Anandamayi Ma

someone who came to meet this body said, I am a newcomer to you.

He got the reply, ever new and ever old indeed.

The light of the world comes and goes.

It is unstable.

The light that is eternal can never be extinguished.

By this light, you behold the outer light and everything in the universe.

It is only because it shines ever within you that you can perceive the outer light.

Whatever appears to you in the universe is due solely to that great light within you.

And only because the supreme knowledge of the essence of things lies hidden in the depths of your being, is it possible for you to acquire knowledge of any kind.

Everything is in God's hands and you are God's tool to be used by that as it pleases.

Try to grasp the significance of all is the divine's and you will immediately feel free from all burdens.

What will be the result of your surrender to the divine?

None will seem alien.

All will be your very own.

Yourself.

Who can tell at what moment the flame of illumination will blaze forth?

For this reason, continue your efforts steadily without flagging.

Gradually, you'll get more and more deeply absorbed in the reality.

That and that alone will preoccupy your thoughts and feelings.

For the mind ever seeks that which gives it proper sustenance.