95. Accept Life as it Comes

Destiny is only a blanket word to cover up your ignorance. Chance is another word.

In this universe, when one thing changes, everything changes. Hence the great power of man in changing the world by changing himself.

It is only what you strive for, out of your own imagination and desire, that gives you trouble.

Accept life as it comes and you will find it a blessing.

If you were really compassionate, you would’ve abandoned long ago all self-concern & entered the state from which alone you can really help.

Complete conviction generates both desire and courage. And meditation is the art of achieving faith through understanding.

In meditation you consider the teaching…in all its aspects
& repeatedly, until out of clarity confidence is born &, with confidence, action.

Conviction & action are inseparable. If action doesn’t follow conviction, examine your convictions—don't accuse yourself of lack of courage.

Self-depreciation will take you nowhere. Without clarity and emotional assent of what use is will?

Energy comes from love—you must love to act—whatever the shape and object of your love. Without clarity and charity courage is destructive.

Action delayed is action abandoned. There may be other chances for other actions, but the present moment is lost—irretrievably lost.

All preparation is for the future—you cannot prepare for the present.

Clarity is now, action is now. Thinking of being ready impedes action. And action is the touchstone of reality.

Find your timeless being and your action will bear it testimony.

To realize your independence, you must test it by letting go all you were dependent on.

The realized man lives on the level of the absolutes; his wisdom, love and courage are complete, there is nothing relative about him.

The tester, the tested and the set up for testing are all within; it is an inner drama to which none can be a party.

Keep quiet, undisturbed, and the wisdom and the power will come on their own. You need not hanker. Wait in silence of the heart and mind.

It is very easy to be quiet, but willingness is rare. You people want to become supermen overnight.

Abandon every attempt, just be; don't strive, don't struggle, let go every support, hold on to the blind sense of being.

If you know how to do it, you will not do it.