Man, truth, love, and God

4 April 1998, Kodaikanal

Published English.

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It is only from Truth that the entire creation has come out. There is nothing in the world without the basis of Truth. This is pure goodness ()

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Behold, ye people! God is (Embodiment of Truth). You find that human nature is a combination of (truth) and (right conduct). When man is not able to comprehend his own human nature, how can he know the Divine? Everyone should, therefore, make efforts to know the human nature. It is (blemishless, unwavering, and unselfish).

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Never separate God from you Names and forms are many, but the Atmic Principle is one. You should understand this. This is the fundamental law of Nature. Though names and forms vary, there are some common features in all. Hunger is common to all, though the types of food are many. In a hospital, there are many different types of patients. All are not given the same food. For instance, diabetics will not be given sugar or sweet preparations. The world is a hospital. Humanity is suffering from different diseases - physical, mental and psychological. Three-fourths of the diseases are only psychological. What is the treatment needed? It is only : filling the mind with the thought of God.

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Jealousy is contrary to human nature. It is artificial and not pertaining to heart which is natural. Virtues and vices are reflections of your good and bad thoughts. Physical heart is on the left side while the spiritual heart is on the right. This will help you in the right direction. It is compassionate. But man breeds desires, which contaminate the heart. These should be checked and restrained to a limit. The body and all the sense organs have limitations, like the temperature, BP, capacity to see, hear etc. says “ (we should observe discipline in life.)” Limitations should be observed in everything. If you have enough minimum resources like food, shelter, and raiment, you should be satisfied. To maintain bodily health and get enough energy for your day-to-day activities you should take food. You should not indulge in overeating causing indigestion. If you exceed limit in anything, it may lead to dangerous consequences.

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All are embodiments of God You are all embodiments of God. God is all-pervasive. You cannot classify some as divine and some others as not divine. All are reflections of the same , which is common to all. This Atmic Principle is also Sun-principle and Truth Principle ( and ). When one follows , (love) will be the reflection.

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“I am , You are ” said, “There is no mother, father, no relatives or friends. The only reality is “you”. Therefore, be careful and awake to the Reality.” You should not worry about the family, since these are passing clouds. was a great sage who gave the eighteen , , and . But when his son left the house in pursuit of , ran after him shouting, “Oh son! Stop. Do not go away.” stopped and told his father, “I am not your son. You are not my father. I am , you are . Why are you under illusion?” So, you must gradually give up all attachments and turn only to God. Having love in your heart, when you put on the divine glasses everything will be divine!

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You say, “My body, my mind, my hand, and my worry.” Does this not mean that you are separate from worry? It is your own creation. You are only one. You are , the Truth. Truth is God. There is only one God who is described in many ways. Everyone should realize this Truth by spiritual (spiritual exercise). This involves sacrifice. The declare that you can attain immortality, not by any means other than sacrifice. You have to develop the spirit of sacrifice. (sacrifice) is . Doing your duty efficiently is .

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Develop love. Follow truth and right conduct ( and ). You will shine as the Trinity of , , and . You should not feel that you have no powers. You should have self-confidence, which will lead to self satisfaction, which in turn encourages self-sacrifice, resulting in Selfrealization. You must ensure that your self-confidence is unshakable.

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What is self-confidence? Self is . This is conscience. Because of the senses, it is not realized. It should be associated with higher consciousness and not the consciousness that pertains to the senses. Man should try to realize the supreme heights of consciousness. Consciousness is uniformly present in all. It is “”. When people turn toward worldly objects, which are transient, they pursue the negative path. When they turn toward the Self, it is positive path.

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Realise the human values The human body is composed of the five elements, five sheaths, and five vital airs (, , and ). Man has also got five faculties: (truth), (righteousness), (peace), (love), and (nonviolence), which are termed human values. Having been born as a human, it is a pity that one does not realize these values. Anger, hatred, and lust are not human values at all. These are animal qualities unbecoming of a human being. With truthful thoughts one can become a good person. But one without thoughts becomes a (wise person). He will always be in peace. Thoughts are the root cause of (lack of peace).

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First of the human values is or truth. If this is absent, you lose one part of human nature. If you don't follow , you lose two parts. If you lose , you lose three parts. And when you have no , you have lost the entire human nature and the body will be one with all limbs amputated.

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, the first value, is like the head, and one who fails to follow truth will be a headless torso. is like the shoulder, and one without this will not be able to do anything, having become handicapped. He loses . One without is akin to a man without stomach. How can one take food, which is essential to provide energy for living, when there is no stomach? If you lose these three, the life is without love and becomes valueless. Love is essential for life. One without love is only a living corpse!

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Now what people generally do is to breed enmity and narrow feelings of community. If there is love, the divisive feelings of community and enmity will not be there. Even when one greets another with “Hello”, it is of low caliber and is only artificial and superficial, not coming from the heart. If you want to develop love, you must go on adding to your circle of friends, loving and serving all. It should be expansion and not contraction. It may extend to cover the entire humanity. “ (the one is there in all beings).” This is the basis of the , (Principle of Divinity). When love is lost everything is lost in life.

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Love in speech is . Love in action is . Love in thought is . Love helps in the consummation of these three values. Embodiments of Love! You are struggling only to acquire ephemeral worldly attainments such as wealth, fame, status, and position.

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To foster human values, you have to control your senses. Merely studying scriptures, undertaking pilgrimages, and meeting saints will not help you to achieve realization. did all these spiritual exercises could not achieve the goal. Finally, he learnt that one has to turn his vision within with the help of the eye of wisdom to attain .

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proclaimed that the word “man” should be interpreted thus:

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M stands for , which has to be controlled and got over. A stands for (understand the Atmic Principle). N stands for (attain liberation).

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When you get over the illusion of and understand you get (liberation). Therefore, preached sense control and eradication of desires as of primary importance. He advocated good vision, good speech, good hearing, good action, and good thoughts as essential for human beings. Whatever (spiritual exercises) one may do, it will be wasteful if there is no sense-control. You should know the divinity that is immanent in everyone. Though many are aware of this truth, they do not follow this in practice. For example, though everyone knows that one should speak the truth, they tell lies to escape from a problem or to have success in business. If you tell a lie to escape from a temporary problem, later on you will have to face a bigger permanent problem. You should control this temptation of telling a lie to get over a temporary situation.

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Take the example of . He sacrificed his kingdom, wife, son, and everything and he himself served as a slave in a crematorium. When gave an offer to that he would give all his possessions if he told just one lie, flatly refused to deviate from even if it cost his life. That is why Lord appeared before him and blessed him, giving him back his throne, reviving his dead son back to life, and restoring his wife, and makiing him rule the kingdom with renewed fame. Because of his extraordinary adherence to Truth, he is even now remembered as “”.

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Do not be afraid to speak the truth Nowadays, people resort to telling lies, fearing that they may get into trouble otherwise. Why should you fear to speak the truth? You have to fear only when you commit mistakes. Today, there is fear rampant everywhere. Life is fear-stricken! Practice (truth) and (right conduct). If you practice these, you need not fear. When you aren’t able to utter the truth, you may desist from speaking and keep silent.

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Once, a sage was doing penance in quest of Truth. One day, Lord wanted to test this sage. He came in the guise of a hunter who was chasing a deer. The deer passed through the place where the sage was seated. A while later, the hunter approached the sage and asked him whether he had seen the deer that passed in that direction. The sage was in a dilemma. If he spoke the truth, the deer would be slain by the hunter. If he did not speak the truth, he will be infringing the code of conduct. So he prayed to the Lord to show him the correct path to save him in such a situation. Suddenly, vibration occurred in his mind and he told the hunter, “The eyes see something. But they can’t speak. The tongue speaks but cannot see. Under these circumstances, what can I say?” Lord appeared before him in his true form and blessed him with liberation.

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Just as sugar, which is sweet, when mixed with water, tea, coffee, or anything, imparts sweetness to the dish, (love) also is sweet () and will impart its sweetness to your words, actions, and thoughts. Love is the foundation, truth is the wall, (peace)is the roof of your life's mansion. Truth based on love is the best (righteousness). Love is there in everyone naturally. Instead of directing it toward your wife, children and relatives, direct it toward God. By this diversion, you will get whatever you want. The heart is given by God. Offer it to Him. You need not have any fear. Surrender your body to Him, since this is also a gift of God. Every action should be underlined by (love). Do (selfless service) with love. You must cultivate the feeling that you belong to God.

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Embodiments of Love! You are all basically embodiments of love only. There is no one in the world without love. One will love at least his own kith and kin and another may love money. Anyway, the basis is love, which is divine. You are a combination of love, peace, truth, and God. You are mutually related to one another through the bondage of love in spiritual path. You must uphold by truth and Love.

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It will grow as a tree and yield fruit of bliss. is and . Understand and practice it.