CHAPTER 18
To fulfill a duty, the duty must have a function. Each one must
learn and follow his own function and only then will the task be
a success. The mother cannot behave childish, and the child
cannot dictate terms to his mother. Each one's role specifies
his own functions and that must be followed with utmost
sincerity. Roles cannot be switched, for the task will lack
effectiveness. If you choose Me to be your teacher of life
today, then I must remain teacher, and you must accept the
duties of a disciple. I am here to teach, and you are here to
learn and that must always remain clear. The teachings cannot
be changed to suit your purposes. You must listen to Me with
utmost faith and act with promptness. My guidance 'must' be
your torch to light your road. My word must be the image of
truth of your worship. My criticism of you is only to make you
alert of your faults and not to make you feel inferior. My
encouragement of your strengths is only My approval to
strengthen them even more. Do not interpret this encouragement
or praise only to reign your superiority over others. I can
lead the way for you, but it is you that must follow.
Doubts will arise only in minds that are weak. You seem to
think that in faith you must question. Question who, and
question what, when you are unaware of them both. What
questions can you ask another when your knowledge of Me is so
ignorant? Who else but Me can answer these questions with
truth, patience, and love, with no feeling of frustration,
superiority or being humiliated? You have grown so accustomed
to life without Me, that the possibility of the change of life
with Me, fills you with fear. Yes, it is only your fear that
takes form of doubts. If you must fear, then fear your present
moment that passes you by Me, fear your futures, My children,
for when divinity gets lost in the past, the man of the future
will become the cause of his own destruction. God in man will
be evident, when man will live his life as God. You fear to
love, you fear time, you fear attachments, you fear life, and
you fear God. Today it is only doubts, tomorrow the doubts will
turn to fears, and fears play a game with your mind, the game in
which the mind will mimic your fears - the result being
"insanity", "anxiety", and "panic" of your own selves. Face the
truth, that your fears are not from any outside forces, they are
your own inner forces that fear to know the identity of the
self. You find comfort in recognizing yourselves with your name
and with the body. Beyond that, you cannot see, and you do not
want to see. No! You cannot pretend to be blind, when your
eyes can see. To find God and walk ahead, you must leave your
fears behind. Let your fear be the past, let your change be the
present, and let God be your tomorrow.
Constant repetition of the Lord's name, knowing of His
omnipresence and constant visualization of Him does not come
automatically. It requires a lot of dedication, sincerity,
purity of heart, simplicity, and intense practice. God must
become not only a 'part' of your daily routines, but He must
become the routine itself. Yes! At first, He may be your
imaginary companion, but when true devotion will stir the heart
within, when faith will speak only the words of His greatness,
when your actions will depict only His selflessness, He will
manifest, My dear. He will manifest in you, through you and to
you. Then your imaginary companion will become the reality and
the reality, as you believe it to be, will fade to become the
imagination. The earth quakes in your minds to believe that all
that you see today is not really there. The eyes that you see
with, can only see the world that lies ahead of you. They
cannot see what lies behind you, above you, below you and much
beyond you, all at the same time. The eye that is unknown to
you and that has remained closed until now, can see all the
visual fields, all at once, without making the attempt to see.
This is the eye of the Lord, which, when once opened, will never
blink. These are the eyes that will see the light of truth, the
eyes that will cry only tears of love, and the eyes that can
never be blindfolded by the illusion of the living world. For
the eyes to open, each cell of you must saturate themselves with
the love for God. You are born to create this love and build
this heaven within you, O sweet. You see today, but you do not
look for Me. Without God in the eyes, the eyes will become
blind and be susceptible to all the temptations and corruption.
A blind man does not need sunglasses, for the light of the sun
does not illumine the darkness in his eyes. As long as you will
remain blinded with the illusionary world, My light will never
reach your dark world.
CHAPTER 19
You have lived until now in a very selfish love. "God" is a
common word that you come across starting at your birth. Being
familiar with the word, does not mean that you have experienced
it. You have understood God to be far superior, on a much
higher plane, a place you seem convinced of not being able to
reach. You have accepted Him, only so that you can reject Him.
The sacrifice of God in your lives has made your life your
punishment.
God is the link between the "you" and the "self". You will not
know of the self without God, and the self cannot and will not
emerge to link this "you" without God. With only the "you" and
no "self", there is no selfless love. The "self" is not the
"you", and "you" are actually only the "self".
Your heart must begin your journeys of selfless service. Each
time you must serve more of the self and less of you. Selfish
love will give and find its way back to the "you". Selfless
love will give, only to find its way to My love. The "you" will
become the "self", only when the "self" has become "you".
Enwrap yourselves in God and you have found purity, peace and
bliss. Let Me be the photo and you the frame. The frame
encircles the photo, and the glass over the photo must be
transparent for the photo to be clearly visible. I, too, will
be clearly seen, when your life turns at every point, only to
choose in My direction, and the transparencies of your purity
that develops will emit you to be only a reflection of God.
Prayers must bring peace to you, or else your prayers must lack
devotion. Your daily prayers must not be a ritual that you
dread. Such prayers are only chanted and not felt. Such
prayers will satisfy the ego and not God. God will not see the
length of your prayers. He will only measure the weight of your
devotion in it. He will measure the strength of your yearning
for Him. He will observe the efforts you make to please Him,
constantly. It will not impress Him if you memorize a thousand
of His names. Even if one name of His sparkles with brilliance
in your hearts, even if one name is remembered with all the love
in your being; then that name will come, that name will answer
you, that name will respond with His love, and that name will
forever become your "first name". The prayer of true love, I
will never disappoint. The prayer in which you struggle to
love, that prayer, I will help to uplift to true love. The
prayer of the wretched and spiritually downtrodden will, too,
ultimately, light to seek the help of the divine. Start your
prayers today, but only let the heart speak in the silence that
surrounds you of God.
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