Be Tremendous

                      There is an extraordinary quality, light, and beauty in our brain.

                      We have to make them emerge in a natural way.

                      But what is necessary is quietness.

                      There has been a distinct change in you –

                      Deeper inward vitality, strength and clarity –

                      Keep it, let it function and give it an opportunity

                      To flow extensively and deeply.

                      Don’t, whatever happens, be smothered by circumstances,

                      By the family and by your own physical condition.

                      Eat properly, exercise and don’t become slack.

                      Having come to a certain state, keep going,

                      Don’t stay there – either go forward or you retrogress

                      You cannot be static.

                      You have ridden on the inward wave for so many months,

                      Withdrawn inward,

                      But now from that inward movement you must go out,

                      Meet more people and expand.

                      Have done a great deal of meditation and has been good.

                      Begin by being aware of every thought, feeling –

                      All day, the nerves and the brain

                      Then become quite, still;

                      This is what cannot be done through control

                      Then really begins meditation.

                      Do it with thoroughness.

                      Whatever happens don’t let the body shape the nature of the mind.

                      Be aware of the body, eat right, be by yourself

                      Don’t slip back and don’t be a slave to circumstances.

                      Be tremendous; be awake.

Keep Simple and Clear

                 It is always difficult to keep simple and clear.

                 The world worships success, the bigger and better;

                 The greater the audience the greater the speaker;

                 The colossal super buildings, cars, aeroplanes and people.

                 Simplicity is lost.

                 The successful people are not the ones who are building a new world.

                 To be a real revolutionary requires a complete change of heart and mind,

                 And how few want to free themselves.

                 One cuts the surface roots;

                 But to cut the deep feeding roots of mediocrity,

                 Success needs something more than words, methods, and compulsions.

                 There seem to be few,

                 But they are the real builders –

                 The rest labour in vein

Love – The Richness of Life

                   Life is so rich and has many treasures.

                   We go to it with empty hearts;

                   We do not know how to fill our hearts with the abundance of life.

                   We are poor inwardly and when the riches are offered to us, we refuse.

                   Love is a dangerous thing;

                   It brings the only revolution that gives complete happiness.

                   So few of us are capable of love, so few want love.

                   We love on our own terms,

                   Making of love a marketable thing.

                   We have the market mentality

                   And love is not marketable, a give-and-take affair.

                   It is a state of being in which all our problems are resolved.

                   To love is to be aware of eternity.

                   The world is a good place.

                   We do everything to get away from it

                   Through worship, prayer, our loves and fears.

                   We don’t know whether we are rich or poor,

                   We have never gone deep down into ourselves

                   And discovered “What is”.

                   We exist on the surface, satisfied with so little things

                   And made happy and unhappy by such small things.

                   Our petty minds have petty problems and petty answers,

                   And so we spend our days.

                   We don’t love and when we do it is always

                   With fear and frustration, with sorrow and longing.

Real Hero

                                There are few fortunate souls

                                Who are lucky enough to attain success without pitfalls;

                                The rest have to pass through the hurdles and difficulties.

                                But the real hero is he who welcomes challenges in life

                                And faces them with boldness and courage.

                                Such a person, crossing all the hurdles

                                Comes out successfully like a lion.