RADIO RUHANIYAT. 01-12-2014: Episode 337
Ripples In The Water !!!
An ignorant person adopts several rituals
to get peace. But all his practices fail because he is not integrated with the
real source of peace and happiness i.e. God. No other, means that the man's
merger with this source of eternal joy, the Almighty, can make him happy. Man
cannot rest or find eternal peace of mind for as long as he remains attached to
the worldly materials, which by themselves are not permanent, stable or
independent. Once a man gives place in his heart to the ever-living Almighty, he
himself rises above decay and whosoever comes in his contact, he too finds
peace, peace all the time. Thereafter, no worldly illusions can attract him,
allure him or shake him. History tells us the tales of troubles created by
people for saints and the way they were tortured. But these saints did not
detach themselves from the true name, the ultimate truth i.e. God. They
continued to rely on it; they always gave importance to this name (God).
Only a person who knows this Permanent Power (God) and aligns himself with it
can remain fearless, unshaken and firm, and love all while having faith in
truth. In fact all saints are loving devotees of the True Master. The one who
loves every saint, indeed loves the True Master. Therefore, we must show love
and respect to all saints or fellow devotees. And we must have this feeling
throughout our life.
An ignorant person is unable to have such a feeling. When mind prevails over us
we are overwhelmed by the non-cooperation of the mind, we are overwhelmed by
ego. In other words, when we start to believe: I know a lot, I understand a lot,
I am perfect, I am a great intellectual, I am physically very strong and so on,
the 'I' enters our mind and there is no room for the love for others to
flourish. With the coming of ego, the stream of love ceases to flow. where 'I'
dwells, God Formless does not; and where God dwells 'I' does not.
A saintly person removes 'I', gives the place to 'You', takes refuge in this Almighty and is all the time aligned with God all the time.
Most poisonous three letters are "EGO"-so kill it
Most used four letters are "LOVE"-follow it and spread it.
A man was sitting by a lake. He was throwing small pebbles into it from time to time. A young boy happened to cross by. He was intrigued to see that after every few minutes or so, the man would toss a pebble into the lake. The boy went up to the man and said, "Good pastime, this stone throwing, he?" "Hmmm," said the man. He seemed to be deep in thought and obviously did not wish to be disturbed.
Sometime later, the man said softly, "Look at the water, it is absolutely still." The boy said, "Yeah, it is." The man tossed a pebble into the water and continued, "Only till I toss a pebble into it now do you see the ripples?" "Yeah," said the boy, "they spread further and further." "And soon, the water is still again," offered the man. The boy said, "Sure, it becomes quiet, after a while."
The man continued, "What if we want to stop the ripples? The root cause of the ripples is the stone. Lets take the stone out. Go ahead and look for it." The boy put his hand into the water and tried to take the stone out. But he only succeeded in making more ripples. He was able to take the stone out, but the number of ripples that were made in the process were a lot more than before.
The wise man said, "It is not possible to stop the movement of the water once a pebble has been thrown into it. But if we can stop ourselves from throwing the pebble in the first place, the ripples can be avoided altogether! So it is with our minds. If a thought enters into it, it creates ripples. The only way to save the mind from getting disturbed is to block and ban the entry of every superfluous thought that could be a potential cause for disturbance. If a disturbance has entered into the mind, it will take its own time to die down. Too many conflicting thoughts just cause more and more disturbances. Once the disturbance has been caused it takes time to ebb out. Even trying to forcibly remove the thought may further increase the turmoil in the mind. Time surely is a great healer, but prevention is always better than cure."
Before you allow a thought or a piece of information to enter your mind, put it through the triple filter test of authenticity, goodness and value.
And Remember: Positive and Good thoughts enter in our mind only through a spiritual environment.