(53)

There is only one gift I accept -

Your love for Me that comes from your heart.

A love that comes spontaneously,

Expecting no rewards.

When I see this earnestly,

I stand right before you,

Directing you in every way,

To bring you closer.

So come My child,

Come dance with Me,

Arm in arm together.

Pour all your love into Me,

And merge with Me forever.

(52)

Connect a phone line

Between you and Me,

And call on Me, whenever you yearn

To hear My voice speak.

If the phone rings and no one answers,

Do not think I am not there.

For one day when your yearning 

To speak to Me is really true,

I will pick up the phone,

and you will hear Me say, "I love you too!"

(51)

Once, a young  man passed Me on a road,

With a lot of baggage on his back.

"What do you look for?", I asked.

"I look for God",  he said.

I said, "Come let Me show you the way."

He laughed and thought of Me mad.

Ten years later I saw him older,

Passing on the same road.

He had more baggage on his back.

Looked a little older and more tired than before.

"What do you look for?", I asked.

"I look for God",  he said.

"Come let Me show you the way." I said.

He laughed and brushed Me aside.

Forty years later I saw him again,

Old and very grey.

His vision blurred and could hardly walk,

With even more baggage.

He came upto Me and asked,

"Do you know where God is?"

He looked into My eyes and said,

I know now who You are,

But it is too late now.

How can I make this journey,

For my body lacks strength.

I smiled and reminded him,

That I always give another chance.

There is always another birth, I said,

For you to start your journey all over.

So do not waste time

Taking several births.

In every birth at one stage,

You will find Me standing and waiting.

For I have always chosen 

A path for you long before.

So place your faith in Me,

Hold My hand,

And walk with Me

back home.

(50)

When your love for Me is true,

I respond at all times.

My words echo,

"I know, I am present, do not worry",

When you hear these words,

Know for sure,

That the fairy tale will end "happily ever after"

(49)

Before your trouble arrives,

I am present the day before,

To prepare you and give you strength,

To show you that I am always there.

I want to seize your fears,

Make you brave.

So Smile My bhakta,

"Why fear when I am here,"

I say over and over again.

(48)

Let your mind have no thoughts,

Other than Mine alone.

The mind is a frog leaping from thought to thought,

Leaving you in an unrestful state.

Allow Me to open the door and enter into your life,

To tame your mind.

Like a circus ring leader,

Let Me train your mind to think of Me,

And elevate the beast-like thoughts

To divine ones.

(47)

Do not waste your time

In discussing My teachings,

Use the time 

To understand them,

To practice them,

And to meditate on them.

Discussions only breeds arguments,

And feeds the ego,

So stay quiet,

And assimilate My words alone.

For I speak,

Only when the mind is calm and silent.

(46)

Pray sincerely,

When you are surrounded by darkness,

The darkness of ignorance,

Which loses your peace.

Ask for the "teacher" from the Lord,

To help you, show you the way.

When suddenly, you will see a light,

And a sound of footsteps at the corner,

A muffled voice that prompts you.

And as you pray harder and harder,

The voice that prompts get clearer and clearer.

You are now surrounded by a sense of security,

And the voice declares, "The Guru as come!"

(45)

My eyes direct your eyes the direction to see Me.

My ears direct your ears to hear only of Me.

My smile shows you the happiness I bring.

My hands show your hands

How to serve Me in everyone.

My heart shows you the love I have for you.

Use your body,

As an instrument I have given to you,

To bring yourself to Me.

(44)

There are two ways of love.

One in which you give love

And accept love in return.

The other in which,

You give love, give love, give love...

This love is endless,

It is divine.

It is Me!

so love to give love

And in return receive Me.

(43)

Spread your hands before Me,

And let Me give you My gift of love.

A love that soothes all wounds,

No matter how much it hurts.

So get up and move on with My strength,

No more stones and no more more thorns,

For I am ahead and I have cleared your way.

Just follow closely in My shadow.

(42)

The calamities that sometimes fall upon you,

Are merely an excuse to reach Me.

I will,

You come!

I set My eyes upon you,

Your eyes look back and realize that,

My love for you is true.

So come to Me and test,

I will set free all your fears and doubts.

Place your faith at My feet.

Escape the bondage

And attain liberation!

(41)

Whatever I created was to give you peace.

Unending ranges of towering mountains,

Blue skies, stars, moon  and sun,

Surrounded by oceans, trees and birds.

Leaving all this, you search for things

That give you worry.

That which you created

To give yourself temporary happiness,

Increase your desire and leave you only wanting,

End this rat race that leaves you so unpeaceful.

Turn back around,

It may not be too late for you to return to Me.

Don't keep Me waiting.

(40)

Build a beautiful temple within,

And let it reflect in your character,

Let the beauty from within

Come out and reach out.

Start the foundation with your faith,

Slowly build the walls with your love.

Cover the ceilings with your devotion.

Put within it lights of truth.

A carpet of peace.

Then close your eyes and sit with patience.

Wait for Me.

I will come,

I have come to stay.

You have built My home for Me.

(39)

In your heart, open the book of love,

Give Me this love with unchanging faith,

And once this love is as solid as a rock,

Carve My name over it again and again,

And after you have moulded this rock,

Totally in My form,

Have the patience to know that I will be there,

To ferry you across the stormiest of seas,

When I receive this gift of love,

Of your unchanging faith and patience,

I will lodge Myself in your book of love,

And prompt you the way to Me.

(38)

I have come to erase all your faults,

Every mother wants her child to be perfect,

I have come to teach you the school of "life"

In My school,

I expect the highest degree of discipline.

Humbleness and a strong character,

Are My prerequirements for admission.

After that, I face you with a series of tough tasks,

And when I think you are ready

To pass your final examination,

I hand out your degree and set you free.

(37)

The qualities and defects you see in others,

Are none other but those which are in you,

Present in different proportions.

Recognition of them would not be possible,

If they were not, but a refelection of yours.

So only look upon their qualities

And ignore their defects,

And improve yourself thereby.

(36)

All that you face today,

Are nothing but your own karmas,

For God does not punish and bring misery.

That is why I walk amongst you today,

To see which fruit is ripe to come home with Me,

And which one has to stay on the tree still.

So ignore all your miseries

Your karmas have brought upon,

And realize your truest misery,

Of your separation from Me.

I give you all the options, but it is you that chooses.

Choose Me!

And end it all!

(35)

Whether you are walking on My path,

Or another is lost,

My love for both is equal,

For one I encourage to continue his journey,

And for the other,

I have come to transform.

(34)

Do not do anything to earn praise from others,

For I am the witness to every act,

Those who praise you today,

May blame you tomorrow.

So do it for Me and Me alone.

Because My love for you remains the same.

(33)

Let Me be your inspiration.

Let Me think your thoughts for you.

Let Me say your words for you.

Let Me choose to hear the words for you.

Let Me do all the chores for you.

Why carry all these burdens,

When I am there to take them from you.

Let Me be the doer of all your karmas.

One duty lies with you,

Without which I am helpless.

The duty of calling upon Me

To take these burdens.

Once you have done this,

The burdens fall on Me,

And My grace falls on you.

(32)

Let the wick of your faith burn,

From the smallest candle to the brightest torch,

And with it let it burn,

All the I's that did not belong.

And at the end, let only the light remain.

The light that is bright and full of love,

cool and peaceful,

Streaming within and around you always,

Keeping you in My presence.