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Anil Kumar Questions and
Answers
Question 20
What shall
I do to dine with Bhagavan? To sleep in the room very close to His
bedroom? (Laughter) To go with Him in His car? To have a peaceful
end of life, like His mother and grandfather had? (08.12.2002)
These are the questions put to me.
Here is the answer, brother. Going in His car, dining with Him or
sleeping in the room next to Him are all physical activities. You
have the driver also in the car. I don’t think the driver is a
saint or a sage. There in the dining room, you also find cooks and
servers. I don’t think they are saints and sages. I don’t think
so. In the building, there is the watchman. I don’t want to bow
down to his feet.
So, these are all
physical acts of Grace. They are privileges. They are grand,
golden opportunities. I don’t underestimate them. But if they lead
to pride, if they make you egoistic, if they are acts of publicity
or advertisement, they will really take you to doom. No! If these
help you to be more spiritual, if these help you to do sadhana
with higher, greater or deeper intensity, then that is a boon. But
if it turns you into an egoistic man, then that is a curse. These
physical acts should take you to a psychological
(mental/emotional) level of togetherness with Bhagavan all through
your life, wherever you may go.
If you feel that the next man is
Baba, it is living with Him. If you offer prayer to God and start
eating, it is dining with Him. If you listen to Baba bhajans
as you travel in your car, you are traveling with Him. Baba said,
“Wherever My glory is sung, I install Myself.” Whenever we sing
bhajans, we are with Him. Whenever we think of Him, we are by
His side. Whenever we offer food, we are dining with Him. That is
the spiritual, psychological, metaphysical, mystical experience
one should have or one should crave for. (Applause)
© Anil Kumar Kamaraju 2004 - Here
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