Strive for Divine Life

By H.D. Paramahamsa Omkarananda Saraswati

The perfection of being is Divine life. The consummation of existence is Divine Life. Divine Life is a life of love, wisdom and light. Let the undying melodious music of your heart's Love be heard by all! Let the perfect Love of your heart enthrone imperishable joy in the empire of all hearts, even of the forlorn.

Life is Love and Love is Divine. Wear the diadem of Wisdom, which is the fruition of Divine Life. Quaff the nectar of Love, which is the sign of exalted purity. Make your heart a stage of purity so that the Lord of Joy may sport on it. Dwell in the Divine. Live and move in It. To think of Him is to live in His Divinity. To feel Him is to have Him. Have a second spiritual birth. Live anew the immortal life and cut the thread of death. Live an altruistic life and live in all through love. Live a scientific and universal life in a scientific and universal being.

The Dawn of a New Life awaits you! The time is come! The Truth is nigh. Fear not. Be bold. Naught shall shake you! Infinite courage and immortal joy lie in striving for and realising the Blessed Light, the Light of God that surrounds you from every side. March on, march on - on the brilliant path of Japa, Sankirtan, Service, Love and Meditation - this is the pathway to Divine Life! Go forward and inward, to the root of your heart! Remove the cobwebs from the neglected chambers of your heart! Now, behold the Light of Truth therein. All is bright as midday. The destiny of the soul will be reached soon! Glorified are you all!

The demon of the lower self - the brutal nature in us - is the monster foe of divine life, of truth and light. Let this devil of the animal self be burnt and reduced to ashes. Let it suffer utter extinction. Let the Truth reign supreme. Break down the Citadel of the egoistic self, the fort of evil propensities, by the mighty war-tanks of meditation on the Lord. Verily, to negate this sordid self and to assert the Divine Presence of God is the Ideal; to annihilate the ego and empty the heart of all dross is the supreme Aim. So negate your lower self, empty your heart. When this is done you will find yourself shining as a God, a purified Man. Therefore lead a divine life and achieve this glorious end, and radiate light from your looks to all those with whom you come in contact, and above all attain indescribable peace and immortal joy.