Swami ji’s Sandesh … ” ज्ञान” से अपने आज को, अपने भविष्य को अच्छा बनाओ…”

Swami ji said…

Sublimely beautiful and divine is the day – when a ‘सच्चा संत’, a self-realised ‘Guru’ blesses us , initiates us with a ‘Guru mantra’. A ‘Guru mantra’ consists of ‘sacred words’ – that a ‘guru’ and God alone know to be ideal and most suitable for one’s ‘spiritual’ upliftment. And herein lies the delicate question. “Do we realise how lucky we are to experience the extraordinary moment of ‘initiation’? How fortunate we are to have been chosen by divinity to be blessed in this manner ? Or do we on receiving our ‘Guru – mantra’ become smug and begin to entertain foolish ideas of having already crossed the “final’ barrier”, have ensured a seat in heaven – without having to put in any effort in the future ?Doesn’t the ‘Guru – Gyan’ that is received by us at the lotus feet of our ‘Guru’ heighten our awareness of the beginning of new, unfamiliar vibrations and movement within our inner being? Don’t we experience, sense some kind of ‘awakening’; some ‘thing’ being activated; an ‘energy’ of a different kind – which we find very difficult to put a name to – being released within us?

The ‘knowledge’ that is imparted by Him to us – doesn’t it reveal unknown facets, aspects and features of ‘life’ to us ? Of great meaning and relevance, that should be delved into by us – as they acquaint us with the ‘true’ purpose of our life. Don’t we grow aware of and ‘feel’ the subtle changes that begin to take place in our way of thinking ? Our outlook, attitude and approach towards life – do we not notice a change in them once we start receiving ‘Gyaan’ from our ‘Guru’? Doesn’t the definition and meaning of ‘life’ change for us from then onwards? And, if, even as a novice on the spiritual path – we see the benefits of ‘Guru – Gyan’ and learn from it – then should not that work in our favour – as it would enable us to get a clear understanding about the importance of realising the ‘self’? If God allows us to be blessed in a manner as divine as this, shouldn’t we feel that we’ve been more than lucky in this lifetime?

” ‘गुरु’ के चरणों में बैठ कर जो हम ‘ज्ञान’ पाते हैं , हमारे भीतर जो एक अलग सी आंतरिक जागृति उत्पन्न होती है, हमें स्वच्छता की अनुभूति देती है; एक नई समझ देती है; ताकत देती है जीवन के मुश्किल दिनों से उभरने के लिए…” Doesn’t “गुरु – ज्ञान” give us internal strength to stand firmly against all odds – that could otherwise have left us indecisive and broken, earlier – in the past ? Doesn’t His insight, a ‘gurudev’s’ perspective – develop a new thought process within us to let go of the past – irrespective of what it had showed us – as neither can we relive our past nor bring it back? We have to let it go, but, at the same time – keep in mind the lessons that innumerable mistakes made by us have taught us.

A ‘saccha sant’ works on His devotees selflessly; without expecting anything in return from them – focussing on bringing out the best – from His devotees. But, He would derive happiness on seeing them imbibe His teachings in their day to day life; implement them in their ‘today’ and build the foundation of their future based on His teachings and the Real Knowledge that He has endeavoured to impart to them. A future in which truth, honesty, ‘nek soch’, ‘achche karma’ prevail.

Life is short and a spiritual seeker – who is on a mission – has to accomplish a lot within the time span allowed to him by his Creator. Whichever vice or bad habit that he had fallen prey to in the past – has to be swept under the carpet for good ; forever – and he has to adopt a ‘vice free’ life with immediate effect, which will lead into a future – in which his ‘soul’ will reside in a healthy ‘body’ that is directed by a pure
‘mind’. He could have been an atheist in the past – but certain events in his life had turned him into a believer – and he now hungered for God’s love and ‘realisation’ – and began to lead a life – devoted to ‘tapa’ and ‘japa’. His ego in the past had made him feel that he was the person in-charge ; that he was doing everything and, thus, he was of the firm belief that he was the ‘doer’ – but when an unexpected turn of events in his life had turned tables on his plans- it was then that he realised, finally, that ‘He’ alone is the ‘doer’ and he was only His puppet and it was best for him to surrender completely to God’s will. He also realised that once he had started growing spiritual wings – his ‘life’ had taken off on auto mode – and it so appeared that the spiritual path, which was unknown to him earlier, had opened on its own accord – on receiving a ‘divine’ signal – and he began to understand that it was his ‘प्रारब्ध’ and past ‘karma’ – that had played a pivotal role in making him worthy enough to be led by his ‘gurudev’ to tread the path that would make him see light one day.