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WHEN
YOU MEDITATE, you become more broad-minded. You cannot hate;
ultimate Truth is one and is all-pervading. You will love;
you will learn to give your love and understanding.
Now, pay
your attention and listen to me. When you are in the town
and somebody asks you, "Where are you? Where are you
from?", you will mention your house number and street.
When you go out of the town, you will convey by mentioning
the name of the town from where you come.
Similarly,
when you go out of the country, you will name the country
that you are from.
Now you
see, from a small place and street, your conciousness has
risen to a big place called country. That country is yours
and you belong to that country.
Now tell
me, can you hate your fellow country people? Naturally, you
would not like to hate, rather you would like to consider
them your brethren, wouldn't you? How can you hate your brother
at your home?
Now, if
you ever get a chance to go out of this mother planet, Earth,
what would you say? Do you realize how widely you belong to?
From a small street to a giant planet, Mother Earth. Can you
hate your brother? Can you hate your fellow country people?
How can you hate your fellow people of this Mother called
Earth?
Ultimately
we all belong to the Space, to the Divine, to the Boundless,
beyond all limits, all-pervading. How can we hate each other?
We all belong to our beloved Swamiji, the all-pervading Master.
All of us are equally important to our Swamiji irrespective
of our place or status. How can you limit the all-pervading
Divine Master to one single physical body? Can you limit the
space to just inside a room?
I remember
Swamiji had told me a small story with great significance…
The
Story
A frog
that lived in an ocean once happened to reach a small pond.
Some frogs were living in that pond with their king. The king
frog was informed of the new arrival. The king sent for the
newly arrived frog. When the ocean frog was brought to the
king frog, it looked arrogantly at the ocean frog and asked,
"Where have you come from?"
"From
the ocean, your majesty," said the frog.
"Oh,
nonsense," shouted the king and, jumping a little bit
in the pond, the king said, "Is your ocean this big or
smaller even?"
The ocean
frog could not help but laugh and said, "Your Majesty,
I said I am from the ocean. You cannot simply imagine how
big it is."
"Shut
up!" shouted the king. "Don't teach me lessons,
you liar! I will throw you out!"
Then
the king thought for a while and with all its strength jumped
a little more than the first one and said, "Tell me the
truth. This is your last chance. Is your ocean this big?"
With
all its humility and peace on the face, the ocean frog said,
"Your majesty, this pond is just a small drop in the
ocean which cannot be shown or explained here. I invite you
to come to the ocean. See and you will experience the truth
yourself."
"Throw
this frog out," ordered the king and shouted, "There
is nothing called ocean! How dare this idiot ocean frog invite
me to see the ocean to teach me, as if I don't have any knowledge
or wisdom."
"Yes!
Your Majesty, there is no such thing called ocean. Your wisdom
is the ultimate. Hail the King of Pond!" shouted all
the frogs of that pond.
Then Swamiji
had a roaring laughter.
Unless
you undertake the sadhana, the practise of meditation, how
can you understand or experience the Truth?
May you
all be inspired and blessed by our beloved Guru Maharaj.
My love
and blessings to you all.
Baba surrenders
and offers pranams at the Lotus Feet of Shri Swamiji Maharaj.
Copyright
2001 Shiva Rudra Balayogi
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This page was published July 15, 2001.
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