THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ... MARCH 2011

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18th March 2011

When faults are found in anyone, you will have to conclude that there are deficiencies in his/her behaviour, that is all. Do not conclude that there is no Divine Atma in them. As a result of the company they keep or the inefficiency of the society in which they grew up, faults have grown in them. They are not native to their nature, which is Atmic. You will have to provide them with good company and beneficial surroundings and persuade him/her to enter them. You should on no account condemn them as a born incorrigible, and keep them aloof.
     
- BABA

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19th March 2011

When things are placid, calm, and unruffled, people can merge themselves in the atmosphere of Supreme Consciousness, which is the highest they can reach. The Shanti (peace) they taste there is subtler than the subtlest. They must ascend to it through effort guided by reason, through meditation. When the enjoyment is full and complete, it is no other than the Divine status, the coveted goal of life! People do not generally strive for it, because they know nothing of its supreme attraction.
     
- BABA

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22nd March 2011

God is not responsible for the grief and the pain that one experiences. The sins one commits are the progenitors of the grief one suffers. Joy and sorrow are the consequences of the good and the evil that one perpetrates. God is merely a witness. He does not punish, nor does He cause grief. The Jivi is beginningless, that is to say, it has no birth; but it involves itself in incessant activity and so it has to go through the inevitable consequences of that activity. This is the unbreakable law of the objective world. Grief or joy is the image of the activity one engages in; it is the resound, the reflection, and the reaction. One can be the witness without concerning oneself with the good and the bad of the activity. When involvement happens, good will have to be experienced when good is done, and evil will have to be experienced when evil is done.
     
- BABA

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24th March 2011

We cannot think without words. Words are the essential material for thought. When the individual drops the body, the words enter the mind; the mind enters the Prana or the life force and the Prana merges in the Atma. The Atma (individualized in the body) when it liberates itself, it rushes to the Surya Loka, the region of the Solar Principle. From there, it reaches the Brahma Loka, the region of Brahma. Having reached that region, the Jivatma (individualized Atma) has no more concern with Prakriti, or the objective World. It will exist there till the end of time. It will experience boundless delight. It will have all powers except the powers of creation.
     
- BABA

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25th March 2011

People are engaged in various forms of cultivation, but the most important of these is cultivation of spiritual experiences. All cultivation is based on spiritual cultivation. It is the king of cultures. The king makes laws, but he is above and beyond them. So too, all rules and laws, all distinctions of right and wrong, of sin and virtue, of joy and sorrow affect only the Jivi (individualized soul) that attaches importance to the inexperienced Manas (mind) and Buddhi (intellect) and not to the Atma. So, cultivation of the Atmic experience, which is pure, convincing, and transcendental, is essential for all. It is also easy, for the Atma is as the mother of all, and listening to the Atma is like the child listening to its mother. Everyone is competent to have that experience; in fact, it is everyone’s right to have it!
     
- BABA

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27th March 2011

The Atma is also known as Brahman, so learning the Atma Vidya (Atmic knowledge) is to be considered as the main objective by every student. Students who yearn to get this knowledge have to earn some primary qualifications. Then only do they deserve the status of studentship. They are: Viveka (discrimination), Vairagya (renunciation), and ensure all evil propensities are uprooted within themselves. Aspirants who possess good character through these qualifications can hope to attain the Atma with confidence and without much difficulty.
     
- BABA

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28th March 2011

“We have helped the helpless; so, our path will be smooth and safe. We have uplifted the downtrodden; so, we can avoid troubles on our path. We have busied ourselves in singing the Lord’s Glory in chorus (Bhajan); so, we are sure of Heaven”— these are the calculations of some people who engage themselves in ‘good acts’. When such people give up their bodies, their soul reaches Chandra Loka (region of the Mind) as a Deva (angel). The residence in that Loka is the reward they have secured for the good deeds done by them in the past. When the joy emanating from the good deeds is experienced and spent away, the balance of the consequences accumulated has to be suffered, and so the soul comes back to earth as a human. Then, engaging itself in acts of highest potency for merit and attaining the highest good, it can cleanse its heart and reach Brahma Loka (the region of Brahma) from where there is no coming back.
     
- BABA

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29th March 2011

The Jagath or Cosmos was created by God out of Himself. Therefore, He is the originator as well as the material of the Cosmos. He is Paripoorna (Full and complete). And as a result, the Creation is also Full and the Individual Atma is also Full. However, the innate and genuine truth and wisdom of an individual may sometimes be hidden by evil thoughts and deeds. Those acts and practices that can disclose the native splendour and glory of the Atma are termed as good deeds and practices.
     
- BABA