Skepticism and Ego

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Can knowledge be an obstacle to anything? It is not too rare to hear the

experiences of the educated that admit their discomfort at topics related to

spiritual matters that defy their logic and thus elude any conclusions. How

could one train the mind so used to completing a book or a thesis and take home

the message in minutes, to accept the reality of an unfinished treatise?

Skepticism is destructive. God’s wisdom is as finite as space. In the mad rush

to defy nature, human logic so bound to advance itself, conveniently neglects

to contemplate on its very purpose. Sad would be the situation when the

spirituality remains eternally parallel and its fruits forbidden.

Skepticism, the initial bar to spiritual progress ends as soon as the necessity

for the Unknown and the Unseen felt. Necessities may arise due to causes as

simple as a material shortcoming. Once in the path, the difficult bar called

ego takes over the reins, at times almost in complete control of the pursuit!

This attribute is the one that makes the seeker, accept and reject, rejoice and

condole, elate and deject, and in the process making believe that s/he is

responsible. This is the attribute that makes one think how "Right" his/her

pursuit is, and how pitiful is the others’ plight. This attribute establishes

the superiority of one Religion over the other, and denounces everything

dissimilar.

"Maya (myth) troubles even me", said Sainath. But, He also assured that those

seek Him will be saved from its perils and those who turns away, lashed. What

could be easier than resorting to the Merciful Fakir that never stopped anyone

from asking? How difficult would that be to listen to the most benevolent Sai

who does not expect His children of rigorous rituals, but just faith and

patience? How inconvenient could that be do simply submit to that Guru whose

demands are love and devotion? Stay with Him and the ego will vanish!

source:saibaba.org

Arun Reddy Nukala

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