Saint Kabirji was asked,”We cannot see the attribute less, formless supreme Self. Even so, please tell us some way by which we can see Him.”
Kabirji said, “The physical eyes. But if you want to see god with these eyes, go see a saint in whose heart the Supreme Self is revealed, and who has the Vritti in the form of the Atman, the form of non-dual Knowledge and evenness of mind. You can physically see one in whose heart God is unveiled, seeing whom one is reminded of the Lord.
Kabirji said, “The physical eyes. But if you want to see god with these eyes, go see a saint in whose heart the Supreme Self is revealed, and who has the Vritti in the form of the Atman, the form of non-dual Knowledge and evenness of mind. You can physically see one in whose heart God is unveiled, seeing whom one is reminded of the Lord.
‘The reflection of the unseen
is visible in the body of a saint.
If you want to see the invisible,
see it in the visible saint.’
The body of a saint is a mirror in which you can see the indiscernible supreme self. Therefore, if you want to see God, behold His beloved saint.
If you sincerely contemplate the virtues of the saint with blessedness and gratitude, it will not be long before the Supreme Self is revealed in your heart.. Even though it is so easy to attain Self-realization, people fail to avail themselves of it. Rather they harm themselves by assessing the saints with their myopic intellects on the basis of their outward behaviour.
Maharshi Vasishtha says, “Don’t ponder over the virtues and vices of the saints; get the Knowledge of Ultimate truth from them by any means. O Rama! When I pass through the streets, I know how foolish people talk all kinds of nonsense against me, but my kind-hearted nature makes me do whatever possible to redeem them from the hell called world. It is for this reason that I impart teachings.”
When detractors made all kinds of abusive attacks on Sage Vasishatha, the Guru of Lord Rama, bowing before whom Dashratha, the king of Ayodhya considered himself to be blessed, why should you worry if somebody says something against you? Rather bless them.
When Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the President of India, some perverse mended individual started libeling him in a cheap newspaper. Whatever rubbish came to his mind, he would publish it is his newspaper and distribute it among people who did not want to buy it. An admirer of Dr. Rajendra Prasad showed the paper to him. Who just tore and threw them away. Another one brought the newspaper and it was thrown into the waste-bin. All this went on for some time. At last somebody asked Rajendra Bapu, “This man is writing all this nonsense about you, why you don’t do something? Now you are the President of India. You have so much power! You can teach him a lesson the way you want.”
Rajendra Babu smiled and said, “If he had been my equal, I would have responded. But I know he is not worthy of a response from me. Why should I reply to him? Malicious minds have no dearth of enemies. This fellow will do it again and find an enemy who will repay him in his own coin. They will be destroyed fighting each other. Diamond cuts diamonds.”
Such people, of mean minds, harass others to find their own axe. All this had no effect on Rajendra Bapu, but his acquaintances, friends and well-wishers were vexed.
They said, “We are close to you and you are being maligned. It affects our relations also. People taunt us. Therefore, you must do something.”
Then Rajendra Babu told them a parable, “An elephant was on its way. Dogs started barking at it but it carried on happily and unperturbed. If the elephant cajoles, admonishes or tries to silence the dogs, it means the it has stooped to the level of dogs; it has forgotten its uninhibited cheerful disposition and glory. The elephant is on a pedestal which is way above the dogs. It is a different matter if an elephant takes on another elephant.”
Sant Kabir has said,
If you sincerely contemplate the virtues of the saint with blessedness and gratitude, it will not be long before the Supreme Self is revealed in your heart.. Even though it is so easy to attain Self-realization, people fail to avail themselves of it. Rather they harm themselves by assessing the saints with their myopic intellects on the basis of their outward behaviour.
Maharshi Vasishtha says, “Don’t ponder over the virtues and vices of the saints; get the Knowledge of Ultimate truth from them by any means. O Rama! When I pass through the streets, I know how foolish people talk all kinds of nonsense against me, but my kind-hearted nature makes me do whatever possible to redeem them from the hell called world. It is for this reason that I impart teachings.”
When detractors made all kinds of abusive attacks on Sage Vasishatha, the Guru of Lord Rama, bowing before whom Dashratha, the king of Ayodhya considered himself to be blessed, why should you worry if somebody says something against you? Rather bless them.
When Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the President of India, some perverse mended individual started libeling him in a cheap newspaper. Whatever rubbish came to his mind, he would publish it is his newspaper and distribute it among people who did not want to buy it. An admirer of Dr. Rajendra Prasad showed the paper to him. Who just tore and threw them away. Another one brought the newspaper and it was thrown into the waste-bin. All this went on for some time. At last somebody asked Rajendra Bapu, “This man is writing all this nonsense about you, why you don’t do something? Now you are the President of India. You have so much power! You can teach him a lesson the way you want.”
Rajendra Babu smiled and said, “If he had been my equal, I would have responded. But I know he is not worthy of a response from me. Why should I reply to him? Malicious minds have no dearth of enemies. This fellow will do it again and find an enemy who will repay him in his own coin. They will be destroyed fighting each other. Diamond cuts diamonds.”
Such people, of mean minds, harass others to find their own axe. All this had no effect on Rajendra Bapu, but his acquaintances, friends and well-wishers were vexed.
They said, “We are close to you and you are being maligned. It affects our relations also. People taunt us. Therefore, you must do something.”
Then Rajendra Babu told them a parable, “An elephant was on its way. Dogs started barking at it but it carried on happily and unperturbed. If the elephant cajoles, admonishes or tries to silence the dogs, it means the it has stooped to the level of dogs; it has forgotten its uninhibited cheerful disposition and glory. The elephant is on a pedestal which is way above the dogs. It is a different matter if an elephant takes on another elephant.”
Sant Kabir has said,
“The elephant walks in its own carefree gait.
If the dog barks, let it bark.
O mind! Remember the Lord;
let the world fight.’
Similarly, the saints abiding in their glory are not affected by good or bad opinions of the people. But the one, who sdores and worships saints and serves them, brightens his fortune. And the one who criticize them or harasses them destroyed his fortune. No one is good or bad in the eyes of saints. In their eyes, there is only He alone everywhere.
‘I am One without second.’
One gains or loses in accordance with one’s faith, outlook and Love.
According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.’
(Sri Guru Granth sahib, 146-16)
According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.’
(Sri Guru Granth sahib, 146-16)
Your own actions make you feel closer to your Guru or the saints, and it is your own actions that make you feel farther away from them. For the saints, nobody id owned and nobody is another’s, but in Kaliyuga people have puerile intellects. They readily accept negative situations and are slow to accept the positive ones. You will have to spend your whole life trying to spread the message of truth, but allegations and accusations, true or false, spread instantly. People fall easy prey to malicious propaganda because they are small-minded. Their power of reasoning is stunted.
Narsingh Mehta was a well known saint of Gujarat. People jealous of him spread Blatant lies were widely propagated. Nobody knows to which hellish regions these detractors might have gone, or to which lowly species they might have been born into but ebverybody knows Narsingh Mehta and remembers him with great reverence even today.
Narsingh Mehta was a devotee of Lord Krishna. Singing devotional songs, he would forget himself in the ecstasy of divine love.
He would become so engrossed contemplating Lord Krishna that those coming for his Darshana felt blessed and beatified. They too would dance and swing with Narsingh Mehta; they too would become engrossed in Krishna consciousness.
When all rumousr about Narsingh Mehta were proved false and people came to know of the miracles that took place due to Narsingh Mehta’s steadfast devotion, those impressed by the miracles flocked around Narsingh Mehta. They were devotees of miracles and not devoted to Narsingh Mehta.
This happens with many saints. So long as the going is good, people are with them. They call themselves devotees of the saint, but with the slightest negative turn of events they quickly slip away. Such people are devotees of comfort, not of the saint. A true devotee continues to be devotee, come what may. Devotees of convenience may fall or flee at any time. The selfless devotees are firm in their devotion; they never complain. They are never tired savouring the darshana and satsanga of the saint and of singing praises of his glory. The saints don’t lose anyting by anybody criticizing or maligning them and neither do they feel elated by anybody praising or adoring them.
It has always been those who were envious of the reverence given to true saints who indulged in vicious propagating dharma lies exclusively on the shoulders of these people who label the saints as hypocrites. These people don’t know what they are doing. When Kabir came, the priests opposed him and cried, ‘We are fighting for Dharma.’ When
Guru Nanak came, his opponents rose against him. Such were the atrocities committed on Nanak that he had to go to jail, even Kabir wasn’t spared.
Oblivious to the dglory of Hindu Dharma, the religious sects that have come up in the last two thousand years have hatched conspiracies against the Hindus and made them fight among one another. Our own people have been committing the heinous crime of weakening the Hindu Culture by slandering the saints; but even in the most challenging circumstances and difficulties, the true devotees never forsook the out their divine endeavours. They were never trapped in the bog of slandering, nor did they drop down like leaves in the violent gale of false propaganda; they endured till the end, blessed as they were. Saluka and Maluka for Kabir and Bala and Mardana for Guru Nanak were such disciples, whose names have become immortal in history.
Blessed are the disciples, who have faith and devotion for the Self-realized saints, in whose being the unseen God is reflected and carry it through to the end. Blessed are the ones who don’t lose their peace by falling prey to false criticism and slanderous propaganda. It is they who take advantage of:
Narsingh Mehta was a well known saint of Gujarat. People jealous of him spread Blatant lies were widely propagated. Nobody knows to which hellish regions these detractors might have gone, or to which lowly species they might have been born into but ebverybody knows Narsingh Mehta and remembers him with great reverence even today.
Narsingh Mehta was a devotee of Lord Krishna. Singing devotional songs, he would forget himself in the ecstasy of divine love.
He would become so engrossed contemplating Lord Krishna that those coming for his Darshana felt blessed and beatified. They too would dance and swing with Narsingh Mehta; they too would become engrossed in Krishna consciousness.
When all rumousr about Narsingh Mehta were proved false and people came to know of the miracles that took place due to Narsingh Mehta’s steadfast devotion, those impressed by the miracles flocked around Narsingh Mehta. They were devotees of miracles and not devoted to Narsingh Mehta.
This happens with many saints. So long as the going is good, people are with them. They call themselves devotees of the saint, but with the slightest negative turn of events they quickly slip away. Such people are devotees of comfort, not of the saint. A true devotee continues to be devotee, come what may. Devotees of convenience may fall or flee at any time. The selfless devotees are firm in their devotion; they never complain. They are never tired savouring the darshana and satsanga of the saint and of singing praises of his glory. The saints don’t lose anyting by anybody criticizing or maligning them and neither do they feel elated by anybody praising or adoring them.
It has always been those who were envious of the reverence given to true saints who indulged in vicious propagating dharma lies exclusively on the shoulders of these people who label the saints as hypocrites. These people don’t know what they are doing. When Kabir came, the priests opposed him and cried, ‘We are fighting for Dharma.’ When
Guru Nanak came, his opponents rose against him. Such were the atrocities committed on Nanak that he had to go to jail, even Kabir wasn’t spared.
Oblivious to the dglory of Hindu Dharma, the religious sects that have come up in the last two thousand years have hatched conspiracies against the Hindus and made them fight among one another. Our own people have been committing the heinous crime of weakening the Hindu Culture by slandering the saints; but even in the most challenging circumstances and difficulties, the true devotees never forsook the out their divine endeavours. They were never trapped in the bog of slandering, nor did they drop down like leaves in the violent gale of false propaganda; they endured till the end, blessed as they were. Saluka and Maluka for Kabir and Bala and Mardana for Guru Nanak were such disciples, whose names have become immortal in history.
Blessed are the disciples, who have faith and devotion for the Self-realized saints, in whose being the unseen God is reflected and carry it through to the end. Blessed are the ones who don’t lose their peace by falling prey to false criticism and slanderous propaganda. It is they who take advantage of:
‘The reflection of the unseen is
visible in the body of a saint.
If you want to see the invisible,
see it in the visible saint.’
visible in the body of a saint.
If you want to see the invisible,
see it in the visible saint.’
* Do not allow any incidence to affect the mind so that you are carried away by its consequent joy or sorrow. Always contemplate, I am immortal… I am eternal… I am not born nor am I subject to death… I am the untouched Self…’ Live your life with this firm resolve. Constantly contemplate upon these thoughts and be engrossed therein at all times.
* Never consider anything on earth more important than God.
* To conquer the mind, consider it to be the slave and yourself as its master. If you ignore the slave i.e. mind, it will automatically surrender to your control. If you ignore the fickle mind and concentrate on your original calm nature, the vacillating mind will disappear within a few days. In this way the sadhaka can become engrossed in his pristine blissful Self.
* All spiritual philosophy, science, mathematics, poetry and arts spring from your True Self and will continue to do so.
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