What is the kind of devotion that pleases the Lord the most? Bhagawan sweetly reminds us today.
This is not devotion – this holding a garland in the hand and indulging in paltry conversation in holy places. I do not want nor do I appreciate anyone bringing flowers and fruits into My presence. Bring Me the fragrant flower of a pure heart and the fruit of a spiritual-discipline-mellowed mind — that is what I like most, not these things available outside yourselves for cash, without any effort that elevates the mind. To get a taste for that kind of effort, you must keep the company of great and good men and take delight in good thoughts. By whatever means available, increase the stock of your bliss (ananda) and improve the quality of discrimination and try to store as much of these two as possible, so that you can draw upon the stock whenever the need arises!
– Divine Discourse, Sep 01, 1958.
If only you observe the disciplines and purify the consciousness, you can see the God installed in your heart. – BABA
