Chapter 9

Birth + Death + Disease + Problems +

Suffering + Pain = Human Life

Let us see what Swami wrote in my 2001 diary:

Love is a Power that transforms the soul,

Fills the heart with pleasure, 

And gives life its Goal

Prayer is the door to God’s treasury

Faith is the key which opens it.

It is love alone that transforms the jeeva. It has the power to make the jeevatma into

Paramatma. Love has this much power. If we fill the heart with love, leaving no place for

anything else, this gives happiness. We must remove lust, anger, greed, attachment and

cleanse the heart. Only then, does love fill in. One must be ready to give up their life to

attain this goal. This is what Swami has preached. 

It is due to the bad qualities in man that he is born and dies repeatedly. Enough of

these experiments! You have done this for thousands of births. Now, enough! Awake and

make new effort in this birth. No, not in this birth, now you try! Remove the bad qualities

and fill the heart with love. You must show love to all. In real love, there are no fences of ‘I

and mine’. So, come out from that narrow circle, broaden your mind and show love to all.

There is only one God in all. Fill your heart with love. Prayer alone is the door to the

treasury of God. Pray to Him continuously with full faith. The door will open and He

showers His rain of grace on you. When His grace is attained, the cycle of birth and death

can be crossed over quickly.