Blessing

Make your home God's home and there will be light, love and abundance.
Make your body God's abode and there will be peace and bliss.
Feel your mind as a toy of God and you'll watch and enjoy all its games.
See this world as play and as a display of God Himself and you will repose in the Non-Dual Self.
Blessing comes to you in many forms.

• If you are generous, blessing comes to you as abundance.
• If you are hardworking, blessing comes to you as happiness.
• If you are lazy, blessing comes to you as hard work! (Laughter)
• If you are pleasure loving, blessing comes to you as dispassion.
• If you are dispassionate, blessing comes to you as knowledge of the Self.

Sincerity And Blessings

Q: Many ask for blessings but only a few will receive it. Why?
A: The giver is anyway giving but the taker is not there - the sincerity is missing. One who gives blessings gives it freely but the one who receives it has to be sincere. Sincerity is the qualification to receive blessings. And everyone is free to be sincere at any point of time or space.
Q: Why do people choose to be sincere only sometimes?
A: Because of the illusion that they are going to miss some mundane pleasure. Hankering after pleasure makes them insincere. When you are sincere you simply enjoy pleasure.
Poor people fight for food. Rich people share their food. Richer are those people who share power. Richer still are those who share fame. Richest are those who share themselves. Richness of a person is indicated by his ability to share and not by what he hoards. Godliness is enjoying sharing fame.
"Sincerity is being in touch with your Depth."

Feel blessed

Break through all the barriers and feel that you Are Blessed. This Is The One And Only Step You Have To take - the rest will all happen.
This deep sense of feeling that "I am blessed" can help you overcome any obstacles in life. It gives you courage and confidence and it will open your lid for grace to be poured in.
Once you realize that you are blessed, then:

• All the complaints disappear
• All the grumbling disappears
• All the insecurities disappear
• A sense of feeling unloved disappears
• Wanting love disappears.

If you don't realize you are blessed, then the doership begins. If you want to make a difference in your life, feel you are blessed. And especially for those on this path of knowledge, there is no reason for you to not feel blessed. So, feel you are blessed. This is the first step towards the Self.

What is Guru’s grace? How does it lead to Self-realization?

Questioner : What is Guru’s grace? How does it lead
to Self-realization?

Sri Ramana Maharshi : Guru is the Self. Sometimes
in his life a man becomes dissatisfied and not
content with what he has, he seeks the satisfaction
of his desires through prayer to God. His mind is
gradually purified until he longs to know God, more
to obtain his grace than to satisfy his worldly
desires. Then, God’s grace begins to manifest.
God takes the form of a Guru and appears to the
devotee, teaches him the truth and, more over,
purifies his mind by association. The
devotee’s mind gains strength and is then able to
turn inward. By meditation it is further purified and it
remains still without the least ripple. That calm
expanse is the Self. The Guru is both external and
internal. From the exterior he gives a push to the
mind to turn it inwards. From the interior he pulls
the mind towards the Self and helps in the
quietening of the mind. That is Guru’s grace. There
is no difference between God, Guru and the Self.

Questioner : In the Theosophical Society they
meditate in order to seek masters to guide them.

Sri Ramana Maharshi : The master is within;
meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea
that he is only outside. If he is a stranger whom
you await, he is bound to disappear also. What is
the use of a transient being like that? But so long
as you think you are separate or that you are the
body, an external master is also necessary and he
will appear to have a body. When the
wrong identification of oneself with the body
ceases, the master will be found to be none other
than the Self.

Sri Lakshminrusimha Stothram by Priya Sisters - Devotional Songs