ख़ुदा को, जिस भी तरीके से हो सके, पुकारो। ( Urdu / Hindi )

I actually have been contemplating a little bit and I realized that in the thousands of words, maybe millions of words of Satsang, what is really important? What is really important? Remember that God is here. You mean within yourself, and the Self is not the body of course, but within yourself God is here. And to simply remember Him in whatever way we can is spirituality. To remember that in whatever way we can is spirituality, because suffering is only a forgetting. Suffering is only a forgetting that God is there.

But the thing with the suffering is that initially it seems very attractive. Maya seems very attractive initially and seems very fulfilling and satisfying initially, but once you jump into the pool you realize that the water is too cold too soon. It seemed like an oasis. So spirituality is just to remember that this is not my true home. My true home is to be with God. And then we don't have to abandon the swimming pool, but we can allow God to do the strokes. Whatever swimming has to happen, we are just carried by God.

So the first few days when we go swimming—like I learned swimming at 50 now because of this condition—then if you go with someone, they will say, 'Don't worry, float, we will hold you up.' So then our life becomes just like that, you see? Know that God is holding us up. We have to just do the drama of doing our swimming. So the problem is that: how can you stop the forgetting? That's it.

Whatever works for you. If you take a dedicated attempt to constantly remember His name, to repeat God's name, that will keep you from forgetting. If you have reminders around you, whatever works for you. And what to do when we recognize that we have forgotten? Remember instead of just beating ourselves up over the forgetting. Suppose—all these are very personal examples—but suppose you have a child who lives overseas and one day you forgot to call them. So now when you remembered, 'Oh, I forgot to call them,' should you spend the next day saying, 'Oh, I'm so bad, I forgot to call them,' then spend two days like that, then the next day say, 'Oh, I have not called them for two days now'?

You see the trick in that? So the instant you remember that you forgot, you return to God. So you call them immediately. That's it. Now, which phone line goes to God? What is the... could you be dialing the wrong number to God? So suppose you remember that you have to go back to God and then you start thinking, 'Okay, but I will call God, but what is the toll-free line? What is the best connection? What is the best?' So you spend so many days figuring out the best way to call instead of just calling.