UNIVERSAL
COMPANION
a
daily prayer
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PRAYER
Prayer is a great spiritual force.
Prayer should be done with faith, with a heart set with sincere devotion. Do not
argue about the efficacy of prayer. Prayer has tremendous influence. Open freely
the chambers of your heart when you pray. Be regular in your prayer. Ask for
light, purity, devotion and knowledge.
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HAPPINESS
Do not fear anyone. Do not frown at
anybody. Restrain all your senses. Be cheerful always. Do not look back. Divest
yourself of desire and wrath. Cast off pride. Turn your gaze inwards.
Contemplate, you will enjoy true happiness.
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DESTINY
Build your destiny by good thoughts
and deeds. Exert. Be self disciplined. Love all. Fear none. Be a seeker after
truth. Understand the laws of dharma. Every step you take through every act you
do, you must move towards freedom, towards light, towards truth.
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DIVINE LIFE
Serve, love, give, purify, meditate,
realize. Be good. Do good. Be kind, be compassionate. Practice non-injury, truth
and purity. This is the foundation of yoga and Vedanta. Adapt, adjust,
accommodate. Bear insult; bear injury. Serve all. Love all. Embrace all in the
oneness of the spirit. This is divine life.
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BE FREE
Kill unholy desires through holy
desires. Do not become lazy. Be ever up and doing. Break the evil of ignorance.
Know thyself and be free.
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ART OF LIVING
Study diligently. Apply tenaciously.
Behave politely. Obey implicitly. Pray whole-heartedly. Sing melodiously. Speak
sweetly. Eat slowly. Walk gently. Sick resolutely. Think usefully. Act
righteously. Endure courageously. Persevere patiently. March boldly. Concentrate
attentively. Meditate seriously. Realize quickly. God be with you. Peace be with
you.
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GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE
Of all the gifts, the gift of
knowledge is the greatest. The gift of knowledge is a greater giving than food,
cloth, shelter, medicine, or wealth, because it gives eternal peace.
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RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
This world is a mixture of Good and
Evil. See Good in everything and then transmute Evil into Good. Evil is a kind
of knowledge, which shows the superiority of goodness by comparison. Evil
exists to glorify good.
This world is not an illusion. It is
not so real as Brahman or Absolute. There cannot be absolute good here. Realize
this and be Happy.
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SECRET OF SUCCESS
Be absorbed in your work. Give your
full heart, mind and soul. Do not care for the results. Do not think of success
or failure. Do not think of the past. Have complete confidence. Practice
self-reliance. Be cheerful always. Keep a cool balance mind. Work for work's
sake. Be bold and courageous. You are bound to succeed in any undertaking. This
is the secret of success.
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VIRTUE VERSUS SIN
Knowledge is virtue; Ignorance is
sin. Strength is virtue; Weakness is sin. Courage is virtue; Cowardice is sin.
Discrimination between right and wrong is virtue; confused self-justification is
sin. Commonsense is virtue; Foolish daydreaming is sin. Impartiality is virtue;
Hoarding is sin. Expansiveness is virtue; Narrowness is sin. Tolerance is
virtue; Bigotry is sin.
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BE MODERATE
Eat a little, drink a little, talk a
little, sleep a little, mix a little, move a little, serve a little, rest a
little, do asana little, pranayama little, reflect a little, vichar a little, do
japa a little, do kirtan a little, write mantra a little, meditate a little.
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WHAT IS LIFE
Life is a song, sing it. Life is a
journey, complete it. Life is a mystery, unfold it. Life is an opportunity,
utilize it. Life is dream, realize it.
Time is life. Time is more precious
than the most valuable thing in this world. Time ill spent is life wasted away.
Make the best use of time.
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HIGHEST SADHANA
Be bold; be wise; be virtuous; be
honest; be sincere; be truthful; be patient; be tolerant; be obedient; be
simple; be humble; be noble; be gentle. Adapt, adjust, accommodate. Bear insult,
bear injury, Highest Sadhana.
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WISDOM
Learn to become wise. Discriminate.
Control the thoughts and desires. Watch your thoughts carefully. Do not allow
any evil thought to enter the gate of the mental factory. Develop passion for
self-realisation. You will attain the goal of life.
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BEST MEDICINE
When allopathy, homeopathy, chromopathy, naturopathy, ayurvedopathy, and other pathies fail to cure a disease, the divine namapathy alone can save you. Name of the Lord is a sovereign specific, a sheet anchor, an infallible panacea and a cure for all diseases.
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MORALITY
Morality is the gateway to religion.
Morality is the gateway to bliss immortal. The aim of morality is to raise man
to the level of divinity by transforming his own nature. Be Good; Do Good. This
is the essence of morality.
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GOODNESS
Goodness is love in action. It is
noble to be good. Goodness is the greatest virtue. Every good deed is a grain of
seed for immortality or eternal life. May goodness be your ideal and goal! May
you all be good and attain Godhead.
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PERFECT LIVING
He who observes the law of nature
and leads the life of self-restraint, purity, dispassion and contemplation
enjoys the perfection of life.
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SPIRITUAL TONIC
Prayer is a spiritual tonic. Prayer
is a spiritual vitamin. It purges the mind of its impurities viz. attachments,
desires, anger, lust and fear. Strengthens the aspirations and brings the
devotee in the presence of God.
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VIRTUE
Virtue is the root of happiness;
therefore be virtuous. Virtue will open the gates of immortality to receive you.
Virtue has divinity behind it; wherever is divinity, there is virtue. Virtue
does not come from money; but every good of man comes from virtue.
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UNIVERSOL RELIGION
God is Love. The Only true religion
is the religion of Love, of the religion of heart. Feel for others as you feel
for yourself. This universal religion will bring World-Peace and Happiness.
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CHARACTER
Actions produce impressions. The
impressions coalesce together through repetition and form tendencies. Tendencies
develop into habits and habits into character. Character generates will. If the
character is pure and strong, the will also will be pure and strong, and vice
versa.
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AHINSA
Be tolerant even with the
intolerant; be gentle with the violent; be detached from all things even when
living among those who are attached to them.
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EYE OPENER
Give up all sorts of fears, anger,
care, worries and anxieties. Do not be disheartened by failures. Pain is the
best thing in the world. It is an eye-opener. Never forget this.
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GRACE AND GUIDANCE
Pray to the almighty Lord for help
and guidance. Thirst for His Grace. Place your trust in Him. Do not be moved by
difficulties. Difficulties strengthen your will and augment your power of
endurance and turn your mind towards God. He will guide you in all your
activities.
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FEEL
Feel all along that the body is a
moving temple of God, your office or business house is a big temple or brindavan,
and all activities such as walking, eating, breathing, seeing, hearing, reading,
etc., are offerings unto the Lord. Work is worship. Work is meditation, when
done in the right spirit.
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LIFE
Life is precious. Time is precious.
Utilize every second usefully. Speak sweetly. Speak truthfully. Pray devotedly.
Pray regularly. Shun evil company for it is dangerous. Do not leave work half
done. Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly. Injure not others. Help others.
Serve. Correct your own defects. Do not abuse anybody. Pray and study. Success
will come to you.
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IMMORTAL ATMA
There is something dearer than
wealth, there is something dearer than wife, there is something dearer than the
son, there is something dearer than your life itself. That dearer something is
thy own self, inner ruler. Immortal.
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THREE THINGS
There are three things for you to
Love: desire for liberation, company of the wise, and self serve;
Three things to despise:
miserliness, cruelty and petty mindedness.
Three things to admire: generosity,
courage and nobility;
Three things to hate: lust, anger
and pride.
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THREE THINGS
Three things for reverence: Guru,
renunciation and discrimination;
Three things to control: tongue,
temper and tossing of mind;
Three things to renounce: evil
company, evil desire and evil action;
Three things to cultivate: cosmic
love, forgiveness and patience;
Three things to avoid: backbiting,
falsehood and harsh words.
Sadhak Bold! March boldly. You will
attain the goal of life in this very birth itself.
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TIME
Time is valuable. It is more
precious than money. Money can be earned again if lost, but if time is lost it
cannot be regained. A moment once gone cannot be called back. Life is but a
collection of small moments. You will be a great person if you utilize your time
in a useful manner.