If we keep holding on to God, there is nothing to fear.

Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world.

Many of us may have watched the waves at sea. They rise, then fall, then rise again, then fall again... and this cycle continues endlessly. It is the same with our experience of the world and its objects and relationships. We may find happiness, but this happiness will soon turn to sorrow. The sorrow that we feel will subsequently turn back to happiness but this oscillation continues endlessly. In order to maintain inner balance, we need to find peace within instead of depending on the external world.

If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.

With the exception of very few who have gained higher spiritual tendencies in prior lives, Self-realization is not possible for anyone without the blessings of a guru. Think of the guru as the manifestation of God in this world. Take even the most insignificant word of the guru as an order and obey it. That is the real service to the guru. There is no greater austerity. The guru's blessings flow automatically to any obedient disciple. That is the real service to the guru.

Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.

Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.