God will not ask you, when and where you rendered service? He will ask with what motive you did it. You may boast about the quantity, but God seeks quality, the quality of the heart, the purity of the mind, the nobility of the motive. The Lord is pleased only when you do the things He desires. How else can you win His grace, but by nursing and nourishing His children. You must not merely have the enthusiasm to serve, but also the intelligence and the skill; only then can you be efficient and useful. Enthusiasm without efficiency is often a source of loss and grief.

-SSSB

Namaste

Georgie Ayala

When you see a plane flying in the sky, would you refuse to believe that it is flown by a pilot, just because you do not see him from where you are? You must go into the plane to see the pilot; you cannot deny his existence, standing on the ground below. You have to guess that the plane must have a pilot. So too seeing the Universe, you have to guess the existence of God, not deny Him because you are not able to see him. To see your own eyes, you need a mirror; to see yourself in your native spiritual grandeur, you need a Guru (preceptor).

-SSSB

Namaste

Georgie Ayala

God is not involved in either reward or punishment. He only reflects resounds and reacts. He is the eternal unaffected Witness. You decide your own fate. Do good, be good, you get good in return; be bad, do bad deeds, you receive bad results. Do not thank or blame God. He does not even will that creation; protection and destruction shall take place. They follow the same law, it is the innate law of the Maya-ridden (illusory) universe. Electric current, for example, can be used by us to power fans to get cool breeze, light bulbs for light, to magnify human speech, to make many copies of a printed sheet, etc. In all these cases, it creates, but if you grasp the bare wire which carries the current, you are killed. The current creates, it protects, it destroys; it all depends on how we utilize it.

-SSSB

Namaste

Georgie Ayala

You cannot find peace outside. It is within your heart, so search within. The heart is always filled with peace, love and bliss. It is the basis of all the sacred qualities, such as compassion, love, tolerance etc. All that emanates from your heart is sacred. It is attachment to the body that is the cause of all the evil qualities, such as desire, anger, greed, pride, and jealousy. People undertake many spiritual practices in an attempt to sanctify their lives but, without purity of heart, these will be of no avail. First, purify your heart. Do not give any scope for wicked feelings such as desire, anger and greed. In the spiritual path, these three are the worst enemies.

-SSSB

Namaste

Georgie Ayala

Whatever acts we perform with the body, it leads to rebirth. Any action, good or bad, can be compared to seeds. In order to avoid sowing such seeds, we should do all actions without desire. All actions should be done, in and only for the pleasure of God. If you are cleaning your room, think that you are doing that for cleaning your heart, the shrine of God. When you help or harm others, realize that you are doing it to yourself. Then you will never let yourself harm anyone.

-SSSB

Namaste

Georgie Ayala