by Francis Bitterly | Oct 1, 2021 | Wisdom
Questioner: Would Maharaj talk about the grace of the guru? Maharaj: It is the intensity of the faith you have in the guru’s words that is most important; once that is there, the grace flows automatically. The faith in the guru is based on the consciousness...
by Francis Bitterly | Sep 24, 2021 | Wisdom
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would...
by Francis Bitterly | Jul 31, 2021 | Wisdom
God is the ultimate “I” Who is the Self of every self! Thomas Merton may be the most prominent Christian writer of the 20th century. He was a mystic writer, and he received a little pushback from traditional Catholics because he was close with men of all faiths and...
by Francis Bitterly | Jul 26, 2021 | Wisdom
The seeker is he who is in search of himself. Give up all questions except one: ‘Who am I?’ After all, the only fact you are sure of is that you are. The ‘I am’ is certain. The ‘I am this’ is not. Struggle to find out what you are in reality. To know what you are, you...
by Francis Bitterly | Jun 28, 2021 | Wisdom
It is a great discovery when one realizes that Buddha’s Nirvana, Christianity’s Salvation and Vedanta’s Self Realization are one and the same at the deepest level. Only a rare seeker may ever journey down the well deep enough to realize it. I...
