- Humility
A lady in Toulouse said: "I love to meet the poor and the downtrodden." Perhaps, she craves for their admiration?
I love to be with the rich and the powerful, because they will not respect and honour me, and they will thus preserve my humility - with the selfish who will guard me against my own selfishness - with the wicked who will save me from public approbation.
- Strangers
As one grows in spirituality, one will find that there are no strangers at all in the world. One's mind revolts at the least idea of a stranger.
- Unity
Enemies hate me, friends dislike me. See the unity among all of them equally.
And it is easy for me to love them all equally.
- Mahasivaratri
Parvathy once had an argument with Siva: "Is the world sustained by Siva or by Parvathy?" She closed Siva's eyes with Her hand. Immediately the whole creation was dissolved. The Eleven Rudras then prayed to Siva who in answer to their prayer created the universe again. That incident is commemorated in Mahasivaratri.
- Raga-Dvesha
Cosmic Being exists and Cosmic consciousness knows it. Cosmic elements are its nature, and added to this there is Cosmic illusion. When under its influence, the cell assumes independent individuality. When this Truth is realised, Raga-Dvesha vanishes.