The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept.

This is the work of Nâma-Rupa - name and form. Everything that has form, everything that calls up an idea in your mind, is within Maya; for everything that is bound by the laws of time, space, and causation is within Maya.

God is to be worshiped as the one Beloved, dearer than everything in this and the next life.

Is there no room for art in the spoken language? What is the use of creating an unnatural language to the exclusion of the natural one?

Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.

Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.It is not the reciever that is blessed, but it is the giver.Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.