In-Born Instinct of Humans

Date: 01 Jun 2012 22:36:21 -0000
From: "Gurmurti Deva"
To: am-global@earthlink.net
Subject: In-Born Instinct of Humans

Baba

"A'ndhar hiya'y tumi a'lo, na'sho ka'lo..." (PS 2655)

Purport:

Baba, You are Love Personified; You are ever-gracious. You are the divine effulgence of the dark heart. You are the sweetness in my dry heart; You are the bliss of the sunken heart. With Your infinite compassion You obliterate all darkness [1]. Baba, You make everyone's heart enlightened with devotion. The heart which is like the dry, barren desert, by Your grace You make that heart luscious and green by pouring the nectar and fragrance of devotion. You are ever-gracious. Baba, You can do anything and everything. By Your causeless grace, You have made the dry heart overflowing with devotion and love for You.  

Baba, everything takes shelter under Your divine umbrella. To the creeper vine that is dried up, You provide them Your sweet, loving touch. And to the young flower buds that withered and fell to the ground, You shower them with Your soothing balm. And to all those plants and vegetation who lost their beauty due to the burning heat, You grace them with a cool, refreshing breeze. With Your infinite love, You relieve everyone of their troubles and agonies with Your blissful presence. And to those who have lost all their hope in life and have no language to express their pain, You are their closest Companion and the nearest and dearest One of their heart. To those who have no stamina to move ahead and are just depressed and downtrodden, by Your grace, You fill their entire existence with Your divine nectar. Baba, You are the well-wisher and Companion of all; You help everyone in their hour of need by showering them with Your divine compassion.
 
Baba, You are the most Merciful One. Even the degenerated and degraded sinners, pa'takiis and maha'pa'takiis [2] seek Your grace. Because they know that You will save them. That is why not just devotees but sinners also run towards You. Everyone takes shelter in You. Baba, You do not hate anyone - You love all, even the terrible sinners. Baba, knowingly or unknowingly all run towards You. In the core of their heart all are seeking You - Your infinite bliss. The way in which the honey bee comes to the flower with the hope of getting honey, in the same manner all sadhakas come to You. Baba, You are the Sweetest of the sweet and the abode of all happiness and eternal bliss. O' my dearmost, You are the Greatest of the great.
 
O' Baba, ever adorable One, I do sastuanga pranam to You infinite times. Please shower a wee-bit of Your grace on me...


END NOTES FOR PRABHAT SAMGIITA #2655:

[1] Na'sho ka'lo: Na'sho literally means vanish or destroy and ka'lo means darkness. Thus Baba destroys or wipes away all the darkness. This is very similar to what is expressed in the second stanza of our Guru Puja mantra where Guru removes all the black stains (ainjana) from the sadhaka's mind by applying the ointment of spiritual realisation.

Ajina'natimira'ndhasya jina'nainjana shala'kaya'

Baba says, "You know that an eye ointment is applied with a stick (shala'ka' means 'stick'). Now, all the microcosms are parts of that Noumenal Entity, all are actually parts and particles of that Supreme Entity, but due to ignorance, due to the darkness of ignorance, they cannot see what is what and which is which. That is why they require the ointment of spiritual knowledge. Guru (with a stick) applies the ointment of spiritual knowledge to their eyes." (Ananda Vacanamrtam-3)


[2] Maha'pa'takis: Here below Baba describes the various types of sinners including the maha'pa'takis - the worst type of sinners.

Baba says, "What is pa'pa? That which should not be done, if done, is called "pa'pa". That which should be done, if not done, is called "pratyava'ya." The collective name of pa'pa and pratyava'ya is "pa'taka." The sins committed by a pa'takii are not of very serious nature. The redemption of a pa´takii is possible if one, forgetting whatever has been done, takes to the path of spirituality. The second form of a pa'takii is atipa'takii. This is one who has done permanent physical or mental damage to a particular person. Then the third type is maha'pa'takii. The sins committed by a maha'pa'takii are of recurring nature. The best course for an atipa'takii is to sacrifice his individual pleasure and involve himself in the welfare of humanity. But of course the mahapa'takii has to sacrifice his life for the welfare of mankind. In addition to that, he will have to do something which will be of permanent benefit for human beings." (Ananda Vacanmrtam - 1)

== IN BORN INSTINCT OF HUMANS ==

Namaskar,

Baba says, "Parama Purusa will be pleased when you serve His creation. Human beings understand this. For that reason, serving others is an inborn instinct of all human beings. And this service to others includes not only human beings but also plants, animals, and the rest of creation. That is, bhuta yajina, pitr yajina, and nr yajina are to be performed. Those who have this feeling are in the real sense of the term human beings. (Ananda Vacanamrtam - 3, p.58)

1. The above paragraph was poor translated by the Publications Department. The discourse was originally given in Hindi but the English translation does not carry the full idea of the original discourse. For example, the sentence - "Human beings understand this" - is totally missing from the English edition.

2. In today's materialistic societies, 'selfishness' not 'service' is the theme of the day. People are only running after their selfish pleasures and in the name of service they are actually doing business. That is why their minds are contracting and they feel huge tension and fear in their lives.

3. If such persons follow Baba's above guideline then they will become happy, healthy human beings. Because service is a natural component of human life.

4. However, in materialistic countries, people rarely do service. And when they do engage in "philanthropic actions", it is done with such pomp and show that it is evident that people are doing this just for their own name and fame. Some do this overtly and others in a more discreet fashion. Regardless, when the motivating factor is selfish pleasure, there is not an iota of service motive in this approach. And the moment they fail to feel self-satisfaction from their so-called service, they will discontinue their work.

5. So this type of selfish approach is totally against one's basic human characteristics. It is a against bhagavata dharma since the third aspect of bhagavata dharma is 'seva' or service. So those who fail to serve others should be careful as they are going against their innate human quality. In which case dharma will not spare them.

6. Some people are of the opinion that animals can to great service. In truth, however, Baba guides us that animals have no capacity to serve others. They are just guided by their own basic instincts. Thus horses, dogs, camels, and bullocks etc have no inherent ability to serve. They just do for themselves. It is only that human beings have forced and guided such animals to aid humans. Otherwise on their own animals have no such feeling. For example, a mother dog will feed her puppies out of her own motherly instinct. But as soon as those puppies grow old then that mother will fight with those dogs over food.

7. Thus only human beings have the inherent characteristic to serve others. Only humans have the requisite compassion to feel others' pains and difficulties and offer a helping hand in order to solve those problems. This is the uniqueness of the human heart and the greatness of the human character: Born with the desire to help others. That is our human dharma.

Namaskar,
Gurumurti Deva