“We
must never be disappointed of the Divine Grace”
(Silence Speaks, Second Edition, pg 313)
Dr. K.Madhava
My dear brothers and sisters,
My humble pranams to all of you.
The topic of today’s seminar is “we must never be
disappointed of the divine grace”
If we put a question to ourselves whether we are
following the above advice or not we find that
majority of the times the advice is more followed in
the breach.
Any dissatisfaction over any situation or with any
person indicates our state of mind of being
disappointed. Any complaint against anything however
trivial it may be shows that we are disappointed.
Our psyche presumes that God should somehow support
our viewpoint or bring about circumstances or
situations which are convenient to us. Even a small
wish is not fulfilled we get into the blaming game.
Even after starting doing meditation serious efforts
to consider getting liberated from being a slave of
wishes is not seriously entertained.
In short we have created a world of our own, a
network, and we want events or situations to unfold
as per that network.
Few examples- a)one wants that his salary be raised
as he feels he deserves it
and he feels disappointed if his wish is not
fulfilled,
b) One is laid with fever or a minor illness and is
disappointed with the pain and discomfort and also
that it is not getting cured quickly, he is also
disappointed that the doctor is not doing the job
properly,
c) If the career plans of one’s children do not go
as per plans one is disappointed,
d) If the marriage plans of one’s children and
subsequent events do not go as per one’s wishes one
is disappointed,
e) If a certain political party wins an election one
is disappointed,
f) If a particular dish in a function is not as per
one’s wish one is disappointed,
g) If an A/C or fan does not work in summer one is
disappointed.
In fact the list can go on endlessly.
What is the basic cause of this disappointment? The
basic cause is the ego or the sense of separate
self.
But once one takes to the natural path and has a
clear conception of the goal which is to achieve
negation of the self, and one has diverted one’s
attention towards it, the vibratory pattern of
thoughts in our consciousness undergoes very rapid
changes. With one’s resolve and the catalytic
influence of pranahuti the remembrance of the
presence of Divine Master starts dominating in our
consciousness and the world will look like as if one
is in a dream.
When the feeling of His presence is dominating in
one’s consciousness and one gives a very high value
to that vibration, mundane problems and disturbances
loose their capacity to make a mark on our
consciousness.
Here I would like to quote Rev Babuji Maharaj from
the book SDG article “sensitivity and experiences”
“Then there
are other examples which may be spoken of as states
of higher category. Love or attachment of heart,
whether mundane or Divine, in proportion to its
intensity reduces the experience (sensitivity) and
expression of physical penury: and still beyond and
above a certain limit, attachment of heart and mind
obstructs the most profound physical experience
altogether. An anecdote about a prominent scientist
is well known, that he was so absorbed in his work
that his dog ate his lunch and when in the evening
his servant on enquiry told him that he had eaten
his lunch and empty plates were taken away for
washing by the servant, he (the scientist) was
satisfied just that in a state of self-oblivion he
had forgotten having eaten his lunch. Whether some
body treats it as a state of high level or low
level, this story is certainly true at the level of
human experience.’
In the same
article he further states
“It may be asked as to what constitutes the standard
of personal benefits finally after all! A hungry
person considers food as personal benefit: but the
scientist forgets his hunger in his fondness for his
work. It may be remarked here that intellectual
benefit has precedence over physical benefit. There
is yet another anecdote about this very scientist
that his dog upturned the lamp on his table, and the
labour of his about 20 last years of life got
reduced to ashes in no time. It is stated that the
scientist just patted the dog and said only 'you do
not know what great harm you have dealt to me'. It
is also stated that Lord Christ, in this very
strain, prayed for his killers: 'O God, pardon them
for they do not know what great sin they have
committed'. Here even intellectual and emotional
benefit also weighed lighter as compared to
spiritual benefit.”
The most important point I am trying to make is that
after a pranahuti session we are blessed with the
presence of Divine Master in our consciousness, it
may in the form of silence, or a feeling of joy, or
a feeling of vibration or a thought related to
Master, or it may be an inexplicable feeling of
wonder or reverence.
If we treat that state of mind as the most valuable
one rather than our ego and its prejudices or its
possessions, then we will be marching rapidly
towards our goal.
We must nurture that divine impulse in us by sincere
meditation, purification process, points A & B
meditation, 9 pm universal prayer, and bed time
prayer.
We must everyday try to review our performance of
following the Ten Commandments, and if we keep
practicing thus, negation of self becomes a
certainty and then we will be able to follow the
dictum of Rev Master that “God is the supreme Master
and His will must be carried out in every respect”
Pranams
References
1.
Showers of Divine Grace – P 170
2.
Showers of Divine Grace – P 171
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