Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Light and Love Swami Teaches... (22 December 2004) Self-Realization on the Age of Kali Yuga The Lord declares: "Akshaya Kaalah" (I am the Eternal Time). It is indeed a pity that this eternal time should be considered as a fleeting moment. Man's 'actions are governed by the change in time and circumstances. Time is moving fast like a stormy gale. Man's life is melting away every moment like a block of ice. Months and years are rolling past in the Wheel of Time. How many eras are disappearing in our own epoch! Eras come and go, epochs roll on, but man's mind remains as before. What can the greeting "Happy New Year" mean in the context of such a human predicament? It appears to be a scene in a drama on the worldly stage. Man, unlike an animal, is endowed with a mind, which confers on him Vichaarana Shakthi (the power to enquire into the how and why of things). Man, therefore, should undertake an enquiry into what is permanent and what is temporary, what is truth and what is false, what is bad and what is good. Man's inherent quality is divinity. It has to be realised by him by his own efforts. The Aathmik principle is based on an internal source. Of the four Yugas - Kritha, Thretha, Dhvaapara and Kali - the present yuga is called Kali Yuga. In truth, it is Kalaha Yuga, the Age of Discord. There is discord everywhere - between husband and wife, between preceptor and pupil, and in every other relationship. What is the reason for this discord? The absence of mutual trust. No one trusts another. As a result, hatred and bitterness are growing in the social, ethical, political, economic and every other field. There is discord even in the scientific field. The lack of trust has blinded people towards each other. As a result, man is growing weaker and losing his humanness because of the, lackof faith in his own Self. Without self-confidence, how can he get self-satisfaction? Lacking self-satisfaction, how can he hope for Self-Realisation? Hence, the mansion of Self-Realisation has to be erected on the foundation of Self-confidence, with the walls of self-satisfaction and the ceiling of self-sacrifice. Confidence is at the root of it all. When you install God in your heart, there is no room in it for anything else. But today's aspirants treat the heart as a musical chair. They go on from one "Svaami" to another and shift from one kind of saadhana to another. Of what avail is this kind of merry-go-round? It is a waste of time and of life itself. Today, you must concentrate first on purity. For this, you have to reduce your desires gradually. It is not practicable to give up all desires totally. But limit your desires to the essential minimum. The man with endless desires is the poorest man. The man with nodesires is the richest man. People have been listening to spiritual discourses. How far are they practising the teachings? Without the cultivation of human values, all studies and spiritual exercises are of no use. You should develop new ideas and ideals. Feel your oneness with all, because the same Divine dwells in everyone. Embark on self-enquiry to acquire self-knowledge. For the refinement of the heart, the first requisite is seeking Sathsangam (company of the good). You have assembled here that you have been able to derive the benefit of Swami's message. (Compilation with extraxts from "Sathya Sai Speaks." Volume 26,Chapter 11, "Through Self-enquiry to Self-realisation," pp. 53 - 59). Namaste - Reet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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