The patient must himself drink the drug; there is no vicarious cure. The balm must be applied where the pain is. The cause of the illness and of the misery is in your mental vision, for, you see many, when there is only One. You say "My God," "Their God," "Your Baba," as if there are so many Gods existing to help you quarrel and fight among yourselves. Ask the Lord for the removal of your earthly troubles; there is no mistake in that. It is much better than asking other men, and losing self-respect and honour.

- Divine Discourse, July 29, 1964.

Prayer must come from the depths of feeling;
the Lord looks for bhava (sincerity of feeling), not bahya (outward pomp). - Baba