== BABA TAUGHT ONLY 1 THING IN COUNTLESS WAYS ==
Namaskar,
The top-most ideal in the life of any sadhaka is to realise that,
'Parama Purusa is always with me'. To live with this feeling firmly
established in the mind is to be a true spiritualist. That is Baba's
teaching.
As we know, devotion is everything for an aspirant; and devotion means
always feeling that 'Parama Purusa is with me'.
Baba says, "When devotion is there, Parama Purus'a is there." (SS-20
'Astitva and Shivatva')
So cultivating devotion and feeling His loving internal presence is the
central theme of our life. That is what we are to strive for.
BABA'S MAIN TEACHING ON THIS EARTH
If we take a moment to review Baba's physical presence on this earth, we
can easily see that this is also one of the main things He wanted to
teach us-- that He is always with us.
Behind His reporting sessions, behind His scoldings, behind His pointing
out, behind His Dharma Samiiksa, and behind His so many demonstrations
was the inherent idea that, 'I (Baba) am always with you'. That was what
He was showing us.
Because in all those circumstances, Baba was practically teaching us
that even when He was not physically next to us, even then He was aware
of our each and every thought, word, and deed.
How many times would a margii arrive from Brazil or Hong Kong, or would
a WT come from their posting in Bombay etc, and in step-wise fashion
Baba would recount all the details of their long and arduous journey, or
some other event in their life.
This was Baba's unique way of saying, 'I am not just this physical body,
always I reside in your heart & mind. I am always with you-- caring for
you'.
This idea Baba has repeated in hundreds of discourses. And in His
practical life, in countless ways Baba has taught this ideal: That He
remains with us-- wherever we go, in whatever circumstance we are in.
Baba says, "Pure shete yah sah purus'ah, that is, 'The witness-ship that
lies quiescent in every entity is the purus'a'." (AS, 1-1)
SOME REALISE & SOME NOT
Those who, by His grace, realise this ideal, to some or more degree,
feel Baba's presence in sadhana and understand that His physical
presence was just an external manifestation, and not the whole of who
Baba is.
Naturally then when they sit for sadhana then they feel internally
linked with Baba, by His grace.
Unfortunately, today there are some who claim, directly or indirectly,
that Baba is gone. This is a result of their thinking that Baba was just
a physical person on this earth, like so many others; and since 1990
Baba is gone, just like every other person who left this earth.
But we must not in any way, shape, or form support or encourage this
false notion that Baba is gone, as that undermines Baba's magnanimous
presence and is detrimental to our own spiritual progress.
NOT JUST PHYSICAL
While Baba's physical advent on this earth was so historic and
meaningful, it was never meant that we should take His physical body as
the totality of His personality. That is why from the very beginning,
sadhana was a mandatory practice. Baba's ongoing guidance was that we
should seek Him and serve Him within.
For that reason He has given kiirtan, dhyana, first lesson, madhuvidya
and so many other teachings and practices. To realise His presence inside.
Plus in Prabhat Samgiita Baba has described the sheer futility of trying
to find Parama Purusa in the external world.
Vane upavane khu’nijiya’ khu’nijiya’
Kona kha’ne tava dekha’ na’ pa’i...
A'ja bujila'ma manete rayecho...
Ba'hira vishve khunjiya' khunjiya'
Ka’chera du’re pa't'ha'te ca'i (PS #1082)
O' Baba I am searching for You in the forest and in the gardens
I could not see you anywhere
Today I understand that You are remaining in my mind
Those searching You in the external world
Want to send You from close to far
So even when in physical form, Baba was describing that the only way to
truly get Him was to seek Him within.
Furthermore, He put forth the warning those seeking Him externally would
not only not find Him, but would push Him far, far away.
Baba says, "Du'r'a't sudure: if people think that Parama Purus'a is far
from them, then He is very, very far. Du'ra means far and sudu'ra means
so far that the human mind cannot even imagine it." (SS-11, p. 65)
NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE 1990
Hence for those involved in sadhana, then nothing has changed since
1990, because the way to get Him has remained the same. He remains
eternally in our hearts and mind. In AM, by His grace, we understand
that it was just His liila that He physically manifested Himself on this
earth. But always He is with us-- in our minds and heart.
That is why in AM there is not a new Guru. On most paths a successor is
named to be the new guru. But in AM when Parama Purusa Himself is the
Guru, and when He is always with us, then there is no questions of there
being any second or third Guru.
Thus the same inner link that was present before 1990 is the same as
today and will be tomorrow. And it is this link-- the devotional reality
that He is always with us-- that we should cultivate each and every
breath, each and every moment we are alive. That is how we are to find Him.
Across so many discourses, reporting sessions, songs, and PC's, there is
one main thing that Baba wants to teach us: That He is always with us
and the path of devotion means to realise Him and live with the
awareness that He resides eternally in our mind and heart.
BABA'S BLESSING
Baba says, "Parama Purus'a, the Supreme Father, is always with you and
you are never alone." (AV-12)
Namaskar,
Chandramohan
