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Los Angeles, California, United States 7th August 1996 Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change Day 63 - Faith (Continued) A particular knowledge brought faith, yet when the knowledge changed, then the faith also changed. The knowledge and faith of science is from an isolated ‘happening’ instead of from a fully blossomed knowledge of life. In spirituality, faith is first and knowledge comes later.  Just as in Sudarshan Kriya, yoga and meditation, first you have faith and then knowledge follows. If you do pranayama faithfully, then you get the knowledge of the prana, life energy. If you do your meditation faithfully, the knowledge of consciousness follows. Even an illiterate person, through faith, attains deep knowledge.  Science regards life as matter and spirituality regards even matter as life. Science sees even human beings as matter, and spirituality considers even the earth to be a mother, even rivers and mountains become living beings. If you think your faith in God d...

Delhi, India, 29th March 2000 Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change Day 62 - Faith False securities do not allow your faith to grow. Faith grows only when you have dropped your securities. False security is keeping faith where it does not belong. It is the illusion of security in having a job, a house, friends. Even if you have all the material securities, without faith, you will still reel in fear.  When you buffer your life with securities, you keep faith away. Faith is your greatest security. Faith brings perfection in you. Keep the money in the bank or in the pocket, not in the mind. Keep friends and family where they belong, not in the mind. You must let go of all possessions in the mind. Keep the house where it belongs, not in the mind.  The Divine is your only security. Your body belongs to the world. Your spirit belongs to the Divine. Faith is realizing that you always get what you need. Faith is giving the Divine a chance to act. Have faith in sound and then mov...

Lake Tahoe,  California, United States 15th July, 1998 Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change Day 61 - Dispassion (Continued) Question - Our work is very stressful. We don't get enough time for the family. What should we do? Gurudev - If you spend quality time with your family? Even if you spend half an hour, are you cordial and fully attentive to the needs of your family? It is not the length of time you spend with your family that matters. What matters is the quality of time that you spend with them. Thinking you need rest makes you restless. Thinking you have to work hard makes you tired. Thinking you have worked hard brings self-pity. Hide your dispassion and express your love.  Expressing dispassion may bring ego. By expressing dispassion you lose enthusiasm in life and by not expressing love you feel stifled. Hide dispassion in your heart like the roots of a tree and express love like a ripe fruit. When you are in the grip of feverishness over the results of your ac...

Vanprastha Ashram,  Rishikesh, India, 9th March, 2000 Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change Day 60 - Dispassion The Divine can come only in deep rest, not by doing. All your spiritual activities are to help you become silent. You will go further when you do not stop to enjoy the bliss or the peace, otherwise cravings may arise. If existence wants to give you peace and bliss, then fine, your true nature is bliss.  But by trying to enjoy the bliss, you step down from “am-ness’to “I am something”- “I am peaceful”, “I am blissful” this is followed by, “I am miserable.”. it takes courage to simply say “I am period” I am” is dispassion. Dispassion means welcoming everything. You can be anywhere and be dispassionate.  Dispassionate and centeredness brings energy, a spark. Indulgence in bliss brings inertia. If you are dispassionate, the bliss is still there. When the freezer is full of ice cream, you need not bother about it. Dispassion takes away the sense of scarcity. Pa...

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