Glimpses of Divine Vision - Swami Ramdas -1

Glimpses of Divine Vision

Swami Ramdas

(Anandashram, Anandashram PO

Kanhangad)

DEDICATION

Dedicated with humble pranams to my beloved

Sri Sadguru Dev on the occasion of his 61st Birthday

Note: The Glimpses were culled from the

unpublished letters for the years 1933, 34 &35 of

Swami Ramdas and arranged under appropriate

headings by the devotee.

WHAT IS RELIGION?

Try to enter into the mysterious origin of your

and the world-life. To know who you are in reality

is the real quest. To arrive at this truth you have

to, by a systematized process of thought and

discipline, transcend all human limitations set by

the body, mind and intellect, and then, embarking

on the realm of the Spirit, realize your immortal,

changeless and blissful nature. This constitutes

religion.

GLORY OF LIFE

What is required to set life free and make it

blessed is to do all actions in the spirit of perfect

surrender to the will of the all-wise Master-the

master of your being and of the world- existence.

This is possible in all the fields of activity in which

you are placed in consonance with your nature

and attainments.

Life is a game with which you play as you play

with a doll. All the emotions and passions you

exhibit in this play are the necessary and inevitable

movements of it. When you observe, as an

unaffected witness, this most wonderful game

of life made up of the clash of ideals, interests

and thoughts, you realize that it is there before

you only as a sport and nothing else. The goal

which Ramdas places before all people is nothing

short of an independence and freedom, born of

the submission to the Divine Power which controls,

guides and actuates every individual in the course

of his or her life on this earth. To live like “dumbdriven

cattle” is not the purpose of life. Each

individual has to draw upon all the latent resources

of his or her existence in order to rise to the

height of absolute freedom-a freedom by virtue

of which he or she yields, wherever it is necessary

to yield, and stands firm like a rock, wherever it

is proper to do so. To be a timid creature without

firm convictions, vacillating at every passing

breeze and circumstance, is indeed to become

an object of pity on the part of some and of

derision on the part of others.

“Success and failure be the same to you”, is a

truism to be realized in order to attain a peaceful

mind. Whatever God determines should be

implicitly believed as for the best. Really, every

loss, failure and misfortune is pregnant with

absolute good. It must be recognized with full

faith that, at the back of the relative mind, exists

a Divinity which causes all its workings-a Divinity

which is the very abode of peace and bliss.

Success in life depends upon a daring and

determined course taken up through unshakable

faith and confidence. Vacillation is the greatest

handicap to success. By taking complete refuge

in the Almighty, you should decide upon a definite

line of action, and then, by an unflinching

perseverance, carry it out through good or ill.

When taking such a step, do not rely for help and

guidance from anybody in the world except upon

your Self. God-the great Self in you-is your help

and guide in all matters. In accordance with His

command pursue any path which He prompts you

to. All power, strength and wisdom are within

you, because the great Self who is all these is

your true being. He will see that your life is a

magnificent success. Harbour no doubts or

misgivings. Faith and grit win the race.

Strengthen your will by surrender to the Divine

Will. Turn your mind within for divine peace.

Rouse yourself in every way and bravely fight this

battle of life, which is a battle for all alike, and

come out triumphant as a soldier of love and

peace and goodwill.

Life is a perpetual adjustment and readjustmentit

is an ever-changing movement on the surfacebut

in its depths it is perfect calmness, peace

and stillness. Since universal motion is a wave

from the infinite silence and repose, it has the

nature of the source from which it has sprung.

So, bliss is the beginning, the middle and the end

of all things-be it static or dynamic.

Really, human life becomes blessed when God

brings about occasions for turning its course

towards Himself. Thereafter God takes up such

a life and controls it according to His supreme

will, which works always for good.

Life, in every condition can be lived in freedom

and joy, provided the soul within remains

unattached to external forms of life.

When the flow of life becomes spontaneous, it is

always surcharged with the glory of pure love

and service. What a splendid gift is human life!

The man who does not behold the finger of God

working in all events and happenings experiences

needless suffering. Therefore, peace and

contentment belong only to those who have

submitted, in all the vicissitudes of life, to the

supreme will of God.

Instead of allowing your mind to externalize itself,

do make it go inward and mingle and merge in

the depths of your being, where dwell ever-lasting

life, peace and joy.

To behold the Truth within oneself, and then in

all beings and creatures alike, is the true vision

of life. The purpose and goal of life is to realize

your immortality and the eternal union and identity

with the supreme Beloved who is the immanent

and transcendent Lord of the Universe.

The object of your life is to be happy yourself

and give happiness to others. In fact, real delight

consists in so adjusting your life as to make it

yield joy to others. If you have faith in God, use

this faith in cultivating patience and equanimity.

Faith always goes with cheerfulness, resignation

and peace. Be childlike-not childish—be blissful

and a free child of God. Reveal your innate divine

nature, and diffuse around you always love and

joy.

By struggle you conquer. Struggle means

development of will-power and a gradual

awakening to the real purpose of life—which is

Self-realization. Make every influence on your

life, favourable or unfavourable, work for your

spiritual advancement. Give up controversy,

discussion and justification, by subduing

sensitiveness and sentiment. God’s name is your

help. Feel less and less the so-called heavy

responsibilities of life which you have imposed on

yourself. The truth is, the moment you are free

from attachment and sense of possession, the

whole world is at your feet. Have no misgivings,

throw overboard world’s opinion. Rise above

these petty things. Be tremendously earnest and

determined in your spiritual quest.

Surely life has a beautiful meaning and purpose

when it is understood to be of an universal nature

and significance. The utmost grandeur of it is

revealed when it breaks through every sense of

division and diversity, and sheds all around

soothing light of pure, spontaneous love-the

rapture of an inexplicable joy and peace.

Every power with which you are gifted has to be

cheerfully utilized for the service of God in the

world. It is also the experience of every great

soul, who has dedicated his or her life for relieving

the distress of the world, that the path is one of

acute suffering. Hence self-sacrifice has been

the badge of saints all over the world. The lamp

can give light only at the cost of its oil. “Give

and give”, is the law of the deathless spirit

working in nature. The whole beauty of life lies

in its utter dedication.

This life is not worth living if it is not consecrated

to the devotion of Sri Ram-if it is not offered up

completely to His service. For attaining this you

have to cry to Him day and night for His grace.

Yes, Ram is very kind. He is ever ready to fulfil

the wishes of His humble devotees. You have

only to pray to Him to enable you to keep up His

remembrance continuously, ceaselessly. Don’t ask

for anything else. “I pray to you, Oh! Love Infinite,

for only this-Your remembrance, which means

Your darshan.

An active life is perfectly in keeping with Selfrealization

and divine service. What is needed is

a total dedication of your entire life to Him. In

all situations maintain a steady consciousness of

Divinity within and about you. Do not harass

your mind with thoughts of weakness. Infinite

strength is within you. Drawing inspiration and

power from this source, be cheerful and contented

at all times. Let the name of the Lord dwell ever

in your mind!

From whatsoever angle Ramdas looks at the

world, he finds nothing wrong anywhere.

Everything is as it should be. Because one Truth

pervades everywhere-one life has revealed itself

in infinite forms. So you are all children of that

Truth-that Life-nay you are yourself the Truththe

Life.

Some people prefer to call themselves sinners.

They must be wishing to enjoy the fun of it.

Else, what to make of the way they speak of

themselves? They are offering a direct insult to

God when they dub themselves sinners. This is

as good as denying His very existence. If you

believe that He is, you would not care to know

whether you are a monument of virtue or

mountain of iniquity. You would only feel that

you are simply as God made you. You have a

harp which is ever tuned to one strain. It sings

only of sin, misery and death. Do change the

song to one of peace, joy and immortality.

Your life has to be lived not for yourself, but for

the sake of all those with whom God has ordained

you should come in contact from time to time.

The purpose of life is to take delight in giving

peace and joy to others. This you can do in

every circumstance and condition of life. Life

means service. The true joy of service is felt

only when you make it a spontaneous flow from

the fountain of your immortal existence. Hence,

self- surrender has been held forth as the means

for the realization of your immortal nature and

the consequent blissful activity.

Whatever circumstances you may find yourself

in, do not forget the great and merciful Lord of

the universe. Life bereft of the thought of God

is verily not worth living. God is our mother,

guide and protector. To be in constant awareness

of Him means purity, strength, courage and peace;

because God is all power, knowledge and bliss.

The world is a world at all times. The playful

nature of it in which every kind of creature and

event exists is as it should be. What is needed is

a change within you, by which you open your

true sight, and look upon the world as a lila of

the Lord. This state is attained by merging your

relative existence into God’s absolute being.

Ceaseless remembrance of the Lord is the way.

SORROW AND PAIN

In the play of external nature, the so-called

changes, losses and failures are inevitable. If it

were not so, the universal divine game would not

be there before you. Therefore, view all things

as a dispassionate witness and find your union

and oneness with the all-inclusive swarup of God.

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.

To attain this freedom means to behold the same

Truth revealed in all beings, creatures and things

in the world, which is at once manifest and

unmanifest. Sorrow and pain having been

completely conquered, your life now becomes the

very expression and movement of immortal bliss.

Do not forget that you live and move in a world

which is really a passing show. Do not be attached

to it, nor be in any way identified with it. Take

the whole world-game for what it is worth. God

is the only Reality, the only Truth-and to reach

Him is the one principal aim of existence. When

you have sincerely struggled for and have

ultimately attained Him, you will have fulfilled

the mission of your life. Keep up a constant and

unbroken remembrance of God, and dispel from

your mind the darkening influence of doubt and

sorrow.

Do not go over the past. The voracious time has

swallowed it up. Let the future not worry you,

since what is ordained is sure to take place. In

the present, take heart, having perfect trust in

the Almighty. Your faith in God be the healing

balm for the sharp pains of life. Faith is no faith

if it cannot grant you endurance, resignation and

peace.

God is ever busy in freeing you from the tangle

of worldly friendship and attachments which are

in their very nature unstable and unreliable, and,

therefore, bring you nothing but sorrows and

anxieties. Let this experience teach you that if

there is one whom you can entirely trust and for

whom you should offer the love of an undivided

heart, it should be the supreme Lord Himself who

has His eternal seat in your heart.

God is all merciful. Pray to Him. “O God, lead

me from the unreal to the Real; from darkness

to Light; from death to Immortality.” When He

makes you pass through many a painful ordeal of

life, it is only to awaken you to the ultimate

Reality. World is a great school of experience;

but it is impermanent, it is unreal. Kunti Devi,

mother of the Pandavas, prayed for pain and

trouble, so that she may ever remember the Lord.

Pain and sorrow purify your heart and free you

from illusions. Then it is that you are eager and

earnest in your quest for an existence beyond

the tribulations of this world. Merciful and loving

God is, when He sets you on this quest; but the

path leading to it is fraught with severe trials-a

necessary condition for the attainment of the

divine goal. Behind all this turmoil-acute pangs

of misery, anxiety and suffering-there is a spotless

state of absolute peace. That is your goal. All

pass away, but He who is that absolute peace is

eternal.

Suffering is the very spice of life. Suffering is

the glorious dawn that heralds the coming of the

blazing sun and a brilliant day of absolute freedom

and joy. Verily, blessed is he for whom suffering

is no suffering. Surely he is now enjoying the

very nectar of immortal bliss and peace.

Body is a queer instrument. It is subject to all

sorts of disorders. This is true in the case of

everybody. Be conscious always that you have a

body and not that you are the body. This practice

of dissociation from the body will set the physical

machine right.

GOD

In the depths of samadhi, the Yogis get the

experience that the world is not, because in the

Nirguna there is no name, form or movement.

But after coming down to the external

consciousness of life the visible universe is

experienced as the revelation of that absolute,

silent and immutable Spirit-”Sarvam Khalvidam

Brahma”

When you remember God in a particular form,

you worship Him as Saguna, and when the image

dissolves in your mind, raising you beyond the

sense of duality, then you realize Him as Nirguna.

Both are the aspects of one Truth.

For a human being there is no privilege greater

than that of becoming the child of the Divine

Parent-the immortal child of the Eternal Parent.

This spiritual relationship is based upon the

knowledge that the child and the Parent are one.

Verily, there is none or nothing but the one Supreme

Lord of the worlds, who is all, and all in all.

Truly when you become the smallest child of the

Divine Mother, you merge your little individuality

in Her cosmic personality. Here you realize that

the Mother and the child are one. Here again in

your play as a child, if you wish to remain so, you

are ever basking in the sunshine of Her divine

grace and protection. Mother is no mother if you

do not understand Her in the true light, and submit

to Her will and guidance in all matters. Really,

what She wills is ever for your good. To revolt

against Her will always knocks out of you a good

deal of your strength and peace. This Divine

Mother is the Heart of your heart, the Soul of

your soul. Being universal, She is the supreme

deity ever having Her place and seat within you.

Her revelation of the world-phenomena is simply

marvellous. Her sweet and gracious presence, Her

smiling face, Her ever guiding and protecting hand

are seen everywhere. Her dazzling form is the

sole attraction of your eyes. Her melodious and

soothing voice is the most charming music for your

ears. To serve Her, that is, to do all things in Her

name, for Her sake, is the most blissful service

you could render. Oh! the Mother is your all in all.

May Her light ever shine on the world. May Her

light ever dawn in the hearts of all creatures, and

awaken them to the knowledge of Her invincible

and all-beneficent existence and power!

The personal is He. The impersonal is He. As

personal He is with name and form. The entire,

universe is He in the personal aspect. In the

impersonal, He is without name and form, without

attributes, beyond the range of intellect to

understand, beyond words to describe. In the

personal aspect, He is love, light, knowledge,

power, peace, bliss, purity. The Nirguna

(impersonal) stands for peace, while the Saguna

(personal) for anand.

In the entire universe, He pervades as Shakti30

the universe itself being His form. He is most

manifest in man. Mahatmas and Bhaktas are He

in full manifestation. Service of them results in

the realization of Sri Ram in His personal aspect,

i.e., as Love. Sri Ram is ever seated in the

hearts of us all and we are all His forms. Saguna,

Nirguna-everything is He. No sacrifice is too

great to attain this supreme realization-this

Darshan of oneness in many-this height of

inexpressible peace and bliss

The mind must be purged of its selfish desires

that make for diversity, pain and misery. It has

to be freed from Raga and Dwesha. It must

attain Samata, i.e., equality, which means

Samadarshan which is again the same as

Ramdarshan. Love all, love all. To love all is to

love Him, for He is all. First see Him in Bhaktas

and Mahatmas, then see Him in all-as all

Give up the notion that you are the doer. It is

the Divine Shakti that propels you to all action.

Root out all doubts, and rise above the Dwandwas

such as joy and grief, gain and loss, honour and

dishonour, friend and foe, virtue and sin, etc.

Take it that God alone is-who is Shakti or Prakriti

in form, change, movement and action, and who

is Shiva or Purusha as the formless, immutable,

unmoving, actionless, all-pervading Spirit. Shakti

in movement and action stands for infinite love

and bliss, and Shiva for absolute peace. Purusha

and Prakriti are the two eternal aspects of

Purushottama who is both these and beyond them.

Enjoy the perfect calm and peace as Purusha,

the witness, and the bliss of universal love as

Prakriti or Shakti.”

Change is the order of the universe. The how

and the wherefore of events, great and small,

happening in the world are questions which do

not admit of any answer. The Lord’s will is

supreme in all things.

In the early stages of Sadhana, when the individual

and egoistic will persists and makes progress

difficult, to subdue it, surrender to the Almighty

will of God is indeed an easy path. A really

independent will works in you only when you are

actuated by God's own will. The saint has made

his will God's will and vice versa.

The surrendering of the weak and faulty will of

the individual to God's will, for eliminating thereby

the ego sense, is truly easier than the assertion

of Divinity within you so that the individual will

may be transformed into the Divine Will. In the

first case, you have an Almighty hand to lift you

up and guard you against any fall, whilst in the

latter, since you depend on your own gradually

developing will, there is always the danger of a

fall. You have heard of the instance cited of the

kitten and of the young one of the monkey.

God’s will means God’s power. God’s power is

the manifested universe. All movement, all

change in it, belongs to that power. To realize

this truth is to surrender to the power or will of

God. The individual “I” is utterly unreal. He and

His power are the truth. His power is infinite

love and infinite joy. Just as the Sun’s power lies

in the heat and light he gives, so God’s power

expresses in love and joy. God and His power are

at once one and different, like the milk and its

whiteness. God stands for absolute stillness and

peace, His power for eternal movement and joy.

Love denotes movement. So love belongs to God’s

power- which therefore makes for joy. Power

creates, maintains and destroys. It is all the

work of love and for joy. The visible universe is a

manifestation of power, i.e., of love and joy;

the unmanifest is the calm, silent, still, allpervading,

immutable Spirit.

A top is rotating at the highest velocity. To all

appearances it is perfectly at rest.

A piece of iron is lying before us. It seems to be

resting, while its particles are in a state of intense

vibration and motion.

Here rest and motion are combined in such a

way that they exist simultaneously with regard

to every object. Apply it to the whole universe.

It is eternal movement co-existing with eternal

rest. Eternal rest is the ideal; eternal movement

is the real. The one is Spirit and the other is

Matter. Ideal and Real, Spirit and Matter, are

the two eternal non-moving and moving aspects

of the Transcendent One-the supreme ultimate

Truth.

Indeed Sri Ram’s ways are inscrutable. Yours is

to watch the workings of His divine lila-His

wonderful world-play. The concepts of the pairs

of opposites that you have are nothing but unreal

bubbles on the calm ocean of Sat-Chit-Anand.

But how often you are deluded into the belief

that they are real! You see the mirage from a

distance, you take it for real water, while in truth

there is no water at all. Such is this world. But

the irresistible Maya tries her best to fix up firmly

the curtain of ignorance between you and the

Reality. There is a way out. Surrender to Sri

Ram, the Infinite existence, splendour, power,

knowledge, purity and bliss, who tears off this

false curtain that shuts your eyes to His glory and

magnificence. How to surrender to Him?

Universal love; universal love-that is the path.

Let your life be attuned to and guided by that

Love. Oh, how grand, how sublime is that Love.

You then lose yourself in the vast expanse of a

depthless, limitless, all-pervading ocean of love.

To taste it is joy, to enter into it is bliss, to

merge into it and become one with it means

unutterable rapture and inexpressible divine

ecstasy. Then the world is not a world of diversity

and discord for you, but you behold that harmony

reigns everywhere, love pervades everywhere, and

it is the deluge of bliss everywhere.

Be conscious always that the God that you pray

to is within you and everywhere about you. His

protection and grace are there ever for you. Be

always aware that He is guiding you from within.

True, God’s power is manifest everywhere. Prakriti

is He in His universal revelation. His light and glory

fill all things. To surrender to Him and realize His

unthinkable and inexpressible greatness is to attain

immortality and bliss. Where are bondage and pain

for the soul that has tuned itself with this

magnificent Life or Truth? The supreme Lord is

the very breath of your breath. You are ever His,

He and you are not different. All glory be to Him!

The world is a grand display of the Lord’s lila. In

fact each one of you, playing an individual part

in it, is Himself in His self-expression. In the

light of this knowledge and vision, you are all

eternally one; the appearance of diversity belongs

only to the surface.

The whole universe is indeed a blissful

manifestation of Sri Ram. Every form in it is a

wave and movement of His infinite love. Diversity

and discord are unreal-offsprings of a mind

deluded by ignorance. Unity and harmony are

the true attributes of that Truth, in whom God,

universe and man are one. There is no existence

but He. He is eternal truth, love, power, light

and bliss. What words can describe Him, who

transcends all speech and thought!

Where is your most loving Divine Mother and

Master? Oh-what joy it is to be conscious that

this Supreme Being is ever enthroned in your

heart. You eternally dwell in Him and He lives in

you eternally. Sri Ram fills and permeates the

entire universe. Every particle, every atom, is

thrilling with divine music. The glow of His

splendour illumines all. He is the inexhaustible

spring of delight, peace and bliss. He is the infinite

fountain of love and compassion. All glory to

Him!

As devotee you are at once one and different

from God. You are like the river. The river is

one with the ocean; still it is ceaselessly flowing

towards the ocean. This is the wonderful mystery

of God and His Bhakta.

You are all He. To realize this is the common aim

of you all- the one real end of this human

existence. When God puts you in situations, in

which you are forced to remember Him and to

pray to Him earnestly to take you to His holy

feet, is He not kind? Is He kind when He gives

you some transient baubles of this world which

bring pain and misery? He does grant these things

also when you pray for them. But He warns you

at the same time-”You have asked for the

perishables; but you cannot have permanent

happiness from them. Pain, anxiety and sorrow

are always associated with them. Seek the

Eternal-seek Me alone. I am Sat-Chit-Anand,

infinite existence, consciousness and bliss.” So,

pray for His grace and vision. You are already

free and immortal. Pray to Him to give you this

knowledge-to give you this realization.

The Divine Mother who presides over all activities,

events and happenings in the universe means

always well. The sole purpose of Her work is only

to bring about harmony and peace. The doubting

mind sees discord and confusion in Her activity.

The Mother is a veritable personification of love.

So, none of Her actions can be for anything but

good. The sun by his very nature can shed only

light and is incapable of producing darkness.

Similarly, the Mother’s doings are always in every

way beneficial. In Her there is no evil. The socalled

evil is the product of a mind that has no

faith in Her. Pray to Her this wise-”Oh, Mother

of the worlds, I am Thy ignorant child. Guide

and control me as Thou wilt. Thou art my only

protector and I am Thy child. I am ever Thine.

Bear me always in Thy bosom as Thy eternal child.

This is the refuge I seek. Eternity is the link that

unites me to Thee. Being ever in tune with Thee,

let me be Thy child.

God arranges all things in His own way and at the

time He appoints. Yours is to work in the free

and cheerful spirit of a child, leaving all the results

to be determined by Him. God himself is a child,

playing this universal game. Everywhere is He

and everybody is He.

Sri Ram is infinite love, light, power and bliss.

He is the most loving Mother and the most

powerful Master of the universe. He is seated in

all His glory in the hearts of you all.

Indeed Sri Ram’s name is marvellously potent. It

has transformed a robber into the great saint

Valmiki. It has helped Kabirdas, Tulsidas, Ramdas

and many others to cross the ocean of samsara.

That great name is as sweet as nectar itself.

When, by His grace, this name has firmly settled

on the mind and tongue of anybody, that person

becomes blessed and attains eternal freedom,

bliss and peace. Sri Ram is pure love, a veritable

sea of love, absorbing, permeating, nay flooding

the whole universe.

O mind! Ever be intoxicated with this supreme,

indescribable love; be merged in it and realize

all, all that you behold, as the expression of that

love. When all forms, all things, all actions, all

happenings have their source in this love, where

is pain, sorrow, doubt or fear? You live, move

and have your being in this love. Sri Ram is this

love. To think of Him, to meditate on Him, to

repeat His name, to talk of Him, to write of

Him, is to realize Him, to realize and attain this

love. Through love alone you have to reach Him.

He is without form and name. He is beyond all

Dwandwas and Gunas, but you can go to Him,

only by worshipping Him through name and form.

Sri Ram is that name. Universe is that form.

Love Him with all your might. Let your mind

find its perfect union with Him, and let the body

be active as an instrument in His hands.

THE TRUE VISION

The true vision means the vision of the Reality

within. The man of ignorance is ever busy clinging

to external forms for support. So long as a man

does not see the great Truth he is in search of,

within himself, he can never know peace.

Aim at the universal vision, i.e., behold the

manifested universe as the very form and image

of the Lord seated in your heart. Transcend all

names, forms, lights, sounds etc., and merge

yourself in the infinite ocean of divine peace and

joy. Rise above the body idea, the Gunas and all

mental states and enjoy the bliss and freedom of

immortality. You and the supreme Lord are not

different. You are His essence, nay His very form,

because there is none and nothing but He. This

is the truth. Realize.

The way to escape from the clutches of

Dwandwas, when you live in the consciousness of

the world of name and form, is to behold all

things and objects as the revealed forms of the

one Eternal Truth. The divine power emanating

from the Truth has manifested as the entire

universe. All movements and activities of Prakriti

are Hers. All your thoughts and play of the senses

and body are Her lila. Behold everything as God

Himself-manifest. By surrendering up your ego

to the Divine Shakti you can attain to this vision.

This vision will absolve you from all doubts, and

your actions will have the nature of spontaneity

and, therefore, full of bliss and ecstasy. The

light of God will now dazzle in your eyes and you

will behold Him everywhere. The Nirguna Swarup

of the Atman and the Saguna Swarup of the

universe will be the same to you. Verily, they are

the two aspects of the same Reality. Be the child

of the Eternal Mother-ever free and blissful-feeling

conscious all the time that the Mother and the

child are one Truth, although, in the play of love,

they are assumed to be different. This is the

supreme goal, the height of God-realization.

“Vasudevah Sarvamithi” be your realization.

GURU AND SATSANG

There is no higher deity than Guru. Guru is the

Lord of the universe-the supreme ultimate Realitythe

sole master of your being and all existence.

Guru is Sri Ram.

Since you have received the Gurumantra, do you

think that you require a repeated assurance that

you are an accepted child of God? Feel always

that you are such. Your God, your Guru, is

dwelling in yourself.

Really there is nothing so elevating as Satsang.

All saints must be of the same opinion with regard

to the need of a Guru. To say that without a

Guru an aspirant can reach the spiritual goal is as

good as to say that a child could be born without

the existence of the mother.

Do not forget for a single moment the immortal

and all blissful nature of your true being. This

consciousness or remembrance you can keep up

only when you are in constant touch with saints.

Be kind, forgiving and charitable towards all who

come in contact with you. Don’t be like the

dumb-driven cattle.Assert your innate divine

nature and allow it freely to illumine your

personality and all activities. You have by

association with divine men understood the

supreme purpose of life. Let nothing throw a

veil over the light and knowledge which you have

gained by such communion. May the Lord bless

you and keep you ever in His divine presence.

FAITH

“Faith in God means faith in your own higher

Self who is your real being. The main qualities of

this faith are absolute fearlessness, and freedom

from worry and anxiety of every kind, through a

complete surrender in all things to the Almighty

will of this supreme Self. To attain to this

surrender you have to keep your mind dwelling

constantly in God, not permitting it to come down

to harassing thoughts about your body and other

matters. This highest Truth that resides in you is

all compassionate and merciful. What you have

to do is to trust this great Truth and give up all

cares. ‘Faith can move mountains’ is a trite

saying.

Keep to a life of strict discipline by adjusting

your food and rest according to a set system.

Above all, maintain strictly a life of Brahmacharya.

Merely praying to God without the corresponding

effort on your part cannot avail you anything.

Life is granted for the achievement of a great

ideal which is freedom and cheerfulness in selfless

service and sacrifice. The mere dedication of

life to this exalted purpose will liberate it from

all distempers.

When you have once taken complete refuge in

God, you ought to give up all doubts and worries.

You have to consider that, whatever way He

decides the course of events in your life, it is

always for good. Worldly honour and disgrace

have no bearing on His decisions. You must freely

and unreservedly put yourself in His hands. He

can never come to your rescue if you do not

cease from worrying and restlessness. Selfsurrender

means a state of perfect peace and

calmness, attained through complete submission

to the Divine Will.

Fears and anxieties cannot affect you in all your

undertakings, provided you are sure and firm in

your faith. God is the great provider and he who

trusts Him is never lost. Only you have to tune

your will with His will, mingle your consciousness

with His divine light and wisdom, merge your life

in His eternal existence; then you are perfectly

safe in all situations of life.

The divine power manifest and working in great

Mahatmas is capable of performing wondrous

miracles. By faith alone you could attain high

and ambitious ideals. If you are earnestly after

spiritual illumination, you must strenuously work

for it by concentrating all your thoughts on the

supreme goal of life, the immortal Reality that

dwells within you. Merely running after Gurus,

without faith and a sincere aspiration for being

benefited by their contact, will be of no use.

Om Tat Sat
                                                        
(Continued...) 

(My humble salutations to the lotus feet of H H Swami Ramadas ji   for the collection)