MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1149

 MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1149

Radhe krishna,

Have a blessed day,

ALCHEMY OF TRUTH

Swami Sivananda

Truth, morality, justice, love, peace, are synonymous. Absolute Truth is incomprehensible. But Absolute Truth finds its expression in great ideals of life. Truth is everywhere. It is not one's own sole monopoly. Truth is God. Truth is Brahman. Truth is silence. Truth speaks inwardly without noise of words. Truth is holy. It alone gives illumination. Love Truth Seek Truth Realize Truth Live in Truth. Truth is impersonal and eternal. Truth is love. Truth is never harsh or unpalatable. The fault lies with expression and the motive behind. When Truth is used to hurt others, it ceases to be truth; it is malice. Truth is never vindictive. Reality is non- sensuous, underlying sensuous objects. 

Sing the Lord′s Names; serve, love, give, meditate, realize; be good and do good (this is the essence of all scriptures); be kind and be compassionate; enquire "Who am I? ", know the Self and be free.

- Swami Sivananda

For an aspirant, all contact with women must be absolutely tabooed. Women may be
revered, trained and elevated; but it must be in separate institutions. Different Ashrams should be
maintained for them and it is from a respectable distance that even advanced souls should have
dealings with them.
How supra-human beings, like Brahma, Narada and Visvamitra, succumbed to this
influence of sex, is vividly brought out in the Hindu scriptures. Whether one is inclined to treat the
scripture as authoritative or not, the lessons they embody and seek to place before men have to be
taken at their worth. They advocate, in unmistakable terms, the avoidance of all contact with the
opposite sex to the spiritual aspirant. It is no use attempting to ignore the fact that in the vast
majority of people, the sexual craving is very intense; hence the necessity for such drastic advice.
Spiritual life is for eternity and realisation is infinite. It is not like a period of work, giving
place later to a nice vacation.
The same high pitch of purity and discipline has to be maintained if life is to mean anything
at all. No relaxation of vigour and caution can be afforded. For the mighty power of cosmic illusion
is not a trifle to be toyed with. A fit of passion is enough to blow away the result attained by years of
slow and painstaking effort. Remembering this, let the aspirant be ever ‘watchful unto prayer’ as
the mystics have said.
Swami Chidananda.

Chant the Maha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY.

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