” हमें ‘गुरु – कृपा’ पाने के क़ाबिल हमेशा रहना चाहिये…”

Swami ji said…

Man is fickle by nature. Our ability to change colours – faster than that of a chameleon, and, knack of donning as many hats as possible, in one go, to please and placate the audience standing before us – is truly beyond comprehension and can leave any one of us bewildered and speechless. But, then that is the way we are! Our moods and choices; wants and desires; likes and dislikes can change – just like that – from one moment to another. If we are happy one moment, we could be sad the very next. We could love someone whole heartedly one day; and, on falling out with them, could detest them intensely – the very next day. Well, this flaw, inherently present in each one of us – can be understood to a certain extent. But, what cannot be understood – is our foolish tendency of having an elephant’s memory – when it comes to counting and remembering the number of problems that have been faced by us in the past – rather than recounting the blessings that God has bestowed upon us in abundance.

This weakness, at times, could be so deep – rooted within a few of us, that we remain restless, indecisive, confused, unhappy, envious of others; find ourselves unable to face a crisis and incapable of overcoming grief and sorrow, unsure of what should be done by us.Negativity gets through to us very easily, and, positivity seems to make a hasty retreat – leaving us questioning – “Will we continue to live this way forever? What is the purpose of our life?”

It is during such moments of despondency and uncertainty – that many lost souls like us could have gone through – that the good ‘karma’ that has been accumulated by us over our past lifetimes – leads us to the Lotus Feet of a ‘सद्गुरु’, a ‘सच्चा संत ‘ – who, in His quiet manner, had been waiting for that special individual – to be led to ‘Him’ in accordance with God’s plans for both – ‘गुरु’ औऱ ‘भक्त’… “हमारे जीवन में वही ‘सद्गुरु’ आएँगे, जिन्हें नियति ने निर्धारित किया हुआ है…और उचित समय पे ही, सही समय पे ही…ईश्वर हमें उन्के तय किए हुए ‘सद्गुरु’ के पास हमे पहुँचाते हैं…” And, our ‘सद्गुरु’ gives us – everything that He feels would be ideal for us. ‘He’ accepts us as one of His own lovingly, as, He too, had been waiting eagerly to shower His Grace on us, and, assist us on our spiritual quest. If we are alert to developments and happenings around us, we will see miracles take place around us, and, all of a sudden life begins to take a new meaning for us. It becomes beautiful, meaningful, worth-living. Every minute invested by a ‘सच्चा संत’ in us – opens unknown, unseen paths for us – enabling us to understand all that we need to learn and do – to develop a closer connection, relationship with God.

But, since; faith, loyalty and trust are in short deficit in most of our relationships – do we apply the same yardstick when considering our relationship with our ‘sadhguru’? Do we begin to have second thoughts about His powers when we feel that some desires of ours have not been fulfilled by Him. There is no running away from the fact that we have always wanted more ; longed for more – and, thus, can the possibility that the devotees quickly forget about the ‘sadhguru’ – “जिन्होंने उन्हें जीवन जीने का ‘सही तरीका’ और ‘सही सोच’ सिखाई थी…” – and, in the future, have no qualms in setting out to look for another ‘Guru’?

Do we become complacent after having advanced spiritually under a ‘self – realised’ guru’s’ guidance and directions? After having gained success and benefitting profitably – do we begin to take the Grace that our ‘Guru’ had showered on us for granted? Do we, over a time period, turn smug enough to believe that – ” ‘सद्गुरु’ की कृपा हमेशा हमपे बरसती रहेगी ‘ – and, that irrespective of what we further do in our lives, we will continue to be recipients of His blessings ? Can we say with all sincerity that we are worthy of being blessed by our ‘sadguru’s divine presence in our lives?

Our ‘Guru’ might never voice his dissatisfaction about us – to us ; but shouldn’t we, as His devotees, make every effort possible – to earn ‘Guru – kripa’ from Him? Our ‘Guru’ will always give us much more than we had ever dreamt of – as according to Him , His ‘dharma’ will always be to ‘give’ to His devotees. When He says that – “मेरे दरबार से कोइ ख़ाली हाथ नहीं जाता है और नही जाएगा…” – ‘He’ not only says it with utmost sincerity and conviction – but also means what He says.