- Humility
Like the frames of spectacles, some people will bend only if they are in hot water!
- Science
We do not deny that science has discovered many laws of nature - that the atom has so many protons and electrons.
But I only beg of you not to forget Him Who put them there.
I assure you that the scientist did not.
- Karma Yoga
After offering God what is already His or He, we demand His Grace and some reward!
To get rid of this attitude is Karma Yoga.
- Law of Self-realisation
Bhag. XI-28,I-9.
The Self, which is beyond both good and evil, can be realised only if
1. You are good, and
2. You see no evil.
You cannot ignore the evil in your own heart - for it will compel you to see evil everywhere else!
If your own heart is good, you will not see evil at all .
In other words, if you see evil, your heart is impure, however holy you appear and pretend to be!
- Self
"He whom the Self chooses, to him it is revealed".
Smacks of predestination. It should not be taken literally.
It only emphasises the great Truth that the ego-sense must vanish before the Self can be realised.
When docs the ego know it is not there?
When can one declare: "Now I am in deep sleep" - who says it?
The Upanishad says in effect: "Sleep comes to him whom it likes!"
Surrender yourself and reduce the ego to zero.
You will have Self-realisation.
But do not anticipate this - for such anticipation will awaken the ego!