May - Ruhani Satsang USA

standard. When you are married to one,remain married to one; not everybody.I am sorry to say these words, becauseI find this almost everywhere. Womenand gold: these two things are the greatestimpediments on our way. Stick towhat the scriptures say. Live on yourearnings; don't depend on others. Helpin the Cause; share with others who areneedy; and have chaste lives.And have kind words. If there is love,there are kind words-there is no harshness.If anything crops up, reconcile itbefore you go to sleep. Rest assured,this is what Masters have always enjoined.If any two brothers have notagreed, and there is still somethingwrong before they go to bed, they shouldnot go to bed unless they have been reconciled.That is why the Bible says, "Ifyou do not love your brothers whomyou see, how can you love Cod whomyou do not see?" Christ said, "I give youa new commandment, That you loveone another."Try to promote this cause of God:this is no man's work, this is Cod'swork. You know you are convinced ofthe truth of it: perhaps you have had justa little experience of it, but it goes onfurther. That is the basic principle of allreligions. Help, if you can, for the causeof God. Help others, the needy, the hungry,the naked. That you can do only ifyou simplify your lives, mind that. Ifyou have too much to do and you cannotstand on your own legs, how canyou help others? That is why I said inone of my circulars, "Simplify, simplifyand simplify." Share with others. Solong as you have this body, always give.Don't be like that-taking. Give. Sucha man will command respect from everyone:a man who is chaste; who is notgreedy; who has love for all; who haskind words imbued with humility. Ithink this is all I want of you. AdhereMay 1976to this very thing, because man's life ismeant for knowing God.Help will come to you unasked for.If the child is asleep, the mother has totake care of him. If any snake comes,the mother will kill herself rather thanallow the snake to go near the chil'd. So,that God Power, or the Christ Power,is with you on initiation. That is theGuru Power or the Master Power. Thatwill look after you. A child has fuli faitbin his mother. Evcn if a lion comes, thechild will run to the mother. That lionmay eat up the mother, too, but thechild has full faith in her. So if you havefull faith, you can move mountains.Faith is the root cause of all religion.And practically, you have seen: youhave got something that is referred to inthe scriptures. Develop it from day today. 1 wish each one of you to be ambassadorsof Truth. The harvest is much;laborers are wanted. But the laborersshould be ideal ones. Try to be ideal.Everyone should be ideal. "An exampleis better than precept." Saying thingsand not living up to them sets a badexample for others. Others won't beguided; they won't accept you. They willthink, "Oh, he is doing everything. Womenand gold affect him as much as theydo me. Then why should I respect him?"Not everyone can command respect.These are only two ways in which youcan command respect from everybody,even from those whom you do not know:because your words will be charged withthat life. In some cases, simple wordsyou say affect others; and in other cases,you may give long yarns, and they donot affect anybody. What is the reasonwhy? The life is not behind it. So bepractical. If we try to reform ourselves,all the world over will be reformed. Wereform others and don't reform ourselves:that's the reason why there is allthis trouble. And this is all, I think, I13