- Man, Centre of Creation
This is what we have forgotten - as Pope has said: "The proper study of man is Man."
In Man, too, God is the centre of his being.
If he is harmonised here, he is in harmony with the world and he promotes harmony.
If there is a discordant note within his own heart, he sows the seed of discord everywhere.
- Citizen of the world
I am proud to be a Hindu.
But that pride prevents me from being vain, and makes a citizen of the world.
- Ours
The earth is rotating on its own axis and revolving around the sun - all at terrific speeds!
We do not know - because we are part of the atmosphere the earth carries around with it.
Similarly, as this universe is a cell in the Body of God, we do not know - because we are a little particle, part of the total mystery.
An astronaut, as he was hurtling round the earth, wondered "what was keeping the earth there ... over his head".
To him it was securely kept, for him to re-enter.
Yet, the entire solar system itself may feverishly be moving, revolving or dropping.
We cannot know - perhaps we do not care, so long as the relative distance in 'our' solar system is not altered.
- Routine
When intelligently practised, routine spiritual practices help us greatly. They become like rivers of spiritual light.
We are not same any two days!
And hence the Sadhana assumes fresher significance every day.
On the contrary, if we give up Sadhana altogether, looking for something spectacular, our spiritual personality becomes stagnant.
And, like a stagnant pool of water, it does not stay in the same condition but soon becomes dirty and filthy.
Life cannot be stagnant.
Even spiritual practices can become monotonous, boring, and therefore unspiritual.
So be vigilant and try to feel the presence of God in everything you do.
- Caste
Unity and Uniformity.
The animal kingdom has uniformity.
But in the human kingdom there is unity in diversity.
The donkey makes no distinction between sister and wife.
The human being knows that the two are different though they are both women.
He loves them both, though he expresses them differently and appropriately.
Man's intelligence is more evolved than the animal's - he has discrimination - which he should use wisely.
Because these differences bring about conflict, to demand uniformity is evading the issue.
The mischief is not in the caste system, religion or colour - but in the wicked human heart which misuses these distinctions.
If we do not trans form the heart, even if you remove the caste system, religions, etc., the heart-in-man will discover other distinctions - e.g. nationality, occupation, to fight over.