Let the Divine Love Dawn Life after life, the divine appears to have remained ever so distant. Pujya Gurudevshri says pine in love for the divine alone and you will find Him waiting for you Devotion opens the doorway to the divine. A devotee yearning for the divine patiently waits for Him to emerge. Peacefully, he says, ‘Appear to me according to Your will, in Your way. I shall wait. I shall pray. I shall not coax nor put any condition. How can I seek You? For You are infinite and I am so petty!’ A yogi goes to the caves, forests, ashrams, holy places, seeking the divine. For he believes that by his doing, the divine shall manifest. But the devotee believes, ‘What can I, an insignificant one, possibly do?’ The notion that, ‘I can do’ itself is a hindrance. The devotee surrenders his sense of ‘I’. He cries out in deep yearning and patiently anticipates the divine’s arrival. A Cry for the Divine The divine inevitably comes running to the devotee when the cry arises from the depths of the pining heart. A mother knows why her child is crying, whether it is the mother he wants or some thing from the mother. When the child needs mother alone, she comes running to him. People complain that we cry for the divine but He doesn’t listen! Saints say that if the divine has not appeared, it means your cry has some desire in. It may have the name of the divine, but is filled with desire for petty things like wealth, status, respect, business, job or removal of suffering. As though the divine were some pain-remover machine! And you were giving Him an ultimatum that if He did not fulfil your wish, you shall lose faith in Him. This is not devotion. Love and Meditation Devotion means supreme love. In love, all passions and ego disappear. In devotion, the ‘I’ begins to dissolve. Desire and desirer, both are obliterated! What remains is only the divine. Connection with the divine destroys the ego, the I-ness; the devotee merges in Him like a drop in the ocean. Those on the path of knowledge say, ‘I alone am and there is nothing other.’ Those on the path of devotion say, ‘You alone are, I am nothing.’ These opposite looking paths meet at the same place. In the former ‘the other’ is annihilated. In the latter the ‘I’ gets dissolved. Meditation becomes the technique for those on the path of knowledge and the day they accomplish it through attainment of samadhi, they experience love. To the meditator, love comes as a fruit of meditation. For the one on the path of devotion, love becomes his means and when he reaches the destination, he experiences absorption in meditation. For him, meditation becomes the fruit. A seeker needs both love and meditation. Love brings sweetness in life and meditation brings peace. Meditation without love becomes arid, like desert. And love without meditativeness is excitement, not peace. Both love and meditation are needed, and together lead to fulfilment. Yet the path of love is simple. It is easy to realise the divine through devotion. Guru is the Gateway Separation from the divine is understood through Guru’s teachings and His personality. Guru has attained oneness with the divine and so in the path where oneness with the divine is the goal, Guru’s place becomes very important. Guru makes you familiar with the divine, creates pangs of its separation, arouses unrest and eventually makes you realise the divine. Following the instructions of the Guru, the task is surely accomplished. Guru is an invitation to go to the divine. One who is ready to journey with the Guru surely reaches the destination. The journey is difficult. The task is uphill. You will have to drop every bit of load as you climb the mountain. With even a bit of desire, passion or ego, you cannot reach the divine; the entire burden of I-ness and my-ness must be offloaded. Guru is waiting to give but you must be prepared to receive. One who is desperate, thirsty shall receive it. In the world, people are laid-back in giving; and in spirituality, they are laid-back in receiving. Guru wants to give but you should be ripe enough to take it. Guru invites but you must be ready to accept. In taking, ego gets hurt. It revolts against taking. One, who can leave the ego, can attain it. Guru is the gateway but only the egoless can pass through. Giving up ‘I’, one attains the divine. The disciple says to the Guru, ‘I want to stay with You, but you disappear. What should I do to be with You continuously?’ Saints say that Guru is ready to walk with you, to reside in you, but you don’t have space in your heart. Let your ego vacate the throne; the Guru will come and reside within you. When ego steps down, there is nearness to the Guru, and when it steps up, the connection breaks. Give space to Him. If you wish, you can stay with Him for twenty-four hours. All depends on you. The Death of Ego Whatever needs to be done must be done within you. Give up the I-ness that has firmly stayed for lives. Its roots have gone so deep that cutting its branches doesn’t help; rather, new shoots keep growing. The roots must be severed. How? They can be cut with love. Fill yourself to the brim with love so that the ego gets submerged in it. Love is greater than the death of the body. Love is death of I-ness. This death brings great attainment, the Self-realisation! There will be pain because the ego must die, dissolve in love. Great courage is needed. Mind will play a myriad of games but you must not give up the spirit. It is possible that the known is lost and the unknown is not yet found. The mind will doubt and feel bewildered, ‘Am I getting lost?’ The one who stays spirited and moves on, his life gets revolutionised. As long as ego is left, this is not possible. The moment ego dies that is the moment of awakening. Fear will take you back to slumber. That would be a nightmare. Only when the ego is gone will there be space for the divine to enter. The body must die but one, who lets the ego die, none can be more fortunate than him. Devotion with surrender is the cause of ego’s death. To die in love is to be reborn into eternal life. He does not lose anything rather he attains everything. There is no greater event than dying in love. He who dissolves in love is truly saved. The intellect protects the ego and does not allow it to dissolve. But what would you gain by saving it? What have you achieved by safeguarding it for lives? Now, learn the art of dying. Your boulder-like egoic presence is the obstacle that prevents the nectar of the spring-like divine from flowing. The divine is at the doorstep but there isn’t any space within, for the heart is filled with ego. As long as ego is seated on the throne of your heart, you cannot experience divinity. If you let Sadguru be enthroned, you will experience the springing forth of what you have been pining for since eternity. Topicsegogurulovemeditation Quotes Focused on the soul's pure nature, a seeker does not see any situation as favourable or unfavourable. The enthusiasm of a seeker is such that he wants nothing but to realise the divine Self. He is willing to put in any effort, for any length of time. In this world, dharma is your true protector, benefactor and friend that will never abandon you in any situation. Resolve to fully live, at least, one point that has touched you in Satsang. View All #SadguruWhispers In this world, dharma is your true protector, benefactor and friend that will never abandon you in any situation. Select category for which you wish you receive updates via email - SRMD Updates Wisdom Updates Subscribe for updates
