Questions and Answers 1954

04/06/2024
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Being alert on the spiritual path

If one wants to lead the spiritual life, one must not be three-fourths asleep. It is necessary to be wide awake and very attentive, otherwise you […]
03/25/2024
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Fine passivity results in Receptivity

Now, if you want to get true inspiration, inner guidance, the guide, and if you want to have the force, to receive the force which will […]
03/19/2024
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Faith

[We must have] faith that always what is for the best happens. We may for the moment not consider it as the best because we are […]
03/16/2024
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Removing the veil of ego

..the whole universe moves in accordance with [your] ego: you are at the centre, and the universe turns round you. If you look at yourself attentively, […]
03/05/2024
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Self-perception and the Divine perception of oneself

There is a tremendous difference between what you know about yourself and what I know about you. What I know about you is obviously what you […]
03/04/2024

Perfect Sincerity

Fundamentally, whatever be the path one follows—whether the path of surrender, consecration, knowledge—if one wants it to be perfect, it is always equally difficult, and there […]
03/03/2024
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How can faith be increased?

Q: How can faith be increased? Through aspiration, I suppose. Some have it spontaneously… You see, it is difficult to pray if one doesn’t have faith, […]
01/23/2024
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Heavy Meal and nightmares

If one eats a heavy meal, why is the sleep disturbed by nightmares? Because there is a very close connection between dreams and the condition of […]
12/10/2023
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Perfect Sincerity

Do you know what perfect sincerity is?… Never to try to deceive oneself, never let any part of the being try to find out a way […]