Leave everything to Lord's will

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caught in middle of an ocean. They stood on a rock for help far away from the

shore. It was dark; Clouds gathered in the sky; Even a sight of the shore was

lost; Waves were lashing on the rock and the ocean got turbulent. In the

darkness, a man appeared before them and said "Come with me. I shall take you

to the shore." The wise man readily accepted the help and got into the boat.

The fool questioned many questions like "How will you take us across the

waters? What happens if the boat is defective? What happens if the man is a

dacoit?". Finally, the wise man safely reached the shore guided by the

boatman. The fool was quickly swallowed up by the rising waves of the ocean.

Similarly, the Jiva gets blinded by the gathering clouds of materialism and

disharmony gets caught in the

ocean of Samsara. The Guru comes to him with the boat of Lord's name (Bhakthi)

and beckons man to follow him to safely cross over to the shore (immortality).

The wise man readily does so but the fool has a thousand doubts and a million

misgivings. He questions the bonafides of the Guru and validity of Bhakthi.

Soon, the fool was once again swallowed up in the huge ocean of Samsara and

lost the greatest opportunity of saving himself given to him by God. You will

have lasting peace if you leave everything to Lord's will. The guru

(spiritual teacher) shows you the guri (goal); but, you must generate the power

yourself by your own saadhana (spiritual effort). Correct your intellect

(buddhi) with the help of your spiritual master who will counsel, help,

command, condemn and standby as friend and well-wisher and makes you to give up

evil propensities and to recognise the straight path that reach the goal. The

easiest path to self-realisation is the surrender of the ego (sharanaagathi).

The real

you is the Aathma. The seen world has unseen Paramathma as its base. Do not

complain that God is invisible because it is your fault not to recognise God in

all his manifestations. Manas (mind), buddhi (intellect), chiththam (thought),

ahamkaaram (egoism) and indhriya (senses) are like the bricks, iron

rods,cement, wood, etc., that make up a house for the Aathma to live in. Use

your body as vehicle to search, investigate and discover that base. You can

realise about your “Self” only by constant meditation, by moving in good

company, by listening to the talks of realised men and by following some

prescribed course of discipline.

0px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Do not hold japam and dhyaanam as the game; hold fast

to them. Offer the fragrant flowers of your own virtues to the Lord; Let tears

of joy be the holy water with which you seek to wash the feet of the Lord;

Treat your upaasana devatha (deity being worshipped) as comprising all forms of

divinity;

TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Do not argue one form is less and another is more; all are

equally sweet; Seek to identify yourself with some grand and glorious entity;

You must help yourself to satisfy the hunger of the spirit. You are suffering

with infection caused by viruses like kama (desire), krodha (anger), lobha

(greed), moha (delusion), madha (pride) and mathsarya (jealousy). These viruses

cause discontent, worry,

grief, pain and finally they do not allow your divinity to shine forth. This

ignorance will vanish once you give up the idea that you are the body. Do not

yield to them. Fight them with faith that you are unconquerable and brave them

by manifesting your inner strength. You are yourself "manifestation of God."

Your real nature is purity, peace and joy. Life is a game: Play it. Life is

Love: Share it. Life is a challenge: Meet it. Life is a dream: Realise it.

--SATHYA SAI With Love Diana

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