How do you profit by this luck that you have come across? How far have you progressed using the chance of these discourses and the dharshan and sparshan (seeing and touching)? Bring something into your daily practice, as evidence of your having known the secret of the higher life from Me. Show that you have greater brotherliness, speak less with more sweetness and self-control, that you can bear defeat as well as victory with calm resignation. (SSS Vol.4)
Do not divert all your energy to the cravings of the body, which ages every minute and is fast moving towards the burial ground. Life is a three-day fair; it is like a flower that fades by vening. Old age, when physical charm is lost and when you have to depend on others for everything, will soon be upon all. Prepare then for death, have the equipment to meet it calmly, joyfully, with quiet resignation to the Will of the Lord. You cannot get it in a trice, when you want it; it is the result of long years of practice. See the hand of God in everything that happens; then, you will not exult or grieve. Then your life will be one continuous puja or dhyana. (SSS Vol.5)
Human desires are narrow, so He who grants fulfilment is also imagined to be narrow in His Grace. Ideally, therefore, when one prays, one should in complete resignation say, ‘Thy Will be done,’ and ought not to ask for this or that, for he has neither the wisdom nor the foresight to know what is best for him. (SSS Vol.14)
One need not feel depressed and resign to one’s fate. One can easily overcome fate with sincere prayers. The story of Markandeya proves this point beyond doubt. Everything depends on God’s grace. (SSS Vol.38, p. 159)
Man must control his senses to the extent possible. Otherwise, he will suffer grief. Man must not commit the blunder of resigning everything to his fate.. With enquiry and determination, one can achieve anything. But today, man is becoming a slave to the mind. (SSS Vol.26)