Who has not found the heaven below
Will fail of it above.
God’s residence is next to mine,
His furniture is love.

– Emily Dickinson

Colour me Now, before You leave me
Colour me with Your Song.
Colour me in Your secret Melody
Colour me in the Light of Your Laughter
Colour me with the Kindness of Your tears
May Your Colours, Colour my very Soul.

– – Rabindranath Tagore
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Wishing all the readers of Spiritual Diary a happy Holi

Follow this procedure to purge yourself of weaknesses:
Imagine your Deity or your Master before you. Worship him repeatedly and surrender flowers of different colours of your choice at His feet. Each of the colours represent different propensities such as; anger, conceit, lust, greed, hatred, attachment and arrogance. By Offering those flowers you will purge yourself of the propensities that those colours represent. This is equivalent to playing ‘Holi’ with the Lord

Will Power

Remember, in your will lies the almighty power
of God. When a host of difficulties comes and you
refuse to give up in spite of all obstacles; when your
mind becomes “set,” then you will find God responding
to you.

— Paramahansa Yogananda, “How You Can Talk With God”

Unless you deposit an amount in the Bank, how will the Bank honour a cheque you issue? So too, ask yourself: `Have I deposited enough devotion to the Lord, service to my fellow-beings and faith in my spiritual practices?’ If you do, then you will most certainly draw the Grace of the Lord. Always remember and be sure that you will get as much Grace, in proportion to your perseverance to attain the Lord. The Supreme Divine has and will yield many benefits to you, that you cannot deny. I bless you that you may grow more and more in devotion to the Lord, in whatever Name and Form you choose and I wish you earn the Lord’s Grace to a very large extent.

– Satha Sai Baab
Divine Discourse, Mar 13 1964

When you do things from your
soul, you feel a river moving in
you, a JOY.

Rumi…

Habits

Habits of thought are mental magnets that draw to
you certain things, people, and conditions. Weaken a
bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or
stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your
zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good
habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a
dependable part of you.

–Paramahansa Yogananda, “The Law of Success”

Habits

It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant
ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that
control your life.

— Paramahansa Yogananda, “The Law of Success”

A man without desires is a lion. When the senses see him, it is they who take flight! They run away like elephants, as quietly as they can. As if they cannot escape, they serve him like slaves.

– Ashtavakra Gita 18:46

God is the basis of everything. He is omnipotent, omniscient and pervades all creation. Who can say that only this is Brahman (God) and that is not. The only eternal, existent entity is Brahman. The rest is all evanescent. Just as without cotton, there can be no cloth, similarly, there can be no world without God. Do not mistake this Deha (physical body) as real. It is the Dehi (indwelling Divinity) that is the true reality. This Divinity is beyond birth and death, the one without any beginning or end, and is the eternal witness. Recognise this truth.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Laugh when troubles come your way. There is nothing better to conquer calamity. A flood of troubles will vanish the moment The mind of a wise man collects itself to face them.

– Tirukkural 63: 621-622