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Sai Ram Light and Love

Swami teaches... 28 February - 2 March 2006

Human's Attraction, Destiny, Service, Love, Sacrifice and Worship

The body, intellect, thought, mind, heart - all are in maya (illusion) and

operate only through maya. But the disappearance of maya is a fact, not a

delusion. In algebra the symbol X is used for the unknown quantity. When its

identity is discovered, as it eventually is, the symbol X disappears from the

equation. In the same way, God is X, the entity you have to discover.

God is the prime cause of everything is true to a certain extent; but you are

not thrust by Him into an iron cage of destiny from which there is no escape. He

has endowed you with discrimination and detachment and, with a sense of awe and

wonder, you have to use these for attaining Him. Though bound, you are not

entirely incapacitated.

On the land that belongs to you, you can grow the food you need or you can

sit idle and allow it to lie fallow. You are the cause of your ruin or uplift.

The tools are in your hands; you can learn the skills; you can break the

shackles and escape; but if you grovel in slavery and bondage, who can save

you? Do not blame fate for your condition. The likhitham (writing) has been

done by you yourself. The status in the present life is decided on the basis of

the activities in previous lives.

The nature of mind is Nirmala (pure); the sensory impressions colour it and

soil it with likes and dislikes. The latent impressions warp the mind, already

bent by blows and buffetings suffered in birth after birth. Join the group

Divine and see whether the mind continues to be intransigent. Spiritual

aspirants may follow any one of the nine paths of devotion and realise the

Divine. In the process of achieving oneness with the Divine, the first stage is

for everyone to consider himself as a messenger of God.

However, in the spiritual field you have to climb the peak alone. Wait for

the Grace, in readiness. Do not cling too fast to things that please the senses

or get caught in the coils of the attractive and the pleasant.

 

It was God who created everything in the Universe, right from the microcosm

to macrocosm. The whole world is permeated with principle of attraction,

pictorially said, magnetic energy. Green pasture attracts the cow. Flower

attracts the honeybee. Mother attracts the child. There is power of attraction

(different by its essence on the first sight, but in deep level the one and the

same) between stars and planets, atoms and molecules, human beings, birds,

animals, etc. The world cannot exist without this magnetic power of attraction.

Why is it that He has attached utmost importance to human birth alone? Only

human has the capacity to accomplish things that no other living being can. You

can understand the significance of the human body in your daily life when you

enquire into the mystery of God's creation.

There are innumerable unseen powers present in human. They are known as

transcendental powers (atheeta shakti). Scientists know that energy, which is

infinite and unfathomable, can be neither created nor destroyed. Since time

immemorial, human has been investigating the nature of this energy. They have

come to the conclusion that the whole world is based on psychotronic power,

which is also termed bioplasmic power. This is present in every cell and every

vein of the human body.

This power is also called ajnatha shakti, that which is not known. All these

powers are not visible to the naked eye. Very often, scientists refer to the two

terms - matter and energy - but truly only energy exists. Whatever appears as

matter also becomes energy in due course of time. This energy is beyond the

comprehension of the mind and description by words.

Mastery over mountains of information has been attained by human now; but

wisdom has lagged behind. Hence, human's capacity to probe and progress into

the realm of the power of the Universal and the Absolute has to be developed.

Manifestation of these powers can bring about a divine transformation in the

hearts of people. Swami wants that such changes should take place from now

onward. It is impossible to say when, where, and how this power will manifest

itself.

Human's life will find fulfillment only when one understands the purpose of

human birth. Human body isgiven to serve God, not to meet selfish needs. Under

all circumstances, one should be ready to utilize the slightest opportunity

that comes his/her way to serve others.

It is the duty of each and every individual to participate in social service

activities, be it in the village or city. The epic Ramayana has stressed the

need for service at the individual, family, and society levels.

 

For whose sake are you living? Understand this and you will know the purpose

of life. Why does God incarnate? He incarnates to lead human on the right path.

Each and everyone, be it a student, a devotee,or a spiritual aspirant, should

practice human values and lead a purposeful life. You will be wasting your

life, if you do not dedicate yourselves to the service of mankind. Body is

gifted to serve the creator and the creation. Worldly education cannot confer

divine grace unless it is dedicated for the welfare of society. The education

you have received from society must be dedicated to the service of society.

True service has twin benefits: it makes you blissful and gives happiness to

others. Serve your parents,brothers, friends, and even beggars alike. The Divine

grace, Thr Divine power will flow in abundance only when you serve with the

spirit of humility and equality. Merely listening to the glory of this power

may not evoke interest in you. You will understand only when you experience it.

This is the super-human Divine power.

 

Here an example. Vivekananda had gone once to a town during his wanderings.

Lots of important persons, painters, scholars, philosophers, poets and artists

gathered around him and plied him with an endless array of questions.

Vivekananda was engaged the whole day in answering them. A Harijan who was

standing in a corner at last got the chance of falling at his feet and the monk

asked him why he had come. He asked, "Swami, you must be very hungry; shall I

bring you some milk? Or, if I get some flour, you can prepare chapathis

(leavened bread) yourself if you will not eat those prepared by me; no one

seems to have thought of your food." That man had love, the Divine illumination

in practice. That is more fruitful than all the knowledge packed in a library of

ancient texts.

Service is the easiest path to attain the Divine grace. Offer service and

receive the love of God. Love and service are like two wings by which man can

soar to higher levels of consciousness. If you have the spirit of Love and

service, the Divine grace will follow you like a shadow wherever you may be, be

it in the forest or in the sky, village or city, river or mountain cliff.

 

Love and sacrifice are like two eyes for human. Whatever sacrifice you make,

treat it as an offering to God. Then work will be transformed into worship. The

manner of living is more important than the standard of living and good

qualities are more valuable than money.

It should be realised that the divinity in human beings cannot be measured

in terms of worldly goods. It has to be measured in terms of Love. Mankind has

to understand this Love Principle. Hence, people should fill their minds with

the all-embracing Love Principle. That will be the result of total devotion. So

cultivate and share Love. This is the need of the Kali age.

There is an episode in the Ramayana, which indicates what love the people of

Ayodhya and Mithila bore to Rama and Sita. The people of Ayodhya set our in

their thousands to witness the wedding of Rama and Sita in Mithila.

The wedding of Rama and Sita is not a wedding of one young man and one young

woman. This wedding is a union of Prakrithi (Nature) with the Purusha (Supreme

Lord). The whole world seemed to rejoice at the wedding of Rama and Sita,

because it had its cosmic significance. Every being in the cosmos, whatever may

be the gender, in external form, is essentially feminine. Prakrithi (Nature) is

feminine. She represents one half of the Lord. Together, Prakrithi and Purusha

represent the concept of the Divine conceived as half-male and half female.

This union of male and female is found in every human being.

As a matter of fact, Prakrithi, the Feminine Principle, comes First and the

Purusha (Masculine Principle) is second. However, there are many who are

worried when they hear women reciting the Pranava (OM) during the auspicious

time before sunrise every day at the Nilayam. They forget that shabdha (sound)

itself is fundamentally Pranava, that all breath has Pranava immanent in it;

now can women, avoid or keep away from OM which is ever-present in the akasha

(ether) and which their breath is reciting every moment?

Just as every breath reminds you of OM, every little act is an act of

worship, remember. Every tiny thought, every faint whisper has to be so

directed that it may curb the vagaries of the 'mind and help in guiding it

Godward. Women have equal chances and equal rights to attain God-head.

Due to the impact of Kali Age, human is accepting bad and giving up good.

Unable to realize his innatedivinity, human is taking to paths that are

contradictory to the principles of sathya and dharma (truth and right action).

Often humans use for selfish purposes the power of speech. Through the power of

speech one can acquire a kingdom or great wealth. Friends and relations can be

got through speech. Through speech one gets bound and loses his freedom. Even

death is brought about by speech. Speech is the life-force of human beings.

Speech is the backbone of life. Be careful with this power.

Society today is divided in a myriad ways and there is no peace. On account

of differences of caste and creed, linguistic and parochial loyalties and

desires of various kinds, violent conflicts have turned the social scene into a

graveyard. Moral values are steadily declining among people. Even well-versed

scholars and eminent public figures are caught up in the coil of bitter

controversies because of narrow-minded thinking. Unity among the people is

being shattered by the ideological and sectarian differences among persons who

are well educated and intellectually eminent. Intellectuals who promote discord

are on the increase, but there are few who promote unity in diversity.

To transform the world from its present state, there is no need for a new

social system or a new religion or creed. What is essential is a body of men

and women with sacred ideals. But such godly persons cansurvive in a society in

which there is purity of mind and good character. For these two to blossom, the

basis is morality. But morality cannot flourish without spirituality. Hence the

mansion of the good society has to be built on the foundation of spirituality,

with the pillars of purity and character, and with morality as the roof.

The Bhagavad Gita reveals that the Universe, which can be compared to a

gigantic tree, has its origin in the seed of divinity. Nations may vary names

and forms may be different, but the Life principle remains thesame. Into Life

principle the worship is hidden with its miraculous power. Enjoy an ancient

story about this power.

There was a great saint in Kerala some 500 years ago, Bilvamangala by name.

He would call on Krishna and Krishna would appear. Such was his bhakthi and his

sadhana. One man who suffered from chronic stomach-ache heard about this and he

pestered Bilvamangala to find out from Krishna whether it would end or not.

Bilvamangala agreed and when Krishna appeared next, he asked him the question.

Krishna replied, "When the rolling stops, it will cease." The unfortunate man

interpreted it to mean "when he stopped rolling in pain" and he got desperate,

because he had perforce to roll in the agony of that ache. So he left Kerala

and wanted to go to some holy place to meet some holier person who would

procure for him a more satisfyinganswer. Bilvamangala told him that he had to

suffer this trouble due to his activities in previous births. He took rolling

to mean, "rolling from birth to birth." On the road to Kaashi which he took,

he came to a free feeding place run by a pious lady, Kururamma by name. When she

saw his agony, she spoke to him kindly. He told her that he had decided to drown

himself in the Ganga for he was told there was no escaping the consequence of

past sins. Kururamma called him a fool. She gave him the holy manthra,

"Gopeejana Vallabhaaya namah," and asked him to repeat it. She said the Name

would cure him completely. The poor man uttered it when the attack occurred

next and he was surprised to find that the pain had gone! Yes, gone; even

though he pounded his stomach, it did not return.

He finished his pilgrimage to Khaasi and returned to Kerala and fell at the

feet of Bilvamangala, who enquired about his ache; the ache with which he had

to live for it was earned in past lives. When he was told that it had

disappeared, he called on Krishna and asked what he had meant by "rolling."

Bilvamangala thought it to mean rolling from one birth to another and acquiring

good and evil; the sick man took it to mean 'rolling in pain' when the ache came

on. But Krishna had meant rolling in this objective world, this prakrithi, and

its changing phenomena. When the human lived in the name of God and had no

other thought, the rolling had ceased; the Name and the chain of destiny cannot

exist together. Prarabdha (result of past bad action) will melt away like fog

before the Sun when Namasmarana is done. This was a revelation even for

Bilvamangala.

Just reflect on this for a minute: How did human forget own Divinity? Then

you will know that it must be as a result of the mind running after momentary

pleasures. What then is the remedy? The answer is just one word - "Worship." Do

everything as worship and you become that which you feel. (Reet's compilation

from, Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 2. "Aadhaara and aadheya," Chapter 21 and

"Destiny is no iron cage," Chapter 26; Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 27. "Shri Raama

: the ideal for humanity," Chapter 12 and "Experience the fullness of love,"

Chapter 21; Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 32, part 2 "Cultivate Discipline and Love,"

Chapter 8 and " Human Values and Service," Chapter 9). Namaste - Reet

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