The secret is a simple one. I seek to live as a little child:
a child who knows that its mother is near and it has naught to fear. No
mother would wish to bring her child to harm. And so, in everything that happens,
in every incident and accident, every illness and adversity, - there is a meaning
of the Divine Mother's mercy. She is All-Love and All-Wisdom. She is too loving
to punish, too wise to make a mistake. And so nothing can ever go wrong.
All is well, as all was well and will ever be well, both tomorrow and a hundred
years hence. The person who believes in this, will always continue to smile the
smile of bliss. The secret of the care-free life is, - walk with God today,
and trust Him for the morrow!
It is because we are afflicted with the disease of desire. When our
desires are crossed, we feel miserable and unhappy. When we are in a neutral
state,- neither happy nor unhappy, - we feel bored. It is only when we transcend
these three states that we are filled with peace, - the peace that passeth,
surpasseth understanding.
I think this is a question which only God can answer. Therefore, we
must first seek to reach God. Let us endeavor to reach God, and when we
have attained Him, we can put to Him this and other similar questions. But,
perhaps, when we have reached God, we will find that we have no questions to
ask of Him.
Sadhu Vaswani's message, in a few simple words, is: Love god with all
your mind and heart and soul, and give the service of love to all the suffering
children of God. Never forget, he added, that birds and animals and all creatures
that breathe the breath of life are also God's children. Creation is one family.
And in this one family of creation, birds and animals are man's younger brothers
and sisters. It is the duty and responsibility of man to guard them, and protect
them, take care of them, and give them the love of this unselfish heart.
These hands are given us to help and heal, not to hurt and harm. They are
given us to save and not to slaughter, to bless and not to butcher. These
hearts are given us to love and not to hate.
No. The world does not need new religious cults, but New Life. So
many rites: so many creeds. What the sad world needs is the life of sympathy
and love. Sadhu Vaswani said, again and again: "Religion? Let us talk of it less
and practise more!" The emphasis of Sadhu Vaswani was on life, not on words,
or rites, rituals, creeds, dogmas. Creeds, he said, are broken reeds and dogmas
divide. But religion, true religion is life. True religion is that which
teaches us to love God and to serve the God-in-man. For within every man there
dwelleth God. Every man is a living moving temple of God. To render service
to man is truly to worship God.
The Mission believes in the unity of all religions and reveres the Great Ones
of all Faiths. We have reverence for Krishna and also for Christ, - as for the
other Great Ones of Humanity, including Buddha, Muhammed, Moses, Guru Nanak, Kabir,
St. Francis, Lao Tse, Zoroaster, Baha'u'llah. The list is endless.
In all religions, taught Sadhu Vaswani, there is but one Light. In all
scriptures there is but one Wisdom. In all the Saints and Prophets there is but one
Inspiration. The Sadhu Vaswani Mission celebrates days sacred to all Great
Ones of different religions and races. They all belong to the One Kingdom of
Heaven,- the Kingdom of God.