Search in Your Own Home

Sufis relate a parable. A farmer was going to his farms for keeping a watch early in the morning. He found a bundle lying on the way. He opened it and found that it contained what he thought pebbles and stone. He picked up the bundle and took it to his farm. There was river flowing by the side of the farm. He started hurling the ‘pebbles’ in the river with a catapult. A jeweler came to bathe in the river. He picked up a ‘pebble’ while bathing. He was surprised no end for it was a diamond. He went to the man who was throwing diamonds taking them to be stones. Only one jewel was left with him. ‘

The jeweler said, “Stupid! What are you doing? You are catapulting diamonds into the river!”

The fellow asked, “What is a diamond?”

“Give it to me; I will give you fifty rupees for it.”

The man became suspicious. He said, “Fifty rupees? It should be worth more.”

“Ok, I will give a hundred rupees.”
“I will get it priced in the market.”
“Ok, take two hundred rupees.”

Finally, the jeweller took the diamond for took the diamond for Rs. 1100. The man took the money and gave the diamond. But there was no end to his sorrow and lamentation. He started wailing, ‘Alas! I have thrown away diamonds mistaking them for stones and so many of them! How foolish I am!’

We are more foolish than that farmer. We are Atman, in substance one and the same as the Supreme Lord, the Existence knowledge-Bliss Absolute. We are equals of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva, superior to the state of 330 million gods. But we are living like animals. Fathering tom, Dick and Harry! Then we spend our entire lives on bringing them up till death deprives us of all we have accumulated as ‘mine’.

There isn’t even an iota of difference between you and Lord Shiva, Lord Brahama, Lord Krishan, Shri Ramakrishna Paramhans, Sain Lilashahji or sant Asaram Bapu.

‘I am the Atman, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all beings!’ (The Gita: 10.20)

but we are begging from Lord Krishna, Lord Rama, the Mother and sundry gods to be merciful to us!

‘A man’s ignorance is beyond description in words. He is God Himself, but unfortunately he considers himself, but unfortunately he considers himself to be a mere slave.

Search for Him, search for Him in you own home. That is, be introspective and know your Real Self. You will not find him outside.’

The bliss experienced by surrendering oneself at the sadguru’s feet is far superior to the happiness experienced in being the emperor of the three worlds.
Obedience to the Sadguru is an infallible weapon to annihilate the vicious ego, which is the greatest obstacle on the path of Self-realization.