Champaklal's Treasures

The Dangers of Incontinence of Speech

1957-08-09

Every word spoken uselessly is a dangerous gossiping. Every malicious word, every slander is a degradation of the consciousness.

And when this slander is expressed in a vulgar language and gross terms, then that is equivalent to a suicide—the suicide of one's soul.

9.8.57

1957-10-02

My heart aspires to be vast enough for Thy Victory.

For those who use only their physical eyes, the victory cannot be apparent until it is total, that is to say, physical.

But this does not mean that it is not already won in principle.

2.10.57

1957-11-13

Widen yourself as far as the extreme bounds of the universe—and beyond.

Take upon yourself always all the necessities of progress and dissolve them in the ecstasy of Unity. Then you will be divine.

13.11.57

(about the gnostic supramental consciousness)

What gives the sense of a great simplicity; for ft is always when one goes down that the complications begin.

One speaks a great deal about this teaching but one does not follow it.

Human beings for the most part have the inveterate habit of deceiving themselves. They deceive themselves in hundreds of different ways, each more slyly tricky and subtle than the other, and all this with at once a perfect candour and a perfect insincerity.