In English
The illness and the remedy
The overseas devotees who have come here are affluent people. Why have they come here? They are like patients who go to a hospital for their ailments. All of them suffer from some kind of illness or other, mental or physical. All are victims of some kind of mental illness. They have all. come for the medicine of peace, joy, and happiness. Wherefrom is this peace to be got? It cannot be got from outside. It is within oneself. The disease has arisen within because of bad qualities. Every person’s physical, mental and spiritual health is mined by bad qualities, bad thoughts and bad feelings. Hence, cultivate good thoughts, good feelings and good attitudes Expel every bad thought as it arises in the mind. You cannot relish food that is not tasty. Should you not to impart sweet taste to your life which spans several decades? How to impart that taste? By constant contemplation on God. Life is made tasty by good thoughts and good actions. All those who wish to pursue the spiritual path must begin with getting rid of bad thoughts and bad practices and start transforming their lives. People ask: "How are we to cultivate a broad attitude?" The answer is: "Get rid of the artificial barriers you have raised between yourself and others." These barriers create narrow and limited loyalties and prevent you from enjoying an all-embracing bliss. Enlarge your horizon. Expand' your vision. This is the true, spiritual exercise for you.