” हम सब इश्वर की संतान हैं … फ़िर इतने अलग क्यूँ ? “

Swami ji said…

“We all are one … We all are children of God …” – is the declaration made repeatedly by the wisest; the greatest religious founders and teachers – as they spread the message of God. The divine beauty underlying this Gospel Truth, should inspire us to live a life – filled with love, compassion and understanding for every one around us. We need to remember that – “ We are one and the same”.. “हम सब एक हैं औऱ एक जैसे भी हैं…” We all laugh, we all cry ; we all fret and fume. We share similar emotions; react in very much the same way to different life situations.

And, yet, we come to the same point again – “If we are all one, then why are we still so different? What is it that makes us different from each other ? Separates us from each other ?” The answer to this question wouldn’t be very difficult to find – if we were honest with ourselves.

It is our ego, fears and beliefs that separate us from each other. Life can be lived in a congenial manner ; taking everyone along with us ; being happy and spreading happiness; avoiding conflicts and verbal disagreements. But, instead of creating happy situations for ourselves – we have nurtured our ‘egos’ – which makes us take everything personally; allowed our ‘fears’ to loom large over us and held on to our ‘beliefs’ with rigidity – whether we are right or wrong in doing so – is something that stops mattering to us – as we get so caught up in our own way of thinking.

Doesn’t a ‘self-realised Guru’ accept all those who come to Him to understand – what life is all about? Does He make any distinction between His devotees ?
Never does he differentiate between them – as He knows that – “उनके सारे शिष्य, उन्हीं परमपिता, नीली छत्रीवाले के बच्चे हैं…” The ‘Guru’ loves His devotees in equal measure and believes that the teachings and instructions He imparts to His devotees will be imbibed and implemented by them. In fact, He believes that His devotees will become distinctive – as they will stand by all those who need their support in difficult times… ” लोगों को मुश्क़िल समय में सहारा देंगे, सत्य के मार्ग पे चलके सबको प्रोत्साहित करेंगे और नेक कार्य कर के सबको नेक रास्ते पर चलना सिखाएँगे…” The ‘Guru’ develops faith in His devotees too over a period of time and knows that once He has given a certain duty to a certain devotee – that devotee will abide, obey and follow the ‘guru’s’ directive – till the moment He tells him otherwise.

There are instances when devotees have meandered from the main source, the true fountain of knowledge, from where they were receiving ‘सत्य का ज्ञान ‘- from their ‘गुरु’ – to another enlightened soul – for reasons known only to them. But , the ‘Guru’ who has been abandoned by the devotee will never abandon the devotee, nor, harbour ill – will against him. The ‘Guru’ who has mastered His senses – will not allow His false ego to overwhelm and overpower Him – but accept it as ‘ईश्वर की इच्छा’ – and continue to bless such wayward devotees.

Our fears are greatly misplaced. They are created by our insecurities and complexes – which in turn are created by our lack of faith in ourselves. Our egos make us feel that we must be at the
centre of power for every little thing that happens in life; that we must be appreciated and cheered for the simplest of things being done daily. Wouldn’t we be foolish to develop an attitude like that ?

A spiritual seeker must drop his ego. He must have faith in others. He must live with the belief that all that is happening with him , to him – was supposed to happen, and , that how others behave and act with him – is in accordance with God’s will. Instead, he must develop compassion. Even when others behave in an ungainly manner with him, treat him unfairly – he must not immediately react , but , try to put himself in the other person’s shoes. He must reflect as to why and what made the other person behave in an irate way with him. It is only through such practice – that he will begin to gradually see the ‘soul’ – as being a distinctive part – from the human form that can be seen by him. He will begin to see his own imperfections and understand them. He will also see those very flaws in others, but , instead of judging them, he will be more understanding.He learns to simply acknowledge that others too are struggling to grow out of the shackles of their ego and fears – and these are flaws which have nothing to do with the purity of the soul.