Passage 10

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In plain words

Do not hold the slightest doubt about God. God is always right with you, beside you, before your eyes. God is never far from anyone. Make the effort needed to foster divinity in you. Do not turn Bhakti into a business. Do not ruin your life with untruth. Satya itself is God. So spend your life in Satya, and bring it to its close in Satya alone. Above all, keep away from bad company. Then you will have done Me a very great kindness. I am not asking you to do any work for Me. I need nothing. Who does all My work? Even small tasks I do for Myself. I ask no one to do this work for Me. Should I so resolve, all the world will come to My aid. So you need not help Me. Take part in service to society and shape your lives rightly.

Embodiments of Prema! For the past few days devotees have been grieving that I have taken on someone's pain (a swelling of the jaw) and am suffering. I took it on with Prema. Then where would Pain come to Me from? But there are certain Rules and regulations here. I have taken on someone's suffering. So, for as long as they were due to undergo this suffering, I too must undergo it. They have been spared it, but I cannot escape undergoing it. Yet I have no hardship whatever. If it were really hard for Me, could I speak for so long? No. So that pain itself I do not have. All must be well; all must be happy. This alone is My aim. Do not grieve that Swami is in pain. If you have any more sufferings, give them to Me; I will take them. Be happy, all of you. That alone is what I want.