Be So Small and So Huge

My dear Mr. and Mrs. Riordin!

Become a true bhakta. A true jnani – so small that you can wriggle out of the shackles of the senses, so huge a person that you can break the shackles that come as the desires. If a Bhakta calls himself big, then he will have to bear up the burden of even the smallest speck.

Grace of the lord does not depend upon the number of times that you have repeated his name. Do not therefore engage the mind in counting the number of times you have repeated it.

The lord will respond even if you call him once from the depths of your feelings. He will turn a deaf ear even if you call him a million times mechanically, artificially only – with the tongue, not with the heart nor with concentration. It is easy to amass and manipulate figures, but grace does not depend upon them. All the lord asks for is heart, the full heart and nothing but the heart.

Man should become human first and that is his first link. Religion follows next, but in this heart cleaning is a condition precedent. Look at your mirror. It reflects, it does not talk. Be not talkative. See as the mirror sees, but rightly use thy tongue and thou wilt be happy. Sit in silence until God’s name rings in your ears.

Joy consumes time more quickly, while sorrow is a slow eater. Sorrow and despondency move slow and weigh heavy on man’s mind like a mountain.

God’s grace is for him who has developed a mountain of patience and prays to him only for devotion and nothing else.

With blessings and love.

Baba