Starting with a true story ...plz forgive for making this true example. But it is synonyms with this biggest truth on the path...so felt like sharing this incidence …….
There was a girl..a teenager. In front of her house was a big park. One year in summer vacation period, somewhere near her neighbour an old man of about 65 yrs came to live with his daughter as he had no one else left in the world. Her daughter already had an invalid child to take care. So she was very busy, and cudn't give her father company. That old man will come out in this park around 4 in the afternoon and sit there all alone till 6.30. The teenager girl saw him many time all alone. And one day she decided out of the blue moon..my summer vacations r going on. I don't take afternoon nap and i m also free this time..around four. Why not be in his company. He must have so much to share about life. And next day she shyly went upto the old man in the park and haultingly asked his permission to be with him daily afternoon from 4 to 5. He was happy and permitted her to be with him..and so started a very unlikely friendship between a shy north indian teenager girl and an old south indian man with many stories to tell but not knowing a single word of hindi.
One day she slept in the afternoon and kept sleeping thru..one single day..she slept...and he waited.
Next day when she went to the park..the man was very agitated and kept looking towards the path from where she came. When she reached him..there was tears in his eyes and voice..and he just asked..u never came yesterday ..i missed being with u...
And with the jolt she realised that it was not just a time passing ..it was a commitment..to be kept...not to hurt any one, a responsibility to be taken seriously if u started giving company to some one.
After couple of months that man had to leave for south to oversee some of his work, he promised to return soon and told that girl...these were best days of my old life and i m very happy.
He died after one week of leaving to south.
The need to tell this story was only this..
When u make a commitment to meet someone and to give someone ur company, u r honour bound to keep that promise.
and when u recieve initiation from MASTER u promise to meet HIM daily for 2 and half hour...minimum...
When u promise to meet HIM and u don't show up....
Have u imagined HIS waiting for u..and becoming disappointed and gradually tears forming in HIS eyes...
Then u really shud meet HIM daily...
Appointed time...and then one day HE will smile....
The one and only thing our MASTER ask from us is to do simran (meditation) and in return HE promise to take care of our permarth as well as swarth.
MASTER said the thing can be said in six lines or in six books bu it will remaun the same and that is – simran karo (do meditation).
so much we keep reading about meditation. Sharing here just one thing which touched my soul.
When we sit for meditation, we can prepare ourselves by consciously asking ourself as we began –
(i) AM I AWARE OF THE WORDS I AM REPEATING?
ii) AM I AWARE OF THE DARKNESS I AM PEERING INTO?
iii) AM I AWARE OF THE MASTER'S PRESENCE?
iv) AM I RELAXED?
AND THEN WE PROCEED TO MEDITATION ITSELF.
NOTHING SHOULD INTERFERE WITH OUR MEDITATION AND NOTHING MEANS SIMPLY NOTHING.
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT TWO & A HALF HOURS A DAY BELONG TO OUR MASTER AND NO ONE DESERVES THEM MORE THAN HE DOES. SO DON'T GIVE THEM TO ANYONE ELSE.
Once in an evening meeting in india someone was asking MASTER about meditation, all sorts of question like how to sit? How to visualise HIM ? How to repeat the words? And so on and on.
MASTER stopped him mid way and said very simply – just be with HIM.
Wait every day in that darkness and be with HIM, one day you will see the light inside. The light is there – no doubt and it is getting nearer all the time. For every step you take, HE takes thousand more in your direction, so the gap is closing. All you have to do is just stay there and just be with HIM.
Imagine urself in the room with HIM, at the third eye. Go inside and close the door, and tell ur mind that no matter what we will stay inside this door and we will just be with HIM, HIM who loves us…
when u actually sit down in the darkness and wait upon HIM..mind runs outside hating to be confined, all we can do is …tell ourself…we r just being with HIM…HE and me together, having conversation…IN CONVERSATION WITH…GOD…
Once someone asked MASTER..if efforts comes because of lord's grace and grace come because of efforts, then it seems that HE is doing everything..what r then we suppose to do???
HE in HIS gentle manner calmly replied...just show up...
It's as simple as that...
All HE asks us to do is..to show up..how much more simple this path can be?
Show up..on those appointed 2 n half hour..and rest all...HE does..all the burden HE carries..we just have to show up..and try our best to just be with HIM...
let's start by showing up..move on to just being with HIM..in stillness and silence...
And HE will take care.. of the rest. Because DADDY is driving, then why shud the child worry?
There was a girl..a teenager. In front of her house was a big park. One year in summer vacation period, somewhere near her neighbour an old man of about 65 yrs came to live with his daughter as he had no one else left in the world. Her daughter already had an invalid child to take care. So she was very busy, and cudn't give her father company. That old man will come out in this park around 4 in the afternoon and sit there all alone till 6.30. The teenager girl saw him many time all alone. And one day she decided out of the blue moon..my summer vacations r going on. I don't take afternoon nap and i m also free this time..around four. Why not be in his company. He must have so much to share about life. And next day she shyly went upto the old man in the park and haultingly asked his permission to be with him daily afternoon from 4 to 5. He was happy and permitted her to be with him..and so started a very unlikely friendship between a shy north indian teenager girl and an old south indian man with many stories to tell but not knowing a single word of hindi.
One day she slept in the afternoon and kept sleeping thru..one single day..she slept...and he waited.
Next day when she went to the park..the man was very agitated and kept looking towards the path from where she came. When she reached him..there was tears in his eyes and voice..and he just asked..u never came yesterday ..i missed being with u...
And with the jolt she realised that it was not just a time passing ..it was a commitment..to be kept...not to hurt any one, a responsibility to be taken seriously if u started giving company to some one.
After couple of months that man had to leave for south to oversee some of his work, he promised to return soon and told that girl...these were best days of my old life and i m very happy.
He died after one week of leaving to south.
The need to tell this story was only this..
When u make a commitment to meet someone and to give someone ur company, u r honour bound to keep that promise.
and when u recieve initiation from MASTER u promise to meet HIM daily for 2 and half hour...minimum...
When u promise to meet HIM and u don't show up....
Have u imagined HIS waiting for u..and becoming disappointed and gradually tears forming in HIS eyes...
Then u really shud meet HIM daily...
Appointed time...and then one day HE will smile....
The one and only thing our MASTER ask from us is to do simran (meditation) and in return HE promise to take care of our permarth as well as swarth.
MASTER said the thing can be said in six lines or in six books bu it will remaun the same and that is – simran karo (do meditation).
so much we keep reading about meditation. Sharing here just one thing which touched my soul.
When we sit for meditation, we can prepare ourselves by consciously asking ourself as we began –
(i) AM I AWARE OF THE WORDS I AM REPEATING?
ii) AM I AWARE OF THE DARKNESS I AM PEERING INTO?
iii) AM I AWARE OF THE MASTER'S PRESENCE?
iv) AM I RELAXED?
AND THEN WE PROCEED TO MEDITATION ITSELF.
NOTHING SHOULD INTERFERE WITH OUR MEDITATION AND NOTHING MEANS SIMPLY NOTHING.
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT TWO & A HALF HOURS A DAY BELONG TO OUR MASTER AND NO ONE DESERVES THEM MORE THAN HE DOES. SO DON'T GIVE THEM TO ANYONE ELSE.
Once in an evening meeting in india someone was asking MASTER about meditation, all sorts of question like how to sit? How to visualise HIM ? How to repeat the words? And so on and on.
MASTER stopped him mid way and said very simply – just be with HIM.
Wait every day in that darkness and be with HIM, one day you will see the light inside. The light is there – no doubt and it is getting nearer all the time. For every step you take, HE takes thousand more in your direction, so the gap is closing. All you have to do is just stay there and just be with HIM.
Imagine urself in the room with HIM, at the third eye. Go inside and close the door, and tell ur mind that no matter what we will stay inside this door and we will just be with HIM, HIM who loves us…
when u actually sit down in the darkness and wait upon HIM..mind runs outside hating to be confined, all we can do is …tell ourself…we r just being with HIM…HE and me together, having conversation…IN CONVERSATION WITH…GOD…
Once someone asked MASTER..if efforts comes because of lord's grace and grace come because of efforts, then it seems that HE is doing everything..what r then we suppose to do???
HE in HIS gentle manner calmly replied...just show up...
It's as simple as that...
All HE asks us to do is..to show up..how much more simple this path can be?
Show up..on those appointed 2 n half hour..and rest all...HE does..all the burden HE carries..we just have to show up..and try our best to just be with HIM...
let's start by showing up..move on to just being with HIM..in stillness and silence...
And HE will take care.. of the rest. Because DADDY is driving, then why shud the child worry?
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