Hari OM
Never despair and say, “Oh! That Swamijī does not know anything of the practical difficulties.” The Swami was also in the same position at one time. He didn’t drop down from the skies. A saint is one who, in solitude and patience, has developed himself.
Train your mind. Watch the mind. Try slowly and steadily to arrest, to apprehend, to laugh at, to cajole, to threaten, to plead with, to soothe and comfort the mind. This is not possible as long as you are identifying yourself with your mind.
When such worries come, don’t yield. Stand apart and watch how the mind gets worried, and not you, by the worries. Just as you pacify a child ‘weeping for nothing’ often by fearful threats, on occasions by loving words, sometimes by promises of some presents, and sometimes by a tender slap, so too manage the mind!
The very moment you start detaching yourself from it and watching it, you will find that the mind has lost half of its stamina. As though ashamed of itself, it comes to you in surrender and awe!
The very same mind that is now madly agitated, which gives so much worry and pain, is the ferry that must take us to peace and perfection, which is God.
Worry, anxiety, desire, selfishness, jealousy, hatred and so on are the dirt that lies heaped within us, accumulated during the millions of births which each one of us had lived in our various embodiments. This accumulated dirt has now turned the Lord out of the inner temple.
Empty His home. Clear it. Purify it. Sanctify it with devotion. Invoke Him. He shall enter in and then glory, glory to the God-mad devotee. This is what Draupadi gained, Rādhā accomplished, and Mīrā experienced. Even today, many are living the joys of the Lord
having entered their home.
Train your mind. Watch the mind. Try slowly and steadily to arrest, to apprehend, to laugh at, to cajole, to threaten, to plead with, to soothe and comfort the mind. This is not possible as long as you are identifying yourself with your mind.
When such worries come, don’t yield. Stand apart and watch how the mind gets worried, and not you, by the worries. Just as you pacify a child ‘weeping for nothing’ often by fearful threats, on occasions by loving words, sometimes by promises of some presents, and sometimes by a tender slap, so too manage the mind!
The very moment you start detaching yourself from it and watching it, you will find that the mind has lost half of its stamina. As though ashamed of itself, it comes to you in surrender and awe!
The very same mind that is now madly agitated, which gives so much worry and pain, is the ferry that must take us to peace and perfection, which is God.
Worry, anxiety, desire, selfishness, jealousy, hatred and so on are the dirt that lies heaped within us, accumulated during the millions of births which each one of us had lived in our various embodiments. This accumulated dirt has now turned the Lord out of the inner temple.
Empty His home. Clear it. Purify it. Sanctify it with devotion. Invoke Him. He shall enter in and then glory, glory to the God-mad devotee. This is what Draupadi gained, Rādhā accomplished, and Mīrā experienced. Even today, many are living the joys of the Lord
having entered their home.
Found this very useful. Quite ... or rather more relevant for modern times.
ReplyDelete