Sri Swamiji in Holland

[Guest guest]

Kriya Yoga Course, Centre of Light, Massachusetts, USA, 1986

 

Some people ask Swamiji: For ten years I have been Swamiji s devotee/chela. I

have been associated with Swamiji for fifteen years now. I want bliss. I want

enlightenment. But Swamiji hasn´t given me any of it. I have been following

Swamiji for so many years. Swamiji, give me something.

There is a devotee...He complained: Every year Swamiji says: Not yet, not

yet, not yet. But when will it happen then? Swamiji replied: I don´t know. Just

follow. Meditate. Do your work and serve your mother. Again the devotee

complained: Why do you keep on giving me this advice? I don´t believe in any

other

Guru. I only believe in you. Then Swamiji just touched his forehead and said:

ok, I give you enlightenment.

The devotee left by car, together with his mother. He was driving his car

only a mile.

During that time he saw many bearded Swamijis. Thousands and thousands of

Swamijis. And the car he was driving, too, was Swamijis body. He looked at his

mother, and she also looked like Swamiji. A great pressure developed in his

head. He returned to Swamiji and said: I don´t want this enlightenment. Such an

enlightenment I don´t want. Swamiji gave him water and asked him to sleep. and

after one hour he returned to his normal consciousness.

Enlightenment is not easy, not easy. You have to be prepared for it.

Therefore you are practising all kinds of yoga. Be friendly/gentle. Be generous.

Be

calm/composed. Be peaceful. Follow the path. Believe. Don´t be confused. Then

you will automatically get enlightenment, bliss. A Guru is not needed for this.

You will get it automaticallly. When time

(for it) has come He (God) will give it to you.

We are seeking. We are rather crazy. We want physical proof. That´s not the

way enlightenment is. Enlightenment, that blissful power, is very difficult to

achieve.

Go on practising. Controll yourself. It will come by itself. That s Swamiji s

opinion.

 

Jai Guru Datta