True Happiness
True happiness lies in virtue
and inner soul and not in earthly possessions. Man has to rise up above the
world consciousness through daily meditation. He should ever attempt to enter
the divine consciousness. He should manifest the divine through Sadhana or
concentration. He should transform the human nature into divine nature by
developing Daivi Sampat. He should cut asunder the network of desires which
brings distress and misery in the end through Japa, prayer, meditation and
Satsang.
Blessed householders! Remember
that ignorance is always the root-cause of fear. Wherever there is duality,
there is fear. In Adwaita alone, there is no fear. Who is to be afraid of whom,
when one beholds oneness everywhere? The spiritual journey is long and weary.
There is much to be done by way of spiritual Sadhana. Life is very short. Time
is fleeting. There are many obstacles on the spiritual path. One should apply
oneself diligently in spiritual practices and discipline the Indriyas, in the
control of mind and lead the most regulated life. Concentration and meditation
are the two essential wings of the spiritual Sadhak. With these, he can simply
fly round the entire world. Realise this and rest in your Satchidananda
Swaroopa. Know thy real Self and be ever free.
Beloved children of the Lord!
Scrutinise your motives. Look before you leap. Don’t repent later on. Think
very seriously. Remember Him always and attain immortality and eternal and
lasting peace right now. Work unselfishly with redoubled force and energy.
Universal love is the gateway to Moksha. Do not brood over the past. Live in
the living present. Have intense faith. Aspire fervently. Surrender yourself at
the Lotus Feet of the Lord. The Divine Grace is bound to descend upon you.
Feel the same Atman that is in
you or in the temple, resides in the innermost recesses of the heart of those
poverty-stricken ignorant masses also. Love them as you love your own Ishta
Devata. Serve them with Atma Bhav. You may meet with apathy and even hostility
in the beginning. But if you always entertain thoughts of love, you will surely
win. Rest assured in this simple truth. Love is life and hatred is death.
Expansion of heart is life, contraction is death. Man should die, but once. A
miser dies a thousand times; a weak selfish man dies a million times; one
filled with hatred dies every second of his lifetime. Ever have a broad heart.
Feel the Atmic strength within yourself. Be ever perfectly selfless. Love all. Sarvam
Khalvidam Brahma. All indeed is Brahman. These is naught else, naught else.
Blessed aspirants! You should
always try to find out the defects in sensual object or sensual life. The cause
of birth, death, or old age, disease, pain, etc., is only sensual desires. By
entertaining Mithya Drishti (the unreal nature of worldly objects) and Dosha
Drishti, the mind will not run towards worldly objects. Pratyahara will come by
itself. Then only, the double withdrawal will be more effective and producing
lasting results. Withdrawal of senses from objects can be done through the
practice of devotion to the Lord also. When the subtle undercurrents of Vasanas
die, when all Rajas is squeezed out, when the lurking appetites in the corners
of your Antahkarana are destroyed, when the subtle pride or egoism is
eradicated, then only, you will enjoy eternal lasting bliss. Therefore direct
your efforts in purifying the mind first.
Do not worry about repeated
failures in your Sadhana. Despair not. Do not give up the struggle or the
Sadhana. Stand up and again fight the turbulent senses and the mind. Each
failure is a stepping-stone to success. You are nearer to success every time.
You should succeed in the long run. Make courage your rosary, desirelessness
your holy thread, discrimination your deer-skin, dispassion your silk cloth and
meditation your sacred Bhasma or the holy sacred ash. Burn the fire of lust and
anger through purity and forgiveness. The body idea, lust and egoism are very
deep-rooted in men. Hence, O Man! Struggle hard to eradicate these simple
enemies of your body and mind. Continue the fight unceasingly. You will succeed
eventually in their annihilation.
Never run away from your jobs.
A man can afford to lead a well-regulated moral life in any plane he lives.
Where there is will, there is a way. One should do all actions in a spirit of
detachment. One should leave the world and the objects of the world, as
everything is perishable. Love the Lord seated in all. It is the only Reality.
Do not apply reasoning to what is unthinkable. For knowing what is beyond mind,
one must not rely on logic, but on the sacred scriptures or Srutis or
revelations. Do you know what are hatches, matches and despatches. Hatches are
births, matches are marriages, and despatches are deaths. Find out that one Supreme
undying Being who is above all these matches and despatches and live in the
blissful for ever. Give the foremost place to religion and Sadhana and a very
secondary place to domestic and social life.
Craving is an intense desire.
Through repeated action, every habit has been deeply rooted in man’s nature. Do
not give any kind of leniency to your weaker mind, which is deluding you every
moment. Every evil habit can be easily eradicated, provided the eradication is
taken up immediately as a solemn ideal. All evil habits can be eradicated by
constant Abhyas and absolute Vairagya. Ever feel they are the impediments in
the spiritual path. Develop a strong desire for God-realisation only. May the
Divine light lighten your spiritual path! May you enter into the Kingdom of God
where alone you can have true happiness. May the blessings of your Guru be upon
you!
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