== JUNE 1990: "I WAS PRESENT THAT DAY..." ==
Namaskar,
That day in Madhu Korak Baba Quarter in Tiljala Kalkata June 1990, I was
there. Baba gave His discourse in Bengali. He revealed the secrecy of the
greatness of Guru. That very day BABA first told about Guru Sakash which
later on became very important practice in our regular spiritual life.
Presently each and every margii knows about this Guru Sakash. We feel that
Baba is in close proximity. Our day starts with the Guru Sakash.
Baba says, "Gurusaka'sha means 'near the Guru, under the Guru's umbrella,
under the Guru's wings, in the Guru's shelter'." (Yoga Psy. p.146)
So we can see that Guru Sakash can only be done when the basic feeling or
ideation is there that: 'I am under His shelter' or 'He is, that is why He
will give me the shelter', & 'He is not gone far'.
We are fortunate enough that Baba brought this feeling that, 'Parama Purusa
is easily accessible, He is around us. Not only around us but very close,
intimate'. And that gives a lot. In my life I have realised that shelter has
deep value.
SCENE AT THE POLICE STATION
Once I visited one of my friends at the police station. I saw that during
the occasion of mela (festival), one lost baby had been brought by someone
and the baby was crying for its parents. Police officials were trying to help
the baby by giving some chocolate, fruits, sweets, candy. Everything was in
vain. Silently sitting I was thinking that why this baby is going on
non-stop crying. What really was lacking? What is it that baby needs?
Then idea came that this baby does not need anything other than its mother.
And why mother? Because the baby feels safe when it is under the shelter of
its mother. I have seen in my neighborhood that when 2 babies/young children of
different families are quarreling, then in their innocence when one get
hurt by the other they claim, 'I will tell my mother and she will beat you'.
So those babies think their mother is going to solve all the problems and
with that trust they claim as such. So we can see that small babies are
care-free, their life is away from problem. No tension. Etc.
IMPORTANCE OF SHELTER
So shelter is very significant thing. Those thinking literally may
not be understanding this point - shelter of Guru. But this has a deep value
in the life of spiritual aspirants. Our life is surrounded by problems, and
I have seen that those who are more and more depending on Supreme Entity
(Baba), they are comparatively stress-free. And life is blissful. But
those who do not have that feeling of shelter to God, they live in a quagmire
of problems. In spite of even living with all worldly luxuries in true
sense they live in hell, in tension. To remove that they get addicted to
alcohol and many nasty things. So according to my feeling, this shelter of
Guru is meaningful in our day to day life.
Baba says in many discourses, "Mahat Krpaeva bhagavat krpaleshadva". Grace
of Guru is everything.
I think that Baba graces when a devotee takes shelter in Him. And in
spiritual life His grace is everything. So when grace is everything and
grace is related with the feeling of shelter under the Guru. And the
feeling of shelter is associated or linked with the feeling of the Presence
of Guru. The meaning is, if His presence is questionable then what shelter.
And for the bhakta, Guru's presence means eternal presence along with my
own existence. So to take shelter the existence of both Guru and devotee
are required.
DOGMA OF MAHAPRAYAN
But when the idea is injected that Guru is gone vis so-called Mahaprayan,
then one party is missing. The devotee is there and Guru is gone. By
that way, taking shelter is not possible because in whom one will take
shelter? In such case one's heart will not be feeling comfortable to take
shelter of such an entity who is gone. Such is their dogma.
Baba says, "Parama'tma' is seated in your heart." (SS-19)
We all feel in our regular life and realise in our sadhana that Guru is
along with us. Baba says in His teachings when very early in the morning
one awakens then immediately we should put ourself under His shelter. Or
take His shelter. And this Guru Sakash is mandatory for each and every
Ananda Margii.
Or we can say, every Ananda Margi very early in the morning starts with
Guru's closeness. And over the course of whole day, His closeness is there
by guru mantra, different lessons, Shravan, Manan, Nididhya'sana, thinking
about Him, doing His work, 4 times sadhana, and in the night time when
going to bed we remember His name and fall asleep in His lap. Such is
Baba's divine grace and presence.
BABA'S BLESSING
So thinking on this line, I find no room about Mahaprayan. Baba is always
along with us. Baba says in Shabda Cayanika, discourse #223 which is also
printed in Yoga Psychology,
"Early in the morning one should meditate on the Guru in Vara'bhaya Mudra
with two hands and two eyes seated on a white lotus in Guru cakra, and
address Him with your most loving and affectionate epithet.
...In what state does the Guru, endowed with two eyes and two hands exist?
In the Vara'bhaya Mudra (in the posture of holding out the boon of
fearlessness) He is your well-wisher, and as a matter of fact, the doer of
your good.
The epithet with which you address the Guru or silently speak during your
dhya'na or Gurudhya'na should also be used by you at the time of this
Gurudhya'na. Always address the Guru at a stretch. This is Gurusaka'sha."
(10 June 1990)
So in our practical life we are all feel and believe that Baba is with us.
Namaskar. At His feet,
Amoghasiddhi
Note: RELEVANT STORY
This following story about Shankaracarya & his Mayavada theory
(illusion theory) is highly related with the present scene.
Baba says, "One morning a wild bull suddenly started to charge that
maha'purus'a [Shankaracarya], so he ran away as fast as his legs could
carry him. A logician who happened to be standing nearby asked the
maha'purus'a, "Well sir, if you say that this world is unreal, then the
bull is also unreal, so why are you running in fear?" That maha'purus'a
would not accept any defeat in logic and replied, "My running away is also
unreal." (NKS, '97, p. 81)
Baba says, "This philosophical doctrine [of mayavada] had left the people
cynical and brought them to the brink of disaster." (NKS, '97, p. 81)
The above story which exposes the hypocrisy of Shankaracarya is more than
1000 years old but it still has much relevance in this present era. Because
these days B group leaders are once again organizing their hypocritical,
so-called mahaprayan function.
Point is that making their so-called Mahaprayan (MPD) program itself gives
the false message that Baba is gone and at the same time at MPD they are
propagating a kiirtan program in which everybody ideates that Baba is
present. So on the one hand Baba is gone forever and on the other side He
is along side us. Mahaprayan versus Kiirtan.
So the entire way of dealing of these B group leaders is self-contradictory
and submerged in the whirlpool of dogma. They are caught in the net of
their own self-created contradiction.
And this hypocrisy is for no other reason than the purpose of convincing
innocent people to come into their nasty group fold and donate money to
their "cause". It is nothing but one negative, hypocritical ploy.
These days no one is befooled by such tactics, step by step nearly everyone
is understanding the dogma and extreme negativity of the so-called Mahaprayan
program and how this is just B group's hypocrisy and groupist strategy.
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The Way Parama Purusa Evaluates
Baba says, "Do not think that those who are highly learned intellectuals
are elevated. In the realm of spirituality even illiterate persons can reach
the Goal, leaving those intellectuals behind. Parama Purusa does not
consider the intellectual qualification or intellect. He evaluates everyone
with the measuring scale of how much love one has for Parama Purusa."
(SS-14, p. 91, Saharsa DMC, 27 June 1980)
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