Divine Messages - SWAMI TALKS TO US

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Who is a human being? Man is a combination of the body, mind and spirit. Body

performs physical acts, mind enquires and and the spirit, Atma, is the witness.

For every action, the body is necessary. Body performs actions, Mind

differentiates good from evil, and the Atma is witness. A man in the true sense

possesses all the three in a proper proportion and thereby qualifies himself to

be called man. When the Atma and the mind are disregarded and only the bodily

comforts are taken into consideration, it is bestial. When the body and the

mind act together neglecting the Atma, it is demonic. When one is able to

disregard the body and the mind and live purely in the Spirit (Atma), he is

divine. Divinity means staying firmly in the Atmic principle unaffected by the

other propensities. One should develop greater reliance on the Atma. Increase

of body consciousness leads one to animality. One must eliminate the animal and

demonic tendencies, develop attachment to the Atma and achieve illuminative

effulgence. Therefore, man should make proper use of the instruments he is

gifted with, and lead a balanced life.  

Develop your own line of thinking, based on your conscience. Develop

self-confidence. “Where there is self-confidence, there will be

self-satisfaction. Where there is self-satisfaction, there will be

self-sacrifice. And , through self-sacrifice comes self-realisation.”

Self-confidence is the foundation for the building which remains below the

surface of the earth.  Self-satisfaction represents the walls; self-sacrifice,

the roof and self-realisation, the life. Without the foundation of

self-confi-dence, self-realisation cannot be achieved. Therefore, build up your

self-confidence slowly. In this process, “Start early, drive slowly and reach

your goal of self-realisation safely.” Claim to be a Devotee of the Lord, a

Votary of the Highest, can be admitted only if the passions and emotions are

pure and the character virtuous. The tongue may utter the Name of the Lord, the

ear may be open when the glory of the Lord is recited, the hand may scatter

flowers on the image of God; but the tongue may not know or relish the taste,

the ear may not yearn, the hand may not hanker. These can happen only when the

heart is aware of the Supreme, when the mind is thrilled when the glory of God

is recollected. There is a basic difference between the attitude of the Gopikas

to Krishna and that of Yadhavas in Dwaraka. The Gopikas felt: "Krishna ! We are

yours" The Yadhavas felt: "Krishna! You are ours." Their attitude was based on

Ahamkara (sense of possession). That was responsible for their ultimate

destruction. You should all realize that God is present equally in all beings.

The spiritual, oneness of all was taught to Shankara by Shiva in the form of an

untouchable, when Shankara bade the "untouchable" not to approach him. Shankara

immediately prostrated before the untouchable as a preceptor who had taught him

Samathvam (spiritual equality). Bodies and temperaments may differ from

individual to individual, but the Divine is one and the same in all.

Let your mind be filled with the radiance of divine love. Acquiring mere textual

knowledge is   of no avail. What you have studied is only a fraction of the

total knowledge. Yet you feel   proud about it. Your worldly education is

insignificant compared to divine wisdom. You   cannot attain God with your

education, power and wealth. He is accessible by Love and  Love alone. You can

experience Him only when you develop Love. Devotion means to Love God

wholeheartedly.   We should bid farewell to bad qualities and welcome good

divine qualities. You may offer all your bad qualities to God. There is nothing

wrong in this. It is only God who can take them and bestow His grace on you to

foster good qualities. For example, suppose you have a soiled, torn and

mutilated hundred rupee currency note, no one will accept it. But, if the

number is intact, the Reserve Bank will accept it and give a good note of same

value in return. Similarly God only will accept the bad qualities provided they

are offered with sincere devotion and repentance and shower His Grace on you.

There are four kinds of tendencies in man: the animal, the demonic, the human

and the divine. Of the three constituents of man - the body, the mind, and the

Atma - when man ignores the mind and the Atma and identifies himself with the

body, he manifests only his animal qualities. When the body and the Atma are

forgotten and only mind alone is predominant, one becomes demonic. When the

body and the mind are forgotten and one is immersed in Atmic consciousness, one

becomes divine.  If, in this manner, one explores the potentialities in man, it

will be found that they include everything . Man, therefore, has to know

himself. There he will find everything.

Divinity can be seen irrespective of place, time or condition.  Why wait, right

now you turn your attention inwards and concentrate on that Effulgent Being. 

Such vision is not confined to special locations; it is available everywhere

for the deserving person.  That is why it is said, Anoraneeyan Mahato Maheeyan

(Brahman is subtler than the subtlest and vaster than the vastest), and is

omnipresent.