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From the book "Morning Talks", written by Sant Kirpal Singh 1967-10-25, Delhi, Sawan Ashram Talk available as mp3 at audio.sant-kirpal-singh.org Love is not love that is the result of our outward enjoyments, the physical enjoyments. Everybody repeats that he loves God, that he loves somebody, but how many really know what love is? Love is the attraction of the heart to something. It is a question of heart not of head. When the heart wishes something, there will be radiation and that will react to where the thoughts are directed. So as I told you, it is a subject of the heart and not of head. Whoever has got love knows service and sacrifice. There is no question of high or low, the king or the subject. Even kings are made to sit on the floor as a result of love. Love knows giving away everything, including your body and soul. It is a matter of surrender to somebody's will, to whom you are attached at heart. Love is innate in our souls. God is love and our souls are the drops of the Ocean of all love, which is also love personified. But love knows attachment. The love of the soul which should be attached to the Oversoul, or God, has been attached to the physical things and outward enjoyments. That very love has been turned into attachment. You go where? Where you are attached. That thing within your mind is where you are attached, the love of which you have got in your heart. If you have got love for worldly things, naturally you will come again and again to the world. If you have got love for God or the God-in-man, then where will you go? Where He will go. If He is not going round and round on the Wheel of Transmigration, how will you go! He comes from the Father and goes back to the Father. He comes with a commission to take souls back to God. So love is love if it is directed to God, otherwise it is attachment. We have just to think deeply in our heart what we want, with whom we have got real love. Real love is not a business, mind that. It knows surrender and dedication of everything to Him. How is real love developed? If you love somebody, you will naturally have sweet remembrance of him always in your heart. If you want to develop love then just have sweet remembrance of God all the day and night. The most effective way is to sit by One who is overflowing with the love and intoxication of God. His soul is intoxicated with the love of God. In whatever company you sit, you will have the same radiation. If you sit by a wrestler, you will develop a real love for strength. If you sit by a learned man, your love will grow for literary things. If you sit by somebody who is overflowing with the love of God, naturally you will have that same love by radiation. The Koran of the Mohammedans says, "For every lover there should be some Beloved". We are souls, conscious entities. Our beloved should be the Oversoul, who is all Consciousness, who is God. We have made the world our beloved and naturally we come again and again. So our love should be for God. It should be developed, but it can only be developed if you sit in the sweet company of the God-in-man, who is overflowing with Godhood. Then naturally, you will have love by radiation. Your soul will be injected with love. Love knows service and sacrifice, no will of its own. I was just telling the story of a king, who had four wives. He was going to some foreign land and asked his wives what present they would like, what he should bring for them. Every wife had something of her own liking, but the youngest was the greatest lover of the king. She wrote to him, "Well, I want you only, and nothing else. You come back." So naturally, when the king returned, he sent the presents to his other wives and he went to the youngest wife. This is only to show that what you really want, that you will be given. There is a saying of the Masters that God has promised to give everything what a man wants, what his soul really desires. We simply say superficially that "O God, we want You," but at the bottom, we want worldly things. If you have got real love for God in your heart, God will come to you, He will manifest to you. But generally, we want only worldly things, here and hereafter. Those who care for the love of God don't hanker after the worldly things, nor the wealth of the other worlds. They don't even want emancipation. They would like to have only one thing. No heaven, no earthly things, not emancipation, only to be with God, that's all. If we have really got that hankering in our heart, then naturally we must meet God. God will come to us. If we take one step that way, He will proceed one hundred steps to receive us. We have to decide what we want at our heart of hearts. Are we here only for the worldly things? Are we here only for the name and fame of the world? Are we here only to have things of the other world, or heaven? Are we really after emancipation from birth and death? A real lover wants none of these things. He wants God and God alone. This is the highest ideal that we can achieve in the man-body, and in no other. So you have to decide by an honest searching of your heart, what you want. If you want God, then God will meet you, sure and certain. If you want something else, you will have it, that's all. You will get nothing short with whatever you want. But why, when you go to a King, do you want ordinary pebbles and stones? So we should judge how we stand, day by day. The result of reading scriptures, doing penances, performing this or that ritual, or doing one pilgrimage or another, all depends on the amount of love that you have got in your heart of hearts. If you have developed love for God, well and good. If not, then...? You must be going round in transmigration. It is a matter of only directing your attention, this way or that way. Bulleh Shah was a Saint of India. When he came to his Master, who was working in a garden at that time, putting some plants here, some there, Bulleh Shah asked Him how God could be met. "Oh it is very easy," replied Bulleh Shah's Master, "it is just like taking one plant from here and putting it over there." So you are to divert your attention from the world to God, that's all. God is already within you, He is not living in the Heavens. He is the very Power that is controlling you in the body. So this is what is wanted, just see where you stand. If you want God, or the God-in-man, you will have Him. These are things we have to check daily, where we stand. We have been doing one sort of practice or the other, or joining different schools of thought, for years and years. What is the fruit? What is the net result? Have you developed love for God? If so, you have made a true profit from your man-body. If not, then ...? You have made the preparation to come back again and again. So love needs no performance, rituals or outer labels. It does not even want your body. It is a matter between you and God. The man-body is given to you as a golden opportunity in which you can direct your soul to God. You will go where you are attached. Very simple, no philosophy required. If you are really attached at heart to God, or the God-in-man, naturally you won't return. You will go where He goes. Masters do not want any man to change his outward forms or rituals. Remain where you are. You are souls, conscious entities. You have been endowed with this golden opportunity of man-body. Just direct your soul towards the very Power that is controlling you in the body. The body is the true Temple of God, in which you as well as God reside. Outward forms or rituals or labels of one school of thought or another make no difference. The Master looks at you from the level of the soul, not from the label that you are wearing on your body. He looks to you as man, as soul. The same Controlling Power is active in your heart. Have you understood what is love? It is a subject of heart, not of head. A very learned man may be devoid of heart. Love overrules head, but sometimes head stands in the way of love, of the heart. These are the things that we have to judge day to day, how far we have developed love and in which way, this side or that side. To the world or to the WORD. W-O-R-L-D spells world. If you take out "L" from the word WORLD, then it becomes WORD. When you lose the ego of "I-hood" by becoming a Conscious co-worker of the Divine Plan, you are Word. GOD is WORD. "The Word was in the beginning, the Word was with God and the Word was God". Spirituality is not difficult. It is I think, a most natural, most easy way. In the worldly things, you have to make a hypothesis and put in years and years of study. Even then, you cannot boast that you know everything of the worldly things. But by doing the other way, you come to the root of all Creation. It is only to direct your attention from this side to that side. This is the way to God, now you can judge what you want. You will have everything that you want in due course, but why not want God, that you may be His and He may be yours? Nobody else to intervene, neither body, mind or anything in the outside world. So Masters always give this advice or wise counsel to the people at large, irrespective of whether they belong to one school of thought or the other. To the Masters there is no difference whether you reside in a church, a temple, a gurdwara or a mosque. These places are meant for worshipping God, to develop love for God. Merely attending these places is not sufficient. You must see what you have developed as a result. All this performances boil down to what? Just that a man is taken away. In conscription, I would say, a man is taken by force. He has to labour all day long and in the evening he gets no wages. At the time of birth, you are helpless and neither do you get anything when you leave. So what is the use? The fruit of all outward performances, reading of scriptures, doing practices, penances, is to see how far you have developed love for God. The best way to develop this is to meet somebody who is overflowing with the love of God, with the intoxication of God. This intoxication can be had where? Eyes are the windows of the soul and the soul peeps out of them. In whatever way a soul is imbued, you have the same radiation through the eyes. When we went to bow down to Him, our Master said, "What is down there? look at me!" So the eyes are the most effective way of having that radiation. You will forget everything, your body, the world, everything. Judge every day how far you have developed love for God. This is the highest thing you can develop in the man-body and in no other body. These things are not only for reading. You have simply to see what love you have developed in your body. One saint said, "If you have not developed love for God, you have simply laden yourself with books, with scriptures, laden over like an ass". You have filled libraries in your brain, not a drop of it in your soul. Once a student, who was carrying a book under his arm, went to see Ramakrishna Paramhans and was asked by him, "What is that book that you are carrying?" The student replied that it showed how to make water. Ramakrishna Paramhans laughed and said, "All right, squeeze some of the pages of the book and see how many drops of water ooze out." You follow what he meant? So simply reading books is a first step. It is not all. How many drops of water could be squeezed from the pages of the book? You speak of God, speak of God-in-man, speak of love of God, but how many drops of love have you got? This is to be considered. We don't care for these things. We simply stick to the outer things. We lay down our life for them and that is deterioration, I would say. Make the best use of them. Know that you are to develop God consciousness and to be aware of how much love that you have developed for God. So I would say, step by step, this is the highest thing to be attained. When you are attached to the church, ritual, penances, this and that thing, sometimes God is forgotten and they take the foremost place. We have laid down everything for these outward things and have forgotten God. This is deterioration. Further deterioration comes when you forget God, even the church, everything. For selfish ends, you become the protectors and the contractors of the cults of the schools of thought which you have professed, and so there is dissention and strife. You follow now, what they lead to? So just see how far you have developed. With all that you have read, with all your carrying in your arms, in your brain, what is the result? Do you remember God, or when you hear the name of God, does your heart become full and tears flow down your cheeks? Then it's all right. It is something on the way. There is hope. As when you see clouds there is hope for rain, or when there are blossoms on a tree there is hope for fruit. Otherwise, excuse me, all is fruitless. After all, for good things you will have reactions of good, but that will not bear the true fruit to reach God. I have no rituals, no forms, nothing of the sort here. No temple, no church, no mosque. Why? because what I am telling you is the highest thing. Remain where you are, you are not to leave your religions but to make the best use of them and see how far you have proceeded, advanced, progressed on the Way. So that is one of the reasons why I have got no church, temple or anything. I take them as the elementary steps. People are stuck fast to them. They don't bear the fruits of performing the rituals or methods of outward performances. Here we have got no forms, we do not care what label you are wearing or what school of thought you have belonged to. We never care for it, we want just to enjoy that you are a man, you are a soul. The same God is within you. You must rise in that God consciousness. This is the main purpose of Ruhani Satsang, what we are after here. This is what the world needs today. Do not judge on outward appearances. If there is a mound of filth, over which a silken cloth is spread, do you mean to say that there will be no odour from it? So we can deceive the world, but not the God within us. Take to your heart what is being said. See how far you have changed, or if you are the same man with the same low nature. Outwardly you are very good, your dress is very neat. Outwardly you are making obeisance and paying homage, but the heart is not changed. What did Christ say? He said, "Change your hearts, for the kingdom of God is at hand". Change your hearts, this is what all Masters say. We don't listen to their words. We simply go on with the outward things or do not seek further than the worldly things that we require. How many are there here who have come only for God's sake? If they have come for God's sake they will have Him, sure and certain. If they have come for some other thing, then...? They will have only that thing, not God.
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From the book "Morning Talks", written by Sant Kirpal Singh 1967-10-25, Delhi, Sawan Ashram Talk available asmp3 at audio.sant-kirpal-singh.org Ljubav nije ljubav ako je rezultat naših vanjskih, tjelesnih uživanja. Ljudi tvrde da vole Boga ili da vole neku osobu, no tko stvarno zna što je ljubav? Ljubav je privlačnost srca nečemu. To je stvar srca, a ne glave. Kad srce nešto želi, nastaje vibracija i ona djeluje tamo gdje su usmjerene naše misli. Dakle, kao što sam rekao, ljubav je stvar srca, a ne glave. Onaj tko voli, zna za služenje i žrtvovanje. Tu nema pitanja tko je na visokom položaju, a tko na niskom; tko je kralj, a tko podanik. Zbog ljubavi se i kraljevi spuštaju na pod. Ljubav predaje sve, uključujući tijelo i dušu. Ona čini da se predamo volji onog za koga je vezano naše srce.Ljubav je prirođena našoj duši. Bog je ljubav, a naše duše su kapi Oceana sve ljubavi, koji je također utjelovljena ljubav. Ljubav se uvijek veže za nešto ili nekoga. Ljubav duše koja se trebala vezati za Naddušu ili Boga, vezala se za materijalne stvari i vanjska uživanja. Tako se ta ljubav pretvorila u vezanost. Dakle, kamo idete? Tamo gdje ste vezani. Ono što se nalazi u vašem umu je ono za što ste vezani, to je ono što volite.Ako volite svjetovne stvari, prirodno je da ćete se uvijek ponovno vraćati na svijet. Ako volite Boga ili Boga-u-čovjeku, gdje ćete otići? Tamo gdje će otići On. Ako On ne mora dolaziti u kotač transmigracije duša (rađanja i umiranja), zašto biste vi to morali!On dolazi od Oca i vraća se natrag Ocu. On dolazi s ovlaštenjem da dušeodvede natrag k Bogu. Ljubav je ljubav ako je usmjerena prema Bogu, inače je to vezanost. Mi samo moramo duboko pogledati u naše srce i razmisliti što želimo, koga stvarno volimo. Istinska ljubav nije trgovanje,upamtite to. Ona se predaje i sveposvećujeNjemu.Kako se razvija istinska ljubav? Ako nekoga volite, prirodno je da će u vašem srcu uvijek biti drago sjećanje na tu osobu. Ako želite razviti ljubav, samo se prisjećajte Boga, danju i noću. Najdjelotvorniji način je da sjedite kraj onoga koji je ispunjen ljubavlju i opijenošću Bogom. Njegova je duša opijena Božjom ljubavlju. U čijem god društvu sjedite, uvijek ćete dobiti određeno zračenje. Ako boravite u društvu hrvača, razvitićete ljubav prema fizičkoj snazi. Ako boravite u društvu učenog čovjeka, razviti ćete ljubav prema knjigama. Ako ste s nekim tko je preplavljen ljubavlju prema Bogu, prirodno je da ćete zračenjem dobiti tu istu ljubav. U Kuranu, svetoj knjizi muslimana, piše: "Za svakog ljubavnika trebao bi postojati neki Voljeni." Mi smo duše, svjesne biti. Naš voljeni trebala bi biti Nadduša koja je potpuna Svijest, koja je Bog. Učinili smo svijet našim voljenim i prirodno je da uvijek ponovno dolazimo na svijet. Zato bismo trebali voljeti Boga. Trebali bismo razviti tu ljubav, no to je moguće samo ako se nalazimo u dragom društvu Boga-u-čovjeku, koji je preispunjen božanskim. Prirodno je da ćete tada zračenjem dobiti ljubav. Vaša će duša dobiti injekciju ljubavi. Ljubav znači služenje i žrtvovanje, ona nema vlastitu volju. Maloprije sam vam ispričao priču o kralju koji je imao četiri žene. Namjeravao je otputovati u jednu stranu zemlju i upitao je svoje supruge što one žele da im donese za poklon. Svaka je žena nešto zaželjela. Najmlađa od njih, koja je bila kraljeva najveća ljubav, napisala mu je: "Ja hoću samo Vas i ništa drugo. Vratite se." I naravno, kad se kralj vratio, poslao je poklone ostalimženama, a sam je otišao onoj najmlađoj. Ova priča samo pokazuje da ćete dobiti ono što stvarno želite. Učitelji govore da je Bog obećao dati čovjeku sve što želi, što njegova duša stvarno želi. Mi olako kažemo: "O Bože, mi želimo Tebe", no u stvarnosti želimo svjetovne stvari. Ako je u vašem srcu prava ljubav prema Bogu, Bog će doći i pokazati se. Ali, mi uglavnom želimo samo svjetovne stvari, ovdje i u onostranom. Oni kojima je stalo do Božje ljubavi ne čeznu za svjetovnim stvarima, niti za bogatstvima drugih svjetova. Oni ne žele čak ni spasenje. Ni raj, ni zemaljske stvari, nispasenje. Oni žele samo jedno: biti s Bogom, to je sve. Ako stvarno imamotakvu čežnju u srcu, onda ćemo sigurno sresti Boga. Bog će nam doći. Ako učinimo jedan korak u tom smjeru, On će nam sa stotinu koraka krenuti u susret. Mi moramo pogledati štou dubini srcaželimo. Da li smo ovdje samo zbog svjetovnih stvari, da postanemo poznati i steknemo ugled? Da li smo ovdje da bismo dobili nešto u onostranom, ili u raju? Čeznemo li u biti za oslobođenjem od rađanja i umiranja? Istinski ljubavnik ne želi ništa od svih tih stvari. On želi Boga i samo Boga. To je najviši cilj koji možemo doseći u ljudskom tijelu i ni u kojem drugom. Zato se morate odlučiti, iskreno preispitujući vaše srce, i saznati što zaista želite. Ako želite Boga, tada će vam Bog sigurno doći. Ako želite nešto drugo, to ćete dobiti, to je sve. Nećete biti ni malo uskraćeni za ono što stvarno želite. Kada odete kralju, zašto da od njega tražite običanšljunaki kamenje? Zato bismo svakodnevno trebali prosuđivati gdje stojimo. Količina ljubavi u dubini vašeg srca određuje kakve će vam plodove donijeti čitanje svetih knjiga, činjenje pokora, izvođenje raznih rituala ili odlaženje na hodočašća. Ako ste razvili ljubav za Boga, dobro. Ako niste, što onda...? Opet ćete morati otići u kotač transmigracije (seobe duša). Stvar je jedino u tome gdje ćete usmjeriti vašu pažnju, ovdje ili ondje. Bulleh Shah je bio jedan indijski svetac. Kadje došao svom Učitelju, koji je upravo u vrtu rasađivao biljke, Bulleh Shah ga je upitao kako se može naći Bog. "O, to je vrlo lako," odgovorio je Bulleh Shahov Učitelj, "to je kao kad uzmeš jednu biljku s ovog mjesta i posadiš je na drugo mjesto." Zato preusmjerite vašu pažnju od svijeta prema Bogu, to je sve. Bog je već u vama, On ne živi u raju. On je ta Snaga koja vas kontrolira u tijelu. To je ono što je potrebno. Sada pogledajte gdje stojite. Ako čeznete za Bogom ili Bogom-u-čovjeku, naći ćete ga. Trebamo sesvakodnevno preispitivati i vidjeti gdje stojimo. Godinama smo se bavili različitim vježbama, ritualima ili smo slijedili razne duhovne škole. Kakve smo plodove dobili? Koji je rezultat svega toga? Jeste li razvili ljubav za Boga? Ako jeste, na najbolji ste način iskoristili ljudsko tijelo. Ako ne, što onda...? Pripremili ste se za ponovno dolaženje, opet ispočetka. Ljubav ne treba predstave, rituale ili vanjska obilježja. Čak ne treba ni vaše tijelo. To je stvar između vas i Boga. Ljudsko tijelo je zlatna prilika koju ste dobili da se vaša duša okrene prema Bogu. Otići ćete tamo gdje ste vezani. To je vrlo jednostavno, tu nije potrebna nikakva filozofija. Ako ste stvarno u srcu vezani za Boga, ili Boga-u-čovjeku, prirodno je da se nećete vratiti. Otići ćete tamo kamo ide On. Učitelji ne žele da čovjek promijeni svoje vanjske zajednice ili svoje rituale. Ostanite tamo gdje jeste. Vi ste duše, svjesna bića. Ljudsko tijelo je zlatna prilika koja vam je poklonjena. Samo usmjerite vašu dušu prema Snazi koja vas kontrolira u tijelu. Tijelo je istinski hram Božji, u kojem boravite i vi i Bog. Vanjske forme i rituali, obilježja različitih duhovnih škola, ne čine nikakvu razliku. Učitelj gleda na vašu dušu, a ne na obilježja koja nosite. On vas vidi kao čovjeka, kao dušu. Ista kontrolirajuća Snaga djeluje u vašem srcu. Jeste li razumjeli što je ljubav? To je stvar srca, a ne glave. Vrlo učen čovjek može biti bez srca. Ljubav nadvladava glavu, no ponekad glava stoji na putu ljubavi, na putu srca. Svakodnevno trebamo prosuđivati koliko smo ljubavi razvili i u kojem smjeru, prema svijetu ili prema Riječi. Svijet se (na engleskom jeziku) piše W-O-R-L-D.Ako iz riječi "WORLD"(svijet) izvadite «L», tada dobivate "WORD" (Riječ). Kada postanete svjesni suradnik božanskog plana i izgubite ego ili «ja», tada postajete Riječ (Word). Bog je Riječ. "Na početku bijaše Riječ; Riječ bijaše sa Bogom, i Riječ bijaše Bog." Spiritualnost nije težak put. To je, mislim, najprirodniji, najlakši put. Na području svjetovnog znanja, morate postavitineku hipotezu kojoj posvećujete godine i godine istraživanja, učenja. Čak i onda ne možete tvrditi da znate sve o tome. No, ako idete drugim putem, dolazite do korijena čitave Kreacije. Samo je potrebno preusmjeriti pažnju s jedne strane na drugu. To je put k Bogu, a vi pogledajte što zapravo želite. U odgovarajuće vrijeme dobiti ćete sve što želite, no zašto ne željeti Boga, da budete Njegov iOnvaš? Tada nitko i ništa neće moći stati između vas, ni tijelo, ni um, niti bilo što drugo iz vanjskog svijeta. Učitelji uvijek daju ovaj mudri savjet svim ljudima, bez obzira kojoj duhovnoj školi oni pripadali. Za Učitelje nema razlike odlazite li u crkvu, hram, gurdwaru ili džamiju. Ta su mjesta namijenjena za štovanje Boga, tamo se razvija ljubav prema Bogu. No, nije dovoljno samoodlaziti na ta mjesta. Morate vidjeti što ste time dobili. Što se dobilo izvođenjemsvih ovih rituala? Čovjeka je to zarobilo. Kad mladić odlazi služiti vojni rok, to je jedna obaveza. Mora se mučiti cijeli dan, a navečer čak ne dobije ni plaću. Pri rođenju ste također bespomoćni, a ništa ne dobivate niti kada odlazite iz tijela. Dakle, koji je smisao svega toga? Po rezultatima svih vanjskih rituala, čitanja svetih knjiga, vršenja pokora, možemo vidjeti koliko smo ljubavi razvili za Boga. Najbolji način kako razviti ljubav je sresti nekoga tko je preplavljen Božjom ljubavlju i opijenošću. Gdje možemo dobiti tu opijenost? Oči su prozori duše i duša gleda kroz njih. Ono čime je duša obojena, zračiti će kroz oči. Kada smo se otišli pokloniti našem Učitelja, On nam je rekao: "Što je tamo dolje? Pogledajte me!" Dakle, kroz oči se najlakše dobiva ovo zračenje. Zaboraviti ćete sve ostalo, tijelo, svijet, sve. Svakodnevno prosuđujte koliko ste ljubavi razvili prema Bogu. To je ono najviše što možete razviti u ljudskom tijelu i ni u kojem drugom. Ove stvari nisu samo za čitanje. Jednostavno morate vidjeti kakvu ste ljubav razvili u vašem tijelu. Jedan je svetac rekao: "Ako niste razvili ljubav za Boga, samo ste se natovarili sa knjigama i spisima, pretovarili poput magarca." Napunili ste knjižnice u vašoj glavi, a niti mrvicu toga niste dali vašoj duši. Jednom je jedan student, s knjigom podrukom, otišao posjetiti Ramakrishnu Paramhans. Ramakrishna ga je upitao: "Kakvu to knjigu imaš?" Student mu je odgovorio da se u toj knjizi opisuje kako napraviti vodu. Na to se Ramakrishna Paramhans nasmijao i rekao: "U redu, istisni nekoliko listova knjige i pogledaj koliko će kapi vode iscuriti iz nje. "Razumijete li što je time mislio? Jednostavno: čitanje knjiga je prvi korak. To nije sve. Koliko kapi vode možete iscijediti iz listova knjige? Govorite o Bogu, govorite o Bogu-u-čovjeku, o Božjoj ljubavi, ali koliko kapi ljubavi stvarno imate? O tome moramo voditi računa. Mi ne marimo za to. Jednostavno se držimo vanjskih stvari. Za njih dajemo život, i to je nazadovanje, rekao bih. Na najbolji način iskoristite te stvari. Znajte da morate razviti božansku svijest i da morate biti svjesni koliko ste ljubavi razvili za Boga. Rekao bih da je to najviši cilj kojega trebamo doseći, korak po korak. Kada ste vezani za crkvu, rituale, pokore, ove ili one stvari, ponekad zaboravite na Boga i sve ostalo dolazi na prvo mjesto. Mi smo sve žrtvovali zbog tih vanjskih stvari i zaboravili Boga. To je nazadovanje. Daljnje pogoršanje dolazi kada zaboravite Boga, čak i crkvu, sve. Iz sebičnih motiva postajete zaštitnici i širitelji kulta onih duhovnih zajednica kojima pripadate, i tako nastaju neslaganje i sukobi. Razumijete li sad čemu sve to vodi? Dakle, pogledajte koliko ste se razvili. Uza sve što ste pročitali i što nosite u rukama, u vašoj glavi, što ste dobili? Sjećate li se Boga? Postaje li vam srce puno i suze vam teku niz obraze kada čujete Njegovo ime? Ako da, onda je dobro, nešto se dogodilo u vama. Ima nade. Kao kad na nebu vidimo oblake i nadamo se kiši ili kad vidimo cvjetove na granama drveta i nadamo se plodovima. Oprostite, inače je sveuzaludno. Na kraju krajeva, za ono dobro što ste učinili dobitćete dobre reakcije, no nećete dobiti istinski plod, doseći Boga. Ovdje nema rituala ili ceremonija, ničeg sličnog; nema hrama, nema crkve, nema džamije. Zašto? Zato jer je ovo što vam govorim ono najviše. Ostanite tamo gdje jeste, ne morate napustiti vaše religije već ih na najbolji način upotrijebiti i vidjeti kolikoste se razvili, poboljšali i napredovali na Putu. Dakle to je jedan od razloga zašto ovdje nemam crkvu, hram ili nešto slično. Smatram ih početnim koracima. Ljudi su za njih previše vezani. Oni ne dobivaju plodove izvođenja obreda i vanjskog štovanja. Ovdje nemamo vanjskih ceremonija, nije nam važno otkuda dolazite ili kojoj duhovnoj školi pripadate. Mi ne marimo za to, samo se radujemo da ste čovjek, da ste duša. Isti Bog je u vama. Morate se uzdići u božansku svijest. To je glavna svrha Ruhani Satsanga, zbog koje smo ovdje. To je ono što svijet danas treba. Ne sudite po vanjskom izgledu. Mislite li da brdo prljavštine ne zaudara ako je pokriveno svilenim pokrivačem? Mi možemo prevariti svijet, no ne i Boga u nama. Uzmite k srcu to što ste čuli. Pogledajte koliko ste se promijenili, ili ste još uvijek onaj isti čovjek s istim niskim porivima. Izvana ste sasvim u redu, vrlo dobro ste odjeveni. Izvana izražavate poštovanje i poniznost, ali vaše srce se nije promijenilo. Što je rekao Krist? Rekao je: "Promijenite vaše srce, jer Kraljevstvo Božje je blizu." Promijenite vaše srce, to kažu svi Učitelji. Mi ne slušamo njihove riječi. I dalje smo u vanjskome ili ne tražimo ništa drugo nego vanjske stvari koje su nam trebaju. Koliko je onih koji su ovdjedošli samo radi Boga? Ako su došli radi Boga, naći će ga, to je sasvim sigurno. Ako su došli radi nečeg drugog, što onda...? Dobit će samo to, a ne Boga.