The true Lover of the Divine has several principles by which he lives - a life of principles. It is a life of principles, a life in the Divine. Among the many principles, some of the leading principles are:

The Principle of Now, that is to say, everything he does it now.

If you want to express great devotion for the Divine, please express it now, as much as is possible, to the maximum capacity possible. With a little stress and strain, fullest devotion express! If you want to pray intensively, please do it now!

Many people make many good resolves, spiritual resolves, but they postpone always: "When I become old, I will be a Sannyasi." That way it does not help you. When you become old, your body becomes weak, prey to many diseases, and if there are no diseases, prey to weaknesses; if there are no weaknesses, prey to habits, old habits, which are difficult to get rid of, and without getting rid of those habits, you can't make spiritual progress. And apart from that, many attachments, with advancing age many attachments come in - Enkelkinder (grandchildren) - attachment to Enkelkinder, attachment to possessions, and so on. All kinds of things come out. And it becomes impossible for this old man to live a real spiritual life.

So, the spiritual individual does not postpone anything good, anything valuable, anything important, for the future. There is no tomorrow with him. Always it is now.

If you want to make the best speech in your life, make it now! Thereafter what happens, all your life you will be making the very best speeches.

Always do it now!
If you want to be charitable, do it now!
If you want to be good, be good now, not tomorrow!
If you want to be spiritual, be spiritual now!
If you want to build two houses, build them now, not tomorrow!
If you want to make a spiritual institution, make it now, not tomorrow!
If you want to write a book, try to write it now, not tomorrow! And so on.

Whatever it is, all good things, which you plan to do, do them now or be at them right now, so that at due time the right circumstances offer themselves and your aims will be fulfilled.

But the principle of now must always govern you with regard to everything that is good.
If anything doubtful is there, postpone it endlessly!

Only that which is noble, divine, good, generous, wonderful, moral, spiritual, has to be done instantly and now.

That is one of the principles that governs the life of the spiritual individual.

Another principle that governs his life is Theocentricity.

The principle of Theocentricity is: always God-centered - "Theo" is God - God-centered life, always God-centered, everything for God.

If he wants to make the best speech, it is for God.

If he wants to build a house, it is for God.

Everything in the name of God, for God, in order that one may come closer to the experience of God.

If he wants to keep best health now, he does it now and it is for the sake of God, not in order that the energies may be dissipated in sensual pleasures, but that the energies are directed towards the spiritual goals and which means that the whole inner nature stands transformed, all energies are turned towards the Divine, and uplifted, transformed, sublimated and made luminous and instruments of the Divine Light, and so forth.
So, always it is a God-centered life. Everything for God!

If he drives the car, it is for God and with God, through God and so forth.

Every purpose is subordinated to the central purpose of God-experience and God-thought, God-feeling.

God stands always first and therefore it is a God-centric life.

The principle of Theocentricity is one of the many principles that governs the true aspirant on the path.

Swami Omkarananda