YOU ARE ANSWERABLE TO YOURSELF

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ARE YOU ANSWERABLE TO YOURSELF

In every action, be guided by wisdom, and not by a desire to hurt anybody. But

if any one is hurt because of your doing the right thing, you shouldn’t be

afraid. You have to answer to yourself, not to anyone else. Even God is not

your judge; you are your own judge. If you act wrongly, you’re going to punish

yourself. If you act rightly, you’ll free yourself. That is the justice of the

law of karma. You are dictated to neither by God, nor his angels, but by the

law of action; what you sow, you reap.

If you lack the wisdom to discern what is right, then tune yourself in with the

wisdom of a wise man. Often what you think to be wisdom is not wisdom, but your

own desires and karmic inclinations. That is why you should have a guru. A guru

is one who is sent by God to free you. When you are in tune with his wisdom,

you’ll find freedom.

No one can incite me to do anything I know I should not do. I am fully

responsible for my actions, and I don’t blame anybody else for the outcome of

my actions.

"understand this" says the Bhagavad Gita, "by surrendering yourself (to the

guru), by questioning (the guru and your inner perception), and by service (to

the guru), the sages who have realized truth will impart that wisdom to you.

Comprehending that wisdom from a guru, you shall not fall into delusion."

It is so hard to progress on your own on the spiritual path, but it’s easiest

thing if you have true guru to whom you can surrender yourself and whose

interest is only in your spiritual welfare. I gave myself completely to my

Master, and I found he gave his all to me. And through that surrender, I found

freedom, I found freedom. That freedom every soul craves.

A guru’s only interest is to help you progress spiritually. If the teacher wants

something from his disciple, then he is not a master. The master’s only desire

is to give, not to take. The masters create a few disciples who carry on their

work. A true disciple is one who seeks liberation by accepting the guru’s

discipline, and who disciplines himself by following the instructions of the

guru. But most disciples want to be gurus instead.

(Excerpted from Journey to Self-Realization, published by the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India)

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