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Reality dawns on him alone who goes back along with
Nature making himself subtler and subtler
Sri. Raghu Annaluru
Dear
brothers and sisters,
Namaste
In
the spirit of Bodhayanti Parasparam, I seek your
permission to present my views on the seminar topic
“Reality dawns upon him alone who goes back along
with Nature making himself subtler and subtler”.
Master says “goes back along with Nature”.
For me, it means that we have to be in tune with
nature and spend efforts in going back to the Centre
where from all of us have descended from. Master,
the special personality, is entrusted with the task
of overhauling Nature, and it is our duty to
co-operate with Master in this divine endeavour so
that balance can be re-established.
What
is stopping us, from going back, becoming plain and
simple (to be identical with nature) is, our self
created individual creation/network, which we
constantly feed with our personal ambitions,
desires, ego, with which we are so attached, that we
don’t want to come out of , even if help is offered.
To be
in tune with Nature, means developing divine
attributes of brotherhood, empathy, Simplicity,
Service Sacrifice, among others.
My
Imperiences
It is
my imperience that, by doing regular Pt. B
purification before morning meditation, the amount
of sensual and unclean thoughts that used to bombard
and wreck my meditation sessions, have greatly
reduced. Now my meditations are calmer, smoother and
more absorbing.
Also,
it is my experience that the general condition of
calmness and lightness bestowed in morning
meditation, somehow gets dimmed by the evening when
I come back from office. Here, doing 30 minutes of
cleaning and 9 pm prayer helps in making me fresh
and calm again.
To
that extent I feel more in tune with Nature, after
following the meditational practices.
Master says “He must also cultivate habits which
will be conducive to his efforts for shattering the
network”1. A few habits to cultivate are
1.
To follow the 10 commandments
(starting with rise before dawn).
2.
Regularly taking sittings and
attending Satsangs.
3.
Reading & listening to Master’s
works. A point to note here is that, Sri Ramchandra
publishers, publish and make available books in
almost all the bhandaras and unless we make it a
habit to study the works daily, it is very difficult
to catch up.
4.
Reducing T.V time, mindless browsing
and visits to the mall.
This
chapter (Peep into Reality) is categorized under the
section “Principles”. On reading the message a few
times and contemplating, I get a feeling that Master
is giving us some principles, on how we should live
our lives so that we become subtler and subtler,
namely
1.
We are all grihastha’s. We should try
to make our home like an ashram; by doing our
meditational practices and encouraging our spouses
to do as-well, talking to children about Master,
thereby creating an environment where our homes help
us in our transformation.
2.
Master says “As you think so you
become”2. In this competitive world, we
are bombarded with many thoughts, some novel and
some very disgusting. Master mentions one Jamila
(charming dancer). We are living in a world where
there are Jamilas everywhere, every ready to disturb
our silence. Here a strong will is necessary to stay
focussed.
3.
Instead of spending time debating
endlessly (with friends and relatives) about God’s
existence and form, we should spend efforts for
being better sadhakas first.
It is
indeed our good fortune and luck to be associated
with a system, in the prime of our lives, which did
not arise accidentally AND was given graciously to
mankind waiting in eager expectation AND which
adopts natural ways for God realization. What else
do we want?
We
should be grateful and take this opportunity with
both hands and follow ALL the meditational practices
assiduously. This will definitely help us becoming
subtler and subtler, plain and simple, which will
enable us to have a peep into reality.
Pranams.
References:
1.
Basic Writings of SriRamchandra,
First Edition, April 2008, pg152
2.
Showers of Divine Grace, Fourth
Edition, October 2006, pg 62 |
