Meditations — Weekly Meditations — No. 1, Dec, 1966 to May 1967
11 December 1966
Arise, Awake, stop not    until the Supreme
    is yours.
18 December 1966
My body is the Truth of the    Supreme.
My mind is the Peace of the
    Supreme.
My heart is the Love of the
    Supreme.
My soul is the Delight of the
    Supreme.
25 December 1966
No right have I to undertake    any other work before I
    work out my own spiritual
    salvation.
For did God not entrust me
    with this unique task
    at the time of
    my birth?
1 January 1967
What have I?Desires and death.
    What has God?
He has Liberation and
    Immortality.
What are we here for?
    Just for an exchange.
8 January 1967
God's all-fulfilling Grace    descends
Only when man's
    unconditional surrender
    ascends.
15 January 1967
Self-giving alone    has free access
    to Joy everlasting.
22 January 1967
When we are in Ignorance,    AUM feeds us.
When we are in Knowledge,
    AUM feeds us.
When we are beyond both
    Ignorance and Knowledge,
    AUM still feeds us,
For it is the Nectar which gives
    life to creation,
    born and unborn.
5 February 1967
Aspiration    Is the mounting flame
    of our Divine Wish
To raise ourselves
    To the crest and crowning
    of Divine Perfection.
12 February 1967
True aspiration can and does    make us feel
That if God is for us,
    who can eventually stand
    against us?
19 February 1967
Our tears to God are our    greatest strength
To bring down His adamantine
    Protection.
26 February 1967
We turn to the Lord for Grace;He waits for our soulful sincerity.
5 March 1967
Adversity leads us inward    to correct and perfect
    our march of life.
Prosperity leads us outward
    to illuminate and immortalise
    our human birth.
12 March 1967
"No suffering, no salvation"    so says the teacher, Adversity,
    to his student, man.
"No soul's delight, no salvation,"
    so says the teacher, Prosperity,
    to his student, man.
19 March 1967
Man's joy in forgiving is a joy    worth having.
Man's joy in being forgiven
    is a joy worth
    aspiring for.
26 March 1967
The man who is a sincere seeker    of the Infinite
    Must needs always say,
"So little done, so much to do."
2 April 1967
A theory must be tested.A fact must be honoured.
A truth must be lived.
9 April 1967
The Guru can kindle    the lamp in you.
When?
Only after you
    have brought him
    the wick and the oil.
16 April 1967
Who can show a discipleHis true Motherland?
The Guru.
What is the name
Of that Motherland?
Consciousness:
Consciousness Infinite,
Consciousness All-Pervading
23 April 1967
Unconsciousness, the mentor,    uses us as
    blind instruments.
Consciousness, the mentor,
    teaches us how to be
    pure, knowing agents.
30 April 1967
Every falsehood eventually    dies in Truth.
But Truth, once revealed,
never dies.
7 May 1967
In the intensity of love,    we can extend our knowledge
    and follow the
    Footsteps of God.
14 May 1967
As our very existence    depends on God alone,
We must be independent of
    the opinions of others,
    the values of others,
    the demands of others.
21 May 1967
Today properly guarded can    easily escape tomorrow's
    snares.
It can even nullify yesterday's
    stumbles.
28 May 1967
Are you casting about    for the happiness in life?
If so, yield not to reason,
    yield not to fate,
but yield only to the dictates
    of your inner
    Voice.