Your sadhana involves not reading or writing so much as actual experiencing. Ravana was a postmaster in the four Vedas and the six Shastras (spiritual sciences); his ten heads were full of them. But, of what avail? He had no Shanti (peace), nor could he give Shanti to his kith and kin. What is the profit if you simply repeat, ‘Delicious food, delicious food’ a thousand times? You have to eat, digest and assimilate. You have no deposits on your account in the Bank of Bhagavan’s Grace and yet you dare issue cheques, expecting His Grace when in distress! Have the deposits or, at least have some property on hand (like service to others, prema (love) towards all, Ahimsa (non-violence), etc. so that you can mortgage it and get help. If you have neither, why blame the Bank? (SSS Vol.3, p. 29)

Unless the people have deposited amounts in the bank, how can the bank honour the cheques they draw? Have you deposited devotion to the Lord, service to your kind, faith in your spiritual practice? Then alone can you draw upon the Grace that is won by such exertion: Grace is proportionate to exertion. (SSS Vol.4, p. 46)

Pay attention to your duties and responsibilities. This is no ordinary burden that you have been privileged to carry. I can see you through and through. Do not carry your head high, and taunt people. Stoop, so that you Can pick your burden up and place it on the shoulders. Bend as the branch bends, it is heavy with fruit! Each duty well done is a deposit to your credit in the Bank of God! Fatten that deposit; you can draw on it by means of cheques; you can claim payment as of right. (SSS Vol.9, p. 95)