Life will become significant only after getting linked with the Almighty.  He is near you, with you.  There is no need to go far to search for Him.  He is present in each and every particle of the universe.  So, perceive God near you and then love and lead your life by taking His sole support.  Saints have always said, "O� man! Get linked with God who is not far away from you.  Attain the inner vision.  God is all-pervasive.  This is the true remembrance of God, true prayer to Him.

Wherever in the world you find the people still ignorant of the Truth, it is necessary that the voice of Truth should reach them.  Even today, the saints are stating before you that God-knowledge is essential.  This soul cannot find salvation without God-knowledge.  That is why, saints devoted their body, mind and material possessions and went from place to place to remove the darkness of ignorance.  Those who attained God-knowledge were redeemed.  But those who ignored the call remained willful.  Those who have attained God-knowledge can say that there is Light all around, but those who have not yet attained God-knowledge find darkness all around.

Saints have always believed in true devotion, true worship, as compared to dogmatism.

Devotees have always considered the Almighty God as the supreme doer and lived within His will.  This leads to contentment which further denotes peace of mind and tranquility.  Otherwise, circumstances always bring about ups and downs in life.  Sometimes one finds palaces and at other times one has to live in jungles only.  Saints have lived happily even during such times as they have over-powered their minds.  Their mind is ever-linked with God and they have thanked Him under all the circumstances.  They have always asserted that whatever the Almighty has bestowed upon them is much more than those millions of people who do not have even that much.  Saints live happily within whatever they have got, otherwise man�s desires can never be fulfilled.  Truly speaking only those are happy who have attained contentment through the wealth of Divine Name.  Those who are full of desires and hankerings can never be satisfied.

Pour milk or water directly on fire.  Will it boil?  Rather it will extinguish the fire.  Then what means should be adopted?  The means we adopt is that we bring in a utensil.  In the same manner, the enlightened saints are also a means or a medium to link the soul with God.

Religion will never make people fight.  It is wrong if we say today that disputes are being caused by religion.  Religion never causes discord.  If there are disputes, they are caused by communalism.  In other words we can say that conflicts are there because of irreligiousness, the absence of religiosity.  Religion always unites.  Irreligiousness always divides, separates people from one   another, and creates distances, but religion never does so.  Religion brings people closer and fills their hearts with noble feelings for each other.

God has made one common earth.  It has been created for all.  If all understand it today, the distances on the basis of language, provinces, countries etc. may go on disappearing.  Wherever there is nearness or closeness, there is happiness.  Only religion performs this task.

Use the hands to wipe and not to give tears.  Be large-heated, follow the saints and seers. For this it is imperative to get linked with Truth.  Until this happens, we will continue to be irreligious.

The mark of true religion is that attributes of humanity must be present in us.  But the situation today is quite opposite.  Man has given up the path of humanity and adopted the path of animals.  He harms other human beings for the fulfillment of his own cravings.  To harm others can never be the definition of religion.  True religion means to do good to others and have the feelings of oneness and brotherhood. 

Religion is such a fragrance that does not discriminate on the basis of high and low.

Religion is the means for man to become a true human being.

The attainment of Truth is our loftiest achievement, devoid of which even religion is getting maligned today.  It can be salvaged only by the realization of Truth.  Only then can religion make its real contribution.  The saints are giving this very message and appealing to man that he must know the Truth, must realize the Truth.   With the realization of Truth all the delusions of caste and community will disappear automatically.

Religion has been considered a vital means to remove the distance between man and man and to bring them closer.  Religion unites and it will unite.

True religion is the one which brings man closer to man.  We do not consider the rites and rituals but the lofty heights of humanism as true religion.

Real religion is the one that teaches man to unite with man that fosters the feelings of love, brotherhood and humility.

Waves of love rise from the lives of those who are linked with God.

The language of love is the best language. 

The greatest revolution is the realization of the need to transform inhumanism into humanism, hatred into love.

The Formless God is the supreme source of love and to get linked with Him is the loftiest objective.

We have not only to establish love, we must identify ourselves with it.

Saints might lack worldly wealth but they possess love and keep distributing it further.

The place where a devotee dwells, becomes pleasant and prosperous.

Now that I have embraced God, I belong to everyone.  Now all are mine.  Nobody is an alien now.  This fosters love automatically.  Such a love must be exchanged.

Humility purifies life.  Saints always live in humility.

Saints have given expression to such lofty feelings through their words that a human being does not stay human but becomes a god (Devta) when he adopts them.  Whosoever have been lucky to share and adopt such feelings have always been redeemed since ages.  Only such people have come to be considered great.

Saints say that only that language is superior which glorifies God, lends comfort to the heart of others, and makes them happy.  We have, however, erected walls in the name of languages and we look down upon the language of others.  If somebody starts abusing us in the language that we consider as superior, shall we tolerate the abuse simply because it has come in our own language?  An abuse will remain an abuse, whatever the language.  It will definitely cause us anguish only.

People are worried about environmental pollution.  It is amazing to see that man is negligent about the ill feelings of hatred, envy, animosity etc. that are polluting the whole society today.  Let us check this smoke arising from minds of the mankind.

Whatever age or time the saints belonged to, they always wished for the welfare of the world and dedicated every breath of their life to this task.  They spent all their life in a simple, loving and happy manner.  They showed the way to the world and taught others how to lead such a life.  Saints always considered the world as their own.

Only those who are one in their thought, speech and action are unique.

Those who are not contented are not great.  A discontented person is unhappy himself and makes others too unhappy.

The action performed in a selfless manner only grants bliss.

Tolerance denotes strength and not weakness.

Just like the growth of saplings is impeded by impatiently uprooting them again and again, in the same manner impatience is an obstacle in the growth of the sapling of devotion also.

Uncertainty arises only when there is discrepancy in what we say and what we do.

Lofty thinking, good deeds as well as guileless behaviour are fundamental for character building.  To attain the same, the company of saints (Satsang) is imperative.

The one who hurts the hearts of others by his behaviour or harsh words, fills one�s own life too with darkness.

For man, action is important and for action, God-knowledge is the touch-stone.

The tears of repentance do not wash away one�s sins. The real repentance lies in putting into order once again the wreck that has been caused by those actions.

Looking at any aspect of life, we will find that those who have indulged in pride or vanity have never been considered great. Only those have been counted as great who have lived their life in humility, who have been sweet at heart and possessed pure and sublime behaviour.

There is only one way to contentment and satisfaction and that is, God-knowledge.

Welfare of humanity is possible only by the adoption of humility.

You will be able to adopt humility only when you see that none of the castes is either high or low.  All the human beings are composed of the same five elements.  The moment this pride goes, the prickly thorn of caste-discrimination will also disappear - the thorn which has ever been pricking.  The very cause that kept the embers burning will go; the anxiety goes, the hatred goes, animosity goes.

The feelings of contentment, compassion, sympathy as well as love reflect themselves from the life of a devotee.

Tolerance as well as forgiveness are the loftiest virtues in a man.

Hell is the place where innocent people are killed and Heaven is the place where saints glorify the Supreme Father, and both exist on this earth.

O� mind, you must always be awake towards this infinite Supreme Power and be conscious of your own insignificant drop-like existence, so that you may never feel proud or boastful.  If vanity over-powers you, you can not be saved.

Those who do good in return for good are many in the world, but it is extremely difficult to find the one who returns good for evil.

How can we be happy if the feelings of hatred, animosity and envy continue to exist in our hearts? This is because such feelings are like burning embers.  It is impossible for a man to say that he is happy and blissful so long as he is holding a burning charcoal in his hand. In the same manner, the one who entertains the feelings of animosity, hatred or envy can never be happy.  He burns himself and causes anguish to others also.  That is why saints inspire man to save himself from the feelings of animosity, hatred, envy and pride.

Hatred and violence have engulfed every religious sect, society and nation.  Not to mention the idea of understanding each other, nobody is willing to trust the other.  Such thinking is the outcome of man�s ignorance as well as the exploitation caused by certain anti-social elements.  Only spiritual awakening can end it.  Only spiritual awakening brings man closer to man because through it we come to know that every man is a child of the one and the same Supreme Father - God.  It strengthens our faith in universal brotherhood and human equality which seem to be otherwise fast disappearing.

Noble feelings become meaningful only when accompanied by noble deeds.

Whatever you hear, consider it, think over it and when you are convinced, remain firm on it.

Had our devotion not been limited to certain rituals or modes of worship, we would have found man behaving like man today.  He does worship Lord Rama but does not follow his ideals.  Lord Rama held Shabri in high esteem. He himself walked to the place where she lived and met her. But we are raising the walls of caste discriminations.   If man had adopted the ideals laid down by great Masters, there would have been happiness and prosperity everywhere on earth today.  But if man cannot serve man after being born in the family of man (Insan), how can he serve God (Bhagwan)?  God is one and when we believe that �Rama� (for Hindus) and �Khuda� (for Muslims) are one, then how can those who worship them be different from each other?  Unity will come only when we know the One.

To make this mind beautiful, to make it blissful, we must save ourselves from sinful deeds.  We must give place in it to the Almighty Lord, the Formless One, the Omnipresent God. 

When we indulge in the sinful acts of hatred and animosity, our mind, our heart cannot find peace or tranquility.  That is why it is said that if you desire happiness, peace, bliss and love, then you must link yourself with this Supreme Being, this Formless One - God.  Once the soul is linked with the Super-Soul i.e., God, it gets freedom from the bondage of life and death.

Those who are wise or enlightened ones, redeem themselves and salvage others also.  Their own redemption lies in the fact that they are in the company of saints (Satsang), render service to others (Sewa) and they remember God (Simran) and they are generous to others in the sense that they further distribute the wealth of love to others, bring back to the true path of life the ones who have gone astray or are ignorant as to how they should move on the journey of life. Since ages, saints have been doing this, following this path for the welfare of others.  They have been providing the inspiration so that this ignorant man may start treading the path of religion, humanity and nobleness.  Man can be called religious only when he follows this path.

Saints are benevolent by nature.  That is why they make an effort to give this message to man: "Attain the knowledge of this Almighty, the Formless One and then believe in Him and be devoted to Him, see His divine spark permeating each and every being, demolish all the walls of hatred and thus having the feelings of brotherhood, you may lead your life as a part of human family."

This world is a family - the family of God.  Realising this, the saints who are always benevolent at heart endeavour for the welfare of all.

Devotees have always considered themselves that they are illiterate, imprudent and without any merit.  They have just been given some responsibilities by the Lord Master.  The devotees might have been extremely wise and prudent in reality, but they always considered themselves to be insignificant. Rather they always had this feeling in their heart:

Lakh Siyana Hove Gursikh, Par Aape Noon Moodh Gine
Lakh Hove Sikh Daulat Wala, Guru Charnan Di Dhood Gine.

(The disciple might be very wise, but he considers himself to be imprudent; The disciple might be very rich, but he considers himself to be the dust of the feet of the Master.)

Despite being extremely affluent materialistically or exceptionally wise, the saints never feel proud of their prudence, wisdom or education.  They never consider themselves to be knowledgeable.  Actually it is their humility.  And this humility based upon God-knowledge brings them glory.

There is no hankering for honour, recognition or glory in a saint�s life.

A disciple (Gursikh) obeys what is ordained. He always moulds himself in such a manner that he treats the word of his Master as a command and sincerely acts upon the same.  The one who becomes so obedient, is glorified in the world.

Whenever human life has been fruitful, it is by linking with God.  Whether educated or illiterate, poor or rich, man can find praise by uniting himself with God.

Neither the fruit of our good deeds nor the punishment for our evil actions can be enjoyed or borne by anybody else than ourselves.  We should always remain prepared for both.

Truly speaking, what we consider as pleasure ends itself after creating the desire for another.  Thus it becomes a cause of anxiety for us.

The company of saints only has been considered a source of happiness.  Whosoever has availed such a company, has redeemed himself and attained noble virtues.  We must always seek the company of saints.  This is the real devotion in one�s life.

How do the ones who call themselves Hindus or Muslims, behave and destroy the homes where people live happily? They cause the smoke, they cause the fire in the houses of others.  They burn the living human beings.  They cause violence, they cause distress which bring only harm to the mankind. 

The man�s spirit of love today should have been soaring even higher than mountains, but he is found diving down because instead of devotion to God, he is indulging in cravings, desires, selfishness, hatred and pride.  That is why man has been falling from his lofty status of a human being.

If ever one feels angry, it should be for the welfare of others.  For example, we do express our anger when we want to keep a child away from the fire.  Our anger at that time is guided for the welfare of the child, the desire to save him.  But if we ill-treat others with anger caused by the feelings of hatred and animosity within our mind, then it is really going to be harmful for us only.  On this, we are told that the feeling of anger, if ever it arises, should be like a line drawn on water.  How long can a line drawn on water stay?  We draw it on one side and it starts disappearing on the other.  Love is like a line carved in stone; it stays forever.

All these worldly considerations, relationships, dealings and ruling over others etc. have been described as glass.  Only Divine Name, the Formless One has been treated as diamond, which is eternal, above transition, self-existent and not under anybody else�s command, which sustains the whole universe.  Whosoever has given a place to this diamond of Truth in his or her life has in fact found the real meaning, the rest is all meaningless. 

We glorify the ones who went in for the true bargain.  Those who deal in useless bargains do not gain anything.  Again and again these words are being repeated that - O� man, you are wasting like cowdies your precious, diamond - like life.  If you do not take the true shelter, do not attain the wealth of Divine Name, then this life would go utterly waste like cowdies which is otherwise as precious as a diamond.  Realise the real worth of this life.  That is why we say, �Dhan Nirankar� again and again, which means we hail the Almighty God.  Those who give preference to God as compared to the worldly objects, find peace and happiness. 

It is strange, that while visiting hotels or traveling by train, nobody seems to hold any feelings of discrimination, but when it comes to devotion, discrimination is ever present.

The one who has not surrendered himself, who does not cherish the feelings of obeying the command or the one who considers his own prudence as unique, cannot attain the bliss of devotion.  Without surrender, nobody can become a devotee.  Saints say: O� man, if you adopt such noble virtues, then each and every breath of yours would become blissful.  Surrender is the greatest renunciation, as it is said - Devotion means to surrender oneself.

Devotion is the austerity and sacrifice made throughout life, it is not meant for one day only.  Actually speaking, every moment, every breath of a saint is devotion.  A saint spends every breath in God-remembrance and uses all the gifts bestowed upon him by God for the welfare of others.  In his heart, a saint always cherishes the feelings of love and goodwill.  The one who imbibes such feelings is in fact considered a perfect devotee. He alone is able to enjoy the real bliss of devotion.

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