Sadhna -Some Facts (2)

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So those who wish to start on the sadhna path,

must first understand the Mind. Mind loves new ideas

and the moment it gets next new idea, be it good or

bad it gets bored from the earlier one. Mind loves

nothing. It only loves new thoughts, and new actions. It

may leave the older good and may go for a new bad

idea. What mind does daily, it loses interest in it. An

idol of Krishna may bring tears to our eyes, but it

has no effect on the priest who worships it daily in

a mechanical way. The sweets which bring water to

our mouth have no effect on the

sweet-vendor.<br><br>Mind has to be tamed slowly. Give minimum acceptable

time for sadhna. Keep a fix routine. The place and

time for sadhna should be fixed and slowly Mind will

know that it has to calm down at that moment. Increase

the time of sadhna very slowly. Maths says if 10 man

can complete the work in 2 days 20 men will finish it

in one day. But this Maths is not known to Mind. We

can not say that if we meditate for more hours a day,

Mukti will be faster. It is possible that if we

meditate for 5 hours, mind might have calmed only for 5

minutes, and these five minutes would be real Sadhna.

<br><br>Mind should not be allured by new and great ideas in

the beginning. No thoughts on Siddhis and

Enlightenment or Moksha be used to tempt the mind. Change of

environment may help in the beginning but it is not an

advisable idea. My personal experience is that we should do

sadhna in the present environment to which mind is well

accostomed .<br><br>Next important thing is that a sadhaka

should keep in mind that whatever is to be done, has to

be done by him. Having high hopes that our Guru will

give us Mukti or God will take us to the enlightenment

may prove fatal to sadhna. Some sadhka take example

of Vivekananda and think they will be given

everything by guru as Paramhansa Ramakrishana gave to

Vivekananada. These type of sadhaka keep changing gurus in the

hope of getting a miraculous guru. We should remember

that a real guru or Mahapurusha does not shower his

blessings on a particular person. Even personal service by

a disciple may not attract his guru to do Shakti

Paat on him. The real Gurus do not do Kripa on a

particular person. They are neither happy with one nor are

angry with the other. They treat all as their own

selves. <br><br> We have to attain a certain level of

purity of mind and concentration before a Guru gives us

further guidance. Gurus do not help lazy, duffers and

impure persons. <br><br>A real guru sees through his

disciples and gets a glimpse of their sadhna, their

intensity of desire for God and the purity of their mind.

The one who is worth will get Shakti Paat from guru.

If there is an obstacle of old karma hindering such

disciple's progress guru will remove it by his powers and he

shines with wisdom like Vivekananada or

Yogananda.<br><br>A Guru does not make reflectors. They remove the

dirt from the surface of the reflector and it starts

shining and spreading light all around.<br><br>So instead

of waiting for a guru to come and rescue us, we

should start with our sadhna , make ourselves pure and

pious and increase our love for God. It is a well known

fact that if we are pure, hardworking and the desire

for truth has taken deep roots into our heart, a Guru

is bound to be attracted to us and remove our

remaining obstacles. Shri Tota Puri had travelled from

Himalayas to Bengal to remove last obstacle of paramhansa

and made him established in Nirvikalapa Samadhi. It

was the greatness of Paramahansa which attracted Tota

puri, his last guru.<br><br>To continue ...