You Even Look Different

You Even Look Different Plummeting deeper and deeper into the depths of depression, I felt bereft, with nowhere to turn. One day I found myself down on my knees praying to God: "Please help me. You...
26 August 2006
You Even Look Different

The Climb

Struggling to maintain every hold My body aches at each effort. I have climbed so far, so long. One mile, two, a thousand feet, A few inches? Who knows? I cannot judge. How much farther do I have to...
26 August 2006
The Climb

Strange Peace

Strange Peace I started off one day in a very bad mood, and by lunchtime I had multiplied that mood many times— bad, sad, mad, etc. I was past the point of caring about whether I could salvage a...
26 August 2006
Strange Peace

Start From Right Now

"Start From Right Now" I was planning to go with Guru on a trip to London and Paris, where he was giving concerts. It was to be my first trip with Guru and all the arrangements had been made, but...
26 August 2006
Start From Right Now

Powerful Words

Powerful Words When I had been a disciple for about two years, I had a serious difficulty and Guru advised me what I should do. He told me something which I found very challenging. When I hesitated,...
26 August 2006
Powerful Words

Power And Love

Power And Love A few years ago I became extremely disturbed about the mortal illness that had befallen someone I knew. Somehow I allowed myself to be absolutely distraught about this, and it occupied...
26 August 2006
Power And Love

Pilot Of Our Life Boat

Pilot Of Our Life Boat In August 1996, I was asked to watch the apartment of a girl disciple who went to visit her relatives in Russia. One day I did not feel well, without any obvious reason. The...
26 August 2006
Pilot Of Our Life Boat

Guru's Light

Guru's Light One evening in London I visited a friend of very long standing. She was not a disciple but a very good person, and I was very fond of her. When I arrived she was not at all well. She...
26 August 2006
Guru's Light

Guru Spoke

Guru Spoke In my sitting room, I have quite a big Transcendental picture in a central position. Usually before I go out, I bow to it. Sometimes I am in a big hurry and I'll whisper, "I'm going out...
26 August 2006
Guru Spoke

Garland

Garland Sometimes after achieving a certain spiritual height, when I would feel that I was really aspiring, I would slip and find myself at the bottom again. Then the frustration of knowing that I...
26 August 2006
Garland