When a person tells others "Be good," he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not. Meher Baba More Quotes by Meher Baba More Quotes From Meher Baba When the mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space...it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence. Meher Baba spacemindmen The essence of spirituality does not consist in a specialised or narrow interest in some imagined part of life, but in a certain enlightened attitude to all the various situations which obtain in life. It covers and includes the whole of life. All the material things of this world can be made subservient to the divine game, and when they are thus subordained they become auxiliary to the self-affirmation of the spirit. Meher Baba essenceselfattitude LOVE is essentially self-communicative: those who do not have it catch it from those who have it.... No amount of rites, rituals, ceremonies, worship, meditation, penance and remembrance can produce love in themselves. None of these is necessarily a sign of love. On the contrary, those who sigh loudly and weep and wail have yet to experience love. Love sets on fire the one who finds it. At the same time it seals his lips so that no smoke comes out Meher Baba selffirelove There is no such thing as evil. Only relative degrees of good. Meher Baba relativedegreesevil Truth is simple, but Illusion makes it infinitely intricate. The person is rare who possesses an insatiable longing for Truth; the rest allow Illusion to bind them ever more and more. Meher Baba longingillusionsimple The Avatar does not as a rule interfere with the working out of human destinies. He will do so only in times of grave necessity - when He deems itabsolutely necessary from His all - encompassing point of view. For a single alteration in the planned and imprinted pattern in which each line and dot is interdependent, means a shaking up and a re-linking of an unending chain of possibilities and events. Meher Baba destinyviewsmean True love is no game of the faint-hearted and the weak; it is born of strength and understanding. Meher Baba gamesbest-friendlove-is Joke I read somewhere: They say that God is the innermost dweller of all. Well I hope He likes enchiladas - cause that's what He's getting! Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. Meher Baba giving-not-receivingdelightoneness Live more and more in the Present, which is ever beautiful and stretches away beyond the limits of the past and the future. Meher Baba timebeautifulpast In the world, there are countless Sadhus, Mahatmas, Mahapurushas, Saints, Yogis, and Walis, though the number of genuine ones is very, very limited. I am neither a Mahatma nor a Mahapurush, neither a Sadhu nor a Saint, neither a Yogi nor a Wali. I am the ancient One. The Highest of the High! Meher Baba saintnumbersworld Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work. Meher Baba good-workfaceshelping To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God. Meher Baba dear-onesloveway Love is the reflection of God's unity in the world of duality. It constitutes the entire significance of creation. Meher Baba diversityreflectionlove-is Seek a reality deeper than the changing forms. Meher Baba forminspirationalreality Suffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub in order to wash the stain from my coat. Meher Baba egosufferingorder If I were to ask the famous Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it? Never! But if I were to make a thousand-year-old corpse come alive before his eyes, he would jump at the chance to stay here and wash my clothes! Meher Baba clotheseyeyears To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears! Meher Baba intellectualaskingears Let not the dirt of the sanskaras of your thoughts and deeds touch you, by surrendering every thought and act at the feet of your Guru. As a laundryman washes and cleans clothes, in the same way, I remove all the dirt which has stuck to you through your thoughts and actions. Meher Baba dirtclothesfeet Those who constantly want something will never feel happy. Meher Baba diversitywant-somethingwant The experiences which drugs induce are as far removed from Reality as is a mirage, from water. No matter how much you pursue the mirage, you will never quench your thirst, and the search for Truth through drugs must end in disillusionment. Meher Baba drugwaterreality
