The Struggle to Balance Our Two Minds

Every human being is torn between a keen desire to get elevated, and the circumstances that prevent him from achieving his goal. When a person’s yearning for God triumphs over worldly lures, he is in the process of becoming divine. When temptations prevail, he stoops down to the level of a beast.

Man is in a constant state of imbalance because of this internal conflict. Once you resolve that what you seek is God and nothing else, nothing can stop you from attaining Him. Prayer is remembering that God is watching over you every second, and so trying to lead a noble life.

Anyone who masquerades as a devotee, boasting about the prayers he does once in a while, can never qualify to be a devotee.

Penance is all about braving life’s tests and being a loving, caring, sharing human being.