Pain and Pleasure

here is one peculiarity associated with pain and pleasure, which I
would like to share with you. The more we think of our pains and
suffering, the more they go on increasing. On the contrary, the more we think of
our pleasure, the lesser the pleasure we derive.

Is there not a hint in this phenomenon which can be extremely useful to
us in the conduct of our life?

Source: P. Rajagopalachari, Chapter "Duty," The Spider's Web, Vol. 2,
p. 243.

Love

It is well known that where there is no love there can rarely be

courage, and I would request you here not to confuse courage with sheer

bravado or the front-line necessity to kill. Similarly, where there is no

love, there can be no faith, charity or chastity and, therefore,

existence devoid of love is an empty existence. Love must grow and embrace more

and more within its orbit of expression. Love for one's wife must

enlarge into a deep love for the family resulting from such love. Familial

love must grow to include neighbours.



Thus, slowly, as love matures, it must widen in scope until ultimately

it envelops the entire universe within its sublime embrace. My Master

has said that the only way of approaching the Ultimate is through love.



Source: P. Rajagopalachari, Chapter "The Inner Needs of Man," The

Principles of Sahaj Marg, Set 1, Vol. 1, p. 29.