Day: August 10, 2024

Swami ji said…

Life, undoubtedly, is demanding. It can be taxing and draining to the very core. What tomorrow brings – no one knows. But, sometimes, it, is certainly not what we want or expect. It can cause us pain and suffering when we least expect it. The discontentment and disenchantment with the unpredictable nature of life – makes us blind to reason – so much so that we refuse to draw strength from any source of inspiration and motivation – to rebuild trust in the vagaries of life. Some of us who might have had the good fortune of being initiated, blessed and accepted by a ‘saccha sant’ ; a self realised ‘guru’ as His own – tend to forget the
divine significance of
the sacred moments – that we had experienced – on receiving the treasure of priceless knowledge from Him. And, instead, it , appears that all the time invested in us by a ‘गुरू’ and the ‘ज्ञान’ that He had shared with us – ‘सब व्यर्थ था ‘ – as we seem to have forgotten every teaching of his ; simply erased every instruction of His from our mind and appear to be as blank as a clean slate – as we continue to remain greatly affected and influenced by all that is happening around us – outside of us – and show no inclination whatsoever to know – who we are.

When life doesn’t run the way we want it to – we are bound to be unhappy. Since we have decided that all that should matter to us – is the external world around us and all that happens to us, and, around us – not for a moment do we bother to look deep within ourselves – our inner being – our true ‘self’. Isn’t it ironical that we function in a manner that is contrary to the teachings of a ‘सच्चा संत? Why do we behave in such a manner ? “क्या हम ने यह तय किया हुआ है कि हमारा जीवन उन सब चीजों से ही जुड़ा रहेगा जो हमारे ‘बाहर’ है … ये कमज़ोरी हमारे दुखी रहना का सबसे बड़ा कारण है…सुखी रहने के लिए हमें अपने आप को – अपने भीतर, अपने अंदर को जान ना चाहिए…”

Nothing could sadden a ‘guru’ more than to see His ‘bhakts’ – who had received ‘शिक्षा’ , ‘ज्ञान’ , ‘उपदेश’ – from Him – forget every teaching of His – at the first sign of imminent turbulence in their lives ? हम अपने बाहरी परेशानियों में,जीवन की परेशानियों में
इतना डूब जाते हैं कि हम – अपने ‘भीतर’ डूबना भूल जाने हैं…”

It is easy to give up and wallow in self-pity and sadness. We feel it is easier to simply go along with the waves of unhappiness – when life challenges us ; calls upon us to take up arms and wage a war against our fears, our insecurities. At that moment , we choose to cower down and look for sympathy instead. The code, the principles, the routine and rituals we were following – as a path to success, to happiness are abandoned and disregarded – when in fact – it is then that we need them the most …” हम अपने आप को इतना कमजोर क्यूँ होने देते हैं … हम इतनी जल्दी उन सब चीजों से कैसे प्रभावित हो जातें हैं – वो सब जो हमारे बाहर चल रहा है…”

For the spiritual seeker – this is a key lesson. In grief, in difficulties – the mind’s first instinct is to abandon everything ; to just give up – and look for comfort instead.The mind will try to lead him astray – by goading him to give up his spiritual beliefs and practices ; will make him doubt himself by asking – ” What did you gain by embarking on your spiritual journey – if you still have to endure pain and suffering? Why should you abide by any spiritual teachings?” The spiritual seeker has to remain resilient and not let such an attack weaken his faith and belief in his journey. With his ‘guru’s’ directions, guidance and blessings , he should seek to complete his spiritual quest – by knowing God, by seeing Him and merging with Him…” ये कला ‘गुरु’ के अलावा और कोई ना बता सकता है और सिखा सकता है…”