We Bathe in the Ocean of Love

I am very happy to see you today. You must be good today, good people. Because sometimes not very good people have come and I also feel it. Today, probably you are in a good mood, like flying spirits. Just relax, and then everything will come to you. Just relax; remember that the Bible says, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, because God will take care of everything, including even the blades of grass and the lilies of the field.” How would Hes not take care of you? You are Hiers begotten children in Hiers own image. You are saturated with Hiers love and blessings, all day long, for 24 or even 25 hours, over and over. Just be still and feel it. Be still; then you can feel it.

For example, the wind is blowing and the breeze is so nice, but you keep struggling: “I want wind; I want the wind; I’m hot!” The more you struggle and sweat, the hotter and more uncomfortable you feel. Then you become exhausted, and you might even drop dead - in the presence of the wind!

My dogs are like that. So don’t be a dog! (Audience laughs.) When a new dog comes, especially a puppy, he’s always panting, “Ah, ah, ah!” He always wants me to do something, and he always wants to hang around me. I’m right there, but he’s always hanging at my feet, obstructing both of our movements. Sometimes, for example, I put him inside a room with all of his toys and a big, big place to play. And he has water and everything. But he has to hang around right at the gate, panting all the time, drooling and sweating and screaming - for no reason! He could have relaxed. I feel terrible putting him in a crate, which is only for when he’s naughty and only for a while. It’s just for training purposes, or for when he’s sick, so that he rests instead of jumping all over and wasting energy. So I give him a whole room, which is bigger than my room. I treat him at least as an equal, or sometimes even better than myself. The dogs eat before I do; they eat fruit and all kinds of things. I peel fruit and vegetables to give them. I don’t even do that for myself! Most of the time if the disciples or whoever don’t have already-peeled fruit, I don’t eat fruit. They bring the whole basket up, and then they bring it down again, hoping that one day I will see the fruit and eat it.

I never see the fruit; I never bother. I don’t think of fruit. But now that I have dogs, I peel the fruit every day, and then give it to the puppy. I treat him better than myself. But he’s so panicky, running around next to the gate, then climbing up and down the gate all the time, exhausting himself and sweating and drooling. And he looks so terrible: for what? I already told him, “I’m busy right now; stay there, and in a while, I’ll take you out, if you’re good.” But no, he obstructs himself. He messes it all up, and then pees everywhere - not where he’s supposed to, in the designated area - then he gets more punishment, and then he can’t get out, ever.

This is the problem with us, too. You’re always right here in the presence of God, all the time. If God is not here right now, God is never anywhere. If God doesn’t know what you want already, Hes knows nothing. Then Hes’ a stupid guy; there’s no need to worship Hirm or go find Hirm. So just relax, know that God is all-knowing, and ask for whatever you really need. I always know you are here, and if you’re more relaxed, I will come around. If I feel your relaxed atmosphere, maybe I will be attracted to it. Because I love this kind of cool atmosphere. And then I will probably inch myself in your direction and ask you something, and then we can be a couple of good conversationalists. We can talk about things that you would never probably dream we could talk about - instead of grabbing me for two seconds, getting scolded, and putting your tail between your legs to run away like a dog. You’re not dogs; I’m sorry, don’t be offended. But you do have a tail somewhere; some of you have! (Master and everyone laugh.)

Anyway, just relax; whatever happens will happen. Many of you are always like that. Spiritual practice is not like doing business out there, where you have to climb on top of each other to get the glory. You don’t have to snatch the profit from the next person to get it. Everything you do outside to get attention, to grab glory or success, drop it before you come through the gate. If you want that way of being busy or bugging people for yourself, then you can pick it up when you go out. But once you come in here, you can relax. Remember, you are a saint or saint-to-be; behave like one. You’re noble, you’re good, you’re protected, you’re loved, you’re noticed, you’re welcome, and you’re cared for - 24 hours. You are the ones the world should look up to. Walk like that. Then you will be like that.

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