Author: Patanga

“No self-mastery,
No real happiness.”

“The human mind
Will always want more.
The divine heart
Will always give more.”

“Each human being on earth
Is my teacher.
This definitely includes
My enemies.”

“Simplicity is felicity.
Simplicity is God’s Beauty
In its pristine form.”

“Everything
Will pass away from you
Save and except
God’s Compassion-Eye.”

“Be kind, be all sympathy,
For each and every human being
Is forced to fight against himself.”

“Temptation:
A quick, cruel and inescapable
Destruction-dance.”

“I need a simple heart
That gives constant joy
To others.”

“The best and most effective way
To rectify your mistakes
Is not to repeat them.”

“What is wisdom?
Wisdom is something
That reconciles opposite truths.”

“True happiness
Is not a mental hallucination.
True happiness
Is not a complacent feeling.
True happiness
Is the spontaneous feeling of joy
That comes from knowing
You are doing the right thing
And leading a divine life.”

“I have yet to meet
A man of ignorance
Who does not rightly deserve
My loving service.”

“Miracles are everywhere to be found
When I surrender my infinite desires
To my immortal aspirations.”

“Work devotedly.
Lo, you are meditating soulfully.
Meditate soulfully.
Lo, you are serving devotedly.”

“Do not try to go ahead of others.
Your division-life will make you
Bitterly suffer.
Try to go with others.
Your oneness-life will help you
Amazingly prosper.”

“Good to oppose others’ attacks.
Better to ignore their attacks.
Best to invoke God’s Light
To do the needful.”

“As the countless drops
Of the boundless ocean
Or the myriad leaves
Of a huge banyan tree
Peacefully remain side by side,
Even so, all human beings
Will someday live side by side
In a perfect oneness-world.”

“In the morning if I forget
To offer my gratitude-heart
To my Lord Supreme,
Then in the evening I offer Him
My universe of tears.”

“If you want to run the fastest
In the inner world,
You have to do everything regularly,
Punctually and perfectly.”

“Harsh words
Slay everybody
And delay everything.”

“Change your inner attitude.
Collect all the gratitude-flowers
Of your heart.
A new world will open up before you
To help you face tomorrow’s night
And change the abysmal fate
Of the day after tomorrow.”

“Impossibility, like everything else,
Can be brought under control
If one has a brightness-heart
And a quietness-mind.”

“He does not believe in fate.
His goal is only
To transcend his limitations.”

“If your life does not give joy
To others,
Then how can you expect
Your heart to give any joy
To you?”

“If you want to be happy,
See yourself always
As a four-year-old child
Playing inside the Heart-Garden
Of your Beloved Supreme.”

“You do not need
A vast kingdom.
You do not need
A deep solitude.
What you need is
A mind of blossom-poise.”

“If you have
A childlike enthusiasm,
Then this enthusiasm
Will put an end
To your anxiety-mind.”

“If you are overcome
By the trivia of the ordinary world,
Then your past failures
Will always remain alive
Inside your tightly earth-bound life.”

“Every day you must learn anew
How to maintain silence
In your mind-world.
Every day you must learn anew
How to offer peace
To the world at large
From the world of your aspiration-flames.”