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swami means “owner” or “master.” A real swami is the owner or master of himself,
A spiritual aspirant must be fearless, because then no harm can come to him; all danger arises from his own fear.
A mother feeds her own essence to her child in the form of milk.
most so-called humans today that their entire cultural refinement consists of eating flesh and putting flesh into flesh. I believe instead in going beyond the skin, beyond the flesh, the bone, the marrow, and everything else, and getting to the essence.
That night they went to the smashan and the boy cut the old man’s throat and sat on his body, repeating the mantra given to him.
If Nature wants you to succeed at something a situation will be created whereby you will request the right thing, knowingly or not.
If you look at all women as your mother would you ever think of raping or cheating or deceiving one?
If you give a baby a choice between a chocolate and a diamond, which will it take? The chocolate, of course. A diamond has no value for a baby. And if you learn that the world has no value you will never be tempted by anything and you will be able to avoid all the obstacles which crop up
With immortality comes fearlessness, since the basis of all fears is the fear of death.
People are fools to cry for their dead; they should cry for themselves.”
Sagal Shah, resigned to his fate, said “All right, Maharaj, I will have myself killed and cooked and served to you.” This only made the aghori wilder. “Dunce! You are an old man. Think how stringy and tough your meat will be. I want a young child. Take his brains and fry them for me.’’ Sagal Shah said, “I have a young son who is in school right now. I will go and bring him and have his brains cooked for you.” His wife, who was pregnant, also realized that it had to be done, to fulfill the vow.
“Cause is Effect concealed, and Effect is Cause revealed.’’ When you know one you know the other. If you know the potentiality inherent in the seed, you can predict what sort of tree it will produce. If you know the egg, you know the bird.
the seeds of destruction are planted at the instant of creation and grow at a fixed rate. And that is why I always say that the moment of death is fixed at the moment of birth.
When you see God in every human, every animal, even the tiniest insect, and even in the vegetables you eat every day, you cannot bear to see their torment, because it becomes your torment. You see God suffering, and it is unbearable.
Whatever you concentrate on you will eventually become.”
