The spiritual value in human being might not be able to be proven in a test tube, but it can be experienced! When it comes to the question of effort, the most important thing is not the physical or mental exertion that is involved, but the attitude that one develops in doing things. If you […]

It is good to doubt. Doubts spring from your mind—and remember, they have nothing to do with the teacher. If you overcome your doubt, you are overcoming the discrepancies of your mind. So doubt is good, because a doubt is the springboard for further inquiry. As you go on inquiring, inquiring, inquiring, you will find […]

On the spiritual path there is no laziness, there is no self-satisfaction. Self-satisfaction is called delusion. When a person is a true seeker, then the environment that is necessary for his growth comes to him; all circumstances lead him to it. What happens in practical life is this: if our attention is only on the […]

Even on the spiritual path there cannot be self-satisfaction because the forces within us, the very forces that constitute the ego—the three gunas—are forever in turbulence, and it is this very turbulence that pushes one on and on and on. There is no rest for man until he reaches self-realization. People today are operating more […]

Being by nature inquisitive, a person has to inquire and inquire and inquire. He wants to know the cause of things. He wants to know why this flower grows, why the wall stands upright, and a million things of that nature. He thinks that by knowing the causes of exterior things he will be left […]