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Speech by Prof. Anil Kumar to
foreign and Indian devotees on July 29th 2001
Some salient, if not relevant points
from Swami's discourse to the students
at the Institute auditorium a few days ago was enumerated by Prof.
Anil
Kumar when he spoke to foreign and Indian devotees this Sunday (July
29th)
morning. The gist of it is as follows:
1. That, the students as well as those devotees who are
physically near
Him are comparable to frogs sitting on the lotus flower itself and
not even
aware that they are dwelling on a treasure house, while foreigners
who come
to Swami travelling long distances are coming to enjoy and absorb
Swami's
love and divinity a much as they can hold, like the honey bees
that go
straight for the honey itself. Those mostly near Bhagavan do not
recognise
how fortunate they are to be at such proximity to the divine,
instead they
fritter away their time on matters that would take them further
and further
away from God.
2. That, it is impossible for anyone to realise God, even
experience Him,
as long as he or she believes God is outside. You can never
experience God
when you keep looking for Him outside, let alone experience His 'Presence'.
Most of you who are too close to Me, physically, are unable to
look for Me
within you because you keep looking at My outer form and seek
proximity to
this form. You cannot find Me, nor experience Me, when you keep
deluding
yourself that 'I AM' outside you. To make you change your vision,
to make
you look within you alone, I have stopped giving you 'Padanamaskar'
since
Gurupoornima.
3. That, Swami is a little more withdrawn from you, and this is
causing
some pain to most of you. But Swami does not do anything without a
purpose.
Everything Swami does is for your own good alone. This single move,
including denial of padanamaskar alone on My part, I expect, would
make you
look within, go within, and draw you closer to Me, Who is already
within
you. Many of you have been with Swami for so long and you have not
changed.
You are not seeking Me really. Your external proximity is only
boosting your
ego and you cannot get away from your feeling that Swami is close
to you. By
My external denial I am forcing you within, shredding your ego and
making
you humble so that you may have a clearer vision of Me within you.
Be
assured that I am in you, and you are in Me. We are ONE.
4. That, you attribute everything that happens around you, even
things
about Swami, according to your own feelings. You say, "It was a
lovely
darshan today" or "Swami was so radiant this morning" etc., as if
it was a
'bad darshan' yesterday or Swami looked 'ordinary' the previous
time. You
project your own feelings and the surrounding, nay even Swami,
will reflect
your own feelings! You must be ever vigilant, ever ready, for He
can accost
you when you are least prepared, and a wonderful opportunity for a
profound
experience of the divine might be lost. He alone knows when you
are not
ready and can catch you at that moment.
5. That, you should learn to see good in what you think is bad.
Good and
bad are one and the same, obverse of the same coin. They are
inseparable,
interdependent and interconnected. What you consider not so good
now is
temporary; it turns out to be good at the end. You may be unhappy
that Swami
does not give padanamaskar nor interact with you much. But the
good side of
it is that you will grow spiritually and transform yourselves
through
introspection, humility and sincerity.
6. That, you should see divinity in everything. Worship picture
as God,
but do not reduce God into a mere picture. See God in everybody,
in
everything. Every person is God, repositories of the divine. They
are living
and moving temples of God and deserve the same devotion and love
that is due
to God.
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