GOD AND HIS NAME ARE ONE

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> GOD AND HIS NAME ARE ONE

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> Words from

> Anandamayi Ma " In order to annihilate what is

> undesirable and harmful (anishta), the mind has to be

> steeped in the adoration of the Beloved (Ishta). The notion

> that He is far away must be altogether given up. Thou art

> within and without, in every vein and artery, in every leaf

> and blade of grass, in the world and beyond it. The

> awakening of the sense of want is to be welcomed; it opens

> the way. He is there at every step to make the unfit expert.

> 'As the sense of want and emptiness appearest Thou and no

> other—Thou art close by; Lord, I take refuge (saranagati)

> in Thee, I take refuge in Thee!'

>

> " The Name and the Named are identical; for He

> Himself appears as the Name. The sound (Aksara, the

> pranava Om) is indeed God's own guise. When the Name one

> repeats becomes alive, it is as when a seed is sown the tree

> grows out of it. If the Name that appeals most to any

> particular person is constantly repeated, one arrives at the

> realization that all names are His names, all forms His

> forms. Furthermore, that He is without name and form will

> also by and by come to light.

>

> " Karma accumulated for ages and ages, sins

> and desires are wiped out by God's sacred Name. Just as

> lighting a lamp illumines a cave that has been in darkness

> for centuries, even so the obscurity of numberless births is

> annihilated by the power of a divine Name.

>

> " The moment that has passed does not return.

> Time must be used well. Only when spent in the effort to

> know 'Who am I?' has it been used well. "

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