DELAYS ARE NOT DENIALS

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DELAYS ARE NOT DENIALS

 

“We should never entertain evil thoughts. Making the mind desireless, observe

God's works” -Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch. XLIX.

 

Sri Ramakrishna walked across the paddy fields in the vicinity of the

Dakshineswar Temple. A few disciples were with him. To them he spoke of the

Life of the Spirit. And as they listened to him, “Never have we heard a man as

he speaketh to us!”

 

And one of the disciples said, “Master! For many years have I worshipped God and

called out to Him with tears in my eyes. And I have lived a pure life. And I

have served friends and strangers to the best of my ability. But God continues

to be as remote as ever. And now the thought comes to me that the time I give

to my devotions is time wasted. And I say to myself, not this life for me!”

 

The Master smiled. Then, pointing towards the tillers of the soil working nearby

fields, he said, “Two classes of farmers there be. There are those who are

farmers by birth: their ancestors, like them, were farmers. And they keep on

tilling the soil even though it does not rain for years together and they

harvest no crop. Come famine, come floods, they despair not! They do not desert

their fields.

 

“But there is another type of farmers. They take to agriculture with the sole

purpose of making profits. And such as these are disheartened by a single

season of draught.”

 

The Master continued, “The true devotee of God never gives up his devotions. He

keeps on repeating the Name of God, he keeps on singing the glories of the

Beloved, he keeps on shedding unbounded tears, even though he is not once

blessed with the vision of God!”

 

On another occasion, the Master said, “The pearl diver dives, again and again,

into the sea. And though every time he comes out empty-handed, he does not

despair of it. But he dives again and again, and still again, in the assurance

that he will get what he seeks.

 

The pilgrim in search of God, must do likewise. If you have not had a vision of

God after several months of intense devotional practice, be not depressed. But

redouble your efforts and, in patience, wait. For, remember, His delays are not

denials. The Lord ever appeareth to His devotees at the right time!”

 

TAMASO MA JYOTIRGAMAYA…

 

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS…

 

A poor, old man went about planting mango trees.

 

Someone said to him, “Why are you planting trees at your age? Surely, you will

not live to eat their fruit!”

 

Quietly, answered the old man, “I have eaten mangoes grown from trees planted by

others. Let my tree yield mangoes to those who live after I am gone!”

 

We live in a wonderful universe in which everyone, everything gives. The trees

give; the river gives; the earth gives; the sun, the moon and the stars give.

Why then, must thou, O man, be anxious to take, to receive, to amass, to

gather, to hoard, and not to scatter?

 

Everyone – howsoever poor he be, can give something. He can give a loving

thought, a sweet word, a radiant smile, a moving song, a helping hand, which

may bring comfort to a broken heart. More than money, the world needs love and

sympathy.

 

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