Passage 24

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If you do good, only good comes to you. If you do bad, bad comes. Recognise this first of all, and then think whether it is good or bad. I do not hate anyone. I do not suspect anyone. I go on trusting even those who do not trust Me. That is My very nature. Even if they do not trust Me, I trust them. They think, ‘I do not trust Him, so why does Swami trust us?’ They think, ‘Swami does not know that.’ That does not matter to Me; My trusting is one and the same. All are one to Me. My wish is that all should be happy. That is what I wish for. But according to your capacity, it changes. I told you, did I not: water is always white. Whatever colour of bottle you pour it into, it changes to that colour. So good and bad are in you; I have none. They are not in Me, and they do not come. I always wish, “Lokās samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu.” All must be well. Even if you hate Me, I love you. That is My very nature. That itself is Divine Quality. Today you abuse. Tomorrow you worship. Today you worship. Tomorrow you abuse. All this is deepvine; that is its nature. That is, when a man drinks, he talks one way. When he does not drink, he talks another way. So that is worldly desire. Because you sink completely into worldly desire, it goes this way one time and that way another. But one who has full Prema stays always one and the same. Even if he forgets Me, I do not forget him. I am always right behind him, in his home, before his eyes, at his side. Such people have earned great good fortune. They are people of very sacred hearts. They have been born in this way as the fruit of the merit of who knows how many births upon births. It did not come in this birth. This is the result of many births. You need not think at all about what Swami likes and what He dislikes. Whatever you do wholeheartedly, that pleases Me. What I want is the purity of your heart. Do any service with Prema of that kind. But if you have full faith in Swami, carry out Swami's command with bowed head. I never tell anyone anything bad.