If You Meditate On Your

Bondage Is Of The Mind; Freedom Too Is Of The Mind. If You Say 'i Am A Free Soul. I Am A Son Of God Who Can Bind Me' Free You Shall Be.

Bhakti Is The One Essential Thing. To Be Sure, God Exists In All Beings. Who, Then Is A Devotee? He Whose Mind Dwells On God. But This Is Not Possible As Long As One Has Egotism And Vanity. The Water Of God's Grace Cannot Collect On The High Mound Of Egotism. It Runs Down.

The Young Bamboo Can Be Easily Bent, But The Full Grown Bamboo Breaks When It Is Bent With Force. It Is Easy To Bend The Young Heart Towards God, But The Untrained Heart Of The Old Escapes The Hold Whenever It Is So Drawn.

If A White Cloth Is Stained Even With A Small Spot, The Stain Appears Very Ugly Indeed. So The Smallest Fault Of A Holy Man Becomes Painfully Prominent.

The Rishis Of Old Attained The Knowledge Of Brahman. One Cannot Have This So Long As There Is The Slightest Trace Of Worldliness. How Hard The Rishis Laboured ! Early In The Morning They Would Go Away From The Hermitage, And Would Spend The Whole Day In Solitude, Meditating On Brahman. At Night They Would Return To The Hermitage And Eat A Little Fruit Or Roots. They Kept Their Mind Aloof From The Objects Of Sight, Hearing, Touch, And Other Things Of A Worldly Nature. Only Thus Did They Realize Brahman As Their Own Inner Conciousness.