Thursday, January 29, 2009

Food for Thought

Take the plunge and go all out on the path of Supreme Purushartha (attainment). Stop brooding over the past and worrying about the future; just march ahead. Depend totally on the Lord. And then see for your self how, even in this horrendous Kaliyuga, your needs of food, clothing and shelter are met on their own!

When you feel interested in some mode of sadhana, God invariably makes it more interesting for you. What is important is to maintain a firm faith and conviction in the Lord Almighty. When your Supreme Ishta is pleased with you, no Anistha on earth can bring harm on you. Your supreme Ishta is the atman, your own True Self. If you have undivided and unalloyed devotional faith in the Supreme Lord, he won’t give you anything, but he will assimilate you in His own Self. And once that happens what else is left to be given?

All the pleasures other than that acquired from devotion to the Lord are invariably accompanied by the thorns of futility. A little analysis will make it clear and you will automatically take the high road of God-realization.

If the mind doesn’t get steady and keeps wandering around, stop your meditation forthwith and tell your mind, “Alright, My dear! Go… go wherever you like to. Each and every form is the manifestation of the Lord Himself. All objects are but different forms of Lord Narayana.” Knowing all in this world as different forms of the Lord, mentally bow your head in reverence to them. One Almighty Lord has manifested Himself in infinite forms. Realization of God becomes simple by nurturing such feeling in your mind time and again.

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