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Weekly Knowledge #3⃣1⃣8⃣ Bangalore Ashram 16 Aug 2001  India LOVE AND AUTHORITY Love and authority are totally opposite values yet they co-exist. The grosser the consciousness, authority has to be more pronounced. The more refined and subtle the consciousness, lesser is the need to exercise authority. When you are gross, you demand authority and when you demand authority, love recedes. Asserting authority indicates lack of confidence and love. The more evident one’s authority, the less sensitive and effective it will be. A sensible person would not demand authority at all... but will assume it. (laughter) The most effective CEOs will not make you feel their authority, for authority can never bring inspiration. Your sincere servant has more authority over you than your boss, isn't that so? A baby has full authority over the mother. Similarly, a devotee has all the authority over the Divine, though he never exercises it. So, the subtler you become, the more authority you...

Weekly Knowledge #3⃣1⃣9⃣ Bangalore Ashram 23 Aug 2001  India GANESHA The lord of the diverse universe is called Ganesh. The whole universe is nothing but groups of atoms, groups of quality, of energy. Gana means group and a group cannot exist without a lord. Like the queen bee whose mere existence brings forth the honeycomb, this diverse universe in itself is enough evidence for Ganesha's presence. This Ganesha, or the lord, was born from the unmanifest transcendental consciousness, the Self, called Shiva. Just as when atoms get bonded, matter comes into existence; when all the fragmented aspects of the human consciousness get bonded, Divine happens effortlessly and that is the birth of Ganesha from Shiva. 🌻 Jai Guru Dev🌻  *Hindi translation* सप्ताहिक ज्ञानपत्र ३१९ २३ अगस्त, २००१ बंगलौर आश्रम, भारत गणेश इस वैविध्यपूर्ण ब्रम्हांड के अधिपति को गणेश कहते है। यह सम्पूर्ण ब्रह्मांड और कुछ नही केवल परमाणुओं का समूह है, गुणों और ऊर्जा का समूह है। “गण” का अर्थ है समूह और...