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Dear Elders & Friends,

 

Namaste. Despite our busy routines we often wonder about life. In the midst of

intense activity we sometimes realise with a shock the purposeless nature of our

instinct driven lives. Like a child searching for its parents we then look

around searching for comfort. But the busy world has little time for us. The

faces that look back at us are full of demands and expectations and not of

unselfish caring love. This makes us wonder, what is life all about?

 

A penniless dhoti clad Saint was asked the same question in the banks of the

river Ganges. He smiled reassuringly and with the guilelessness of a small child

replied, "You don't know? The purpose of life is to realise God". The youth who

had popped the question was not satisfied. "What God Sir? Have you ever seen

God?". The Saint smiled again, and rolled his beautiful eyes, "Yes, I have seen

Him just as I see you now." The sceptic youth did not want to believe but

something in the Saint's demeanour made him feel that there was an element of

truth in his words.

 

Had the youth been of today's generation he would have popped yet another

question before being satisfied. He would have asked, "Why do we need God?".

Perhaps the Saint would have shown a trifle impatience but would have said with

the same enchanting smile, "Why do we need our parents?"

 

God is our father and mother combined into one. He is even better than that

because he is immortal, beyond death and decay, and also omnipotent, always at

our beck and call. He resides in our heart and never leaves us for a second. Why

do we not feel His presence? Because we do not stop to search. Because we are

not aware of His existence. Because we do not feel His absence. Because we do

not believe in His love. Because we do not have faith in His spiritual all

pervasiveness.

 

Is God religion? No. Is God business? Woe to them who think so. Is God a

measure of our superiority? It is foolish to assume of one who is the embodiment

of humility. Is God power? Of what need is power when you have Him? Then what is

God? Is he love, friendship, or what? God is simply the overpowering presence

that created us, sustains us and is ready to welcome us into His bosom when our

work on this plane is over. As I said, God is our combined father and mother,

more than the sumtotal of all the blessings of this world.

 

Why have we forgotten such a wonderful presence? Because we are too busy with

ourselves. Because out of an error of perception we assume ourselves to be the

masters of this universe. The master of a house was supervising a festival in

his palace. Someone called out to him to get an item from the store. He went

there but found his servant busy within. Silently he moved away, just as God

moves away when he finds us behaving like the masters of His wonderful creation.

 

But there are times when the child is tired of his toys. He then thursts them

away and runs crying to his mother. Its mother then leaves whatever she is doing

to clasp the child into her bosom. The child stops crying. It does not have his

toys anymore but his instinct tells him that his present state is worth more

than all the toys of the world. Even if you offered toys to him now he would

brush them away with an impatient wave of his hand.

 

God is waiting for us to stop playing with our toys. He is waiting for us to

turn our attention from them momentarily and seek Him within the recesses of our

heart. The resulting union is an infinite source of joy for both. It is the

union of the Absolute with the Absolute. It is like one huge ocean merging with

another with a joyful rush of waters that dissolve silently into each other to

become one, turning frothy with rippling peals of laughter. It is a fulfilling

experience that rejuvenates us, makes us forget our petty worries, our enmities,

our differences, our selfishness, our stresses and strains, our ambitions, our

greed for money and more assets, our helplessness, our weaknesses, our

illnesses, our wrong association with the impermanent body and mind, and reminds

us about the infinite nature of our existence.

 

A spiritual aspirant was walking briskly with a Saint as they rushed to catch

a train. The aspirant secretly wanted the Saint to accept him as a disciple. But

he was hesitant to ask. He could only seethe with turmoil as they waited in the

station for the train to arrive, unable to pick up the courage to pop the

request. At last the train arrived and the Saint stepped into the compartment.

At this moment the aspirant burst out, "Master when will you accept me?" The

Saint turned back and smiled. He replied with a miscievous twinkle in his lotus

like eyes, "What is the hurry? There is all eternity!!" The aspirant could

immediately sense the infinite nature of their relationship. All his longings

vanished and he smiled back. The Guru had accepted the disciple in this life.

 

Love & Regards,

Jagannath.

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