Do noy give up your sadhana

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Do noy give up your sadhana

 

Sairam,

 

Prashaanthi Nilayam, 1962

While Aanjaneya was bringing the Sanjeevini Mountain, he had to take a course

that made the citizens of Nandhigraama see him in the sky; Bharatha, who saw

the strange sight of a monkey carrying a hill, brought him down with an arrow

and when he learnt that the hill had the drug which could cure Lakshmana who

was stricken in battle, Bharatha offered to send the hill quicker to where

Raama was, by shooting an arrow which could lift it and carry it fast. But,

Anjaneya said, he could fly quicker than any arrow from the bow of the fastest

marksman! Use your fullest powers to grasp the truth. Rely on your own skills,

your own force; then, they too will develop to the utmost demand you make of

them. That will give you the greatest joy.

 

You have no moment of real calm amidst of all these absurd loves and hates, the

meaningless game of having and hoarding, losing and lamenting, building and

demolishing castles in the air. Just think of this for a while that you are in

this body in order to realise the God. This body is the cocoon you have spun

round yourselves by means of your impulses and desires. Use it to grow wings so

that you can escape from it! You came into this world crying, announcing your

grief at being thrust into it and for having lost hold on God. Get rid of this

grief in this life itself. Move on everyday toward the goal.

 

Peace of mind will not descend on you because your room is air-conditioned or

your sofa, soft cushioned. It does not depend on your bank-balance; or on the

diplomas you have collected. It can come only when you encourage the divine in

you to manifest himself and deny the dhaanava (demon who is the prompter of

asuric traits). Everything in this universe is divine. Divine shines and

lovable, it is asthi, bhaathi and priya; it is Sath, Chith and Aanandha, it is

the same as the Universal, Eternal, Absolute, which is also Sath-Chith-Aanandha

(Being, awareness, bliss).

 

I will not teach you anything new but reveal you to yourself and train you to

cleanse the mirror of your heart so that you may be reflected in it without

warp or twist. I will plant sapling in your heart and you should water it and

manure it. I shall also water the sapling in order that the lotus may not go

dry. The lake has to be full of water. Prema is the water that must fill the

heart and hatred will make it a parched waste. The best medicine is to have

faith in your own Aathma (true Self or Being). Act always in the spirit of

service and kinship with all.

 

Even in the vedhas, the Karma kaanda is the biggest part because Karma

(sanctified activity) is the means by which the tree blossoms and the fruit

matures and grows. The Upaasana Kaanda (the contemplative portion) deals with

the Upaasana---method by which the fruit ripens. The Jnaana Kaanda describes

jnaana (spiritual knowledge), the process by which the fruit fills itself with

sweetness. The first stage takes the longest time and so it comprises the

largest portion; the second and the third are quicker by comparison. So, they

are shorter.

 

Man can acquire the sweetness of jnaana by keeping himself in sathsang (holy

company) or even by remaining in a solitary place, all by himself in dhyaana

(meditation), for example. But by whatever means, the sweetness (the jnaana)

cannot be injected from outside; it must grow from within. It is a

transformation of the inner nature, won by a struggle with inner foes.

 

The lord will guard you and guide you if you give up all and surrender to his

feet. Shankaraacharya told to Shiva that he would hand over the monkey that was

his mind to Him so that it might be tamed and used for his delight. You only

talk of Sharanam (surrender) of placing all at the Feet; but you withhold a

great deal. Your minds are wayward like monkeys that skip and jump from bough

to branch. Give them to me completly without any reservations. I can make them

steady and harmless. When I say "sit", they will sit; when I say, "stand", they

stand.

 

Saadhana is a waste unless you grow at the same time in virtue and uprightness.

Let mountains fall; the sea overwhelm the land; but, do not give up your

saadhana.

 

--SATHY SAI

 

Omsai srisai jaijaisai

 

Source: http://sai-arjan.tripod.com/recollect/180203.htm

 

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