Has life any meaning? Or, is it a
purposeless sojourn on earth? Are we merely being driven remorselessly,
like dumb cattle, from the cradle to the cemetery? And, what is the
journey like? It is only through a dark vale of tears, with occasional
flashes of what is commonly called happiness. It looks as if we are
drawn by an inexorable force; we find limitations binding us from every
side. These thoughts naturally torment every thinking mind.
Friends!
If you sincerely desire to get the answers to these and allied problems,
go to Puttaparthi, where the supreme Guru, is ready to give you
knowledge and peace. See Him, hear Him speak, grasp the way of life that
He is teaching by His Own Life, watch the compassion and patience that
is evident in His every act, the limitless grace that He showers, the
tireless enthusiasm He has, for the uplift of humanity and the
spontaneity with which all these Divine qualities are flowing from Him.
If you have eyes to see, ears to hear and the capacity to think, it will
not take you long to arrive at the Truth.
Life is a
beginningless and unceasing manifestation of the One and only Truth,
Sath-Chith-Ananda. The good and bad, happiness and sorrow, and similar
dualities are mere concepts of your mind. You are, in fact and reality,
Sath-Chith-Ananda and, not any of these material envelopments, body,
mind and intellect. The latter change from moment to moment, but, you
are the non-changing entity - the unchanging Witness!
The ego
or jiva, which is no other than a thought, but, nevertheless, the root
of all other thoughts centering round the nation of `I' and `mine' is
the cause of all this mischief .
It
parades as though it has an independent existence, when in reality it
does not and cannot exist apart from the One Truth. Wrong identification
by the Jiva or `i feeling’ with the body, the mind and the intellect
makes it share the vicissitudes to which the latter, by their very
nature, are subjects. If this identification is erased and you feel one
with the ceaseless fount of Sath-Chith-Ananda, which is deep down in
your own heart, the meaning of life stands revealed. The passing
panorama, which we call nature, world, including the ego, is mere
appearance, fleeting over the canvas of Truth, of Pure Absolute
Consciousness.
Friends! We take pride in calling ourselves intelligent!
We
explore the earth, the sea and space, but, we do not know who we are!
Intelligence is misused by us, to tyrannise over one another and over
the rest of creation. We use it for amassing riches, and pandering the
senses - futile pursuits, since we all must die, leaving all the gains
we strove to win. Nor do these pursuits give us a sense of fulfilment,
for, one `achievement' fans the desire for more.
Baba
tells us that we are seeking happiness through these means, because our
nature itself is happiness or bliss. We resent limitations or finitude,
because we are really infinite by nature. The ego seeps infinite or
permanent bliss, but, in its ignorance, it seeks it in the finite world.
Baba tells us that we are, in fact, seeking our own nature, in striving
to find bliss, here and now. But, we have to find it, in ourselves, and
not outside us. It is the kernel of each of us! Reverse the process,
Baba says. Instead of running after the fleeting pleasures that the
world can offer, try to shut out the mind from the outside a world, and
from the turmoil of thoughts gurgling within. Instal Sarveswara (the
Lord of All), embodied in whichever Form you like - or, without Form, as
a Principle or Power in simple Awareness - and train the mind to abide
there. A day will come, when the Truth will dawn, in a flash, and the
Witness within us, wi
ll reveal itself. Try to reach the source from where the ego springs,
says Baba. `Abide there and you will realise your nature, which is
Sath-Chith-Ananda.'
Baba is
not only the haven of the sincere seeker; He is the refuge of the
maimed, the sick, the ailing, the unhappy, the persons afflicted with
all kinds of material desires. Each and every one derives comfort and
joy from Him.
What is
most important is, that all are ultimately weaned from worldly
entanglement and snares, and directed to the Abode of Truth, and guided
along the road leading to it in conformity with his power of
understanding and inclination.
Prasanthi
Nilayam (the Abode of Peace) is where the All pervading Truth has come
to preside in Human form. It is spreading the Gospel of Sathyam Sivam
and Sundaram, for the benefit of troubled humanity.
Friends!
If you have not found your way to Prasanthi Nilayam, and surrendered at
the Feet of Baba, make haste. Now is the time! Life is short. If you
tarry, great is your loss!
