It may be asked, why there cannot be one and the same path for all? Because He reveals Himself in infinite ways and forms - verily, The One is all of them. Anandamayi Ma More Quotes by Anandamayi Ma More Quotes From Anandamayi Ma Those who desire to remain intoxicated by Reality do not require artificial intoxicants. Indulging in false things will only increase falsity, for every direction is indeed infinite. Those who desire the truly genuine Thing proceed of themselves with great intensity so as to progress in their sadhana. Anandamayi Ma progress desire reality In Him is Everything. Him you must try to find. Anandamayi Ma trying To believe in Him under any particular form is not enough. Accept Him in His numberless forms, shapes and modes of being, in everything that exists. Aim at the whole and all your actions will be whole. Anandamayi Ma shapes action believe Acquire a firm will and the utmost patience. Anandamayi Ma firm acquire The same inexpressible Truth is experienced in two ways: as Self-luminous Silence, or as the Eternal Play of the One. Anandamayi Ma self play two As you love your own body, so regard everyone as equal to your own body. When the Supreme Experience supervenes, everyone's service is revealed as one's own service. Call it a bird, an insect, an animal or a man, call it by any name you please, one serves one's own Self in every one of them. Anandamayi Ma love-you animal men He alone knows to whom He will reveal Himself under which form. By what path and in what manner He attracts any particular man to Himself with great force is incomprehensible to the human intellect. The Path differs indeed for different pilgrims. Anandamayi Ma different path men Ever afterward, though the dance of creation change around me in the hall of eternity, I shall be the same. Anandamayi Ma ever-after creation eternity Single-minded devotion engenders deep thought, which expresses itself in action. The Lord's Light descends on the devotee, His power awakens in him and, as a result, profound inner inquiry blossoms forth. Anandamayi Ma deep-thought light profound In water and on land, in trees, shrubs, and creepers-everywhere in the whole universe abides my Beloved. Further, all the various forms and modes of being that we behold, are they not expressions of my Beloved? For there is none save Him. He is smaller than the smallest, and greater than the greatest. Anandamayi Ma land expression water