Thus Spake The Lord

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Thus Spake The Lord

 

 

 

Long ago there was a very pious family on the banks of the Krishna river. It had vast landed estates. The parents had an only son who was well versed in scriptures and who was obedient and well behaved. But when the father died and the properties fell into his hand, the son became a profligate and a libertine, with a gang of evil men always around him. He developed intimacy with a public woman and was so infatuated with her wiles that he swam across a flooded river, holding on to the corpse of his own wife who had earlier committed suicide in despair. He mistook the corpse for a log of wood floating down the stream. Suddenly he became aware of his plight; he blamed his eyes for leading him astray into sin; he blinded himself as a punishment and roamed about the holy land associated with the advent of the Lord as Krishna, singing His Name. That blind singer was Surdas. With the Name on the lip and the picture of the glory on his mind, no evil can attract you. Repentance purifies, contrition cleanses. Krishna appeared before blind Surdas and offered to restore his sight. But, Surdas pleaded for inner vision and discarded the outward-bound eyesight.

 

God is no stony-hearted despot. He is Compassion, He is Grace, personified. Once you have cleansed yourself by tears, He draws you near and grants you consolation and courage. Without a cleansed heart, realization is impossible. Wisdom can enter only a purified mind. Saadhana---slow and steady---can succeed in purifying it.

 

 

 

Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. XI, Chapter 45.