Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

[Guest guest]

How Much Have You Served Your Elders?

 

Have great respect for your mother and father, your in-laws and

elders. Serve them, then these impressions will be imprinted on the

children, and in old age they too will serve you. But if you do not

do this, if you do not serve the elders, then the children too have

the same impressions in their mind and their nature too will become

the same. We cannot remain the same at all times and there will be

a time when this body too will become old and incapable of doing a

lot. At that time, your children will not come to help out. Then

you will complaint that they do not help, they do not listen.

Well! How much have you served your elders? Now why must you

expect anything from your children? Therefore make your conduct

and behavior good.

 

If you are a son, be a good son. Serve your mother. Do not want

anything from her, only ask for her blessings to be able to serve

her. One can never become debt free, from serving their mother and

father. Whatever we may have done for them, we can never pay back

our debts to our parents. We can never be free of what we owe them.

There is no way out of this debt. We are totally indebted to our

parents. So then what? We can only serve them and make them

happy. By making them happy, all our debts are excused. The amount of

difficulty a mother has born for her child, the child can never

serve his mother to that extent. Nowadays we make up big stories.

We are called educated, decent men, where did we get this body

from ? From the mother. It is the mother that took care of this

body.

 

However educated and intelligent we may become, in childhood we did

not know how to sit, but our mother taught us to sit. She taught us

to walk, by holding on to our fingers. We did not know how to eat,

but mother made us sit and spoon-fed us and gradually taught us to

eat. Our brothers and sisters too were in the same helpless boat as

we were. Even in this state, after undergoing a lot of difficulties

our mother managed to take care of us. While we were between games

and sports, often breaking things, and scraping knees from climbing

trees, catching scorpions (bitchuu) and putting hands in fire.

Mother always protected us. Playing in dirt and other gross things,

to the extent that now even thinking about it makes us shirk. At

that time we were not aware about anything, but mother patiently

made us aware. In the most extraordinary manner, she took care of

us.

 

Sometimes men taken over by their pride casually say to me, so what

is the big deal? I say to them - try to keep a child for two days on

your lap and see for yourself. It is because of mother's motherly

strength (matru shakti) that we have all been taken care off.

Therefore however we can, whatever way we are capable, we must serve

our parents. Those who don't understand, pray that they understand

to respect their elders. God will not respect, those who don't

respect their parents. No one will trust them, because the one who

could not be there for his parents, who could he be there for? God

is happy when one serves his parents. By following orders, certain

Siddhi (supernatural powers) are attained, rather God realization is

attained. Therefore, Brothers and Sisters, we must obey our parents.

 

So what will happen by obeying our parents? They will be served and

we will become free of " I-ness " i.e. ego-less (nirahankar). By

serving them with material goods, we will become free of " mine-

ness. " (nirmama). As many things as we put to use, to put service,

from that many things we will become detached and attain

eternal " peace " (shanti).