A Cup of Tea (sources)

This page shows the publication history of the letters in A Cup of Tea.

The first editions have 350 letters, from the 1996 edition there are 365.

Letters 1 - 150 previously published as Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल), earlier translated as Flowers of Love:

New translations from the Hindi by Sw Anand Maitreya

New English versions by Sw Anand Somendra.

Letters #151 to 350 had previously been published in other books:

• The Silent Music - 30 letters, original English
• Turning In - 30 letters, original English
• What Is Meditation? - 45 letters, original English
• The Gateless Gate - 30 letters, original English, although 4 were sent to India, these may have been in Hindi **
• The Dimensionless Dimension - 35 letters, original English
• The Eternal Message - 30 letters, original English
• Starting with the 1986 edition there are 365 letters, so 15 more. The sources of these are unclear.

This table is sorted on Date (the date the letter was signed, as far as known). Click on the other headers to sort on other columns.

• Original publication : shows the first publication in English plus it's number in that book.
• A Cup of Tea : these 2 columns show the number in that edition.
• Adressee: shows the literal text of the addressee, as mentioned in the original publication

Date	First discerning sentence	Original publication	A Cup of Tea (1980 & 1983)	A Cup of Tea (1996 & later)	Adressee
*62 ~ 71	The word is not the thing.	What Is Meditation? ~ 13	151	165	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	The ego is necessary for both the sensation of pain and the feeling of pleasure.	What Is Meditation? ~ 07	153	167	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Man is an everlack.	What Is Meditation? ~ 05	160	174	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Thinking is necessary, but not enough.	What Is Meditation? ~ 04	162	176	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	I have no special doctrine or philosophy.	What Is Meditation? ~ 32	165	179	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	There is tension.	What Is Meditation? ~ 34	167	181	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	The new world revealed in meditation is not something added from the outside.	What Is Meditation? ~ 28	177	191	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	The way of meditation is above the self.	What Is Meditation? ~ 14	184	198	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	There is conflict in the mind.	What Is Meditation? ~ 33	185	199	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	John Burroughs remembers: “One day my boy killed what an old hunter told him was a mock duck.	What Is Meditation? ~ 06	190	204	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	The forms of existence are finite.	What Is Meditation? ~ 29	194	208	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	There is no security in life.	What Is Meditation? ~ 22	196	210	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	The Universe cares for little but play.	What Is Meditation? ~ 30	197	211	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Man can only know what God is not.	What Is Meditation? ~ 39	211	225	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Do not believe in thinking.	What Is Meditation? ~ 27	213	227	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Mind is localization of consciousness.	What Is Meditation? ~ 35	227	241	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Existence exists in order to exist.	What Is Meditation? ~ 20	238	252	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Life is movement.	What Is Meditation? ~ 10	240	254	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Mind means consciousness somewhere.	What Is Meditation? ~ 45	241	255	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Life becomes more authentic in encountering death directly.	What Is Meditation? ~ 36	245	259	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	One day Lin-chi was asked: “What is the essence of meditation?”	What Is Meditation? ~ 12	252	266	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	The mind is to raise questions.	What Is Meditation? ~ 01	254	268	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	The past is not.	What Is Meditation? ~ 40	259	273	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	A disciple of Rinzai met a party of three men on a river-bridge.	What Is Meditation? ~ 17	261	275	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Nothing great is ever accomplished without going mad.	What Is Meditation? ~ 42	263	277	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Life is a sermon.	What Is Meditation? ~ 09	268	282	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	See: this is a white paper—it contains a drawing.	What Is Meditation? ~ 03	272	286	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Takuan says: you cannot bathe in solid ice.	What Is Meditation? ~ 24	275	289	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	You cannot run away from the self.	What Is Meditation? ~ 15	277	291	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Choice is the root-cause of all anguish.	What Is Meditation? ~ 38	282	296	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	“How can a man learn to know himself?” enquires Goethe.	What Is Meditation? ~ 18	290	304	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	The mind lives in a logical somnambulism.	What Is Meditation? ~ 26	292	306	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Meditation cannot be taught directly.	What Is Meditation? ~ 02	293	307	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Mind means duality.	What Is Meditation? ~ 37	301	315	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Love to be alone.	What Is Meditation? ~ 31	308	322	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Do not be closed to the Universe.	What Is Meditation? ~ 41	309	323	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	We settle down where no settling is possible.	What Is Meditation? ~ 21	312	326	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Do not cling to anything or any idea.	What Is Meditation? ~ 25	319	333	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	A life without meditation is like a winter landscape.	What Is Meditation? ~ 11	320	334	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Meditation is beyond knowledge.	What Is Meditation? ~ 44	321	335	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Meditation requires understanding and not effort.	What Is Meditation? ~ 43	325	339	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Meditation is the master-key.	What Is Meditation? ~ 19	330	344	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	A monk asked Daishu Ekai: “What is nirvana (absolute freedom)?”	What Is Meditation? ~ 16	339	353	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	In this world everything is upside down.	What Is Meditation? ~ 23	340	354	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Life goes on flowing.	What Is Meditation? ~ 08	345	359	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
*62 ~ 71	Do not fight with yourself.	Flowers of Love ~ 57	79	80	Swami Mohan Chaitanya, Moga, Punjab
*62 ~ 71	The feeling of separation is auspicious.	Flowers of Love ~ 58	111	112	Shree Sunderlal Sehgal, Amritsar, Punjab
*62 ~ 71	Thought is the power of man.	Flowers of Love ~ 72	82	83	Sushree Premshanker Panday, Manmad, Maharashtra
*62 ~ 71	The wheel of the mundane world keeps revolving.	Flowers of Love ~ 32	39	39	Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
*62 ~ 71	You have asked about "sense of humour".	Flowers of Love ~ 30	43	43	Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
*62 ~ 71	Live in Truth—there is no other way of knowing Truth.	Flowers of Love ~ 73	142	143	Yogi Satyanand, Tikamgadh, M.P.
*62 ~ 71	You will become more deeply tied to whatever you desire to become free from.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 365		365
*68	About death I have remained quiet on purpose, because I want to awaken inquiry about life.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 051		51
*70	Religion too has to take new birth in every age.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 152		152
*70	Drop the fear, because the moment you hold on to it, it multiplies.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 153		153
*70	Attainment of meditation is not a question of time, it is a question of will.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 154		154
*70	The world is neither unhappiness nor happiness.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 155		155
*70	Do not fight with yourself.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 156		156
*70	Strive for meditation.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 157		157
*70	Don’t be in haste.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 158		158
*70	Life is not divided, either in time or in space.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 159		159
*70	We just do not know life, that is why we get bored.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 160		160
*70	Life is a mystery.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 161		161
*70	Society is only a collectivity of individuals.	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 162		162
*71	You ask for the way to make the invisible visible?	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 163		163
*71	You ask: how far is the destination?	A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 164		164
*71 ~ 73	Always see WHAT IS.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 29	152	166	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Things go on changing without.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 05	155	169	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Do you want to ask questions?	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 01	156	170	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Religion is not a promise for the future.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 19	172	186	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Wherever there are words, there is no real meaning.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 10	173	187	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Meditation does not require any application of the mind or use of effort.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 20	179	193	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	The problem of life is not philosophical.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 04	180	194	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Mulla Nasrudin was searching for something on the ground.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 33	182	196	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	In meditation enjoy doing nothing.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 06	186	200	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Three men made their way to the circle of a Sufi, seeking admission to his teachings.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 27	200	214	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Be always positive in each and every situation.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 15	208	222	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Philosophy cannot cure you of questions.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 21	209	223	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Mulla Nasrudin was carrying home some liver which he had just bought.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 31	210	224	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	A monk asked Hyakujo Yekai: "What is the most miraculous event in the world?"	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 02	220	234	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	One day a man came to the Sufi teacher Bahaudin.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 25	225	239	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Fu Ta Shih says: "Each night, one embraces a Buddha while sleeping.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 23	226	240	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	The Divine is that from which one cannot depart.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 28	230	244	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Be like a dead one.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 32	237	251	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Do not imitate anyone.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 03	243	257	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	The real religious experience cannot be organized, taught or transmitted.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 30	244	258	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	One should never be afraid of rising thoughts or desires but only of the delay in being aware of them.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 26	249	263	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	The sun is rising high in the sky.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 16	253	267	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	The more deeply you will go within yourself—the less and less you will find yourself, and yet, THAT is the very heart of your being.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 12	285	299	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	In life everything is whole and organically whole.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 13	288	302	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	There is no use for artificial and outward discipline.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 09	289	303	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	The real thing is not to fight with your thoughts, or desires, or instincts.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 07	302	316	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	What is meditation?	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 24	306	320	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Leave grasping things and thoughts.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 14	307	321	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Mind and meditation are two names of the same substance — or the same energy.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 35	316	330	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	A traveller stops at an inn.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 34	329	343	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Be aware of the mind BEFORE it is stirred by a thought.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 18	335	349	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Buddha says: "If the mind does not arise, all things are blameless."	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 22	336	350	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Never suppress any thought.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 17	342	356	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Life is not a detective story.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 11	344	358	Ma Yoga Tao
*71 ~ 73	Walk as if you are not walking.	The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 08	350	364	Ma Yoga Tao
62.07.13	I have been meaning to write since a long time, but because of preoccupations I could not.	Flowers of Love ~ 105	2	2	Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
62.08.13	How lovingly you insist on my writing something.	Flowers of Love ~ 17	1	1	Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
62.10.05	I am grateful for your affectionate letter.	Flowers of Love ~ 106	4	4	Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
62.10.20	I was out, but your letter followed me and reached me during my journey.	Flowers of Love ~ 107	6	6	Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
62.11.01	I am not writing anything at the moment.	Flowers of Love ~ 18	3	3	Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
62.11.02	It is God's grace that you are working toward the revelation of the inner light.	Flowers of Love ~ 108	5	5	Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
62.12.14	I fill with joy at your desire to attain peace.	Flowers of Love ~ 109	7	7	Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
63.01.12	I was awaiting your letter when it came.	Flowers of Love ~ 110	10	10	Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
63.02.10	The trip to Rajnagar was enjoyable.	Flowers of Love ~ 111	11	11	Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
63.02.12	I have just returned from Rajnagar (Rajasthan).	Flowers of Love ~ 19	13	13	Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
63.02.12	During the journey, I read your letter.	Flowers of Love ~ 24	9	9	Shree Rohit Kumar Mittal, Khandwa, M.P.
63.06.03	I was out for the whole month of May, so my health was affected.	Flowers of Love ~ 20	8	8	Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
63.11.01	As I was very busy, I could not reply earlier.	Flowers of Love ~ 25	12	12	Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
64.06.17	I was out.	Flowers of Love ~ 21	19	19	Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
64.10.26	After returning from the meditation camp, I had gone out of town again.	Flowers of Love ~ 125	15	15	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.02	I have received your very loving letter.	Flowers of Love ~ 124	14	14	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.11	Love—and yet more love.	Flowers of Love ~ 117	18	18	Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.23	The peace that is within me—you desire.	Flowers of Love ~ 118	17	17	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.12.05	Your words have made me very happy.	Flowers of Love ~ 08	16	16	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.01.04	I am going out again tonight.	Flowers of Love ~ 119	25	25	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.02.03	I am happy to know that you are happy.	Flowers of Love ~ 02	28	28	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.02.17	The train was five hours late.	Flowers of Love ~ 05	22	22	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.03	From the pile of letters awaiting me on my return, I first looked for yours!	Flowers of Love ~ 06	30	30	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.12	The heart was overwhelmed with your poem.	Flowers of Love ~ 01	33	33	Mrs. Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.16	On my return home, I was awaiting your letter.	Flowers of Love ~ 09	26	26	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.22	I had never imagined that you would write such lovely letters!	Flowers of Love ~ 10	34	34	Mrs. Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.04.17	I came here yesterday and have been thinking of writing ever since, but I am just writing now.	Flowers of Love ~ 07	31	31	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.04.24	But waiting is—oh! so sweet!	Flowers of Love ~ 11	32	32	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.04.29	You have hurt your finger: it looks as if you are not paying attention to your body.	Flowers of Love ~ 121	29	29	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.05.09	It was just this time of night, two days ago, that I left you at Chittor.	Flowers of Love ~ 126	35	35	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.01	I was sitting in the same spot in the grass when it came.	Flowers of Love ~ 122	27	27	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.07	I looked for your letter as soon as I came yesterday.	Flowers of Love ~ 123	23	23	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.09	I look at it—how simple and innocent you appear!	Flowers of Love ~ 03	21	21	Mrs. Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.14	The love blossoms with which you weave your garlands—their fragrance reaches me!	Flowers of Love ~ 04	24	24	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.10.25	Last night when there were lamps and lamps lit all over the town, I was thinking, "My Sohan too, must have lighted lamps, and some among them must surely be for me!"	Flowers of Love ~ 120	20	20	Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
66.02.19	It is good that you are forgetting the past.	Flowers of Love ~ 33	37	37	Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.03.11	I am happy to see your thirst for God.	Flowers of Love ~ 27	38	38	Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.03.26	I was very happy to meet you that day.	Flowers of Love ~ 28	36	36	Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.04.02	I welcome the resolution that is taking birth within you.	Flowers of Love ~ 29	40	40	Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.06.04	You have asked about sex.	Flowers of Love ~ 31	42	42	Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.08.30	If the thirst is so full of longing for Truth, for peace, for righteousness, one day or another the sun will appear, in whose presence darkness disappears.	Flowers of Love ~ 112	41	41	Shree Jayantibhai, Bombay
67.04.05	What gift is greater than love?	Flowers of Love ~ 34	44	44	Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
68.06.18	Truth is unknown, and therefore the known has to be abandoned in order to attain it.	Flowers of Love ~ 14	47	47	Sushree Omprakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab
68.06.30	How can it ever be that the ray of love comes without the fragrance of joy?	Flowers of Love ~ 116	49	49	Shree Mahipal, Bombay
68.07.18	Your letter and your inquiry.	Flowers of Love ~ 42	48	48	Sushree Kanchan, Bulsar, Gujarat
68.09.10	I am always with you.	Flowers of Love ~ 13	51	52	Sushree Om Prakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab
68.09.29	I know very well the thirst of your soul.	Flowers of Love ~ 16	50	50	Sushree Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat
68.10.02	You must be tired of waiting for the reply.	Flowers of Love ~ 40	46	46	Sushree Kanchan Behu, Bulsar, Gujarat
68.12.12	The time of birth will have to be looked up.	Flowers of Love ~ 15	45	45	Shree Anupchand Shah, Surendranagar, Gujarat
69.03.27	I consider life as a WHOLE.	Flowers of Love ~ 12	70	71	Sri M.T. Kamdar, Sri Suresh B. Joshi, Sri Nanubhai and Sri Karelia, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
69.04.24	The drop has not to become the Ocean.	Flowers of Love ~ 22	62	63	Shree Pushkar Gokani, Dwarka, Gujarat
69.07.01	Leave the old track.	Flowers of Love ~ 88	67	68	Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
69.08.01	Where is Truth?	Flowers of Love ~ 96	61	62	Swami Kriyananda (Swami Yoga Chinmaya), Bombay
69.08.15	Do not seek liberation in opposition to life.	Flowers of Love ~ 97	64	65	Swami Kriyananda (Swami Yoga Chinmaya), Bombay
69.08.18	Love has not to be asked for.	Flowers of Love ~ 26	52	53	Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
69.08.19	Man is a slave.	Flowers of Love ~ 89	71	72	Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
69.08.20	Truth is like the sky—eternal everlasting, boundless.	Flowers of Love ~ 86	68	69	Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
69.09.08	When has communion ever been possible between two persons?	Flowers of Love ~ 35	53	54	The Poet Bachchan, Delhi
69.09.09	Be aware in the waking state.	Flowers of Love ~ 23	58	59	Shree Ghanashyamdas Janmejai, Gwalior, M.P.
69.10.25	I say: "Die, so that you can be."	Flowers of Love ~ 83	66	67	Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
69.11.03	Life is an infinite mystery.	Flowers of Love ~ 84	63	64	Shree Narendra (Swami Narendra Bodhisatva), Jabalpur
69.11.03	Your letter has filled the heart with joy.	Flowers of Love ~ 38	57	58	Sushree Ansuya, Bombay
69.11.03	Your letter, as pure and virgin as your heart, has filled me with joy.	Flowers of Love ~ 36	59	60	Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
69.11.03	But they are not just letters: they are poems, in fact, born out of love.	Flowers of Love ~ 39	56	57
69.11.15	Where is one to seek for Truth.	Flowers of Love ~ 87	69	70	Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
69.11.19	Like the seed within the soil awaits the rains, you await God-	Flowers of Love ~ 37	65	66	Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
69.12.07	How happy I am to receive your letter—how shall I say it?	Flowers of Love ~ 41	60	61	Shree Ramkrishan Dikshit (“Vishva”), Jabalpur, M.P.
69.12.07	More so because you have sent an unwritten blank paper.	Flowers of Love ~ 43	55	56	Sushree Darshan Valia, Bombay
69.12.20	I am one with ALL.	Flowers of Love ~ 92	54	55	Sushree Laxmi, Bombay
70.01.02	Why do you seek for a purpose at all?	Flowers of Love ~ 50	73	74	Shree Mathura Babu (Swami Ananda Maitreya), Bihar
70.01.02	Repose is the supreme goal.	Flowers of Love ~ 49	74	75	Shree Yashwant Mehta, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
70.02.15	There is a great difference between love and mercy.	Flowers of Love ~ 55	129	130	Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P.
70.02.16	Do not fall into the turmoil of quietening the mind.	Flowers of Love ~ 56	91	92	Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P.
70.02.16	Do not be afraid of sexual desire.	Flowers of Love ~ 45	126	127	Shree Jayantilal, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
70.02.16	You say you feel as if you are "broken".	Flowers of Love ~ 47	120	121	Sushree Ansuya, Bombay
70.02.16	As the soil becomes thirsty for rains after the hot summer, so too are you thirsty for God.	Flowers of Love ~ 48	78	79	Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.02.17	Do not desire bliss.	Flowers of Love ~ 46	104	105	Shree Jayant Bhatt, Nargol, Bulsar, Gujarat
70.02.17	So much sufferiug has to be undergone.	Flowers of Love ~ 54	143	144	Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
70.03.27	The moment of self-revolution is near.	Flowers of Love ~ 141	109	110	Babubai (Swami Krishna Chaitanya), Ajol, Gujarat
70.04.08	You have asked for my Ten Commandments.	Flowers of Love ~ 59	123	124	Dr. Ramchandra Prasad, Patna University, Patna, Bihar
70.04.08	You have asked so many questions!	Flowers of Love ~ 67	103	104	Kumari Rekha, Rajkot, Gujarat
70.04.08	The “I” has not to be given up.	Flowers of Love ~ 63	84	85	Mrs. Mayadevi Jain, Chandigarh, Punjab
70.04.08	The quest for meaning is absurd.	Flowers of Love ~ 62	119	120	Pushparaj Sharma, Simla
70.04.08	Ah, if the flute were without, the music could have been heard!	Flowers of Love ~ 65	137	138	Shree Jayantilal Vyas, Udaipur
70.04.08	Dreams also are true.	Flowers of Love ~ 66	145	146	Sushree Guna Shah, Bombay
70.04.08	Seek—seek—and seek.	Flowers of Love ~ 64	92	93	Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.04.11	You wish for the sun: you will definitely find it.	Flowers of Love ~ 144	121	122	Kumari Jasoo (Ma Yoga Prem), Ajol
70.04.11	Be not in haste.	Flowers of Love ~ 60	72	73	Shree Babu Bhai Shah, Ajol, Gujarat
70.04.11	I am happy to know that your mother's death reminded you of your own.	Flowers of Love ~ 61	102	103	Shree Mathura Prasad Mishra (Swami Ananda Maitreya) Patna
70.05.01	Why is there so much suffering in man's life?	Flowers of Love ~ 81	85	86	Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
70.05.07	Truth is attained not by swimming, but by drowning.	Flowers of Love ~ 85	118	119	Shree Arvind Kumar, Jabalpur
70.05.13	All crutches are barriers.	Flowers of Love ~ 51	83	84	Shree Ramakant Upadhyaya, Kathmandu, Nepal
70.05.13	There is a music—which has no sound.	Flowers of Love ~ 52	75	76	Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.06.10	The springs of meditation are nearby.	Flowers of Love ~ 69	138	139	Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
70.06.10	Do not ever be worried about me.	Flowers of Love ~ 68	130	131	Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
70.08.17	I am thrilled with great expectations about you.	The Gateless Gate ~ 01	274	288	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
70.09.05	Wittgenstein has said somewhere, "That which cannot be said must not be said."	Flowers of Love ~ 93	134	135	Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.09.11	Detachment is not related with objects, but with thoughts.	Flowers of Love ~ 103	87	88	Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur
70.09.15	Without doubt, how will the search begin?	Flowers of Love ~ 82	147	148	Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
70.09.22	It is not that only a seed is a seed.	Flowers of Love ~ 94	146	147	Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.10.01	Suppression becomes attractive.	Flowers of Love ~ 95	141	142	Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.10.14	Infinite hope is theism.	Flowers of Love ~ 90	133	134	Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay
70.10.15	The news of the commune thrills my heart.	Flowers of Love ~ 139	124	125	Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol
70.10.15	There is no power greater than faith in one's own self.	Flowers of Love ~ 100	116	117	Ma Khishna Karuna, Bombay
70.10.15	I am very happy on your having taken Sannyas.	Flowers of Love ~ 146	81	82	Ma Yoga Priya, Ajol
70.10.15	Sannyas is the journey to Mount "Gaurishanker".	Flowers of Love ~ 150	135	136	Ma Yoga Samadhi, Rajkot, Gujarat
70.10.15	Be of steel—it will not do now to be of clay.	Flowers of Love ~ 149	127	128	Swami Anandamurti, Ahmedabad
70.10.15	I am happy to be the witness of your new birth.	Flowers of Love ~ 142	105	106	Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol, Gujarat
70.10.20	Man does not live in realities; he lives in dreams.	Flowers of Love ~ 98	114	115	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
70.10.22	Power is within your own Self.	Flowers of Love ~ 143	100	101	Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol
70.10.25	The beginning of struggle is auspicious.	Flowers of Love ~ 140	95	96	Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol
70.10.25	I hope you will be in deep meditation.	The Gateless Gate ~ 02	157	171	Ma Saraswati, Paris
70.10.25	Love alone is now your prayer.	Flowers of Love ~ 145	148	149	Ma Yoga Prem, Ajol
70.10.25	Come here.	The Gateless Gate ~ 03	299	313	Dr. Jean Georges Henrotte, Paris
70.10.25	Love also is fire.	Flowers of Love ~ 115	117	118	Shree Sardarilal Sehgal, Amritsar
70.10.25	The temple of the Lord can only be entered by a dancing, singing, happy heart.	Flowers of Love ~ 70	108	109	Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
70.10.27	I know your inner condition more than you know yourself.	The Gateless Gate ~ 04	269	283	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
70.11.01	The resolve of Sannyas is an auspicious beginning.	Flowers of Love ~ 102	113	114	Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur
70.11.03	The meaning of Sadhana is to live in one's own nature—to live in one's own nature—to become one's own Self.	Flowers of Love ~ 99	139	140	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
70.11.06	God alone is our wealth.	Flowers of Love ~ 91	76	77	Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay
70.11.11	My good wishes on your new life.	Flowers of Love ~ 147	107	108	Ma Yoga Yasha, Ajol
70.11.12	The fragrance of Sannyas is to be transmitted to the world.	Flowers of Love ~ 148	98	99	Swami Prem Krishna, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.12	That which the heart seeks, it always attains.	Flowers of Love ~ 74	106	107	Kumari Lalita Rathor, Fatehabad, M.P.
70.11.13	God purifies in every way.	Flowers of Love ~ 71	140	141	Sushree Jayati, Junagadh, Gujarat
70.11.13	Everything changes except for change.	Flowers of Love ~ 104	125	126	Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur
70.11.14	When the moon rises in the heavens above, keep gazing at it.	Flowers of Love ~ 114	93	94	Sangeeta Khabiya, Ratlam, M.P.
70.11.16	God’s work alone is my work.	Flowers of Love ~ 76	97	98	Shree Kedar Sehgal, Neemuch, M.P.
70.11.16	As the birds welcome the sunrise each morning with their songs—so is the life-breath filled with music at the dawning of meditation.	Flowers of Love ~ 75	110	111	Shree Rajendra R. Anjaria, Ahmedabad
70.11.16	Once the "I" is surrendered, there is no suffering, no pain.	Flowers of Love ~ 78	88	89	Shree Sardari Lal Sehgal, Amritsar
70.11.16	Do not look for a purpose in life.	Flowers of Love ~ 77	122	123	Sushree Neelam Amarjeet, Ludhiana
70.11.17	Do not expect results in meditation.	Flowers of Love ~ 80	89	90	Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat
70.11.17	The mundane world is the Ultimate Liberation.	Flowers of Love ~ 79	77	78	Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.11.19	The impossible too is not impossible—if resolve is there.	Flowers of Love ~ 113	99	100	Kumari Hasumati, Bombay
70.11.20	In the quest for God, there is no support except infinite hope.	Flowers of Love ~ 101	80	81	Ma Khishna Karuna, Bombay
70.11.22	I was travelling.	Flowers of Love ~ 53	96	97	Shree Dinesh Shahi. Indore, M.P.
70.11.25	Love does not differentiate, even in dreams.	Flowers of Love ~ 133	136	137	Shree Chandrakant U. Patel, Baroda, Gujarat
70.11.26	The time is ripe.	Flowers of Love ~ 127	86	87	Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	Existence is a play of sun and shade, hope and despair, happiness and sorrow, life and death.	Flowers of Love ~ 129	101	102	Ma Yoga Prem, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	In Sannyas, the mundane world is a drama.	Flowers of Love ~ 130	128	129	Ma Yoga Priya, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	The seed has no knowledge whatsoever of its own possibilities.	Flowers of Love ~ 131	131	132	Ma Yoga Yasha, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	How long is the energy to be left asleep?	Flowers of Love ~ 128	90	91	Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	God tests every moment.	Flowers of Love ~ 132	149	150	Swami Pragyananda Saraswati, Haridwar
70.11.26	Security is nowhere—except in death.	Flowers of Love ~ 136	132	133	Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat
70.11.26	Atheism is the first step toward belief in God.	Flowers of Love ~ 134	144	145	Shree Bhavani Sinh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
70.11.26	It is not enough even to float in the current of thoughts.	Flowers of Love ~ 135	94	95	Shree Labhshankar Pandya, Ahmedabad
70.11.26	God is far away because we do not know how to see Him near.	Flowers of Love ~ 137	150	151	Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
70.11.26	What is Truth?	Flowers of Love ~ 138	112	113	Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.11.27	I was waiting for it daily, since you left.	The Gateless Gate ~ 05	326	340	Ma Ananda Prema, New York
70.12.07	There are anxieties in life, but it is not necessary to be anxious.	Flowers of Love ~ 44	115	116	Shree Ishwarbhai Shah, Jeevan Jagruti Kendra, Bombay
71.01.07	Freedom from becoming means freedom for BEING.	The Gateless Gate ~ 06	221	235	Shree Dharmendra Tukaram Dhokhe, Poona, India
71.01.15	Be in the crowd as if you are alone.	The Gateless Gate ~ 07	297	311	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.01.16	When you are with me be completely at ease and relaxed; that is, be totally yourself.	The Gateless Gate ~ 08	258	272	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.01.27	Bhakti needs only time to absorb the shock she has come across her deep meditations.	The Gateless Gate ~ 09	224	238	Ma Atmananda, New York
71.01.27	I live not by planning and I also feel that that is the only way to be alive at all.	The Gateless Gate ~ 10	204	218	Docteur C. Guinebert, Paris
71.01.28	Do not forget the search for the Divine for even a single moment.	The Gateless Gate ~ 11	317	331	Ma Ananda Prema, New York
71.02.25	Everything has happened, as it should happen.	The Gateless Gate ~ 12	303	317	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.14	Don't take life so seriously!	The Gateless Gate ~ 13	327	341	Swami Krishna Christ, New York
71.04.16	Be ordinary—so ordinary that virtually you come to be no-body.	The Gateless Gate ~ 17	286	300	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.16	To me meditation means: be playful and transcend all seriousness.	The Gateless Gate ~ 16	256	270	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.16	Don't think about Surrender at all—because that-which-thinks about it is the only harrier.	The Gateless Gate ~ 15	181	195	Ma Yoga Tao, North Carolina, U.S.A.
71.04.16	I know what is happening to you.	The Gateless Gate ~ 14	305	319	Ma Yoga Tao, North Carolina, U.S.A.
71.04.17	The gates of the temple are wide open—and it is only after thousands of years that such opportunity comes to this earth.	The Gateless Gate ~ 19	233	247	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.17	A small boy with a penny tightly clutched in his hot little hand entered the toy-shop and drove the proprietor to distraction, asking him to show this and that and every thing without ever making up his mind.	The Eternal Message ~ 03	154	168	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.17	Moment to moment life passes into death.	The Gateless Gate ~ 18	206	220	Mrs. Kusum, Ludhiana, India
71.04.18	Begin the following meditation from tomorrow.	The Gateless Gate ~ 20	332	346	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.19	It is tragic but true that few people ever possess their souls.	The Gateless Gate ~ 29	187	201	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.04.19	Go on discarding—Not this, Not this (Neti— Neti).	The Gateless Gate ~ 23	215	229	Ma Khishna Karuna, Bombay
71.04.19	You write me that without me you cannot pass through the gate and with me you will not pass through the gate.	The Gateless Gate ~ 22	349	363	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.19	Yes—you were related to Yoga Vivek in one of your past lives.	The Gateless Gate ~ 21	270	284	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.19	Be empty and you will know.	The Silent Music ~ 01	251	265	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.04.20	Only God Is — that is why it is so difficult to find Him.	Turning In ~ 01	188	202	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.20	Materialistic societies produce hollow men.	The Eternal Message ~ 01	341	355	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.22	Reason is not enough.	The Eternal Message ~ 04	174	188	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.23	Never to have seen the truth is better than to have seen it and not to have acted upon it.	Turning In ~ 02	248	262	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.24	Man is not the end.	Turning In ~ 03	347	361	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.24	Now man knows more about man than ever.	The Eternal Message ~ 05	228	242	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.25	Yes, there is a WAY.	Turning In ~ 04	315	329	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.25	That which is never lost cannot be found.	The Gateless Gate ~ 30	324	338	Shree Inderraj Anand., Bombay
71.04.26	Life does not need comfort, when it can be offered meaning, nor pleasure when it can be shown purpose.	Turning In ~ 05	198	212	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.26	Do not continue circling in the old rut.	The Gateless Gate ~ 24	239	253	Mr. Michael Graham, London
71.04.27	The self can never be free.	Turning In ~ 06	232	246	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.28	The secret of meditation is the art of unlearning.	Turning In ~ 07	199	213	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.28	The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace.	The Eternal Message ~ 09	250	264	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.29	Man is free to decide — but not free, not to decide.	Turning In ~ 08	328	342	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.30	To be religious is to be a yea-sayer.	Turning In ~ 09	192	206	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.30	Man is strange—very strange.	The Eternal Message ~ 06	191	205	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.01	Everything belongs to the man who wants nothing.	Turning In ~ 10	333	347	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.01	Look at yourself without thinking, evaluating or judging.	The Eternal Message ~ 07	331	345	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.02	Goethe is said to have cried when dying: “Light, light, more light!”	The Silent Music ~ 02	346	360	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.02	Be free at the centre.	Turning In ~ 11	295	309	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.02	With thought the mind has boundaries.	The Eternal Message ~ 08	175	189	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.03	The eyes are blind—one must look with the heart.	The Silent Music ~ 03	337	351	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.03	Ask for nothing and you will never be frustrated.	Turning In ~ 13	159	173	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.03	You possess only that which will not be lost in death.	Turning In ~ 14	262	276	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.03	Detach yourself from all fixed ideas.	Turning In ~ 12	264	278	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.03	Just drop yourself into the Divine and be purified.	The Eternal Message ~ 10	271	285	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.04	Live in the body intimately.	The Silent Music ~ 04	189	203	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.04	Meditation is like the sea, receiving the dirty river and yet remaining pure.	The Eternal Message ~ 12	236	250	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.05	Meditation is disciplined opening of the self to God.	The Silent Music ~ 05	265	279	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.05	Man is unaware of himself.	Turning In ~ 15	287	301	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.06	Meditate, Pray and Wait.	The Silent Music ~ 06	294	308	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.06	It is impossible to conceive the Divine intellectually.	Turning In ~ 16	343	357	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.07	There are three forms of knowledge.	Turning In ~ 17	169	183	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.08	There is no proof of the Divine in the world.	Turning In ~ 30	280	294	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.09	Truth is aristocratic.	Turning In ~ 18	281	295	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.10	Whatever I say is nothing new, neither is it anything old.	The Silent Music ~ 07	323	337	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.10	Religion is so much an experience that it cannot be handed over by one to another.	Turning In ~ 19	163	177	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.10	If the present is just continuous with the past then it is not present at all.	The Eternal Message ~ 30	255	269	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.11	Live humbly and in wonder.	The Silent Music ~ 08	334	348	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.11	When I say mutation—I do not mean simply change.	The Eternal Message ~ 13	171	185	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.12	There are things which cannot be proved.	The Silent Music ~ 09	257	271	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.13	Do not think of others and waste your time.	Turning In ~ 20	178	192	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.13	The attitude is everything.	The Eternal Message ~ 11	195	209	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.13	Thought is divisive.	The Eternal Message ~ 15	216	230	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.14	Do you hear me?	The Gateless Gate ~ 25	296	310	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.14	No ideology can help to create a new world.	The Eternal Message ~ 16	260	274	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.15	Fear cripples consciousness.	The Gateless Gate ~ 26	161	175	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.15	We kneel down to ourselves.	The Gateless Gate ~ 27	276	290	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.15	The whole yoga has gone dead because of imitation.	Turning In ~ 21	311	325	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.15	Knowledge is accumulation.	The Eternal Message ~ 18	202	216	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.16	Use dreaming consciously as meditation.	The Gateless Gate ~ 28	348	362	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.17	Be a stranger to yourself.	The Silent Music ~ 10	207	221	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.17	Man asks questions and then answers them himself.	Turning In ~ 22	218	232	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.17	Death is everywhere, but everyone deceives himself that it is not for him.	The Silent Music ~ 11	313	327	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.05.17	Total acceptance of existence is impossible for the mind.	The Eternal Message ~ 14	235	249	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.18	Why does man suffer?	The Silent Music ~ 13	231	245	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.18	Emptiness is all.	Turning In ~ 24	217	231	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.18	There is no answer to man's ultimate questions.	Turning In ~ 23	291	305	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.18	Always remember the golden rule: One step at a time.	The Silent Music ~ 12	201	215	Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
71.05.19	Meditation is a mirror.	The Silent Music ~ 14	166	180	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.19	The world itself is a punishment enough.	Turning In ~ 26	164	178	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.19	Emptiness is not really emptiness.	Turning In ~ 25	298	312	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.19	Religion is living without conflict.	The Eternal Message ~ 20	223	237	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.20	The journey is long.	The Silent Music ~ 16	170	184	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.20	I know that the apprenticeship is very hard but WORTH.	The Silent Music ~ 15	304	318	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.20	No more principles are needed.	Turning In ~ 27	222	236	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.20	Are you really aware of what anger is?	The Silent Music ~ 18	247	261	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.20	Man goes on dreaming and desiring.	The Silent Music ~ 17	214	228	Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
71.05.20	It is very easy to progress from one illusion to another.	The Eternal Message ~ 22	322	336	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.21	If one is aware of the present moment, then one also becomes aware of the fact that there is no 'me' inside.	The Silent Music ~ 19	203	217	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.21	Truth is never second-hand.	The Eternal Message ~ 19	266	280	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.21	Life is non-fragmentary.	The Eternal Message ~ 02	300	314	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.22	Life is a dream.	The Silent Music ~ 23	229	243	Swami Ananda Paramhansa, Jabalpur, India
71.05.22	God is when you are not.	The Silent Music ~ 20	168	182	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.22	Remember always the ONE who is inside the body.	The Silent Music ~ 22	338	352	Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
71.05.22	Logic is not all.	The Silent Music ~ 21	234	248	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.05.22	From sound to soundlessness is the path.	The Silent Music ~ 30	273	287	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
71.05.22	Begin to live positively.	The Eternal Message ~ 25	193	207	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.22	Anger, violence, greed or envy cannot be overcome by the cultivation of their opposites.	The Eternal Message ~ 24	205	219	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.22	Man adds everything to his ego while everything goes on without him.	The Eternal Message ~ 23	246	260	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.23	Silence is benediction.	The Silent Music ~ 24	283	297	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.23	Ego plays a subtle role everywhere.	The Silent Music ~ 25	310	324	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.05.24	Yes—man learns by experience!	Turning In ~ 28	242	256	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.24	Information is not knowledge.	The Silent Music ~ 28	314	328	Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
71.05.24	There is no end to man's self-deception.	The Silent Music ~ 26	183	197	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
71.05.24	Man is not a rational animal—but only a rationalizing one.	The Silent Music ~ 27	267	281	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
71.05.25	To explore truth one must be free of one's prejudices.	The Silent Music ~ 29	284	298	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.25	The mind always thinks in terms of the self.	The Eternal Message ~ 26	219	233	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.26	A madman entered the bazar and declaimed: "The moon is more useful than the sun."	The Eternal Message ~ 27	158	172	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.26	Search and the ego is always somewhere behind.	The Eternal Message ~ 17	278	292	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.27	Knowledge is through experiencing.	The Eternal Message ~ 21	279	293	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.29	The will to wholeness is inherent in everything.	Turning In ~ 29	176	190	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.30	There was once a man who was obsessed with the idea that there was a secret knower in those who achieved success.	The Eternal Message ~ 28	212	226	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.30	Metaphysics is born out of childish curiosity.	The Eternal Message ~ 29	318	332	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)