When You Meditate, Go Into The Solitude

Live In The World Like A Waterfowl. The Water Clings To The Bird, But The Bird Shakes It Off. Live In The World Like A Mudfish. The Fish Lives In The Mud, But Its Skin Is Always Bright And Shiny.

Longing Is Like The Rosy Dawn. After The Dawn Out Comes The Sun. Longing Is Followed By The Vision Of God.

The Rishis Of Old Attained The Knowledge Of Brahman. One Cannot Have This So Long As There Is The Slightest Trace Of Worldliness. How Hard The Rishis Laboured ! Early In The Morning They Would Go Away From The Hermitage, And Would Spend The Whole Day In Solitude, Meditating On Brahman. At Night They Would Return To The Hermitage And Eat A Little Fruit Or Roots. They Kept Their Mind Aloof From The Objects Of Sight, Hearing, Touch, And Other Things Of A Worldly Nature. Only Thus Did They Realize Brahman As Their Own Inner Conciousness.

A Man Develops A Subtle Power As A Result Of The Strict Observance Of Celibacy For Twelve Years. Then He Can Understand And Grasp Very Subtle Things Which Otherwise Elude His Intellect. Through That Understanding The Aspirant Can Have Direct Vision Of God. That Pure Understanding Alone Enables Him To Realize Truth.

He Is Born In Vain, Who Having Attained The Human Birth, So Difficult To Get, Does Not Attempt To Realize God In This Very Life.