Transcendence of the ego

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On 7/13/06, Swamy Mahadevan <mahadevanvnswamy > wrote:

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> Transcendence of the ego

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> Through various acts, advice and examples, Baba advised his children

> to follow the path of "dharma" which means transgressing the

> limitations of our small "ego". Keeping in mind Baba's advice we may

> all strive to transcend limitations of our mind and body. In the

> path of spiritualism transcendence is necessary. Transcendence of

> what? Transcendence of the fetters of body and mind. This can only

> be achieved by controlling the compulsions of body like hunger, lust

> and the mental compulsions of mind like greed, jealousy, anger,

> hatred etc. When one by one the mental fetters fall off, two

> elements of mind like "desire" and "feeling" pertaining to those

> compulsions also vanish. The soul slowly but imperceptibly then

> enters into a state of pure consciousness. At this stage he goes

> beyond all bodily fetters including birth and death. He also crosses

> the barriers of time and space. The progress in the path of

> spirituality is the march of the divine consciousness from its

> primordial state to the original divine self.

>

> All species controlled by time, in terms of birth and death,

> including human beings are a part of that creative process. Life

> after life they evolve ultimately to reach that state of God where

> from they emanated. Except God, no one and nothing in this world is

> perfect. All the imperfect beings and things in the world, which

> includes all species, get birth, because they are imperfect. Life

> after life they go on perfecting themselves, little by little. The

> meaning of life, is to endeavor to become perfect. Self-analysis,

> self-study, self-oriented actions towards that goal and prayer to

> Sadguru to lead in that path is the only way to progress

> meaningfully in life.

>

> Saints and the people truly following this spiritual path always

> think, not only of their own evolution but also about the evolution

> of all human beings or other species around them. Any action (in

> thought, speech, activity), which helps in the evolution of the self

> or others is a good act called virtue (punya) and any action

> detrimental to such growth is an evil act called sin (paap). It is

> very difficult to follow such a path in a world as ours and

> therefore, the process of evolution of human beings is so slow,

> spread over a number of lives.

>

> We must use our imperfections of yesterday and try to evolve towards

> a little more perfection. Knowing that no ordinary mortal is totally

> perfect, we try to find a model of perfection which is epitomized in

> Sadguru or Perfect Master. Shri Shirdi Sai Baba was in such supreme

> state of perfection. He possessed such powers or siddhis, which no

> one can imagine, however he maintained a humble life. Humility,

> simplicity are not weakness, they are the biggest strength one can

> possess in the path of spiritual development.

>

> Baba Said:-"Nothing will harm him, who turns his attention towards

> Me, but Maya will lash or whip him who forgets Me. All the insects,

> ants the visible, movable and immoveable world, is My Body or Form".

>

> As Sri N.Kasturi said somewhere in his book, (author of "Satyam,

> Sivam, Sundaram" books) "Each of us has to live the volume of

> biography, which we bring with us, as often as we are born, page

> after page, Chapter after chapter, howsoever punctuated with dots

> and dashes, interrogations and exclamations, comas and colons, until

> the sentence ends ultimately with a full stop" But luckily, we have,

> as our Master and Guide, Counsul Bhagwan BABA himself, so let us try

> to live up to his estimations

>

> Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying `Om Sai Ram' to

> whom so ever you meet.

>

> Shri Sai does not make things difficult for anyone. We at times,

> suffer the result of our past actions. Please pray to Him sincerely.

> He only helps, faith without patience is not consistent.

>

> Human beings will always have problems in one aspect of life or the

> other, whether they are big or small, whether they are evil or pure.

> All such sufferings are correlated to earlier life's action plus

> this life's. It is better to remember God more in happier times than

> in sorrow, as Saint Kabir said.

>

> For those who want to come closer to Baba the only way is, to keep

> unshakable faith in Him under all circumstances. But, some people

> come to Sadguru with the desire of worldly gains or exhibit their

> devotion with such expectations in their heart. Sometimes, when

> their desires are not fulfilled or when they have to suffer

> consequences of their own past actions they tend to lose their

> faith. In the time of any Avtar or Sadguru every wish of every man

> was never fulfilled. Sadguru never fulfills those desires, which

> would become barrier in bringing them closer to God. There is His

> hand behind unfulfillment of such desires. Therefore, one who can

> see Baba both, in pleasure and pain, is the true devotee. The

> pleasure seekers are bound to deviate from the path.

>

> OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the lotus feet of

> Bhagwan Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of

> all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him

>

> Jai Sai Ram

> Swamy Mahadevan

> Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

> Baba Bless you ever!!!

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