The Gospel of The Holy Mother

Remember this much: 'I have someone to look after me. There is
certainly a Mother or Father.' P. 242 The Gospel of The Holy Mother

The Gospel of Strength - The Source of Strength - Soul!

What we need is strength; who will give us strength? There are
thousands to weaken us and of stories we have had enough. Every one of
our Puranas, if you press it, gives out stories enough to fill three-
fourths of the libraries of the world. Everything that can weaken us
as a race we have had for the last thousand years... Therefore, my
friends, as one of your blood, as one that lives and dies with you,
let me tell you that we want strength, strength, and everytime
strength. And the Upanishads are the great mine of strength. Therein
lies strength enough to invigorate the whole world; the whole world
can vivified, made strong, energised through them.

Strength, strength is what the Upahishads speak to me from every
page. This is the one great thing to remember, it has been the one
great lesson I have been taught in my life. Strength, it says,
strength, O man, be not weak. Are there no human weaknesses? - says
man. There are, say the Upanishads, but will more weakness heal them?
Would you try to wash dirt with dirt? Will sin cure sin? Will weakness
cure weakness? Strength, O man, strength, say the UPanishads, stand up
and be strong.

First step in getting strength is to uphold the Upanishads, and
believe - "I am the soul," "Me the sword cannot cut; nor weapons
pierce; me the fire cannot burn; me the air cannot dry; I am the
Omnipotent, I am the Omniscient." So repeat these blessed saving words
and be strong.

P. 242 The Gospel of The Holy Mother

What is the good in doing Japa for a whole day if there is no
concentration of mind? Collectedness of one's mind is essential, then
only His grace descends. P. 242 The Gospel of The Holy Mother

Swami Vivekananda - Conversation with Priya Nath Sinha

At your very threshold, God himself in the form of a poor beggar is
dying of starvation. Instead of giving him anything, would you only
satisfy the appetites of your wife and children with delicacies? Why,
that is beastly!

Conversation with Priya Nath Sinha. Recorded in Bengali. CW, 5: 382

Edgar Cayce Reading 262-33

... Whether in joy, in sorrow, in trouble or in pain, let that mind be
in you as was in He that gave, "I am with you always, even unto the
end of the world."

The Gospel of Strength

The sign of vigour, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of
health, the sign of everything that is good, is strength.

Mark you, those things which you see in pusillanimous, effiminate
folk who speak in a nasal tone chewing every syllable, whose voice is
as thin as of one who has been starving for a week, who are like a
tattered wet rag, who never protest or are moved even if kicked by
anybody - those are the signs of death, not of sattva [the calm and
balanced state] - all corruption and stench... During these last
thousand years, the whole country is filling the air with the name of
the Lord and is sending its prayers to Him; and the Lord is never
lending His ears to them. And why should He? When even man never hears
the cries of the fool, do you think God will? Now the only way out is
to listen to the words of Lord in the Gita, "yield not to unmanliness,
O Partha!"

This I lay down as the first essential in all I teach: anything that
brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the
toes of your feet.

The Gospel of Strength - Swami Vivekananda

First of all, our young men must be strong. Religion will come
afterwards. Be strong, my young friends; that is my advice to you. You
will be nearer to heaven through football than through the study of
Gita. These are bold worlds; but I have to say them, for I love you. I
know where the shoe pinches. I have gained a little experience. You
will understand the Gita better with your biceps, your muscles, a
little stronger. You will understand the mighty genius and the mighty
strength of Krishna better with a little of strong blood in you. You
will understand the Upanishads better and the glory of the Atman when
your body stands firm upon feet, and you feel yourselves as men.

That is all I have to say to the world. Be strong!... The sign of
life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever
is weak, avoid! It is death! If it is strength, go down into hell and
get hold of it!

Be strong. Be manly. I have respect even for a wicked person so long
as he is manly and strong, for his strength will someday make him give
up his wickedness, and even renounce all work for selfish ends. It
will thus eventually bring him to the Truth.