Seek him for ever - Baba

September 18, 2009

Shankaram Shiva Shankaram

The natural tendency is to ask any boon connected to worldly prosperity - - the quicksand wilting pleasures of wealth, family, health etc.A mythological anecdote : Nachiketa was pestering his father during a yagam, 'You are giving away many gifts to all the participants, whom are you planning to give me to?' In a fit of irritation, the king said, 'I am giving you away to Yama'; and since he was performing a yagam then, Nachiketa landed in Yama Loka (the land of Yama, the Lord of Dharma and Death) like a guided missile. Yama, being pre-occupied at that time, could meet his guest after a lapse of three days only and tendered his apologies for making his guest wait for him. He also granted Nachiketa any three boons the boy wished. To which Nachiketa responded, 'Whatever boon you grant me will not ensure an eternal life for me.

You may give me riches, when I die, they are no longer mine. So it is with family and anything of the world. Grant me something that cannot be taken away from me'. When Yama replied that was not possible, Nachiketa refused to accept any boon.I am also like that! I have had visions of so many celestials. They have asked me several times, 'What boons do you want'? I have always refused any boon. When a worldly looking person like me is not asking for a boon, it is because I have understood the futility of boons. The best thing is to understand that you have the key within you to all that you want, and that is because you yourself are a miniature form of the Ultimate Divinity. Whatever constitutes God or Godliness is within you too. You have all the ingredients that make God. So, instead of standing before God like a beggar and asking for a perishable boon, kindle the spark of divinity within you so that you

can grant boons to anyone. That is what I have accomplished. Anyone who comes to me needs to go no further for food or clothes or shelter. The whole concept of living undergoes a dramatic change and people find peace here. This has been made possible because I nurtured the latent divinity within me. All powers are within us - - just that we need to put them to use. Try to decipher the secret code within you - - the code of becoming contented and growing beyond wants. When you achieve that state, anything you wish for, happens. He who has wants worships; He who has no wants is worshipped and can himself become a Karpaga Vriksham (wish fulfilling tree). Then you need not worship; you need not waste your time seeking anything called God. You will become that which is God. It is not the question of becoming God, it is discarding what is the "unbecoming" of God! You are already God; you do not understand

your potential to perform the role of God! When you wish to carve a divine figurine, what will you do? You pick up a good stone. Keeping a mental outline of the idol, you chip off the unwanted portions of the stone with a big chisel. Then with a medium sized chisel, you start carving the basic proportions. Then you take a small chisel and carve the intricate portions - - the eyes, nose etc. So, what you term as a carving of God is a rejection of the unwanted portion from the stone. Ultimately you engrave some form of God from the same stone which was lying unheeded somewhere. You too are like a stone. Discard all the unwanted elements from you and the Divinity will reveal itself from within you. Sculpting is not chiselling, it is discarding all those irrelevant elements, that obstruct the making of the final piece. So too let go of all the negative qualities that hinder your discovering your divinity. Just

like you sweep away trash with a broom, make use of the broom called devotion and sweep away the trash in your mind. Then that whole place will be clean and God will instate Himself

If you do not cleanse yourself of all your negative traits, how will God who is cleanliness personified, accept you? When your whole system becomes divine, with meditation and purified pristine thoughts and a noble way of living; God arrives to take hold of you. And this process takes no time.A royal barber, in a spirited mood, invited the king to his daughter's wedding and the king also agreed. Surprised, the minister inspected the barber's residential environment, laid proper road and installed lighting, organized to have the barber's house cleaned, furnished it with essentials and arranged food items for the king. The very fact that the king had agreed to visit the wedding took care of providing the facilities to the barber himself. All you have to do is to appeal to the

God inside you, 'Oh Lord! come to me'. Just invite Him. And then all the celestials will come to your rescue. They will cleanse you and give you all the facilities to worship God. But it is your call to invoke God. I do not have any riches; but I got God. Now that God is with me, the celestials are doing my work which is actually His. When I want something to happen, the celestials fulfill that immediately. It is very simple. Only the celestials are controlling wealth, health etc. Since they know that I invited God and God has consented to reside in me, I have to dress up well; eat nutritious food and take care of myself - - because I am His. Since God commands the best comfort, I am bestowed with whatever is required. This is the secret of sadhana. This is the secret of life. If you can get God, you get the whole world in a plate. Nothing needs be done after that. Make him somehow consent to use you as His Temple and

you will see miracles happening in every moment. If your mind is focussed, whatever you want will happen. The best thing for you to do is to get the power of penance.This is very easy. You do not need any educational qualification for this, all that is required is for you to obtain God who is within you; if He agrees to reveal Himself, if He agrees to make use of you as His instrument, then you will see wonders coming true. So long you have prayed to God to study well, get married, have obedient children, amass wealth etc. This implies that you were thinking of God as your errand boy and so your wants never diminish. The day you ask God for His permission, for you to be His servant, you will have attained the pinnacle of Truth. You are filing applications for favours from the millionaires of this world; have you ever filed an application to God? The person who applies gets it in no time; because there is

so much of competition for posts with the business giants. But there is no application for attending to God's work. No one is applying, so all vacancies are available. That is how I attained God. There were no applicants, so He granted Himself to me.

Love All, Love to Live to Love!!

Love , Blessings & Big Hug - Baba

Chant & be Happy " Shankaram Shiva Shankaram"

Mahalaxmi

Chennai

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