Serve Love Give Purify Meditate Realise
Ananda Kutir Ashrama © Chiltern Yoga Trust (Australia)
Om Namah Shivaya
Om Namah Venkatesaya
- Give
A man is known by his companions, for they do influence us, they awaken latent tendencies in us - good or bad, desirable or undesirable.
A saint kindles saintliness and a criminal provokes sinfulness in us.
But for them, these qualities would have "died" within us.
- Love
Without a single word being spoken, it is possible to radiate this spirit of true love and understanding the spirit that stands "under" every other person, looking up to the God 1n the "other person", bringing out the love rather than the spirit of aggression or domination in the other person.
- Serve
Karma Yoga is dealing with people and still preserving our inner harmony, harmonizing our relationship with one another.
- Give
Gurudev had no use for "discriminating charity".
One may say: "How do I know that he deserves it?"
If God started asking that question, we wouldn't be alive.
If God asked Himself: "How do I know that these people deserve all that fresh air?", what would be the answer?
- Realise
If there is true surrender, then there is immediate illumination, because the one thing that stands between God and me is me!
When the me is removed, God alone exists - which is Truth.