- Intelligence
Intelligence is built into every cell, every fibre, every muscle of our body. I do not have to worry about the body - that intelligence is there. My only duty is to find God, or to find what it is in me that forgets God - that creates division between myself and God. Can this be abolished at its very source?
- Obedience
Submission to the Will of God is a tricky business. It is possible for the seeker to deceive himself and others: "I Am doing only His Will". Even scriptures like the Gita, the Bible and the Quran can be misinterpreted by the ego. To deal with the ego, obey someone implicitly. Try it! This is the purpose of guru bhakti.
Life is beauty when you do your duty.
- Karma
All past karmas are blended and we are the product of that blended karma.
It is like this: take a glass of water; add to it a teaspoon sugar and pepper; stir it well and then taste it.
It is not possible to say 'this is the taste of sugar or pepper' - they are mixed up.
They are both there, no doubt, but not one apart from the other.
One of the corollaries of this theory is: can it be that our good actions can to a great extent mitigate the effect of evil actions, just as the pungency of pepper is mitigated by the addition of sugar.
- Intellect and Emotion
You should approach meditation with both intellect and emotion under control.
If there is only intellect it will lead to speculation.
If there is only emotion, you will be able to sing and dance, but not meditate.
- Darkness in Light
Look at the flame of the candle - it has a secret message. It says: "There is no darkness - you have invented the word." "But" , you say, “It is dark in the next room". "Come" says the candle-flame , "Let us see". When you both enter the next room, you find you were wrong and the candle-flame was correct! There is no darkness in light.