Divine Messages - SWAMI TALKS TO US

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The body has been given for a grand purpose

The Lord has endowed man with the body and so, every limb and every sense is

worthy of reverent attention. Each must be used for His Glory. The ear must

exult when it gets a chance to hear the wonderful tales of God. The tongue must

exult when it can praise Him. Or else, the tongue of man is ineffective as that

of frogs which croak day and night, sitting on the marshy bank. Krishna told

Duryodhana, when he said that he was not afraid of God and man, that he was

indeed pitiable. The pasu (animal) fears; the mriga (beast) terrifies. Man

should be neither. He should neither terrify nor get terrorised. He must be

neither a coward nor a bully. If he is a coward he is an animal; if he is a

bully he is a daanava, an ogre. It is because you feel the urge to use the body

with which you have been endowed, for this higher purpose that you are here in

Prashaanthi Nilayam. The kinship among you and of all of you with Me is

ageless; it is eternal. It is not based on worldly relationship; it is based on

the aspirations of the heart. It is Prashaanthinilaya sambandham the bond of the

abode of Supreme Peace.  The human body has been given to you for a grand

purpose - realising the Lord within. If you have a fully equipped car in good

running condition, would you keep it in the garage? The car is primarily for

going on a journey; get into it and go. Then only is it worthwhile to own it.

So too, with the body. Proceed, go forward to the goal. Learn how to use the

faculties of the body, the senses, the intellect, the mind, for achieving the

goal and march on.

 

Please man; please God 

People do not believe in God, but, they believe newspapers and the news they

publish about things they do not see or cannot see. They believe what their

ears hear, more than what their eyes see or minds experience. A blind man is in

darkness and when he denies there is light, we need not attach any value to his

denial. Even if man does not attempt to seek God, he can at least seek to get

shanthi, santhosh, soukhyam and swatantra - peace, joy, happiness and

independence. He does not now seek even these. Nor does he try to learn how he

can get them. The top spins perpetually and has no rest; man too pines and

labours for ever and ever and has no relief from the round. The only peace and

joy that he gets now are of a momentary kind; here now, gone the next minute.

Pain puts a stop to joy; joy is but the absence of pain. Why must man live for

years--a burden on earth, so much of rice or wheat consumed year after year,

with no return in joy or peace to himself or others? The petromax light will

shine bright only when you pump air vigorously; your light too is dim and well

nigh out; pump vigorously, that is to say, engage yourself in spiritual

practice and illumine your mind better and spread light on all who come near

you.

 

Discover for yourself your stage of spiritual development, to which class in the

school you would fit in. Then determine to proceed from that class to the next

higher one. Strive your best and you will win the Grace of God. Do not bargain

or despair. One step at a time is enough, provided it is towards the goal, not

away from it. Beware of the pride of wealth, of scholarship, of status, that

drag you into egoism. Do not seek the faults of others; seek your own. Be happy

when you see others prosper; share your joy with others.

 

Three Forms of Energy

The vision and the world

Today, students develop many undesirable qualities like pride, envy and hatred

even before they join college. With such polluted minds they view the world in

dark colours. This may be illustrated by an episode from the Mahabharata. One

day, Krishna summoned Duryodhana and Dharmaraj and asked them to make a study

of the people in the kingdom. He asked Duryodhana to find out how many good

people existed in the country. He asked Dharmaja to find out how many bad

people were there in the kingdom. Duryodhana went round and reported that he

could find no good person anywhere. If there was any good man, that was

himself, he said. Dharmaja reported to Krishna that he could find no bad man

anywhere in their dharmic kingdom. He could find some badness only in himself.

 

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