- 'Think of Me constantly.' (Gita)
This has been much misunderstood.
There are some who advocate pure worship or repetition of the Name of the Lord without taking any interest in society and its welfare.
That is possible and permissible only to those who do not depend upon society for their livehood.
So long as you let people feed this body, so long shall you let that body serve the people.
- Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring love,
Where there is injury, let me bring the spirit of forgiveness,
Where there is doubt, grant that I may spread Thy faith,
Where there is despair, help me to give hope,
Where there is darkness, may I bring the light,
Where there is sadness, may I give joy,
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled, as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love, for
It is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
- God and Lightning
When we say that lightning is the work of the Gods, echoed in the Bible: 'Behold, he scatters the lightning about Him.' - Job. 36, you answer, 'But we know scientifically how lightning is caused'.
True, we do not deny your physical analysis. But ... when I lift my hand, it is possible to give a physiological explanation - which muscles contracted and which stretched and how the hand was raised.
But do not forget that the muscles obeyed the command of 'my intelligence'.
Similarly in nature - God's Body, everything takes place guided and governed by His Intelligence.
Science and Religion are thus reconciled.
- Purusottama
In the Gita - does not mean separate, distinct and different from the Kshara and Akshara Purushas and should not suggest duality between soul and God.
The difference is one of the state of consciousness and not of personality.
It is like the difference that exists between the sleeping man and the waking man - though the two refer to the same person, their nature is different.
It can be a big official in front of whom a man may steal, if he is asleep, but dare not do anything if he is awake.
- Creation
Why did God create this world?
So that, when we were delivered by our mother, we might not orbit round the sun!