience never wrangle
over the form in which the different religions are expressed. They know that
the soul of all religions is the same and so they have no quarrel with
anybody just because he or she does not speak in the same tongue.
Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not
with the toes of your feet.
Anything that is secret and mysterious in these systems of yoga should be
at once rejected. The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all
other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with
it.
Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will
must show.
Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect
without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church
or temple.
As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being,
Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this universe.
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