If the teacher and student discuss spirituality on the eighth moon, it is bad for the teacher. If spiritual topics are discussed on the fourteenth moon, it is bad for the student. If it is discussed on the full moon or new moon, it is bad for both. If spiritual teachings are discussed on the first day after the full moon or new moon, that education is useless.

Don't waste your precious time. Don't waste your mind. Don't waste your word. Don't waste your thought. Every moment in God.

We plan our next life without having any knowledge of what we are doing. Thus, we do not know what will happen. It might be something good, something pleasant. Or, it might be something quite unpleasant.

First is your own desire. Second good company. Third is your practice. Fourth is your perfection.

We are decorated with the ornaments of endless desires. They are around our necks — my neck, everyone’s neck. However, these ornaments are not visible to ordinary people, only to the wise. We have decorated ourselves with a garland of endless desires mistakenly thinking that we would be happy if we had a nice house, a nice job, and nice clothes.

Spiritual experience is not a degree or a diploma. When words and the world disappear, you experience the play of Consciousness everywhere.

Do you really want to be a yogi? Do you really want inner transformation? A piece of iron associated with magnet is changed into a magnet. It behaves like a magnet. If you really want the beauty of yoga, then be constantly associated with God. There is no separation between you and God. Can a wave ever think that it has a separate existence from the ocean? The wave is born in the ocean, lives in the ocean, and ultimately merges in the ocean. Ocean and waves are one and always have been one. Perceive this Yoga, this unity, this association, identity and oneness with Him. Your everything is God. Every aspect of your life is God. Please follow your Master. Practice the technique of Kriya Yoga daily, regularly and sincerely. This technique is itself divine. It will make your more divine and realized.

Return your bad thoughts to God.

Just as the sun and its energy are one, Brahman and the elements are also one.

After realization, whether a jnani takes another body is up to them, because he or she has no remaining karma. First, seekers must decide whether they want realization. Then they must ask themselves why they want to be realized. Realization means to be free. Free from what? Free from all suffering: duhkha nivritti. If someone is free from all suffering, what happens? Eternal bliss. If the goal is to achieve eternal bliss by being free from suffering, whether a realized one returns or not, if they are in a state of bliss, does it matter if they stay or leave?

Divine, but differences in human nature such as variation in happiness, misery, riches, intelligence, success, and failure are the result of karma and nothing else.

There is a destiny that makes us brothers: none goes his way alone, All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own. – Edwin Markham

How long do we wish to continue this drama, this play of karma, this play of emotion, anger, jealousy, fear, frustration, and worry? We choose whether we want to continue the drama a little longer. Gurudev liked to use the expression, “The world is the play of kiss and kick.” This world is full of suffering, but little pleasure. A little sweetness, lots of sourness. Gurudev used to call it a “sugar-coated bitter tablet.”

Disciples should be careful in their daily lives. If they perform wrong or bad actions, the effect might accrue to the guru. That is why proper precaution is taken by the guru–preceptor in choosing disciples. The scriptures say that spiritual wisdom should only be provided to very qualified seekers or disciples. Gurus do not bestow Self-knowledge and spiritual wisdom on everybody; they carefully select students.

God is the ocean, creation is the wave, and we are like bubbles in the waves. Ultimately, what is the difference between the ocean, the waves, and the bubble? The ocean is vast and the waves are small. The waves are born on the lap of the ocean and merge in the ocean. In the waves many ripples and bubbles are created, and inside the bubbles there is a little air, in the film of water. So if God is the ocean, the ocean is nothing but water. Waves are the creation; they are nothing but water. The small bubbles are also water. God, creation, and the individual are all essentially one, just like the forms of water in the ocean.

And the final reason is that the world is just a play. The saint was enjoying the play of a child, and the child was enjoying the play of a saint.

The first part of the verse says, ittham prakalpite dehe: “in this body that was planned before birth by you,” planned by your own karma. Jiva vasati sarvagah: “the individual who is worthy, capable, of going everywhere.” After contemplating these words, should we doubt our situation in life? We plan our lives before birth, as well as our bodies, our environments, and our situations and circumstances. Therefore, we should accept our situation and graciously assume our responsibilities.

Only desire is not enough.

In Hinduism, the concept of creation, beauty, and power is intricately woven into the symbolism of the dance of Shiva and Shakti. Shiva represents the masculine principle, often depicted as the god of destruction and transformation, while Shakti embodies the feminine principle, symbolizing primordial energy and creativity. Together, their dance symbolizes the interplay between consciousness (Shiva) and energy (Shakti) that drives the process of creation, preservation, and destruction in the universe.

The dance of Shiva and Shakti, known as the 'Tandava' or 'Lasya,' is a dynamic and rhythmic manifestation of the cosmic forces at play. It represents the eternal cycle of birth, growth, decay, and regeneration. Shiva's dance is often depicted as vigorous and powerful, symbolizing destruction and dissolution, while Shakti's dance is graceful and expressive, representing creation and preservation.

Be constantly alert. Your alertness of the inner Self will give you liberation. Constant alertness of the inner Self is true spirituality.

The mind is old; the desires are old. A physical body may be only five years old, but our desires can be millions of years old.

When we do something bad we instantly experience an uncomfortable feeling — our conscience says, “Why did I do this?” The results of our actions also arise later in our lives. Embrace a new saying: “What has happened until today is finished, done; however, now, what I want to do, I will do.”