Lord
Krishna, speaking about such unbounded devotion, said, "I free from all
his sins the devotee who surrenders to Me." To achieve such boundless
devotion, determination and concentration of mental energy are
necessary, When a person's mind wanders, his energy is also weakened. If
you try to pick up many objects at once you will drop them. But if you
put your mind into too many things your mental energy becomes scattered
and its power is dissipated. But when you train your mental energy in
one direction, you can make the impossible happen.
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There
is a story about a king who went to a foreign country. He told his
queens that he would return after a few days and would bring anything
that they wanted. The first queen asked for clothes, the second asked
for jewellery, and the third asked for sweets. But the fourth queen
wondered, "What should I ask for? It should be something which will give
me everything." So she took a piece of red paper, wrote, sa on it and
sent it to the king. The king opened the pieces of paper. One queen had
written, "Please bring me sweets," another had written," Please bring me
clothes." When the king opened the fourth piece of paper he saw that it
contained only the letter sa. He wondered what it could mean. Where
would he find such a thing? He
called his minister and said, "Make some sense out of this." The
minister looked at the red paper and the letter sa and he grasped it
meaning. He said to the king, "Your Majesty, it means lalsa (which in
Hindi means `desire'). Your fourth queen is telling you that she has
only one wish, that you should come home to her." So the king was very
pleased. He returned home and the presents were distributed to the
queens. But he himself went to the palace of the fourth queen, and
wherever a king goes, everything will follow him, won't it? So the queen
received everything without even asking.
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Ek
sadhe sab sadhey - The One Way will give you everything. Devotion to
God, the Lord of all, will fulfil a person's every desire. That is why
you should have boundless devotion for Him. There should be feelings of
duality. Satsang germinates the seeds of devotion, the saints cultivate
these seeds, and the Master makes them grow. Then the soul reaps the
benefit.
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The
Ganges of Knowledge will flow within every person who sacrifices.
Sacrifice is a very great thing. Devotion is also something very great,
and until a person has devotion, he will not prosper spiritually. You
cannot get peace from
material things. This is something to really think about. Satsang
cleanses us of internal dirt in the same way as we wash away external
dirt. So think about it, understand it, and bring this Knowledge into
your life. Close the gap between reading and hearing about it and
actually experiencing it. Achieve liberation just as Arjuna, Hanuman and
Nishadraj did.
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After
Lord Rama left Ayodhya for exile in the forest, his first friend and
companion was Nishadraj, the chief of the Nishada tribe. He belonged to a
section of society which was despised and considered very low, but he
became the Lord's first friend. Such barriers can be broken by the
vastness of spiritual knowledge.
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Mahatma Gandhi had visions of the kingdom of Rama,
or the ideal state. All problems would be resolved in such a state, and
all people would be uplifted. Even today people still talk about it.
But without a Rama there can not be such a state. However, someone who
firmly establishes this state within himself can be said to be living in
this kingdom. When the numbers of such people increase, this earthly
paradise will manifest. Devotion makes a person great. It causes divine
ethics to become part of his character.
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Saint
Tulsidas said, "In the Dark Age the only support is the Holy Name, by
remembering which a person crosses the worldly ocean." He didn't say
that the only support is the United States!
Everything will collapse. Those tanks, bombs and weapons which are
manufactured to protect us will actually devour us. Four or five atom
bombs are enough to wipe out the world. This type of fire is raging in
every country, and everyone has become so disturbed. People search for
external wealth but the real treasure is within. They are wasting their
precious breath, which are the greatest treasure in the world! God
dwells within us. He is speaking but man has become so deaf that he
can't hear Him. That is why saints tell us to listen the inner voice.
They tell us to become introverted and listen. Divine Harmony is going
on within you. God is manifest within you. Open your eyes and you will
see Him. However, for this you need a path, an objective. If you don't
have any, where will you put your mind? The mind is very unstable. That
is why the Master gives Knowledge and awakens the desire within the
disciple to establish a relationship with the Lord of the breath, to
become one with Him. Then God can be seen within.
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It
is said, "sant vitap sarita giri dharmi/parhit hetu saban ki karni" _
only saints and the Master are truly unselfish. This verse names these
things which are dedicated to others - saints, the earth, mountains,
trees and rivers. For instance, a mango tree bends under the weight of
its own fruit. Trees carry this load, come heat, cold or rain, not for
themselves, but for others. A river, for example the Ganges,
flows day and night. People bathe in this river and it carries away
their dirt. It refreshes us in summer, it irrigates our fields and
people believe it has the power to wash away sins. It doesn't dry up no
matter how much of its water is used. The Ganges flows endlessly not for its own sake, but for the benefit of others.
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It
doesn't matter how important you were, once you die your body is
quickly removed from your house. Even if a storm is raging outside,
nobody will consider leaving your corpse indoors a few days longer. Likewise,
a wedding ceremony takes place at the appointed time. Trains leave on
time and try to arrive on time. All species in this world, whether they
live on land, in water or in the air, can gratify their senses, but the
human form of life is special, because it is meant for devotion,
meditation and experiencing the Divine Light. If you don't reach this
goal then it's immaterial whether you have been born as a human being or
not. There is no pleasure which can't be experienced in the animal
world, but human life is the door to devotion. So what a shame if we
don't remember God!
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