from Swami Ramdas

[Guest guest]

An inspiring thought for the week end from Swami Ramdas who was associated with

Ramana Maharshi- read below. AJ

 

> SWAMI RAMDAS

>

> Ramdas went to Ramana Maharshi in a state of complete

> obliviousness of the world. He felt thrills of ecstasy in

> his presence. The Maharshi made the awakening permanent in

> Ramdas. How ?

>

> Ramdas addressed Sri Bhagavan, thus : “ Maharaj ! Here

> stands before you a humble slave. Have pity on him. His only

> prayer to you is to give him

> your Blessings.†The Maharshi turned his beautiful eyes

> towards Ramdas and looked intently for a few minutes into

> his eyes, as though he was pouring into Ramdas his Blessings

> through those orbs; then, shook his head to say he had

> blessed. A thrill of inexpressible joy coursed through the

> frame of Ramdas, his whole body quivering like a leaf in the

> breeze….

>

> After many years, when Swami Ramdas was well-known, some

> people pleaded with Swami Ramdas : “You went to Ramana

> Maharshi and you got Illumination. Give us Illumination like

> that.†Swami Ramdas replied : “You must come to Ramdas

> in the same spirit and in the same state as he went to the

> Maharshi. Then, you will also get it. Where was his heart ?

> How intense was his longing ? What was world to him at that

> time ? If you come in that state, it is all right !â€

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

 

Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram

 

Play the part which God has set for you in the spirit of perfect submission to

His will through all the vicissitudes of life. The object of human life is to

liberate it from its self-imposed limitation and bondage, by mingling it with

the eternal and ever free Reality, taking all your activities as a spontaneous

and playful movement of the Divine shakti that works within you and everywhere.