MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION1227
Radhe krishna,
Have a blessed day,
APPLICATION
Swami SivanandaApplication comes from the root 'applicatio,' a binding on, or joining to,—from 'applicatus' to join or fasten to. It is the art of fixing the mind. There is intensity of thought in application. It is close study. Application is the fixing of the attention closely on that upon which one is engaged; it also means the habit or capability of so fixing it. A man of application rises up early and goes to bed at the proper time. He never wastes even a single minute. He is ever watchful, vigilant and diligent. He is ever active. He never loses opportunities. He is like the surgeon in the operation theatre.
The three pains are the Adhyatmik the internal pain arising through disease; Adhibhautik, caused by external agents such as stiDg by a scorpion, etc; Ahdidaivka, caused by supernatural agents such as thunder, etc
- Swami Sivananda
Ignore Not Small Errors
Non-cooperate with the mind. Hunt out your defects through self-investigation, and
overcome them through practical Sadhana. And together with this, we have to take two more
important steps, i.e., in living the divine life, we have to give importance to each detail. Do not be
too fastidious, do not worry about small details, but the fundamentals have to be kept. Stick to the
fundamentals. Each Sadhaka should bear in mind that divine life is to be lived in small things. If you
are divine in small details, you can be divine in big things. You cannot afford to be undivine in small
things and expect to be divine in big things. If your Yoga becomes practical, if your Vedanta
becomes practical in little things, then the great achievement will come as a matter of course. Here
we find a serious danger. Sadhakas think that the details do not matter much. They think that it does
not matter if they use a single harsh word. The Sadhaka thinks “There is no harm in uttering a harsh
word, I am quite calm inwardly. God wants only the heart,” but such a heart cannot come unless
every word of yours is full of love, compassion. The heart is made up of only the sum total of all
ittle actions and little words. It is not possible to have a wonderful heart inside, and indulge in every
type of actions and words. Every action goes to form one’s character even as every drop goes to
form the ocean. Day-to-day movements of men constitute the very essence of divine living, the very
essence of Yoga and Vedanta. One should not commit the mistake of running away with the idea
that by merely having a great idealism only can perfect goodness manifest in all his actions, words
and thoughts. Unless one is careful in his day-to-day life and moulds his life in accordance with his
idealism, idealism cannot bear fruit. If one is careful in his day-to-day life, and sees that the broad
principles of divine living which go to make up the foundation of spiritual life are observed, then the
edifice will come by itself,
Swami Chidananda
Non-cooperate with the mind. Hunt out your defects through self-investigation, and
overcome them through practical Sadhana. And together with this, we have to take two more
important steps, i.e., in living the divine life, we have to give importance to each detail. Do not be
too fastidious, do not worry about small details, but the fundamentals have to be kept. Stick to the
fundamentals. Each Sadhaka should bear in mind that divine life is to be lived in small things. If you
are divine in small details, you can be divine in big things. You cannot afford to be undivine in small
things and expect to be divine in big things. If your Yoga becomes practical, if your Vedanta
becomes practical in little things, then the great achievement will come as a matter of course. Here
we find a serious danger. Sadhakas think that the details do not matter much. They think that it does
not matter if they use a single harsh word. The Sadhaka thinks “There is no harm in uttering a harsh
word, I am quite calm inwardly. God wants only the heart,” but such a heart cannot come unless
every word of yours is full of love, compassion. The heart is made up of only the sum total of all
ittle actions and little words. It is not possible to have a wonderful heart inside, and indulge in every
type of actions and words. Every action goes to form one’s character even as every drop goes to
form the ocean. Day-to-day movements of men constitute the very essence of divine living, the very
essence of Yoga and Vedanta. One should not commit the mistake of running away with the idea
that by merely having a great idealism only can perfect goodness manifest in all his actions, words
and thoughts. Unless one is careful in his day-to-day life and moulds his life in accordance with his
idealism, idealism cannot bear fruit. If one is careful in his day-to-day life, and sees that the broad
principles of divine living which go to make up the foundation of spiritual life are observed, then the
edifice will come by itself,
Swami Chidananda
Chant the Maha Mantra.
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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