As the body needs food to survive and grow, the soul needs love.
Love instills a strength and vitality that even mother's milk cannot provide.
All of us live and long for real love.
We are born and die searching for such love.
Children, love each other and unite in pure love.
" dailyMessageArray[1] = "All of us are burdened by the sorrow and pain of past experiences.
All of us have numerous festering wounds.
The cure for these wound is love and compassion for others.
Love is the universal remedy.
" dailyMessageArray[2] = "Love sustains everything.
Love is the foundation of the universe.
" dailyMessageArray[3] = "Things, Whether money or other objects, are gone forever when you give them away.
But not love! The more you give, the more your heart is filled.
Love is a never-ending stream.
" dailyMessageArray[4] = "Now our hearts are closed buds that harbor anger, jealousy, and selfishness.
But when Love flows and washes away the impurities, our hearts will flower and bless the world.
" dailyMessageArray[5] = "Your heart is the temple where God should be enshrined.
Your good thoughts are the flowers, your good words the hymns, your good deeds the rituals.
And love is the offering.
" dailyMessageArray[6] = "Pure love is simply emptying the mind of all fears, tearing off all masks and revealing the Self as It truly is.
" dailyMessageArray[7] = "Love is the face of God.
" dailyMessageArray[8] = "Love is seeing and feeling life everywhere.
When your heart is full of love, you sense life pulsating through all creation.
" dailyMessageArray[9] = "You do not grow tired when there is love.
" dailyMessageArray[10] = "Love is the natural attitude of the soul; it expresses the heart's longing for Divinity.
" dailyMessageArray[11] = "You can only feel love by expressing it.
" dailyMessageArray[12] = "Human love arises out of selfishness.
When our desires are thwarted, it is withdrawn. Selfless love comes only from God, who is the embodiment of Love.
Know this and realize God.
" dailyMessageArray[13] = "Children, go directly to the source of Love and drink to your heart's content from that Ocean.
" dailyMessageArray[14] = "Come, Mother, brilliant as millions of suns, who dwells within, my only hope for union.
Ambrosial light, ocean of bliss, let my mind merge in You forever.
Absolute pure Being, to You I bow down again and again.
" dailyMessageArray[15] = "Every pore of my body opened wide with longing.
Every atom vibrated the holy mantra.
My whole being rushed forth like a river toward the Divine Mother... smiling and radiant She merged into me.
All of creation I saw as one —— a tiny bubble in the vastness of Self.
And no longer did I imagine happiness outside my own Self.
" dailyMessageArray[16] = "You are creation, You are creator, You are energy, You are truth.
You are maker of the cosmos, You are beginning and end.
You are energy, You are truth.
You are the soul's essence, You are the five elements.
You are creation, You are creator, You are energy, You are truth.
O Goddess! O Goddess! O Goddess!.
" dailyMessageArray[17] = "All over the world Mother hears her children's hearts calling.
She longs to soothe their painful yearnings and lead them to eternal Light.
Mother does not distinguish among nations, for She is everywhere —— all people are her darling children.
There are many petals on a flower but the flower is one —— the world is a flower and every nation a petal. To Mother all are one.
" dailyMessageArray[18] = "Children, Mother is always with you.
Whenever you think of Her, She sees your faces.
At night She visits her children all over the world.
Her children are her swans; She watches and gathers the strays.
You are all baby birds tucked under Mother's wing.
Do you ask why the sun shines, or the river flows? It is Mother's nature to love ——her embrace expresses that love.
" dailyMessageArray[20] = "An unbroken stream of love flows from Mother to every being in the universe.
" dailyMessageArray[21] = "Mother does not give expecting anything in return.
" dailyMessageArray[22] = "What nourishes Mother is the happiness of her children.
" dailyMessageArray[23] = "Mother is the servant of everyone.
I have no home of my own —— I live in your hearts.
" dailyMessageArray[24] = "When you are a mother, carrying a child in your arms or on your shoulder is not a burden.
When your mind expands as wide as the universe and your experience universal motherhood, even the entire world is not a burden.
" dailyMessageArray[25] = "Man egotistically claims he can push a button and burn the world to ash when he doesn't understand the power that moves his own finger.
" dailyMessageArray[26] = "We must return to the world the nuturing energy of the feminine.
" dailyMessageArray[27] = "Anyone — man or woman — who has the courage to overcome the limits of the mind, can attain the state of universal motherhood.
The love of awakened motherhood is a loving compassion not only for one's own children but for all people, animals, plants, rocks and rivers.
It is a love extended to all nature's beings. For one who has wakened to true motherhood, every creature is his or her child.
Such love, such motherhood, is divine Love, which is God.
The inner Mother, whose true nature is silence and infinitude, manifests through this body so that her children may glimpse the Mother who is within.
Whatever is expressed by this form is for you, for your growth.
When through spiritual practice you open your heart, grace will flow and you will find Her in your own heart, where She has always been.
" dailyMessageArray[29] = "Seeing the Divine Mother in you, Amma bows down to her own true Self.
" dailyMessageArray[30] = "Humans beings are not different from Nature, we are part of Nature.
Our very existence on earth depends upon Nature.
In truth, it is not we who protect Nature but Nature who protects us.
" dailyMessageArray[31] = "Without Nature no creature, no human being, nothing would exist.
Thus it is our responsibility to lovingly care for every living being.
" dailyMessageArray[32] = "In modern times we have chopped down all the forests on earth and have planted jungles in our minds.
" dailyMessageArray[33] = "In the past, harmony was preserved through religious rites and right actions.
Now these are forgotten and Nature is reacting.
Becasuse there are fewer trees there is less rain, and it falls at the wrong time.
There is either too much or too little sunshine.
All of this has been caused by the selfish actions of human beings.
" dailyMessageArray[34] = "Love is the foundation of the world.
Where there is love, there is peace.
Where there is selfishness, there is misery and suffering.
Learn from Mother Nature who gives of Herself even when exploited.
Do good and see everything as Mother's Child.
" dailyMessageArray[35] = "How easliy Nature overcomes every obstacle.
The tiny ant walks over the stone.
The roots of the tree embrace the rocks in the soil.
The river flows along every log and boulder in its way.
Like Nature, we should adapt to life's circumstances, overcoming them with patience and enthusiasm.
" dailyMessageArray[36] = "God is in everything, not only in human beings.
In the mountains, the rivers, the trees, the birds, the animals, the clouds, the sun, the moon, and the stars.
Everything in Nature has a purpose; there are no errors.
Everything in God's creation is precious.
How can anyone who understand this want to kill and destroy?
" dailyMessageArray[37] = "Nature is God made visible.
Nature is God known through our senses.
When we love and serve Nature, we are worshipping the Supreme Being.
" dailyMessageArray[38] = "Coolness of the breeze, rays of the moon, vastness of space —— everything in this world is permeated with Divine Consciousness.
To know and experience this Truth is the goal of our human birth.
" dailyMessageArray[39] = "The most important education of all is spiritual education —— the mastery of the mind.
" dailyMessageArray[40] = "If you plan on taking spiritual life after fulfilling all your desires, you're like the man who stands on the shore waiting for all the waves to subside before wading in.
" dailyMessageArray[41] = "The mind constantly makes waves. And the waves clouds everything.
Each thought, desire, emotion is like a pebble thrown into a lake.
When nothing happens in the present, memories of the past arise — sweet pleasures, bitter moments—joy, regret, revenge. And when the past subsides, the future emerges with its beautiful promises and dreams. So the mind is continuously engaged. But what is seen is only the surface —— when it moves, we imagine the Ground moves too.
That, however, is immovable
" dailyMessageArray[42] = "Happiness depends not upon material comfort but upon the mind.
Seek the source of the mind and build your life on That.
" dailyMessageArray[43] = "Immersed in Illusion, we confuse what is with what is not, and what is not with what is truly is.
We view the world through the eyes of ignorance.
We need to learn to distinguish between the fleeting and the everlasting.
" dailyMessageArray[44] = "With eyes of ignorance we can only see a short distance and think there is nothing beyond.
Physical eyes can't see behind trees and walls, or even what's in front of them in the dark.
Our senses are very limited.
As we become more conscious, we see so much more.
" dailyMessageArray[45] = "Stuck in the intellect, we fail to get to the heart.
Since the intellect is very calculating, we need spirituality to find our way.
Mother is not saying we should completely eliminate the intellect, but that we need a discriminatig intellect that distinguishes between truth and untruth.
Awareness is the most important act of all.
" dailyMessageArray[46] = "Stuck in the intellect, we fail to get to the heart.
Since the intellect is very calculating, we need spirituality to find our way.
Mother is not saying we should completely eliminate the intellect, but that we need a discriminatig intellect that distinguishes between truth and untruth.
Awareness is the most important act of all.
" dailyMessageArray[47] = "As heat is the nature of fire and coolness the nature of water, Self-Awareness is the nature ——the responsibility —— of every human being regardless of class, creed, or religion.
" dailyMessageArray[48] = "When a flower is only a bud, its colorful petals cannot be seen nor its fragrance inhaled.
But when it opens. all the petals show and it spreads a lovely perfume.
We have the same capacity within us ——infinite capacity—— but are still in a closed state. We need to open like the flower, and spiritual understanding makes this possible.
" dailyMessageArray[49] = "We need to think only of our own problems and not to think compassionately of other's problems.
That is our biggest problem!
" dailyMessageArray[50] = "There is love, and then there is Love.
You love your family, but not your neighbour.
You love your parents, but not others' parents.
You love your religion, but not all religions —— some you even dislike.
You love your country, but not all countries.
This is not true but rather limited love.
Transformation of limited love into Divine Love is the goal of spirituality.
" dailyMessageArray[51] = "Spiritual practice doesn't just mean sitting in lotus position with your eyes closed, but also serving the suffering, offering a consoling smile and loving words.
" dailyMessageArray[52] = "If you enter a temple, circle the sanctum, place an offering in the box, and kick the beggar at the door —— where is your devotion?
Compassion for the poor is our duty to God.
" dailyMessageArray[53] = "Mother wants the world to know, through her children's example, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.
The beauty and charm of selfless service must never be extinguished from the Earth.
" dailyMessageArray[54] = "The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion.
A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God.
God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion ——it is God's fovorite place.
" dailyMessageArray[55] = "When we work for someone else, we feel unenthusiastic, avoid work, and tire easily.
When we work for ourselves, we have a different attitude; we are eager and energetic, and give up food and sleep.
If we can develop the attitude this is mine toward everything, all our problems will vanish.
" dailyMessageArray[56] = "Your third eye will never open if, in the name of spirituality, you close your eyes to the world.
Spiritual realization is the ability to see yourself in all beings, to look through the third eye while keeping your other two eyes wide open.
The fulfillment of spirituality is the ability to love and serve others.
" dailyMessageArray[57] = "Children don't waste a single second.
Serve others, above all the poor, expecting nothing in return.
Just as the person who offers God flowers is the first to enjoy their fragrance, the person who offers compassion is the first to receive its blessing.
Wherever a heart beats with compassion: God is there.
" dailyMessageArray[58] = "Just as the person who offers God flowers is the first to enjoy their fragrance, the person who offers compassion is the first to receive its blessing.
" dailyMessageArray[59] = "Wherever a heart beats with compassion: God is there.
" dailyMessageArray[60] = "Wherever a heart beats with compassion: God is there.
" dailyMessageArray[61] = "Compassion is like fragrant gold —— its value is inexpressible.
Therefore, go among the sad and suffering; love the poor and pained with all your heart.
For our greatest obligation in this world is to serve others.
" dailyMessageArray[62] = "The beautiful fragrant flower of Compassion blooms in the fullness of divine Love.
Compassion does not see faults and weaknesses, or distinguish between good people and bad.
Compassion does not recognize boundaries between nations, religions, or beliefs.
Compassion has no ego, thus no fear, lust, or emotionality.
Compassion simply forgives and forgets —— like an open passageway .... Compassion is the expression of perfect Love.
" dailyMessageArray[63] = "Always remember that your true family is the family of humankind.
When your left hand is injured, doesn't your right hand go to its aid?
For both are part of your body and you consider them yours.
In the same spirit of unity lovingly serve your sisters and brothers, forgive their faults and be willing to suffer for one another —— that is the essence of spirituality.
" dailyMessageArray[64] = "We are all links in the chain of Life.
If one link is weak, so is the entire chain.
Each thought and action has the power to brighten or darken many lives.
Try to make others happy and don't despair over all the evil in the world.
Don't let others' bad actions influence you to do wrong.
Instead of cursing the dark, let us light one small lamp.
" dailyMessageArray[65] = "Don't be discouraged by the impossibility of dispelling darkness from the world with your one little candle.
Just light it! Step forward and let it shine with every step you take to help others.
" dailyMessageArray[66] = "Choose a path that benefits others and serve with selfless love.
The supreme Reality is Love — this is the message Mother sends you in the language of the heart.
" dailyMessageArray[67] = "Serving the world with love and cooperation, you will find your own true Self.
As you help those in need, selfishness will fall away, and without even noticing you will find your own fulfillment.
" dailyMessageArray[68] = "We are not isolated islands, we are connected links in a chain.
Each kind word, each smiling face, each good action benefits our neighbor, our community, our nation, and our world.
Let us pray and meditate together, and we shall reach the shore of peace, spreading the sweet holy fragrance of Love and vibrations of unity and harmony.
Turning our minds to the supreme Consciousness, let us open our hearts and chant the words: May everyone everywhere be happy.
" dailyMessageArray[69] = "To experience supreme everlasting joy, the suppreme sacrifice is required: the sacrifice of your ego.
" dailyMessageArray[70] = "Selfishness is like a worm that sucks the nectar and spoils the fruit.
If allowed to flourish, it will devour all your good qualities.
" dailyMessageArray[71] = "The apple tree gives away its fruits, keeping none: It lives for others.
The river washes all who enter, trading cleanliness for dirt, sacrificing itself for others.
Children everything in this world teaches sacrifice.
Look closely and you will see that all of life is sacrifice.
" dailyMessageArray[72] = "Surrender arises from helplessness.
Helplessness provides the opportunity for you to release your ego.
The ego makes you feel important, but a hopeless situation makes you realize you are nothing and will not be free unless you give up the sense of I.
This realization dawns when you experience the burden of the ego.
Only a great blow or serious threat can bestow this knowledge.
" dailyMessageArray[73] = "The difficulty is not expressing love but letting go ——outgrowing —— the ego.
Love is human nature; It is already present within us.
But we are held back by our individual boundaries.
We have to outgrow our individuality in order to become universal.
Ego stands in the way of love.
When it is removed, we can flow like a river.
" dailyMessageArray[74] = "When you go on a trip, you carry your bags to the station; once on the train, you set them down and relax.
If you have faith in the Supreme, place all your baggage at God's feet and let God take care of it.
" dailyMessageArray[75] = "The Merciful One waits with outstreatched hands to receive your ego —— it is the only offering God asks.
But if you will not give it, it will be taken —— for only then will you be happy.
" dailyMessageArray[76] = "Sorrow, my children, is the teacher that brings you closer to God.
" dailyMessageArray[77] = "It is God who creates the sorrows and obstacles in a seeker's life.
" dailyMessageArray[78] = "God employs selfish people as instruments to make the seeker suffer.
" dailyMessageArray[79] = "A truly spiritual person views suffering as a blessing —— a bridge to God.
" dailyMessageArray[80] = "Without suffering spiritual realization is impossible.
" dailyMessageArray[81] = "Those who suffer cry more intensely to God, creating a bridge for God to cross over.
" dailyMessageArray[82] = "Crying out to God is certainly no misfortune —— it makes the heart blossom.
" dailyMessageArray[83] = "Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.
" dailyMessageArray[84] = "Like a seed buried in earth to sprout into a tree, a human being must be modest and humble in order to grow spiritually.
" dailyMessageArray[85] = "Nothing is gained by egotistical confrontations, feeling important, thinking we know everything, have nothing to learn and can defeat any argument.
" dailyMessageArray[86] = "Only after we ourselves have become good are we in a position to give advice to others.
" dailyMessageArray[87] = "Pride and selfishness will destroy us, but if we feel love and compassion as if we are everyone's servant the whole universe will bow down.
" dailyMessageArray[88] = "Rain upon the mountain streams downhill pooling in the ravine at the bottom.
So great is humility, everything rushes toward it.
" dailyMessageArray[89] = "In asking for surrender —— total surrender —— to the supreme Self, spirituality shows us the way to lasting happiness.
" dailyMessageArray[90] = "Surrender to the Supreme is the only guarantee of safety and the only way to bliss.
" dailyMessageArray[91] = "When huge trees are uprooted by a cyclone and tall buildings collapse, the grass remains unscathed &mdsah;— such is the greatness of humility.
" dailyMessageArray[92] = "Take it to be divine and there will be no problem.
" dailyMessageArray[93] = "When we offer ourselves to the Divine, our minds are purified, sorrows end, and life becomes a festival.
" dailyMessageArray[94] = "Humility is the sign of true knowledge.
" dailyMessageArray[95] = "O divine Spirit, do You see me here? May your starry hands shower grace upon me —— the strength to keep remembering You and the sorrow to keep calling You, my only refuge and comfort. Blissful, oh beautiful is your divine world! Lift me to your world of million twinkling stars.
" dailyMessageArray[96] = "Mother says, the little self is like a bunch of gray clouds hiding the Sun.
" dailyMessageArray[97] = "If we trust a guide to take us to a place unknown in the outer world, why not trust a realized Soul to lead us to the ultra-subtle mysterious world within?
" dailyMessageArray[98] = "There is a guru in everyone, but to survive and grow it requires protection from a realized Teacher—
as seedling requires shelter from a full-grown tree to avoid withering and dying in the scorching sun.
A seeker cannot remove subtle negative tendencies alone. To overcome negative habits we need the guidance, instruction, and grace of a true master.
" dailyMessageArray[100] = "By true master,
we do not mean a mere individual; we mean divine Consciousness, the Truth.
The master permeates the whole universe; only if this is understood can we advance spiritually.
Students should not be attached to the master's body. We should widen our view to encompass every sentient and insentient being as master. We should serve all beings with devotion.Bonding to the master, we gain this expansiveness. A mind matured by listening to the master's words and observing the master's actions will rise to plane of consciousness.
When love catches, the beloved comes.
When the student wakes, the teacher appears.
" dailyMessageArray[102] = "People who wander from teacher to teacher are not ready for spirituality.
" dailyMessageArray[103] = "When you find a shop that has all you need, why roam every shop in the marketplace?.
" dailyMessageArray[104] = "Your mind isn't prepared to know the Supreme, but a teacher can help make it ready.
" dailyMessageArray[105] = "The attitude of reverence helps us advance, but the bond to a teacher helps even more.
" dailyMessageArray[106] = "Experiencing the presence of a realized master is like being reborn.
" dailyMessageArray[107] = "Simply by being in the presence of a master, we open up.
" dailyMessageArray[108] = "Surrender grows from the vast inspiration of the teacher's physical presence.
" dailyMessageArray[109] = "The master destroy obstacles and reveals to the seeker the scared path.
" dailyMessageArray[110] = "One who has shown divinity can show us how to see divinity too.
" dailyMessageArray[111] = "Because the master has a universal mind, the master knows what we need.
" dailyMessageArray[112] = "The teacher knows which practice and path the disciple needs; action,knowledge, or devotion.
" dailyMessageArray[113] = "Faith in the teacher and her words protects us like a mother.
" dailyMessageArray[114] = "As water flows downhill, the teacher's grace naturally flows towards the person with faith.
" dailyMessageArray[115] = "As mother loves her baby, the teacher showers pure selfless love.
" dailyMessageArray[116] = "To the teacher we may tell all our sorrows —— she does not get angry but guides us with love.
" dailyMessageArray[117] = "Faith in our teacher gives us the mental strength to overcome every obstacle on the path.
" dailyMessageArray[118] = "A true master is an endlessly loving alchemist who transforms students into pure gold.
" dailyMessageArray[119] = "The master, like a sculptor, chips away the stone to reveal the divine Self buried within.
" dailyMessageArray[120] = "Into the cup of intellect
pour devotion,
and drink!
The teacher is an ever-burning lamp by whose light we can watch the mind and senses.
" dailyMessageArray[122] = "The teacher enlightens not through her words but through the example of her life.
" dailyMessageArray[123] = "The teacher wakes the student who wishes to open his or her heart to the teacher.
" dailyMessageArray[124] = "Only when the student loves the teacher with real devotion will the mind awaken.
" dailyMessageArray[125] = "The ego must be removed; this painful process is only possible through surrender to the teacher.
" dailyMessageArray[126] = "The teacher breaks the ego's shell, and the disciple rises
like a banyan tree, giving shade to the world.
A real guru destroys ignorance;
kindles and sustains in the student the light of spiritual knowledge.
A real guru works with a student's habits, creates awareness of negativities and helps remove them.
" dailyMessageArray[129] = "A real guru is not interested in psychic powers, having all the powers she needs, is simple and humble.
" dailyMessageArray[130] = "A real guru is a realized soul who embodies the eternal virtues: love, renunciation, patience, forbearance, endurance.
" dailyMessageArray[131] = "A real guru has equal regard for all, and perfect mental balance, selflessly desiring only creation's welfare.
" dailyMessageArray[132] = "A real guru does not criticize, for her nature is tranquility; she uses anger to correct and guide, not dominate.
" dailyMessageArray[133] = "A real guru's anger is an expression of love, that falls away like a burnt shell, leaving her mind unmoved.
" dailyMessageArray[134] = "A master teaches us to accept everything, be thankful for good and bad, right and wrong, friend and enemy, helper and abuser, liberator and oppressor.
" dailyMessageArray[135] = "A master helps us to forget the dark past, and the future bright with a thousand promises, and live in the fullness of the present moment.
" dailyMessageArray[136] = "A master shows us how all of Nature, every being every thing and the future bright with a thousand promises, and live in the fullness of the present moment —&mdash even our enemy —&mdash helps us evolve and attain perfection .
" dailyMessageArray[137] = "A spiritual master embodies all the divine qualities. In her, or him, one finds true surrender and acceptance. A master is a living example.
" dailyMessageArray[138] = "Only through the vast compassion of realized master can we experience God tangibly. In the presence of a master we come to know that God really exists.
" dailyMessageArray[139] = "Spiritual practice is crucial As the seed of the plant only bears fruit if rightly cultivated, the Truth of the human being only shines brightly through spitual practice.
" dailyMessageArray[140] = "The person who constantly studies without doing spiritual practices is like the fool who attempts to live in the blueprint of a house.
" dailyMessageArray[141] = "Those who believe in Mother may meditate on Her; Those who believe in Christ may meditate on Him; Those who have no deity may meditate on a flame or a dot. Those who have love Nature may meditate on the mood, or imagine merging into a flowing river, a beautiful bright sky or a lake. Or imagine that you are God and meditate on That.Concentration is the important thing: Meditation is constant remembrance of God.
" dailyMessageArray[142] = "Our gross minds cannot imagine the Supreme without form, attributes, or story. We need a Rama, a Krishna, a Buddha, or a Christ to embody supreme qualities and give us a form to worship. But when we say that the Supreme incarnates in Rama, Krishna, or Christ, and we develop a relationship with Him, it is not his body we worship but the great ideals He embodies.
" dailyMessageArray[143] = "Meditating on a divine form will help you develop concentration and mental purity.
" dailyMessageArray[144] = "The pure aspect of your beloved divinity will grow within you without you realizing it.
" dailyMessageArray[145] = "Love for a formless God rarely devlops as easily as for a God you can visualize.
" dailyMessageArray[146] = "Following the path of knowledge without love and devotion is like eating stones.
" dailyMessageArray[147] = "Formless all-powerful God readily assumes a form for the sake of the devotee.
" dailyMessageArray[148] = "With complete faith and confidence in your beloved deity, you will reach the goal.
" dailyMessageArray[149] = "See every object as your beloved deity. When holding a book, handling clothes, or opening a door, mentally bow to the beloved divinity who stands before you.
" dailyMessageArray[150] = "Meditating in the daytime is half as valuable as meditating at night, when the atmosphere is calm and quiet and wordly vibrations are few. The pure air air that rises from flowers and the absence of wordly thoughts create an atmosphere conducive to meditation.
" dailyMessageArray[151] = "Children, eat to live, sleep to awaken.
" dailyMessageArray[152] = "The kind of food we eat appears in our bodies and in our minds.
" dailyMessageArray[153] = "A real meditator is not a slave to food but its master.
" dailyMessageArray[154] = "Meditation is not just sitting with your eyes closed. It is a state of unbroken concentration —— like an endless stream.
" dailyMessageArray[155] = "Meditating and repeating God's name without concentration is like putting stamps on an envelope without an address.
" dailyMessageArray[156] = "Thoughts are as hard to stop as the waves of the ocean., but they will naturally subside as your mind expands and deepens.
" dailyMessageArray[157] = "The concentration we need to count every grain in a handful of sand, or to walk over a river on a rope, is the concentration we need in every action.
" dailyMessageArray[158] = "Work selflessly, with your whole heart, pouring yourself into everything you do. Let your work become your spiritual practice and your actions will carry you to the source of Bliss.
" dailyMessageArray[159] = "Never give up your practice over momentarry frustration or disappointment. The results of practice are never lost. They remain within you, ready to bear fruit at the right time.
" dailyMessageArray[160] = "Even a little spiritual practice done sincerely will produce results.
" dailyMessageArray[161] = "To take a boat beyond the waves, the fishermen row hard, paying attention to nothing else. People wave from the shore crying out encouragement, but the boatmen ignore them. They have only one thought: to get past the heaving waters!
" dailyMessageArray[162] = "Children, now you are in the midst of waves and will only reach the goal if you pay attention to nothing else. Otherwise, the water will sweep you up and toss you over.
" dailyMessageArray[163] = "Remember: Mother is always with you. Love each other, serve others selflessly. And never forget to do your practices.
" dailyMessageArray[164] = "Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
" dailyMessageArray[165] = "My child, never lose faith in God or Life. It is very important to be optimistic. Pessimism is a form of darkness that prevents the Divine Light from penetrating your life. It is an illusory mind. Only if you are optimistic will you be able to perceive that life is replete with Divine Light.
" dailyMessageArray[166] = "You are the child of God, and God would never close all the doors around you. They may appear shut but they have been left slightly ajat. Just knock, and they will give way.
" dailyMessageArray[167] = "If you take each step with good thoughts in your mind and a smile on your face, goodness will come and fill your being. Then how can God resist? She will embrace you, and every moment will bring you peace and happiness.
" dailyMessageArray[168] = "If you fall into a hole, you don't poke out your eyes because they have failed you. Why not tolerate others' faults as well?
" dailyMessageArray[169] = "When you hurt your hand you don't reproach it, you apply medicine and nurse it with care. So too should we care for others never blaming them for their faults.
" dailyMessageArray[170] = "We tend to look for the flaws and errors in others, and this disturbs our minds. We must change this habit. Forget their shortcomings, look for their good qualities, and be respectful. Seeing only what is good in people eliminates suffering.
" dailyMessageArray[171] = "Do not be angry, Always rejoice in God.
" dailyMessageArray[172] = "Words should give love warmth, not heat and smoke.
" dailyMessageArray[173] = "Every day of the year should be joyful —— all of life a festival!
" dailyMessageArray[174] = "Dwelling on another's faults weakens the mind. When we choose to see another's goodness, we rise to a higher level. In calling another human being bad, we too turn bad. Even in someone who is ninety-nine percent bad, see the one percent that is good &mdsah;— and you will become good.
" dailyMessageArray[175] = "A seeker should be like a tree that offers shade even to the man who chops it down.
" dailyMessageArray[176] = "Only if we pray for the good of others, even those who presecute us —— are we truly spiritual.
" dailyMessageArray[177] = "Like the wind that blows equally over fragrant flowers and stinking dung, spiritual people are not only attracted to the friendly and hostile to the unfriendly, For them, both are of equal value. In everyone they see only God.
" dailyMessageArray[178] = "The mind is nothing but thoughts. Strong thoughts become actions; repeated actions become habits; and habits become character. To dissolve the mind we must change our thoughts.
" dailyMessageArray[179] = "It's not easy to eliminate the flow of thoughts —— that is an advanced state —— but by increasing pure thoughts, impure thoughts can be decreased and eventually eliminated.
" dailyMessageArray[180] = "If pure water is poured into salt water, the water gradually loses its saltiness. In the same way, good thoughts will gradually dissolve our bad habits.
" dailyMessageArray[181] = "Practice seeing only the good in others.
" dailyMessageArray[182] = "With a change of attitude you will be able to see goodness everywhere you look.
" dailyMessageArray[183] = "Imagine that each person is sent by God, and you will be able to be kind and loving to everyone.
" dailyMessageArray[184] = "If you try to see the good in everyone, others will follow your example.
" dailyMessageArray[185] = "If we are alert, we can learn from everything. Everything becomes our teacher. Just absorb the divine essence and discard the rest.
" dailyMessageArray[186] = "A sculptor sees an image to be carved where others find only wood and stone.
" dailyMessageArray[187] = "A seeker, distinguishing the eternal from the ephemeral, chooses the Everlasting.
" dailyMessageArray[188] = "The world is a slippery rock —— step carefully, or you will fall. Proceed on life's journey with awareness.
" dailyMessageArray[189] = "Children, all of spirituality is contained in that one word: Awareness.
" dailyMessageArray[190] = "Effort and grace are interdependent: without one, the other is impossible.
" dailyMessageArray[191] = "Half by humanity, half by God, said the sages. Effort is humanity's half, and grace is God's.
" dailyMessageArray[192] = "Nothing is gained without effort, but the effort is all we make —— the result comes from God.
" dailyMessageArray[193] = "No matter how hard we work, nothing is attained without God's grace.
" dailyMessageArray[194] = "The sense of I and mine dominates modern society. People believe they can achieve everything by human effort. This idea is erroneous. Of course we must put forth effort, but we must also pray for grace, for that is the deciding factor and without it nothing is achieved. Human efforts is in our hands, but grace is not——grace is beyond.
" dailyMessageArray[195] = "To receive God's grace we must surrender totally to God.
" dailyMessageArray[196] = "When we stop being selfish, we are ready for God's grace.
" dailyMessageArray[197] = "God is always with those who make a sincere effort and have the right attitude.
" dailyMessageArray[198] = "For every step you take toward God, God will take a hundred steps toward you.
" dailyMessageArray[199] = "Libertaion means stepping into the stream for Grace....
" dailyMessageArray[200] = "No work is meaningless. It's the amount of love —— of heart —— you pour into your work that determines how beautiful and meaningful it will be.
" dailyMessageArray[201] = "We are not perfect at birth —— we progress only through action.
" dailyMessageArray[202] = "If you hold on to a seed, it won't sprout —— you must plant it!.
" dailyMessageArray[203] = "Instead of waiting for others to improve, try to improve yourself.
" dailyMessageArray[204] = "Failure is a natural part of life.
" dailyMessageArray[205] = "Accept failure as an experience you need for your growth. Be glad that some karma is complete. See your failure as a lesson, learn from it, and move on.
" dailyMessageArray[206] = "We don't worry about where the river came from as we travel downstream —— nor is there any reason to worry about mistakes made in the past. Instead, try to shape the future.
" dailyMessageArray[207] = "Every failure brings a message of success. Like toddlers who fall when learning to walk, we fail on our way to victory.
" dailyMessageArray[208] = "Our actions in past lives have created what we call our fate. Though fate is certainly powerful, it can be overcome in part by good actions in the present.
" dailyMessageArray[209] = "As a stone thrown into the air may be caught before hitting the ground, the result of an action may be altered in its course. Thus there is no need to brood over fate.
" dailyMessageArray[210] = "The fruits of our actions depend upon many factors, and all of these upon God's grace. That is why Mother says our only hope is to seek refuge at God's feet.
" dailyMessageArray[211] = "Though you have done a hundred good actions, if you make one mistake, people reject you. But if you make hundred mistakes and do only one good deed, the Divine embraces you.
" dailyMessageArray[212] = "We need to learn the art of tapping in to that unknown source of grace. For grace we must do good actions, helping others with a kind and loving attitude. It is important to understand that spirituality is life —— not just words, something to talk about and then forget.
" dailyMessageArray[213] = "Faith is important because the spirituality of love and higher values is abstract; it can't be seen, it's a feeling, a subjective experience.
" dailyMessageArray[214] = "All of life rests in faith. For each step forward we need faith. Faith creates a flow, which inundates the entire universe.
" dailyMessageArray[215] = "Amma sees a Mother, a Buddha, A Rama, a Krishna or a Christ hidden in each of you. Divine light can dawn within you at any moment —— it simply waits for the right time.
" dailyMessageArray[216] = "There's a flute inside you. Try playing it! Once you hear that sound, you are free from birth and death.
" dailyMessageArray[217] = "A beautiful song arises only when the singer forgets herself and the audience. A deeply moving painting emerges only when the artist forgets himself and everything else in the world. For your talents to be expressed in all their fullness and beauty, the sense of otherness must disppear —— or it will block the flow of your heart.
" dailyMessageArray[218] = "There is only one all prevading Self. When your mind expands, you will merge with it. The selfish ego will disappear and all will be one.
" dailyMessageArray[219] = "A person has reached the Absolute when there is no feeling of hatred, no perceptions of superiority or inferiority.
" dailyMessageArray[220] = "The jackfruit and its seed are both sacred, but the fruit is sweet and the seed is not —— First it must sprout, grow into a tree, and bear fruit.
" dailyMessageArray[221] = "We can reach the Absolute if we try, but whay call ourselves God when we run after food and clothing as if our bodies were immortal.
" dailyMessageArray[222] = "Look at the great Souls who guide the world without hostility, mingle joyfully with everyone, and view every being as equal.
" dailyMessageArray[223] = "Realizing God is nothing but the ability —— the expansiveness of heart —— to love everything equally.
" dailyMessageArray[224] = "Those who reside in the supreme Self see the Divine at work in everything. They see pure Consciousness unstained by illusion. As a sculptor sees in a stone the image to be carved, great Souls see in all that exists the all-pervading Self.
" dailyMessageArray[225] = "When you experience only God, your whole life is an act of worship, a form of prayer, a song of praise, You see enlightenment, dormant, in everyone who comes before you. You see the inmost Self and feel deep reverence. Nothing is insignificant; everything has meaning. Even in a blade of grass you see supreme Light shining.
" dailyMessageArray[226] = "The soul that transcends the body and realizes the Self experiences no distinctions —— everything partakes of universal Consciousness, is interconnected, inseparable, part of the whole.
" dailyMessageArray[227] = "The realized soul experiences itself everywhere —— here, there, above, below, in every direction, in the ugly as well as the beautiful. Wherever it goes, the Self is there!.
" dailyMessageArray[228] = "Always aware, never unaware, functioning spontaneously from deep within, the soul sees no strangers, for it is the all-pervading Consciousness.
" dailyMessageArray[229] = "When you know you are the Self, you are like a giant battery connected to a cosmic power supply providing constant, inexhaustible strength.
" dailyMessageArray[230] = "When you are connected to the Self, the source of all power, your energy never diminishes; you draw from a infinite potential.
" dailyMessageArray[231] = "Be aware of your immense strength. You are not a meek little lamb but a majestic, powerful lion! You are the cosmic energy of almighty God.
" dailyMessageArray[232] = "God is pure bliss! Happiness is limited, but bliss is limitless, beyond everything —— it is the very nature of God.
" dailyMessageArray[233] = "The instant you realize God, you will be established in supreme bliss forever.
" dailyMessageArray[234] = "You don't have to go searching for God —— God shines in everyone! There isn't more of God somewhere in India or even in Heaven than in You.
" dailyMessageArray[235] = "Think of God as your own Self.
" dailyMessageArray[236] = "There is a Power we cannot express in words, which we call God, We often say, God is within, but what use are these words? Only through intuitive experience can we know God.
" dailyMessageArray[237] = "God is a subjective experience beyond the intellect, it is Pure Experience. Like electricity, It cannot be seen but It can be felt.
" dailyMessageArray[238] = "The lovely melody of a flute is found neither in instrument nor in the player's fingers. You might say it comes from the composer's heart, but if you opened his heart you would find no melody. Where, then, is the source? It is beyond —— in the supreme cosmic Energy which the ego will never know. Only if you act from your heart will you know life's divine power.
" dailyMessageArray[239] = "Isn't beauty the very nature of divine Consciousness?
" dailyMessageArray[240] = "God is the giver of everything and does not need or want anything from us.
" dailyMessageArray[241] = "God is a giver, who gives like the sun. The sun does not need light from a candle.
" dailyMessageArray[242] = "God hears all our prayers, though the One who prevades all things and knows all thoughts does not need to hear them. Whether we know it or not, our thoughts already exist in God.
" dailyMessageArray[243] = "Is God a Man or a Woman? The answer to the question is Neither —— God is That. But if you must give God a gender, God is more female than male, for he is contained in She.
" dailyMessageArray[244] = "Behind everything —— blooming flowers, singing birds, blowing winds, burning fires —— is Divine will. Divine will is the cause of the birth, growth, and death of all beings and all creation. It is the supreme Energy that sustains the universe. Without It, the world would not exist.
" dailyMessageArray[245] = "The ocean of Consciousness is undivided being —— awareness —— bliss. Great souls are the waves, and ordinary people are the bubbles.
" dailyMessageArray[246] = "There is an infinite power independent of and transcending every created thing. That power is God, and there is only one.
" dailyMessageArray[247] = "Christians call God Christ; Muslims call God Allah; Hindus call God Shiva, Krishna, Mother —— but all are the same God.
" dailyMessageArray[248] = "There is only one God. The supreme Self says, However you conceive of me, I am there..
" dailyMessageArray[249] = "The many forms of God portrayed by the sages were meant to accomodate different tastes and temperaments, not to imply that there really are different Gods.
" dailyMessageArray[250] = "There is no difference in the electricity that runs through the refrigerator, fan, or lamp. One pure Being runs through everything.
" dailyMessageArray[251] = "There is only one supreme Truth shining through all religions.
" dailyMessageArray[252] = "If you see God as the grass, God appears as that. If you see God as stone, God appears as that. If you see God as a buffalo, God appears as that. But however you conceive of God, you need faith.
" dailyMessageArray[253] = "All-knowing, all-powerful, all-pervading Consciousness assumes a form. And when its purpose is accomplished, like ice melting into water God returns to pure formless Being.
" dailyMessageArray[254] = "The Divine is present in everyone, in all beings, in everything, Like space It is everywhere, all pervading, all powerful, all knowing. The divine is the principal of life, the inner light of consciousness, and pure bliss —— It is our very own self.
" dailyMessageArray[255] = "Life and God are One.
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