Silent Messages

“I have come not to teach but to awaken. Understand therefore that I lay down no precepts.”

“To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God.”

“Real happiness lies in making others happy.”

“The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourself.”

“Don’t worry — Be happy.”

“Love is the remedy for all ills. Love your neighbour as yourself. Love God above all. Then there will be no room for hatred, greed, or jealousy.”

“I am the Ancient One. I have come to quicken the spirit. The source of my love for you, the cause of your love for me, is the one — God.”

“Each saint, each mystic, each Perfect Master throughout the ages has tried to make you understand God. I too try to make you understand God. But God cannot be understood. He has to be realised.”

“The gift of love is the highest gift. He who loves most serves most.”

“To get nearer and nearer to God you have to get further and further away from ‘I’, ‘my’, ‘me’ and ‘mine’. You have not to renounce anything except your self.”

“Age after age, when the wick of righteousness burns low, the Avatar comes yet once more to rekindle the torch of Love and Truth.”

“The only real sin is to hurt others. The only real virtue is to love others. Everything else is a means or an obstacle to this end.”

“Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly and with full attention. In that sincerity of action and thought lies your progress on the spiritual path.”

“Silence is the language of God. All else is poor translation.”

— Avatar Meher Baba