Prof Kasturi Excerpts from book God in Action.

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Prof Kasturi Excerpts from book “God in Action”

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Swami has often said. “Love my uncertainty” Swami is uncertain. Probably some

of you are thinking, “Swami is leaving Prashanti-Nilayam” on 6th,7th,10th or

12th that is very uncertain.

If you ask me when he leaves, I also don’t know. I am not informed. I come to

know of Swami leaving this place only when people run towards Mandir. I ask

one of them” Why are you running ? “Swami is leaving” he says, and I start

running towards Mandir.

When Swami is here, we are not definite when He will be leaving. After He

leaves, we are not definite when He will be returning. He proceeds towards

north, He may go up to Delhi or Mussoree or Simla or Himalayas ! No one knows.

In the olden days, while following Him by car He would ask us to go and wait at

some milestone, and there we would be informed where He was going until we

reached that milestone.

we would not be knowing where He would go! That is the uncertainty! Other gurus

or teachers will not keep their followers under uncertainty, because they don’t

want to disappoint them and loose them.

A sheep lost is a loss to the shepherd. He wants to keep all the sheep’s

together, but Swami is beyond all that. In one of his introduction poems, Swami

says, if you are pleased and proud that I have allowed you to come near me and

be near me, immediately you also face the possibility of being pushed away!

If you find that you are getting proud because I have allowed you to come near

me, and because of that others are honoring you, then I will push you away. In

our country, we touch the feet of elders for the very fact that they have lived

so long!.

Prof Kasturi says Some people touch my feet because I am old. Swami warns me

“Yeh! You are getting proud, head swelling” and I say” No Swami.” Then Swami

says you are accepting namskar, allow people to touch your feet! And I say

“Swami, mistake of being born earlier! Moreover, I was a teacher for 32 years

and my students , very much remember me as their teacher and so, when they meet

me, they touch my feet. What to do?” And Swami says “But you have been accepting

without demur, as if it is your due!

When they come to touch your feet you don’t protest. You just offer your feet.

That is where pride comes. Don’t allow pride to enter you. Keep protesting.

Don’t go on gathering Namaskar. If an old student of mine comes and stands

before me without touching my feet, I may get angry.

These are the attitudes to be avoided, and therefore Swami asks us to be

careful. He says don’t be glad for having been allowed to come near me, you may

be pushed out! Of course, I have been a target a number of times! It is

difficult thing to decide how near or how far you should be from Him.

It is something like fire. If you go too near you get burnt! And if you keep

too far you get cold! Taking advantage of closeness to Him, feeling it is my

due, because I am a big scholar, because I am indispensable to his glory, such

swelling of head will result in being sent out.

Once it happened to me says (Kasturi) this story will continue please wait to

hear as it is very interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

- PART 2 - The other day, swami called all the "permanent " residents of this

place. Formerly,

He would call them and tell them how to proceed in sadhana, if they had started at

all.

 

But for the last year three years, he had not called, because He said, "What is the

good of feeding people who have not digested what has already been fed?

It only produces disease!

 

What has been said has to be understood and practiced, only then an other

installment should be given.

 

On this occasion,when He had called all of us, I was asked to say something,

and I said, "This place is called "Prashanthi-Nilayam", and there is significance

in all names that Swami gives. This not an "Ashram", where a saint lives and

teaches.

 

We have Ramakrishna Ashram and other ashrams. This is also not "Mandir",

because here we have no idol of any particular God whom we worship.We have

all religious and all forms and names of God here.

 

When this building was constructed, Swami gave the name "PrashanthiNilayam".

Nilayam means, a resort where thing is established or fixed. Prashanthi is the

highest shanthi, highest level of peace, no vacillation,peace that cannot be disturbed.

 

This is the place where you get Prashanthi. Upanishads says. A person enters into

the stage where there is no duality,where there is only one without second,which

is "Prashanthi" the highest peace.

 

This is an institute of "Highest Learning". All over the world in all schools and

colleges,and educational institutions,you have "Learning". But here you have

"The Highest Learning", not only of mind,of sensed,of reason, but also of spirit,

where you can get "Darshan, Sparshan, Sambhashan, the Presence, the touch

and the conversation of the Divine. All these to help you get that "Prashanthi", the highest peace.

 

There are no permanent residents here, all temporary residents. No one is permanent

That is why we pray"Mruthyorma Amrutham Gamaya" lead me from death to

immortality. Also, the world foreigner is not revalent here, because Swami's heart

is so big that no one is foreigner to Him.

 

Everyone is His instrument. You may foreign to His message, His ideals, but you are

very native. We are permanent residents here because we have been allot ed a room

here and we will not be disturbed.

 

(Sharing With Sai Love Ram.Chugani)