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> [The essence of spirituality does not consist in a specialised or narrow interest in some imagined part of life, but in a certain enlightened attitude to all the various situations which obtain in life. It covers and includes the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/the-essence-of-spirituality-does-not-consist-in-a-specialised-or/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

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## More by Meher Baba

> [The seeker asking, Where is God? Is really God saying, Where indeed is the seeker!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/the-seeker-asking-where-is-god-is-really-god-saying-where-indeed-is/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [Seek a reality deeper than the changing forms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/seek-a-reality-deeper-than-the-changing-forms/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [Art, when inspired with love, leads to higher realms. Love art and that art will open for you the inner life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/art-when-inspired-with-love-leads-to-higher-realms-love-art-and-that/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life. Living in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/the-best-way-to-cleanse-the-heart-and-prepare-for-the-stilling-of-the/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [As you all become more intimate with Me, with opportunities to come closer to Me, all that is good and bad within you comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/as-you-all-become-more-intimate-with-me-with-opportunities-to-come/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [Let not the dirt of the sanskaras of your thoughts and deeds touch you, by surrendering every thought and act at the feet of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/let-not-the-dirt-of-the-sanskaras-of-your-thoughts-and-deeds-touch/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/those-who-constantly-want-something-will-never-feel-happy/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [Love and forgiveness is not for the faint-hearted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/love-and-forgiveness-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [The best course for My lover is to remember Me wholeheartedly as much as one can…and leave the rest to Me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/the-best-course-for-my-lover-is-to-remember-me-wholeheartedly-as-much/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [The purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/the-purpose-of-life-is-to-realize-god-within-ourselves-this-can-be/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [God alone is real, nothing matters but love for God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/god-alone-is-real-nothing-matters-but-love-for-god/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [There is no higher or lower goal. There is only one goal, Self-Realization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/there-is-no-higher-or-lower-goal-there-is-only-one-goal-self/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/sometimes-our-weakness-is-considered-strength-and-we-take-delight-in/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [God alone is real, and all else is illusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/god-alone-is-real-and-all-else-is-illusion/)

[Meher Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meher-baba/)

> [Those who speculate from the shore about the ocean shall know only its surface, but those who would know the depths of the ocean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meher-baba/those-who-speculate-from-the-shore-about-the-ocean-shall-know-only/)

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