Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you. Reflect that some day you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world - so make the acquaintanceship of God now.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the idea of detachment and the importance of a spiritual connection with God.
This quote from Lahiri Mahasaya suggests that our attachments in life are temporary and ultimately fleeting, and no one truly owns another person or can claim belonging to them. It encourages readers to cultivate a relationship with the divine, as this connection will endure beyond the physical world and can provide comfort during the inevitable changes and losses in life.
In practice
During a lecture on the importance of spiritual connections in life.
Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception. Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles. Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. Cease being a prisoner of the body; using the secret key of KRIYA, learn to escape into Spirit.
Cease being a prisoner of the body; using the secret key of Kriya, learn to escape into Spirit.
Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life. Through man's ingenuity for getting himself into trouble appears to be endless, the Infinite Succor is no less resourceful.
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.
Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.
As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to combat prejudice and intolerance.
A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.
Were the stars out when I left the house last evening? All I could remember was the couple in the Skyline listening to Duran Duran. Stars? Who remembers stars? Come to think of it, had I even looked up at the sky recently? Had the stars been wiped out of the sky three months ago, I wouldn’t have known.
It is always dishonest for a reviewer to review the author instead of the author's book.
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