What is the Lord’s advice to all the youth to win the Lord’s grace and stay secure? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today.
Cultivate a sweet temper and sweet speech which is its natural consequence. Speak without anger or spite, without any artificiality or formality, straight from the heart. Then you will be spreading joy and love among all.
When your parents plead that they cannot afford to clothe you as you wish or give you the various frills of finery that you crave, do not get wild and quarrel with them. Be bold enough to resist the temptation of yielding to the peer pressure of the crowd.
Remember: nourishing good qualities (guna-poshana) is as important as nourishing the body (deha-poshana). You go about filling every bus in attractive dresses and carrying heaps of books, but let Me tell you that the greatest beauty aid is virtue. Attach importance to discipline (nishta) and not to variety on breakfast (nashta). You can miss breakfast but not discipline. Live a regulated and disciplined life from now on; make it a habit, an armour that will protect you from harm.
– Divine Discourse, Sep 12, 1963.
