Baba's advice regarding our behavior

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Baba's advice regarding our behavior

" Unless there is some relationship or connection, nobody goes

anywhere. If any creature comes to you do not drive it away discourteously. Shri Hari (God) will be pleased if you give water to the

thirsty, bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked and your abode to the

homeless. If somebody seeks financial help from you and if you do not have

money to give him, you need not give him any money but do not abuse him, if

people abuse you do not retaliate. If

you exhibit tolerance you

will certainly be

happy. Demolish the wall of difference between you and Me. Then the road for our union will be open. This sense of

differentiation between the

Master and the discipline is the barrier that keeps

the disciple away from his Master. Unless this barrier is destroyed the state

of union cannot be achieved. It is on account of RINANUBANDHA (previous

relationship) that we have come together. Let us love and serve each other and be

happy. He who attains the supreme goal of life is immortal and happy. Others

merely exist. "

 

Baba's Advice to Dabolkar

" My method is quite unique. Remember this. To get ATMAJNANA,

DHYANA is needed. This ATMA-ANUSHTANA pacifies and carries the mind into

SAMADHI. So give up all desires and dwell in your mind upon GOD in all. If the

mind is thus concentrated the goal is achieved. For DHYANA meditate on me

either as in form or as formless, mere ANANDHA. If such formless contemplation

is hard, then think of my form, just as you see it here. Think of it night and

day. With such meditation, the mind dissolves into unity.

 

That is, it attains LAYA. The difference between

the subject and the object, (me and you) and the act of contemplation will be

lost. The quest becomes the goal. The guru's glance becomes food and nectar for

the pupil " . Then Baba gave sugar candy prasad to Dabolkar

and said: “If you keep my advice to mind, it will be sweet as sugar

candy " . Baba then recommended the dyana or the Sravana of this episode followed by NANA NIDHI DHYASA,

SMARANA and DHYANA, of which will lead to realisation

of ANANDHA NA. That which is seen is the manifestation of AMMAN through

MAYA and will dissolve again 5 BRAHMAN. The crown of JNANA is the realisation of the one ATMAN from which everything is

issued and into which everything ultimately merges.

 

Baba's Advice to Nana

Nanabhai Chandorkar

found that though he waited for Athithies "

(guests) for a few minutes after daily VAISWADEVA, none ever turned up. He

ended to ask Baba if the Vedic instruction to wait guests before food was

worthless and impracticable. When he went to Baba for this query, Baba, even

before Nana would ask him, spoke thus:

" Nana, the SASTRAS are neither in fault nor are the MANTRAS

wrong. But you have not caught their true import. You get into your head a

worthless interpretation and then stand waiting for guests. They will not turn

up. The term " ATHITHI " does not denote man alone. ATHITHI is whatever

creature is hungry and comes on to you, at that time, whether human, insect,

bird or beast, seeking food. The real ATHITHI that you get, you do not regard

as such. These creatures seek food and come to you. Nana, give up this wrong

interpretation. At " KAKABAU " home take plenty of boiled rice outside

the house and leave it there. Do not shout or call for any and do not drive any

away. Whatever the creature that comes to eat, let not that disturb your mind.

You get thus the merit of feeding lakhs of

guests. "

(Source 26th Convention of Sai Devotees Meet)