Jonathan Roof, Chemins vers Dieu (22 Mai 2005)
Rappelez-vous que tout n'est qu'une pièce de théâtre dans laquelle le Seigneur vous a attribué un rôle. Jouez-le bien, c'est là tout ce que vous avez à faire… p 92
La répétition constante du nom de Dieu - n'importe lequel parmi les milliers de noms que l'esprit humain a inventés pour identifier Dieu - est le meilleur moyen de corriger et de purifier le mental. P 117
La vraie méditation est de se sentir fusionner avec Dieu en une pensée unique, en un but unique. Dieu seulement, seulement Dieu. Penser Dieu, respirer Dieu, aimer Dieu, vivre Dieu… Tant qu'on est conscient de méditer, on ne médite pas. Dans cette absorption en Dieu, on met de côté toute forme et on s'immerge en Lui. Dans ce processus, le mental s'arrête naturellement… p 136
La richesse la plus grande que l'on puisse désirer est la grâce de Dieu. Il vous protégera comme les paupières protègent la prunelle de vos yeux. N'ayez aucun doute là-dessus… p 151
Qu'est-ce que la réalisation? Le jour où vous prenez conscience de votre véritable beauté intérieure et qu'elle vous remplit au point que vous oubliez tout le reste, alors vous êtes libres de toute attache. Vous réalisez que vous êtes vous-mêmes toute la beauté, toute la gloire, tout le pouvoir, toute la grandeur de l'univers… Le reflet de Dieu dans le miroir de la nature est l'individu… p 173
Vous et l'Universel êtes Un, vous et l'Absolu êtes Un, vous et l'Éternel êtes Un. Vous n'êtes pas l'individuel, le particulier, le transitoire. Ressentez cela. Sachez cela. Agissez en conformité avec cela… p 209
Par le moyen de la pratique spirituelle, il est possible de produire de l'amour et de l'exporter vers des millions et des millions de gens qui en ont besoin. Plus il est partagé, plus il devient profond, plus son goût est doux et plus la joie est expansive. Par le moyen de l'amour, on peut approcher Dieu et rester en Sa présence, puisque Dieu est amour; et quand on vit dans l'amour, on vit en Dieu… p 217
Nous pensons généralement que la non-violence signifie ne pas faire de mal aux êtres vivants. La non-violence n'est pas seulement cela. Dire du mal, voir ou entendre le mal est encore de la violence… p 249
C'est uniquement lorsque votre attachement augmente que vous ressentez de la douleur et du chagrin… p 257
S'abandonner signifie véritablement prendre conscience que tout est Dieu, que personne ne s'abandonne, que rien n'est abandonné, qu'il n'y a personne non plus à qui l'on puisse s'abandonner. Tout est Dieu. Il n'existe que Dieu… p 268
Le mental en tant que tel n'existe pas. Le mental est un tissu de désirs. La paix du mental est dans le non-désir et dans cet état, il n'y a plus de mental. Le mental est pour ainsi dire détruit…. P 279
Lorsque les pensées pour le monde diminuent, les pensées pour Dieu augmentent… En coupant les désirs un à un, la paix se renforce… Lorsqu'il y a des pensées divines, il y a paix du mental… p 284
Une dévotion avec un mental dirigé exclusivement vers Lui est la voie la plus aisée vers le salut. En fait, une personne exprimant une telle dévotion peut atteindre la libération dans sa vie même… Le point culminant de la dévotion "a temps complet" est de voir Dieu en toute chose. On perçoit tous les êtres et toutes les choses à la lumière divine. Rien n'est séparé de Dieu, car lorsque nous sommes emplis de Dieu, nous ne voyons plus que Dieu… La dévotion est l'état d'esprit dans lequel l'être n'a pas d'existence séparée de Dieu. Sa respiration est Dieu, chacun de ses actes est effectué par Dieu, pour Dieu; ses pensées viennent de Dieu; ses paroles lui sont soufflées par Dieu et parlent de Dieu… p 295
Tous les êtres sont des enfants de Dieu, tous les corps sont des autels où Dieu est installé, tous les lieux sont sa résidence… p 304
The
pains precede the birth of new life… p 16
The
aspirant begins to see the favourite Form of God, which he likes to worship, in
all beings and all objects, wherever he turns, and so he develops an attitude of
reverence towards nature and all life… Established in this bent of mind, he
becomes the devoted servant of all, with no sense of superiority or inferiority.
Compassion
is the reflection of love… p 152
The
ochre robe signifies to everyone that the wearer has renounced his attachment to
all of the pleasures of the world and that his sole purpose is to help others
achieve a higher level of spiritual understanding… p 167
The whole secret lies in detachment… The mind must be unaffected by the experiences of success and failure, of gain and loss, of wellness and illness; it must be surrendered at the Feet of the Lord. Let His will prevail… p 188
Know
that you are neither right nor wrong. You are neither good nor bad. You are
Mine, and I am yours. We are God… p 37
Know
that You have always been God; You always will be God. We are One now. You have
never been separated from Me. You have never done anything wrong. You will never
do anything wrong… p 38
If
you develop Love toward our fellow-actor, that is more important than devotion
toward God… p 56
Never
give up love… Whatever the handicap, however you may be tempted to loosen your
grip, hold on to God. There is always a calm after the storm… Loves your self
for the God that it embodies; love others for the God that is enshrined in them-
that speaks and acts through them… p 57
Do not cultivate close friendship with anybody unless you know that the motives on the other side are pure, unselfish and spiritual… Genuine friendship can only be possible between one Atman and another; that is between two persons who have each realized that Atman (the God within) is the core of their being… p 71
Once
you attach yourself to some person, habits, or mannerism, it will be difficult
for you to shake it off… p 45
Know
the Atma to be your true Self and know your Self to be immortal… Make your own
spiritual progress your first priority… p 88
First
be (aware of God in your heart), then do… p 116
Hurt
and disappointment are really anger turned in upon yourself. P 158
Without
confidence, there is no love… p 171
Do
not spoil your mind with friendship. Friendship is not good. Have only
friendship with God. Your only friend is God. Worldly friends are not real… p 175
Sit
alone. Walk alone. You will be very happy. Wherever you sit, think of God. If
you cannot control your mind and contemplate God, then engage yourself in
selfless service… p 176
For all that has occurred in the past, say "Thank you". To everything that is taking place now or that will happen in the future, say "Yes"… p 185
You
should understand the nature of "I"; That "I" is nothing
other than the Heart. That "I" is the Atma or Self. That "I"
is Brahman or the Supreme Reality. This Heart is all-pervasive, omnipresent… p
13
Samadhi
means equalmindedness. In that condition, there will be no trace of such
differences like pleasure and pain, gain and loss, virtue and sin or nature and
God… p 16
There is Divinity ever present in you, but you have forgotten it. Why did you forget? Because of your wrong identification with the body… p 18
So,
affection and attachment are responsible for all joys and sorrows… p 88
The only attachment you should have is to God… p 121
I am neither guru nor God; I am you; you are I; that is the truth. There is no distinction. You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine… p 12
Attachment to nature has limits, but, the attachment to the Lord that you develop when the Inner Eye opens has no limit… p 28
Recognition that the Atma is oneself is surrender. Surrender really means the realization that all is God, that there is nobody who surrenders, that there is nothing to be surrender… p 52
The best and the simplest karma is the repetition of the Name of the Lord; be ever engaged in it. It will keep out evil tendencies and wicked thoughts. It will help you radiate love around you… p 103
Every thought which comes into the mind is reflected on the face… Everything that happens inside the mind is also reflected on the face. Some people try to hide these reflections, but that is impossible… p 183
Remember: From good thoughts, obtain a good mind; from a good mind, obtain God… p 192
Love is only expressed through giving… p 206
Thoughts are seeds. They sprout and become actions… p 300
If
the stress is laid on the world, your love of God will be less, and on the other
hand, if your love of God is greater, your attachment to the world becomes
less… p 230
Once
you have the experience of the Self, the question of sadhana does not
arise… p 249
A
mother has three sons. She feeds the youngest by herself. The second is a grown
up boy who will go to the kitchen and will have his food serve by the cook. The
eldest son being an adult can serve food for himself and eat it. The youngest
child stands for the path of action, the second son represents the path of
devotion, while the eldest symbolises the path of wisdom… p 261
The
experience of visualising the Supreme Lord in all places, times and creatures is
truly Constant-Integrated-Awareness…
p 270
Non-violence
means not causing harm to anyone and not hurting anybody either by thought, word
or deed… p 288
You
are from God, bound to God and are God as well. Realisation of this truth is the
purpose of life… p 310
If
you become love, if you are love itself, it becomes infinite and you love all.
So, don’t become a lover but be love itself… p 370
There should be perfect harmony in your thought, word and deed. This is true human value… p 407
Feeling
the presence of God always, everywhere, within and around is true wisdom…p 94
Your
parents sometimes stay away from you. But I am always with you, in you, below
you, above you and around you. I am indeed yourself. Your remember this always,
and that is enough… p 112
It
is only God who is with you during all your life and even after your death. So
God is your real friend and the only relation. These worldly peoples shouldn’t
be taken as friends and relatives… p 118
Come
what may, problems, difficulties, troubles, failures, loses, blame and what not!
You will know later that all this had happened for your own good… p 121
You
are not different from God. You are God. Your praise and blame don’t affect
God. The good and bad of your own actions come back to you as reaction… p 127
You
have to surrender both good and bad to God. Never get yourself attached to the
results of your actions, be they good of bad… p 162
Quand le Seigneur devient l'unique objet de l'amour d'un individu, la composition mentale de ce dernier subit une transformation et finit par changer complètement… p 39
L'intellect ne peut vous être utile qu'au début le long du chemin spirituel, ensuite c'est l'intuition qui doit vous guider… p 102
Vous croyez que vous êtes une entité séparée du tout. Vous pensez que vous êtes mortels alors qu’en réalité vous êtes immortels et éternels… p 66
Krishna et Sai Baba semblent différents à cause de leur aspect physique mais il s’agit de la même entité, croyez-moi! … p 102
La répétition du nom sacré du Seigneur est le meilleur exercice pour augmenter votre amour envers votre prochain et envers Dieu et tout ce qui est beau et noble en ce monde… p 121
Qui a créé cette multiplicité à partir de l’Un? La réponse est très simple : cette variété n’existe pas, elle n’est qu’apparente et n’a aucune réalité, cette question n’a donc pas de sens… p 264
Sathya
Sai Baba, Life, Death and Liberation
( 25 juillet 2004)
You
have been born because you did not pass in certain subjects; there is some
balance of experience which you must acquire to complete the course. If you
become convinced, through Self-realization, that your true nature is Supreme
Consciousness, then you have finished the course, you have "passed"…
p 9
The
mind is described as the inner instrument. It is known as mind (Manas)
when it is engaged in good and bad thoughts. It is called intelligence (Buddhi)
when it exercises the discriminating power. When expressing the will, it is
called Chitta. As a manifestation of the Divine in the individual it is
known as the "I" (Aham). When the mind identifies whit the
body-consciousness, it is known as ego (Ahamkaara). It causes the sense
of "I do" and "I experience"… p 9
All
relationships are incidental and temporary. As long as one is involved in
worldly life, the relationship of mother and son, husband and wife, brother and
sister and the like, have to be recognized as natural phenomenon. All these
relationships have no permanence. Separation is inevitable sooner or lather. But
between you and God, there can be no separation, at any time. p 10
Love
yourself for the God that is embodies; love others, for the God that is
enshrined in them, that speaks and acts through them… p 43
The
purpose of "living" is to achieve "living in God"… p 51
The
Atma has no birth, and so, no death. It is ever existing, never
disappearing. It has no beginning and no finish. It does not die, nor does it
kill. It is the Witness in each and all. The moment one becomes aware of the Atma,
one is freed from the bondage to grief. Forget that the objective world is
valid; it is at best a mental image that serve as a test… p 121
He
who destroys desire can conquer Death, for desire breeds activity, activity
breeds consequence, consequence breeds bondage, bondage results in birth, and
birth involves death… p 127
You
have been born for one purpose: to die. That is to say, to kill the
"I". If delusion dies, you become Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) or
rather, you know that you are Brahman… p 127
Because
of this Atmic Bliss principle in him, man is ever seeking bliss… p 138
Attachment
leads to desire; desire results in anger; anger blinds reason and promotes
ignorance; ignorance breeds dualities of "mine" and "thine",
good and bad, etc… p 146
That
state in which one is established in the Self at all times and under all
circumstances is called Self-realization… p 150
You must have heard the Kalidasa story. He said he would get liberation "as soon as I go", that is to say as soon as the ego disapears… The "I" when crossed out becomes the symbol of a cross; so what is crucified is the ego… p 192
A
recapitulation of Baba's teachings (
19 juin 2004)
Rise
every day with the thought of God; spend every day with the Name of God
go back to bed with the thought of His glory as enshrined on His Name… p 54
God
is not outside, God is inside you. You are not a man, you are God yourself…
Believe that God is the inner Truth in everything and being… They are no
other, you are all living cells in the Body of God. You are the breath of God,
it is because of Him that you are alive, active and aware… p 65
God
is Love and when one lives in Love e is living in God. P 66
Each
body that you see before you is a mirror, in which, if only you open your eyes,
you can see the image of God. The God in you is in each of them, too. Do not
imagine the others to be distinct, they are only you, in so many mirrors… p 93
I
am yours; you are mine, forever and ever. I am in you; you are in Me.
There
is no distance or distinction… p 94
There
are three desires which every I cannot escape from:
I
must live; this is the urge for immortality.
The
desire to know. This is an indication of the omniscience of which the I is
the inheritor.
The
desire of joy. This evidence shows that deep in the core of the I there is a
spring of bliss which seeks its mate and its fulfilment… p 98
The
realisation that you are the Self and that there is nothing except the Self
anywhere at any time…. This is Self-realisation; the realisation of the Self
by the self, of yourself by yourself as the self…p 113
Know
that he who loves another is really loving himself. You are really loving
yourself; for, there is only You in everyone… There are no others. You are all
living cells in the body of God. You are yourself God… p 136
Friendship
is the expression of unshakeable Love. Love that is noble, pure and free from
desire or egoism. I bless you that you may have such friendship from others and
that you too make others happy by granting this holy type of friendship… p 337
From
keeping good company, detachment follows as a consequence. From acquiring
detachment, removal of all illusory relationships follows as a consequence. From
the removal of all relationships, steadiness of mind follows as a consequence.
From the steadiness of mind, liberation of the individual soul follows as a
consequence… p 341
The
good people can be recognised by their gentle thought, word and deed… p 343
You have to proceed from the known to the unknown. Then, the love expands in ever widening circles, until it covers all nature, until even plucking a leaf from a tree affects you so painfully that you dare not injure it… p 357