- The World as He knows
The world that we know of is perhaps full of evil, because the instrument of that knowledge - the mind, is evil.
But, we should derive great consolation from the fact that the world that we know of is not the world that 'is', i.e., the world that God made, saw it was good and knows of.
When we raise ours to God-consciousness, then we shall know the world as He knows it, and find it is good.
- The Guru's Presence
In His presence your problems and worries behave like salt and sugar - they are dissolved.
I have experienced it in Gurudev's Presence.
- Adam and Eve
Even in the statement that after eating the forbidden fruit, Eve realised she was naked and donned a fig leaf, has a meaning.
If Adam and Eve were alone, why should Eve feel ashamed?
Because once Cosmic Consciousness is lost and Jiva comes within the influence of Time, Jiva veils itself by ignorance.
- Burden on earth
Man - when he lives, is a burden on earth, heavy and troublesome - building houses, running and eating etc.
When he dies, he is no longer a burden; but he is absorbed by the earth to which he contributes some minerals.
If he, while alive, leads a good life - in his loving service lifts the burden of sorrows of others - it is worth it.
Else, he is a dead-weight - hence, the popular expression 'burden on earth'.
The good people are like the aeroplanes which, though heavy itself, are capable of taking itself and more weight off the earth.
- Sat-Chit
There is insatiable thirst for knowledge.
'Why did God create the world?' - we ask, even after knowing that the mind cannot conceive of the answer.
We want Perfect Knowledge.
Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance.
Perfect knowledge is of something that 'is' - Sat-Chit.
Such knowledge gives us Bliss.