From: "Satyanarayan Mishra"
To: AM-GLOBAL
Subject: Baba Story: Sadhana, Death & Dog
Baba
"Jyoti-ujjval pra'n'occhal tumi priya..." (P.S. 2229)
Purport:
Baba, O Parama Purusa, You are the controller of the universe. You are the brilliant effulgence-- full of vitality & saturated with the love. Baba, You are my dearmost. By Your own glory You are glorified; O Parama Purusa You are ever-adorable. Baba, I do not have the strength to catch hold of You. With my little strength and with whatever means I have, I try to catch You-- but it is impossible for me. Instead I remain engrossed in my own self-- unit "I". This 'unit I' is preventing me from coming close to You. Baba, please transform my 'I-feeling', make it Yours. With my own strength I will not be able to get You. With the thread of the spider's web I will not be able to bind You and hold You. Because of this, please by Your causeless grace, please allow Yourself to get held. This is my only request to You. Please keep this open for Your consideration. Baba, in my mind, in my heart, I have deep longing for You-- to have You. Please grant me this by Your causeless grace. Please come in my shravan, manan, niddidhyasan, & dhyana and make me Yours...
== BABA ST0RY: SADHANA, DEATH & DOG ==
Namaskar,
Here is one short story that neatly highlights the great importance of sadhana for our human growth and development.
Many senior margiis were present on this particular day in Jamalpur; it is a well-known event, but at the same time an unknown story to many.
At one point in his career, Sitaram Rajgarhia of Bettiah had not been regular in sadhana and it was at that time that he went for Baba's darshan. Seeing the state of Sitaram ji, Baba graciously performed one demonstration.
Baba called upon Dasharath ji - whom Baba would regularly use for His demonstrations. Baba would grant Dasharath ji the special ability to see and know the past, present and future.
So on that day Baba requested Dasharath ji to tell what would happen if Sitaram ji died at this very moment. Then, blessed by Baba to know the unknowable, Dasharath ji replied that Sitaram ji would be reborn as a dog.
Hearing this Sitaram ji become horrified. He was totally shaken. Not knowing what else to do, he mentally requested His grace. Baba told him that His causeless grace is already showering on everyone. In order to be drenched in it, you have to be regular in sadhana.
Sitaram ji returned home and ardently practiced sadhana and did all his lessons regularly.
The next week Sitaram ji came back for general darshan. Again Baba did a demonstration using Dasharath ji.
Baba asked the same question as the prior week: "Dasharath ji, what would happen if Sitaram died at this very moment?". Then Dasharath ji replied that Sitaram ji would be granted human life, but not moksa as he has huge samskaras left.
Baba told him to do regular sadhana and continue to serve Parama Purusa and the creation.
This is a story which Sitaram ji himself used to tell on many an occasion.
This entire story shows how important it is to do proper sadhana. Without sadhana the mind invariably degenerates and our future is bleak. And with proper sadhana, we can reach life divine.
Regarding the above story, Baba gives the following philosophical explanation about how it works.
Baba says, "A man who has cultivated dog-like or swine-like desires all his life, dies with the same dog-like or swine-like frame of mind. Thereafter with the help of prakrti’s mutative force he acquires the form of a dog or swine in order to undergo the dog-like or swine-like saḿskáras. The great ascetic, King Bharata, died thinking of a fawn, and that was why it is written in the Puráńas (Indian mythologies) that he had to take the body of a deer at his next birth." (Subhsita Samgraha - 2)
Baba says, "According to human longings and desires or according to human propensive pursuit, their minds take form i.e., they will gradually acquire the like saḿskáras or reactive momenta. They first see within themselves what they aspire for and then let their minds flow towards it. Thereafter the external organs i.e., hands and feet, etc., set about achieving it. And so it is generally seen that the desires that they had been giving indulgence to throughout their lives, come hurtling over to them in a condensed form at the last hour, i.e., their mind-stuff takes the like mental form for the last time in order to shape itself into a fitting medium of the like saḿskáras. Even during the life-time as well it is seen that the mind-stuff of a drunkard, which imbibes within it an indomitable desire or saḿskára for wine, turns into a vantage ground for undergoing the next saḿskáras or momenta of pleasure and pain. That is to say, such a person gets scent of the wine shop by the sheer propulsion of his acquired mental propensity, if he happens to go to a new and unfamiliar place. A man who has cultivated dog-like or swine-like desires all his life, dies with the same dog-like or swine-like frame of mind. Thereafter with the help of prakrti’s mutative force he acquires the form of a dog or swine in order to undergo the dog-like or swine-like saḿskáras. The great ascetic, King Bharata, died thinking of a fawn, and that was why it is written in the Puráńas (Indian mythologies) that he had to take the body of a deer at his next birth." (Subhsita Samgraha - 2)
Namaskar,
Sathanaryan
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Revolutionary Angle of Vision
Baba says, "The people who have committed some misdeeds driven by want (be
that want of food or clothes or of physical or mental gratification) make society responsible for it. They want to convey to us that their want was created due to flaws in the social system, which is, however, substantially true." (Human Society-1, '87, p.77)
Note: Here following are some observations about Baba's above teaching.
1. This tragic scene which Baba is describing is happening throughout the globe. In "third-world" countries and in so-called advanced nations, often the common mass is denied getting their basic necessities. With no other option, they are pressured into committing crimes.
2. And then, in turn, the "powers-that-be" wrongly blame that individual as label them as a thief or criminal.
3. However, in His dharmic & revolutionary approach, Baba views the situation completely differently. He holds that the society is at fault for putting its own citizens in such a dire position wherein they cannot even get their minimum requirements.
4. We should pay heed to Baba's guideline and also make it known that the real culprits are those who are hoarding all the material wealth and not allowing general society members to get their basic needs met.
5. Parama Purusa has given an enormous amount of wealth for maintaining the human society, but due to terribly improper distribution drastic inequalities have emerged. So many problems have erupted around the globe.
6. Everyone should remember Prout's unique approach that 100% of the wealth belongs to Parama Purusa. He is the owner. All can and have the right to utilise this wealth in a rational way, but He is the Creator and the Owner.
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