Have faith like a child

Sri Swami Vishwananda: As Christ said to His disciples: What I am doing, you all can do much more, you just have to believe it, and if you believe without doubt, it will happen.
You need faith like a child, because when you look at a child, a child doesn’t ask questions.
It’s true! You go to a child and you say, “Listen my dear, that boy is your brother”.
The child will not say “Yes, mother” or “No, mother” or “Why it is like that?”
No, he will just accept it, because the mother has said “Yes, this child is your brother”, because she knows it!
This confidence in the mother, you know, is there!
And that self-confidence you should have.

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The Power of the name of Rama

Sri Swami Vishwananda: There is another story that shows again the power of the name of Rama: There was once a king who did lots of sin in his life. He knew that he would die soon.
So he went to see a guru in one ashram. But when he went there, the guru was in deep meditation. So he waited, and waited, and waited, but the guru didn't come out of his samadhi. The king saw that the son of the guru was there, so he called him, ”Please, your father is in deep samadhi, and I can't wake him up, I can't tell him to come out, so you tell me... Look, I have spent my whole life in hurting people and doing bad things, but now I realize that I have to change certain things in my life. Tell me how would I forgive myself for all this?”
The son thought for a while, and said, “Chant three times the name of Rama, and all your sins will be forgiven but of course you have to chant it with faith, you can’t just chant it with the mere mouth.” The king was very happy. When the guru came back to himself, the son was very excited and said, “Father, father, you know, the king came here!” And he explained everything about why the king had been there. Then the father asked him, “What did you tell him?” The son said, “I told him to chant three times the name of Rama, with faith, and that all his sins would be forgiven.” The father got very angry at that moment, and said: “My son, I curse you, because you don't even know how powerful the name of Rama is. You didn't need to tell him to chant it three times; even one time would have been enough!”

And here a Video with a Bhajan about Lord Rama. Jai Shree Ram!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBypB3DsMwA

If you really want something, make it happen!

Devotee 12: I was wondering what you have to say about the concept, that we can co-create our Universe.
By using the power of the mind or visualization, we can create anything…

Sri Swami Vishwananda: Yes, the belief has to be there.
This is the state of the mind also, how to better use the mind.
If you really want something, the belief in it will make it happen.
But the mind has to be focused and clear about it, because the mind is always jumping.
Today you want this; tomorrow you want that- then how it will be clear?
It will never be clear.
So, when somebody really wants something, everyday the mind is so much focused on that, that it makes it happen.
This is by learning to control the mind.
It’s true that you create your own universe.
You create your own world, your own reality, because this is the power of the mind.
The mind is very powerful.
Like scientists themselves said, also in the Vedas it is said: Human beings use only 5% of
their mind, 95% is still dormant.
Imagine you would use this 95% and the 5% would be dormant, but it’s sad- only a few people do that. (smiling)


Here i would like to share with you a wonderful link to an amazing movie. I haven't watched it yet, but my Dad gave me the book at the weekend and now i already finished reading it. The books called "Heal your life", just like the movie. It is about what Guruji is always preaching: If we change or thinking and become positive, our whole life will automatically change and become just how we want to have it. We are our own creator and the director of "our life".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYCamVx4fSQ


This entertaining and inspirational movie based on the best-selling book of the same name is hosted by author and teacher Louise L. Hay. This film gives penetrating insights into Louise's fascinating personal story; and shows how her views on self-esteem, abundance, and the metaphysical causes behind physical ailments were developed. It also reveals how she applied these concepts to her own emotional, spiritual, and professional life. A number of luminaries in the fields of self-help, philosophy, health, spirituality, and New Thought join Louise, giving their take on success, happiness, and the myriad ways in which people can heal their own lives. And there are also gripping firsthand accounts from others who have been positively affected by Louise's work.

Ask yourself what has changed inside of you

Here another excerpt from Christmas time, which might be interesting especially now for the time after Christmas, which is also a time of change, as we try to be better in all ways. Like for example being more loving, compassionate, friendly, having a healthy life-style and so on.

Sri Swami Vishwananda:

What have you changed? Every year at this time, everybody tries to do good, no?
When Christmas is approaching, everybody wants to be good, preparing for the
birth of Christ. But Christ is born every day in the heart of men. We have to see that.
And we have to change ourselves. We should not expect others to change us, but
we have to change ourselves. That’s what I always say: Self-discipline.
So let’s ask ourselves, your own Self this question: “What has changed in you?”
Has something changed inside of you? Or are you still the same person? You will
see that a lot has changed, even if you have not noticed it. You have advanced,
you have grown up, your heart has opened up a little bit more and more. So, there
is hope. (laughter) And that what Christ brought to the world: Hope.
Like it is said: If hope is gone from somebody the person lost everything. You can loose everything, but the moment you loose hope, life becomes in vain.
So, through centuries this world has been going on through hope. So if you have
not succeeded in something this year, which is just finished, well not yet, there is a
hope that you will succeed next year. And you have to believe in that. Faith has to
be there. Without faith, it’s difficult to be very hoping. But faith in what? Faith in
God who is inside of you, faith in this cosmic energy, which is present inside of you.
So, try to build up this and try to make this faith inside of you stronger. The more this
faith is strong, the more you will see that you will become strong. The less the faith is
strong inside of you, the weaker you will be.

Israel trip part 5/ Trust your inner voice

Here you can read the fifth and last excerpt of Sri Swami Vishwananda's speech, after his trip to Israel.

Sri Swami Vishwananda:
If I ask everybody now "What do you want?", some will say “I want love”, some will say “I want God,” “I want God-realization”. Well, it’s beautiful. But do you really want that? If you really, sincerely want it, then be strong and have faith. Trust; trust what the Divine is giving to you, trust what you feel inside of you.
Like it is said: One has to have faith like a child, no? When you look at the children, they are free. They don’t think too much. But what happens afterwards? Where is the child gone?
The mind has taken over, eh? You think you have known more, so you need to reason. Sometimes you don’t need to reason. You just need to sit quietly and feel. Feel and listen, because when you feel, of course it’s not just feeling. When you are completely in silence, there is also the voice of God. The voice of God will not talk to you like in ancient time. He will talk to you from within you. Learn to trust this inner voice and if you still have doubt about it, ask Him questions. Ask Him if it is really like that or like that. Then you test it yourself, so that you can learn to trust this inner voice. It’s not that you just hear it and accept it, „Okay, yes, it’s fine. It’s good like that.“ No, you hear, ask certain questions and if it is really happening this way give your full trust to it. This is one way of listening to your inner self and to make it stronger and stronger.
This example is given by the Virgin Mary Herself. When the angels appeared to Her and greet Her „Hail Mary, you are blessed among all the women.“ The Lord has favored you, that you will bear the son of God inside of your womb.“ But yet She didn’t say „Okay, cool, I like that“ (laughter), no, She said „How would this be possible? I have never been with a man.“ So the angels were pleased with it, because this confirmed Her faith. She didn’t have doubt, but She questioned it. And this is what the angels said „It will be done according to the will of God. The spirit shall came over you and overshadow with you.“ So it’s important to learn to trust this inner voice and to know for sure if it is real or if it is just a fantasy of one’s mind. You will do that by putting certain questions to that and yet you will be the observer of that conversation. The atma, the soul will be the observer of that conversation. I tell you something: This is the most beautiful thing you can do. To observe how the mind is talking to the Higher Self and what you are hearing inside of you. And like i said to you before: This will happen only when you are in silence. So introvert yourself as much as possible and be silent. Because when somebody talks, talks and talks, like i am doing right now (laughter), what happens? Of course it is joyful to talk, but afterwards you are getting tired. I am not saying i will get tired, but in general it is like that. Of course you will say when i sit down quietly, i also will get tired. But when the mind is calm, you will not be tired. This is where meditation leads to. Meditation is not only to sit in one place and close one’s eyes and meditate, like we know it in the traditional way. Meditation is every time, when you can look inside your heart and see the Divine.
Jai Gurudev!

Israel Trip part 1 / Remind yourself of what you have inside

Here is an excerpt of Sri Swami Vishwananda's Darshan in the City Hall Springen, after he returend from his pilgrimage to Israel:

Sri Swami Vishwananda: Jai Gurudev! Actually, what I will talk about is my trip to Israel, from where I just returned yesterday and which was very beautiful. We were how many people? 28 or 29? Probably 29- it depends on how you count it. You see: when we talk about Israel, everybody has a different view of it. Unless you experience it, it’s completely different from what you read about.
Let’s say you read the Bible, but when you are there, it’s completely different. It was a trip, where we experienced a lot of things that we have been reading about and know. You have heard about it since childhood for sure, but to be there is amazing. It’s the same when you read the life of Krishna and then, when you are in Brindavan, it’s completely different. You have do adapt yourself. It’s the same with Jerusalem, Bethlehem and around the lake of Galilee. These places were very special places- special because once Christ walked these places and they have been kept alive through the faith of people; special, because there is a connection that one feels, which is completely different from other places.
Of course how I experience it and how others experience is different and the funny thing is that during the trip I didn’t talk about how I felt. I let everybody talk and it was very beautiful to see how each person feels and how each person’s point of view is.
We are all talking about the same Christ, but everybody looks at in a different angle. Some will see in the right angle, some will see in the left angle, but it’s beautiful to see that experience. But the most amazing is if you can feel with your heart. It’s not what you see in the outside, but what you can see with the eyes of the heart. When you look at it with the eyes of the heart, you will realize that all these places are here. They are all present inside of you. You go to pilgrimage places to remind you of what you have inside.

Have Faith and don't doubt the power that you have inside

Sri Swami Vishwananda about the light and healing power within one Self:

Sri Swami Vishwananda: Whenever you read in any Holy books like the Bible and also the Bhagavad Gita, it is said that Lord Krishna or Lord Jesus went far away in a desert corner or on a high mountain to sit down and talk with God. However, each one of us can also go deep inside of ourselves and raise the vibration in our self, reach to the higher level, and open to the consciousness of God. Let the light flow through you; become the Self and realize it; and know that you are the Self, and that the Self is acting for you. And when the Self is acting for you, for sure everything will be perfect. There is no doubt of this with the power of trust you have in the mind.

Swami Vishwaparthananda (Jyotir) says: "Whenever a sick person comes to Swami Vishwananda for healing, he always tells them that he will pray for them. When a spontaneous healing occurs, he always points out that it is God's work. I have never heard him say that he healed anyone. According to Swami, there is no one who can call himself/herself a healer. I have heard him say of healers that they are only tools in the hands of the Divine." From around the world, Devotees of Sri Swami Vishwananda give testimony that numerous and varied healings have taken place in His presence.


Sri Swami Vishwananda continues:
When you have this power of trust, this willpower, then you can create in the mind what you really want! Imagine it. Make it a thought, and project this thought on whatever you want, and say by the power of word, “I want that!” See what happens! See what Jesus did when some people came and said, “This person is ill. Can you please heal him?” What did he answer? He didn’t say much. He just said, “Be healed!” The person did heal because in his consciousness, Jesus was always with the Divine, always with the Father. He didn’t have any doubt in his own word; he didn’t doubt himself. He didn’t say, “OK, let me heal.” With strong conviction, he said, “Be healed!” But it’s also true that the person has to have faith in Jesus.

The Mrityumbageshwar Shiva Lingam

Sri Swami Vishwananda speaks about a certain Shivalingam that one can see and venerate in His Temple Altar in Center Springen: This Shivalingam has been blessed by Mahavatar Babaji. Mahavatar has given it the name Mrityumbageshwar. The meaning is “the one who removes all suffering and inspires people to realize the Divine.” The lingam has been blessed with great healing energy. Whoever pours water over this Shivalingam while reciting eleven times the mrityumjaya mantra can be healed by drinking the water.

Myrityumjaya Mantra: Tryambakam yajamahe sugamdim pushtivardanamurvu rukiamiva bhandhanat mrityor mukshiya mamritat
This Shivalingam is very special because Mahavatar Babaji has blessed it with the same energy as the jyotirlingams in India. Shiva appeared and manifested eleven lingams in eleven places to leave those places sacred.

When you come here (temple at Springen) you may pour water over the Shivalingam and then keep it in a container and drink it if you are ill, and you will get cured. Have faith in it. When you place flowers on the Shivalingam, you receive the blessings of the Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and beauty. Wealth means not only material wealth but also spiritual wealth which is the most important of all. The worship of Lakshmi and the Shivalingam together is in accordance with the Shatras. Mahavatar Babaji has said the water from this lingam can even transmute death and give back life.

Swamiji's Divali Speech- Shining the Divine Light

This Year on the 17th October Sri Swami Vishwananda celebrated with His Devotees and disciples Divali, the Hindu festival of Lights.
Here is an excerpt of the first part of His speech:
Sri Swami Vishwananda:

First of all: “Happy Divali to all of you.” Before, I explained already about Divali, the festival of lights, especially about finding the inner light and how to let it shine through. Let it shine from deep within your heart to everybody. Often people say „Swamiji, we would always love to have this Divine light shining through, but it’s so difficult. Am i right? (People: Yes)

You see: If you want it to be easy, you will make everything possible to make it easy. It doesn’t matter how hard it is: You will make it. But if you make yourself weak by saying it, it’s difficult. This word, which is so easily used is a barrier and we create this barrier, we make the difference and then we say „Ups, it’s difficult.“

It’s the same: when you say something is easy, what happens inside of you? You build up this self-confidence that you put on yourself, when you generate this energy inside of you ‚Yes, i can do it’. You will receive the blessing of the Divine also.

But if you already make yourself weak, then God will say „What’s the use of me, giving this grace to that person, if he can’t handle it? He is already weak.“ It’s of no use giving the blessing or giving the grace to that person. Actually we stop the grace then. How do you think the light will shine?

Having strong faith like Saint Eknath

Today Sri Swami Vishwananda tells us an inspiring story of Saint Eknath's life. ( If you are interested and want to learn more about this Indian Saint, click here to watch a short introduction about him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CHGoGtR9bU)

In the life of Janardana Swami, there was Eknath, who is a Saint. (1533-1599, born in Maharashtra, India)
Janardana Swami was a governor and once a week he would fast. He would not talk and resign himself in a room, where he would sit in meditation and pray.
This would be his weekly meditation. During this time he would not meet anybody, he would not even go out of his room. But that time there were lots of wars between the kingdom. So there was the army, because India was ruled by a Moslem king. So he took the opportunity to attack at that time the castle, where Janardana Swami was. There was Eknath, sixteen years old, seeing that the army was coming. Of course he was aware, that the army will not do anything without the permission or the blessing of the Guru. So he took a great courage, went inside the room of Janardana Swami, dressed himself and put ton he armour of Janardana Swami. He came out of the room, rose above Janardana Swami and went to fought the enemies.
In the evening he came back, quietly went inside, placed back the Guru clothes and everything else in it's place and went for evening prayer. A few days later Janardana Swami heard the story and was really, really amazed with Eknath, that he transfered all his Shakti on him. So St. Eknath took this great courage and responsibility on himself, to act in the time of need.

This courage- that’s what is needed. It’s not that one hears this and one hears that and moves.
It's like Christ said: Your faith has to be build on a rock.
That no matter how strong the storm is, and I’m not saying wind, nothing can move. Then you can consider yourself really lucky, to surrender to the Master, to the Guru.

Krishna and Arjuna

During a Darshan Swamiji told this story: After the battle of Kurukshetra, Arjuna and Krishna were walking together in the fields. Krishna raised his hand and said to Arjuna, “Look at these birds in the sky how nice they are!”
“Yes”, answered Arjuna, looking in the sky.
“But there are no birds”, said Krishna.
“No, there are no birds”, answered Arjuna.
“Look how nice these birds are”, said again Krishna. “They are really magnificent.”
“Yes”, said Arjuna. “These birds are really magnificent.”
“Why are you always repeating what I am saying?” asked Krishna, “There are no birds in the sky.”
“Yes, it is true. I don’t see any birds in the sky but I know that you could manifest at every moment, these birds and let them fly in the sky.”
Arjuna had total faith in Krishna and had totally surrendered body, mind and soul to the Divine. He was not trusting his mind or his eyes but he trusted every word from his Divine Sadguru.

The Golden Age / Kingdom of God

During the Satsang on the 29th 8 2009 with Sri Swami Vishwananda in Lugnorre, Switzerland a participant was wondering:
"Babaji writes* the golden age is just in front of us, but He looks from another dimension. Can you say how many years it’s going to take?" (* In the Book Babaji- Unity with the Divine written by Utpalavati, a close disciple of Sri Swami Vishwananda; availabe here: http://www.kriyaompress.com/ )

Here is what Sri Swami Vishwananda answered:
You mentioned it right, but what is the Golden age? A question back to another question.
Christ said the same thing: “The kingdom of God is…?” (Someone: Here) Here, near.
You see it’s not about how many years, because it’s already said that the kingdom of God is here. It's near. The Golden Age is now, but how many really want it? That’s the question. The Golden Age, the Kingdom of God is not far away. It’s not about time. It’s about how much you want it to be, how much you want it to happen and how much you are surrendered to it. How much you surrender to God. The more you surrender to the Divinet and he more you surrender to God, the more you will see that you are in the Golden Age. The kingdom of God- you are in it.

Lift your hand, how many really want to attain this Golden Age? Sincerely? If you want it sincerely, you have to lift your hand very high. (Some people are lifting their hands) Wow. That’s very good. I am very impressed, actually. To attain this Golden Age- How many among you are ready to give everything that you have? Everything, I mean everything, everything? Lift your hand, even higher than before. Sincerely. Even your life. (Devotee: Me) Okay, that’s sincerity. I love that. But you see how it is. (Translator: Aber Ihr seht wie es ist) We hang so much on our fear. We move from one fear to the other constantly and thinking this is the reality. We are afraid of losing.We are afraid of losing the husband, we are afraid of losing the wife, we are afraid of almost everything. We are afraid of diseases, we are afraid of unemployment, we are afraid of financial, we are afraid of death; at the end we are still afraid of life and that’s the funny thing about. You are afraid of death, you are afraid of life and yet you know that there is something greater, which is the Golden Age or the kingdom of God or self-realization or God-realization to be attained. And that’s why we surrender to the Divine will. We say “Yes, we have faith in God, but yet there is so much fear of losing.” I am asking yourself: What have you come in this world with? (Someone: Nothing) And you will go with what? (Someone: Nothing) But what are you losing then? Nothing is yours, but yet you think that you will lose something.

The two rivers or how to be absolutley pure

Here is a story that Sri Swami Vishwananda told us on the 27th August 2009 before the Darshan. On this day we also celebrated Radhasthami, which is the appearance day of Radha.

There was once a Saint. He was passing by the Kali temple in Dakshineshwar and stood in front of the temple. As he was looking to the temple, the whole temple started to shake. At that moment Ramakrishna was there. He was looking what was happenng. Then he said to his nephew: Do you see this sadhu, this man, who is dressed with not so nice clothes, like a beggar? Did you see what he just did? Can you go and find out who he is? The nephew ran to the Sadhu and when the Sadhu saw him coming he started running. So he started to run after the Sadhu and finally he caught up the Sadhu, called him and said “I want to be your disciple.” The Sadhu said “What? I don’t want you. Go away.” The Sadhu started walking very fast. Then again he hold the Sadhu’s feet and said “I will not let you go, until you take me as a disciple.” So the Sadhu said “Okay, get up. Look there, do you see these two rivers?” There were two rivers flowing, one of them which is very filthy and the other one was very pure and clean. Then he said to him “Come to me, I will accept you the moment these two rivers seem equal to you.”

Do you get it? The moment your mind is completely surrendered to God, there will be no judgment; there will be only pure love. As long as there is judgment in the mind you will see the difference. And as long as one sees the difference, when a big storm comes, it can be uprooted. So work on your faith.

The farmer or how to reach one's aim

Swami Vishwananda told us once another story with a deeper meaning:
There was once a farmer. At the same time in this town there was a big drought and no rain. So the farmer decided to make a channel from the river to his field, so that he can can water his field that the cow can have water to drink. So one day he said to himself; "I will make this, channel and I will not take any rest, I will not take any food, I will not take any drink until I have make it happen. During the day his daughter came with food saying, "Father, come and eat. It's late, it's your lunchtime." He said to the daughter, "No, go away. I have to finish this channel and then I will eat. The daughter went home. Then the mother came. She said, "My dear, you have been working the whole day. You can take 5 minutes rest. Come, take 5-10 minutes rest and have your lunch. Then he said "No" to the wife, but they kept insisting.
So he left t the channel, stopped digging the canal and stared to run after the wife, saying, "Leave me alone! I told you, until I have not finshed the channel, I will not leave this place. Go away!" So when the wife saw that the husband really angry and was not changing his mind, she kept quiet and went home. The men continued to dig. Later in the evening he finished the channel, and as he finished the channel, the water from the river started flowing towards his field. He sat down with appreciation, hearing the beautiful sound of the water, looking at the water flowing in his field and he got great satisfaction. With great satisfaction he went home, took a shower, had his lunch and slept very peacefully. His neighbour also tried to build a channel from the river. When his wife came and said to him, "Come and have your dinner", he said, "No". But then the wife insisted, "Come my dearest Lord, 5 minutes it will not cost you anything. He left the work, and said, "As you have said it so sweetly, I'll come". So, he went and sat and after lunch of course he had a small siesta. So, he had a siesta, but at the end of the evening he didn't do anything. Consequently he never succeed of making the channel to his field.

What lies behind this story is that one has to completely surrender to one's path. And whatever comes on the way… if it is an obstruction an obstacle in one's way, one has always to say no. Your aim is to have God- Realisation, Self- Realisation. Until you have not met your aim, you have not come to the point of complete trust and complete faith in your self and in God, keep trying - don't let anything come on the way. Many times the mind will come in the way, many times the mind will say, "No, no, no, you should not do like that, you should do like this." But if you listen to the mind you will stop and you will become lazy. So really sincerely dedicate yourself and surrender to your path - surrender to what you really want. The aim, is to realise this Love that we have inside and to become this Love completely. To become this Love, that every atom in your body radiates this Love of God. And this Love, you will spread around always. It is beyond everything. Beyond the mind, beyond body, even beyond the spirit itself. This Love is what we have to attain.

God is with You

Christ is there. Any time you can hold his hand. It reminds me of a nice story somebody told me once:
A small girl wanted to cross over a bridge together with the father, who was blind. The father said to the daughter, “My child, guide me on the bridge. Hold my hand. Make me cross over the bridge.” The daughter said, “No, father, you hold my hand, not me holding your hand.” In the mind it seems similar, doesn’t it? But there is a difference. You see the difference, the daughter said to the father, “If something happens on this bridge, I may let go of your hand, but I know, you, being the father, you will never let go of my hand…no matter what happens.”
So in the same way, hold the hand of Christ. Hold the hand of God within you any moment, during any time of trouble, any happiness – always think of the Divine, that God is with you every moment – all the time!

Calling for Narayana

Once there was a group of elephants. They were going to drink water near a lake and one of the elephants went deeper into that lake. When he went deeper, there was a crocodile inside the lake. The crocodile went near and caught the leg of the elephant. So, the poor elephant was crying for help. He turned to his friends and said, “Help me.“ So, they tried their best to pull him out, but they could not. Then they said, “Okay, we can’t do anything for you, go, this is your soul’s time to go.“, and they left. In his deep agony, the only resort for the elephant was calling the Name of God. Then he called for Maha Vishnu. So, Narayana came and helped him.

It is through the name that one will achieve calmness of the mind. That's what you will find in all religions. Muslims in the world recite the name of Allah. Actually Allah is just God. In Christianity you have Jesus, the Divine Mother and many Saints. Also in Hinduism you have many Divine aspects like Krishna, Rama or Vishnu. It's easy to put the mind on the Divine Name and let oneself be drawn into it. What is the meaning behind the story? Actually the crocodile is Maya, the illusion of the outer world, when man gets drowned into it. Only when man turns the mind to the Divine and calls from deep within, he will see the result afterwards.

Searching for happiness

We are always on a search. A search of who we are; a search of what we are here for. Many times this clicks in your mind, and you ask yourself, “Am I just an incarnation of man born here on Earth?”
You see, this search can last for years and years. You can go around the world, looking for what is deep, to find what will really satisfy you. But, because humans always desire new things, you enjoy whatever you have for some time and then the desire disappears, and then afterwards you desire something else. Humans are always desiring, and you will keep on desiring as long as you desire material things. One desire will lead you to another, but do you think this is really the incarnation of mankind? Come on…No.
Human beings are said to be Satchitananda. This is a Sanskrit word. Sat means Existence; Chit, the Consciousness; and Ananda is Bliss. Everybody wants bliss, everybody wants to be happy. But if you really, really want to be happy, then you have to be sincere and truthful towards yourself. Then you can ask God, “Lord, give me happiness.” And do you think he will refuse you? Him not! He will give it to you. But, it is upon you to maintain the happiness. It is upon you to keep it and help it grow.

Whatever He does is right

The power of chanting the name of God, it's not only purifying the mind, it’s purifying the body and it's purifying the soul. When your mind is purified, you have a healthy mind. Your mind is positive. Eventually, your body will also be in a positive way. Your body will be healthy. How many times people who are ill surrender completely and say, “I’m fed up now. God, I’m praying to you and I surrender to you. Do whatever you want to do with me.” What happens then? The miracle happens. The miracle of faith. The miracle of love. The miracle of surrender.
But nowadays people are so scared of surrender. They say, “I will surrender, but... what will happen? I will surrender, but how will I live?” This insecurity is already present. How can they trust when there’s insecurity? Only when there is complete trust in God, complete trust in your self, when you ask God for Himself, will He give Himself to you. And trust what? Whatever He does is right, even if the mind doesn’t understand it, it is right.

Realisation of God

We identify ourselves very much with the body and the mind. The rest of the power inside remains in silence, remains sleepy.
Do you want to wake it up? Do you really want it or not? You think you are not sure about it? It’s when you really want something that you must have the power to say, “Yes, I want it!” Not only, “Maybe I want it, maybe I don’t want it.” Because then you are not sure about what you really want. In one way human beings want realisation, they want God. In another way they say, “If I have the complete realisation of God, will I really stay the same? Will I really see the world in the same way?” But with this way of thinking it will never happen. Try as much as you want. Let it be said: you can’t serve two masters at a time!
You can’t have the complete realisation of God and at the same time say that you want the material world. I tell you something: in the completeness, in the Divine consciousness, everything is present. Where else than in the mere mind of man can one just see what these two eyes perceive? On one hand there is everything, everything means also the material part. On the other hand there is just the material part and illusion. You meet people, they try to see what is beautiful, and they get attached to it and keep it. It’s our own happiness that arises in our life, from deep within where we receive the goal. But something is missing; it is not complete.
You think, “Now I have got this beautiful thing that I desired so much. Now I got it, I don’t have the same love for it. I don’t have the same enthusiasm about it.” What does the mind do? The mind tries to find something else to hold onto, but as long as man tries to hold onto a material thing, he will always stay on the material level. If you turn inward and focus on the Divine within the Self you will feel great happiness and great joy. But for that you should deadlock your faith.
Faith. Like I always say, have faith in your own Self. Have faith that what you are hearing within your heart is true. So many times you hear your heart, but you doubt it. You ask yourself, “Oh, is this really true or not?” You always have doubt like that. As long as you don’t believe in what the Divine wants to show you, you will not advance.
The moment you really have faith in what you feel inside your heart, it will manifest on the outside. Like I said, God gave man the power to create, to have the power over everything, to have the willpower of construction – constructive willpower – inside the mind.
Very often we say the mind is something apart, something which is very negative. It’s true, very often the mind is negative, but we can transform it. Deep inside in the inner cosmic mind, there lies also the Divine. That is the point where we have to use the mind to achieve the higher state.

How to cultivate faith?

There are different methods to cultivate faith.
Firstly you have to strongly know and not only think about it that God is with you.
Know that He is every moment with you.
This is the most important thing. To know that He is there is beyond all techniques and also beyond all thinking. If you know that God is with you all the time faith will arise.
Some people like to do yoga, some people like to do meditation, but for each person the cultivation of faith is different.
So you have to feel free into it and do what you feel is good.
When you feel something that you feel good in, let your self carry on with it.