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“If we are in the hands of a real
Master, all the things necessary for 'man to be
called man' gradually come out of themselves”
Sri. J.M.Sarma
Dear Respected Pujya Sir,
Brothers and Sisters,
I humbly place before you my
pranams.
By the grace of the Master, we
have all assembled here for this seminar and also
for the occasion of our beloved Pujya Lalaji Maharaj
Birthday that is on ‘Basant Panchami’ celebrations.
I would like to express my
sincere thanks for providing me this opportunity to
express my little understanding about Master’s
sentence “If we are in the hands of a real Master,
all the things necessary for 'man to be called man'
gradually come out of themselves’’ and share
my views.
The sentence of the Master is
taken from the article ‘Method of Training’
from the book ‘Showers of Divine Grace’.
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While explaining the greatness of
our system, Master says “If we are in the hands of a
real Master, all the things necessary for 'man to be
called man' gradually come out of themselves’’.
I feel and have firm conviction
that we are very fortunate to be in the system
bestowed to us by our Master and also in the hands
of Him. When I thought further, how one should be in
the hands of real Master, then I remember our Pujya
Babuji Maharaj mentioning in one of his letter to an
Abhyasi that
“We submit (give up) ourselves to
that ideal just like a dead man in the hands of a
dresser (who gives it a bath). He may handle his
hands and feet in whatever manner he likes, he
(corpse) cannot resist it.” 2
I feel there is lot of effort and
responsibility from my side which is must and will
make me eligible to be in the hands of Master.
I mean I should do at least
following:
1)
Follow His
system and do the practices as told by Him in toto
and follow His commandments in letter and spirit.
His commandments are to be part and parcel of my day
to day life and it should reflect in my life.
This is very important role from
Abhyasi. Our Pujya Babuji Maharaj says in the
article ‘Master who leads to Realisation’ in the
book ‘Showers of Divine Grace’
“When you (Abhyasi) have played
your part fully well, the Ultimate cannot fall short
in playing His part. That is only a beginning of the
higher sort of spirituality”. 3
At one more place, our Pujya
Babuji Maharaj says in the article ‘Craving of the
soul’ in the book ‘Showers of Divine Grace’
“My Master unequivocally
declares: ‘Spirituality is my responsibility, as
practice is your responsibility”. 4
I feel, it means we have
responsibility of doing practices as told by Master
and follow His commandments.
2)
The next point
is, apart from following practices bestowed by
Master, there should be remembrance of Master with
love and devotion.
Our Pujya Babuji Maharaj says in
the article ‘Way to perfection’ in the book ‘Showers
of Divine Grace’
“The general idea that fills
abhyasis is that the items of practice taught to
them are all that is needed to take them up to the
final state of evolution. Their thought does not run
beyond this at all. We indicate Raja Yoga as our
foundation and it is so in fact, their ideation does
not reach down to its depths and it just stops short
with the observance of the rules. But it is certain
that in Sahaj Marg, the fragrance of Pranahuti
indwells, but still the factors that get left behind
are Love and Devotion. Along with the act of
Meditation, it is essential that these should also
inhere therein. It has been necessary for me to
stress the mingling of the facets together, since by
doing this the Sadhak may be able to reach his goal
very soon. It is your responsibility to engender
these factors in yourselves. The means consist in
endeavouring to maintain the remembrance of the
Principle, that is, Ishwar (God).
Even here, the objection can be
put forward by some that by this effort the mind
gets so tired that perhaps it can retain this only
for half a day. Whatever act you do, do it in the
thought “It is the Divine's command and therefore it
is my duty to do so”, so that the state of
remembrance should continue steadfast and one
special benefit that accrues is that the creation of
samskars (Impression) ceases. Retaining the
remembrance of God at all times, engenders in us a
deep attachment to the Divine and leads to the state
in which love for Him develops and overflows.
Gradually through this, devotion attains its full
form. It is therefore very essential to adopt this
procedure. 5
3)
Continuing
above point, the next point to remember is “Love Him
who loves all”. The importance of Love is expressed
in our system at so many places.
Our Pujya Babuji Maharaj says in
the article ‘Love Him who loves all’ in the book
‘Showers of Divine Grace’
“Finally love makes every task
easy and paves the way for the shower of Master’s
grace to smoothen the way to the Ultimate Goal.
“Love is the hunger of human soul for divine
beauty”, according to Socrates, and “Love is the
inner awakening to Reality” according to me. Love
Him who loves all and thus everybody is
automatically loved through Him”.6
I remember our Pujya Sir said in
one of his talks on Janmastami that
“Love has got various meanings
for various people of various ages and climes.
Above all it means sacrifice. Sacrifice a bit of
ours in favour of the other. Sacrifice more of us
in favour of the other. Sacrifice all of us in
favour of the other. This is how love develops. We
have various examples of love - mother's love,
father's love, husband's love, wife's love,
children's love etc. All these things are partial,
but love for God is full, potent, undivided - it is
advaita. It is not the advaita of Vedanta. It is
not the much brandied out word called advaita. No.
The unity consciousness that we have experienced
just now is advaita. The bliss, the ocean of bliss
in which we were merged and continue to be merged is
advaita. It is inseparable, it cannot be divided.
It is unity. It passes through our hearts. Mind
has no place here. This is not the realm of the
mind. This is the realm of the heart. Heart knows
how to love, mind knows how to dissect. So, first
give up most of your mind. It is not an easy task.
That is the reason why I have been requesting all of
you to read more and more of Babuji Maharaj. Let
his words sink into our hearts. Let those words be
alone the words that we use on all occasions”.
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4)
Come out from
self and lead a moral life. This is must.
If we recall the sentence of
seminar, in the same article, Master says
“The background of spirituality
is the ‘Moral Courage’ which rises when one is
moral. My revered Master used to say ‘How so ever
advanced a person may seem to be, if his moral
character is doubtful, I would say that he has not
got even a breath of spirituality’. And what is
morality in the True sense? It is that all the
faculties may come in harmony for proper use. How
does this happen? When a man begins to be away from
the ‘Self’, it begins to develop.” 8
In one more article ‘Easiest Way’
in the book ‘Showers of Divine Grace’ our Pujya
Babuji Maharaj says
“The basis of Yoga has always
been the right morals and proper behaviour. That is
why; my Master Samarth Guru Mahatma Ram Chandraji
Maharaj of Fatehgarh (U.P.) had laid very great
stress on this point. He always emphasized on
cultivating principled character. The way of life
should be pregnant with high morals. If it is not
there a person is not capable of having the fine
type of spirituality, which is beyond everything and
is worth having”. 9
So, there is lot of importance
given to selflessness in our system and also one has
to be moral in life.
In conclusion, I feel we should
do our role fully and have full trust and faith in
Master and His system. Master is so kind that His
support is there always and will pave us the way to
be in the hands of a real Master and all the things
necessary for ‘man to be called man’ like
selflessness, love and other qualities for
expressing Him are gradually will come out from us.
We are also very fortunate to be
in great system bestowed to us by our Pujya Master
for the transformation of human life. We should
utilise our life to the service of the Master and
live upto His expectation in spreading His message
to one and all.
Once again, I thank you for
providing me this opportunity to express my views
and understanding about Master’s sentence. I humbly
request all of you to kindly pardon me for any
mistakes.
My humble Pranams to one and all.
References:
1.
Showers of Divine Grace – 2006 Edition – pg
54
2.
Satyapathamu- Babuji Centenary Issue - “The
method of subduing Egoism” – pg 50
3.
Showers of Divine Grace – 2006 Edition – pg
29
4.
Showers of Divine Grace – 2006 Edition – pg
163
5.
Showers of Divine Grace – 2006 Edition – pg
127
6.
Showers of Divine Grace – 2006 Edition – pg
159
7.
Message on Sri Krishna Janmastami - 2009 by
Pujya Sri K.C.Narayana
8.
Showers of Divine Grace – 2006 Edition – pg
53
9.
Showers of Divine Grace – 2006 Edition – pg
65
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