The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
God within, then are you filled with Self respect. By the
worship of the body you are committing suicide; you are
digging a pit for yourself.
The path of salvation, the way to realisation, is
apparent death, that and nothing else, crucifixion and
nothing else, there is no other way to inspiration.
Let God work through you, and there will be no more
duty. Let God shine forth. Let God show Himself. Live
God. Eat God. Realise the Truth and the other things
will take care of themselves.
Try to make great and good men of yourselves. Do not
expend your energies, do not waste thought on
building beautiful and grand houses. Many of your
houses are large and grand, but the men in them are
very small. There are large tombs in India, but what do
they contain? Nothing but rotten carcasses, crawling
worms and snakes!
Do not try to make your wife, your friends and yourself
grand, by wasting energy on big houses and grand
furniture. If you take this idea, if you realise that, if you
perceive and know that the one aim and goal of life is not
in wasting energy and accumulating riches, but in
cultivating the inner powers, in educating yourself, to
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