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EVERY ONE ENDEAVOURS HARD FOR IT, BUT ONLY
HE WHOM GOD ORDAINS IS SUCCESSFUL
Dr. K.Madhava
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
My pranams to all of you.
On this auspicious occasion of the
Birthday celebrations of our Revered Master Rev.
Babuji Maharaj we are trying to understand the
seminar topic ‘every one endeavor’s hard for it but
only He whom God ordains is successful’.
The seminar topic deals with the advent
of the Special Personality.
If we carefully follow the history of humanity and
human evolution more so in the18th and 19th
centuries we cannot but help noticing the moral
degradation and complete materialistic orientation
of the mind of man.
Man is over burdened with misery and
unhappiness and full of tensions in the physical,
vital and mental planes. Violence, distrust, fear,
insecurity, greed are prominent in the atmosphere of
human consciousness.
People are preoccupied in their selfish
pursuits of pleasures of sensory nature disregarding
the finer sensibilities which Divine has granted
him. In this frenzied consumerism and hedonistic
pursuits he is causing an almost irreversible
ecological destruction. Humanity’s sense of
discrimination is totally lost and he does not even
know that he is inviting a calamity upon himself.
Education has failed, religions have
failed, prophets have failed in reforming mankind.
To restore peace, balance and happiness back to his
children and make them realize their true Divine
nature, has become compelling for GOD and for the
survival of the line of humanity itself.
Nature chose Rev. Babuji Maharaj as a
special Personality in May 1944 to overhaul the
entire structure and restore spiritual life.
Now the question- why God ordained one
amongst many of His devotees (If we are permitted to
raise such a question about God which could be
blasphemous) is raised?
Firstly it is God’s will and all devotees have to
accept whatever is the Will of God. But
unfortunately some persons questioned Rev Babuji
Maharaj being chosen as the successor
representative.
Secondly Rev. Babuji Maharaj was structured by his
Guru in such a way that he became dearest to God.
Thirdly Rev. Babuji Maharaj’s practice was such that
he was hailed by the greatest spiritual
personalities as one of the finest and noblest and
humblest being ever to grace the earth.
In the entire spiritual history of human
kind only Rev. Babuji Maharaj reached the rarefied
levels of negation which made Nature utilize Him as
a Special Personality.
How Rev. Babuji has attained this stage is
best stated in his own words “For myself I may say
that since I stared practice at the feet of my
Master Samartha Guru Sri Ramachandraji Maharaj of
Fatehgarh,U.P. I have taken him to be my all, and
may this feeling of mine continue forever. It was he
who brought me deliverance; so I remained unattached
with everyone else. Now I come again to the point.
God taken in the sense of the centre or Bhuma, does
not possess mind or Manas. Had he had it, the law of
karma-action-would have applied to Him as well and
He would have been in the world like us. Mind
(manas) is an instrument which He has bestowed upon
man. A part of it is with us and the other end
extends nearly up to Him. Our attention is towards
both of them. With the former we attend to our daily
affairs and with the latter to the Divine. When we
connect the former with the latter the same one
current begins to flow all through. For this we have
to practice, so that a throb in the latter may begin
to resound in the former-the human mind. Now imagine
what the condition of the man would be when, after
making his heart like that, he hits into the Central
Region and crosses the seven rings to acquire
swimming in the Infinite Ocean. He shall definitely
be near most to Bhuma and further on if contact is
developed which is nothing but the stage of merging
or Layavastha in the Bhuma, then everything is
accomplished and all his activities in the spiritual
field comes to an end. Whatsoever little remains may
be beyond the grasp of imagination. The life which
is acquired after this final merging is the real
life which is attainable only after complete
negation of self. Now if we dissolve that, the life
would then be refined existence and if that to is
merged then whatever remains would be the Real.
Words fail to picture that which comes after the
ultimate merging of that last state. At this level
there remains but a nominal difference between him
and the Bhuma… When we arrive at the final condition
and begin receiving commands, our understanding
fails to decide as to wherefrom they have come. When
this condition dawns we must realize that we have
arrived at the state where it can be rightly
presumed that God does not move till moved by the
devotee. When we enter this ultimate state we are in
a state of oneness.”… “ I will simply say that all
powers originating from below the Centre come to us
and an abhyasi at this state of attainment can do
all that Nature does. All the forces of Nature are
under his command and he supplies them power to keep
the work of Nature going unimpeded… His will shall
work in all matters, though it may take time.” (PG
page 273)
Now when such a Special personality is steering the
ship of humanity then the Master’s mission of
installing spirituality in the prevailing
materialism is bound to succeed.
Why I am saying this boldly is I have personally
seen the transformation taking place not only in me
but in many of my friends and associates, due to the
blessing of pranahuti. This is a boon to humanity.
Pranahuti after it is introduced into the abhyasi
slowly transforms him from a beast to a human being
and finally to a divine being.
If we enter into this field with an intention to
purify our heart and make it fit by practicing as
Rev. Master has advised then the transformation is
very rapid. It is astounding. One is overwhelmed
with a feeling of wonder at the mercy and love of
the Special personality towards humanity. You cannot
but feel grateful to be born as a human being and
that too at a time when the blessing splendour of
the Great Master is reigning. In deed we are
blessed.
Rev Master has repeatedly appealed to us to work for
making up the deficiency of spirituality in the
world. How to cooperate and participate in the
Master’s mission is the raison-de- taire of the
existence of ISRC.
The very fact that we are the recipients of
pranahuti is a confirmation that we are blessed by
God, it is silly and stupid to worry about our
future after having His blessings. The question that
should dominate our heart is what we can do for the
Master, what will make Him happy?
The idea that our practice is meant for universal
human transformation should be embedded firmly in
our heart. By repeated exposure to Divine
consciousness through pranahuti this idea will get
strengthened and we become infectious and spread
the message of the Master. Thus we live the 9th
commandment also.
It is not easy to overcome our attachments,
prejudices and various shades of egoism and thus
become a pliable instrument of The Master, but
success tastes much sweeter if we overcome
obstacles. If there are no challenges and obstacles
the journey is unexciting, but the help and
blessings of the Master in the form of ladders is
always there. So we have to be always conscious of
the love of Master towards us and feel Him and His
mission as our own, then the journey is less
tiresome.
Here I quote Master’s words which indicates His
deep love for Us “It is with the feeling of deep
pleasure that I take this opportunity of sending you
a message. It may be short but it has gushed out
from the deep core of my heart with love and
affection.
The soul, is longing to feel its characteristic
which has gone out of sight, and this insignificant
being is seeking fellow pilgrims to march on the
path of freedom. My longing to get fellow travellers
is only for the sake of rendering service to help
their safe arrival at the Destination. The idea may
look foreign to you at first sight, but if you pause
a little to consider the problem (the Destination)
you will surely come to the conclusion that you are
sailing towards your own Home, wherefrom you have
been snatched away by the irony of Fate.(solution to
the problem of life SDG may1970)
Recently I started liking the lingo which modern
management gurus are using “ walk the talk.”
Do we just talk or is our talk backed by feeling,
attitudes and behaviour.
When we talk to fellow beings that we are abhyasis
following the system of the Great Master .Do we
really practice with sincerity all the practices
including the 9 p.m. universal prayer? Do we have
the attitudes which Master wanted us to possess to
practice Ten commandments. We need to put such
questions seriously to ourselves and search in our
hearts for the answers? As we learn to introspect
more seriously we will notice that frivolous, and
flippant talk will dry up. And if we live up to the
talk, our thought acquires power and start
influencing people around us and in this way we
will be really participating in his mission.
Better to accept and project our true state of
ignorance rather than trying to impress others.
Actors and charlatans are already too many in this
world, and we need not be anxious to swell their
numbers.
As we are on the internet and as we are entering
into more frequent interactions with society to
spread the message of the Master the necessity for
the brethren who are practicing the system to keep
abreast with the literature assumes paramount
importance.
Every practicant has to master the basic concepts
underlying the various spiritual practices like
meditation, purification, 9 pm prayer, bed time
prayer, practice of commandments so that they can
confidently explain the system to beginners.
Repeatedly reading of books like Three Truths and
Trillion doubts helps one to equip in this
direction. (this does not mean that other books are
to avoided)
In this way we will be striving to practice constant
remembrance which Rev Master has mentioned it as a
primary duty of an abhyasi and a surest means of
reaching the homeland.
The aim and goal of keeping alive the feeling of His
presence has to occupy the centre stage of our
consciousness. .Then our attention will be easy as
it will be attracting our attention. Peripheral
things loose their power and fade away and then we
can live in His consciousness easily and naturally.
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By studying His works, contemplating on its
meaning, striving to live up to his ideals and ideas
and somehow woo Him and sneak into His
consciousness and aspiring to become close to Him
with one’s entire being we will be able to own up
the conditions and then be the part of his team in
transforming Human consciousness. As our rev guide
KCN says we should be mad and obsessed with this
idea of human transformation then only we can work
for the Master.
It is well worth remembering the following quote of
Rev Babuji Maharaj “The work of the Mission will
save the humanity from its doom by carrying the
teachings of Master to every heart. Mankind today is
groping in the darkness of materialism. Fear, greed
and jealousy have gripped the man and every sense of
value is lost. Only the torch of spirituality can
remove the oppressing gloom and restore the real
man. Let the light of the Real, shine in the heart
of everyone so that we may rise up to the
expectations of the Divine!” (SDG real light 1974)
I beg your pardon if I have transgressed my limits.
Pranams.
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