MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 757
Radhe krishna,
Good morning & have a blessed day, WAY TO BLISS Swami Sivananda Destroy separateness. Mix with all. Develop cosmic love. Become selfless. Be vigilant and diligent. Watch and pray. Fast and meditate. Persevere. Dismiss fear, worry and anxiety. Serve Sadhus. Have Sat-sang. Sing the Name of the Lord. Live in seclusion for a month. Live on milk and fruit. Meditate. Become dispassionate. Calm the mind. Have a one-pointed and a balanced state of mind always. Embrace spirituality. Practice purity. Do charity. Develop nobility. Cultivate magnanimity. Attain divinity. Not all the Brahmanhood that exists, not a thousand Brahmanhoods can do anything to you, unless you transcend yourself, unless you liberate yourself from yourself. Think deeply. What are you? What is this thing called yourself? What are all the ingredients that go to make up this “I”? What are all those ingredients? The greatest strength, the greatest power, the greatest wisdom, the greatest ability, capability they were all centered in Hanuman, in the Ramayana. And all these he put at the feet of Lord Rama. Hanuman did not use them for himself. He did not run amuck. He did not go berserk. He did not use his talents to promote himself or to dominate over others or to glorify himself. There was no self in Hanumanji. It was all Ram, Ram, Ram... So, it is true devotion and dedication that does the trick. Otherwise, Hanuman could also have become a big threat. Because he had that power, he had that capability. He had the strength, he had the valour, he had the fearlessness, he had the daring. He could have become the greatest menace in the whole of Ramayana and terrified everyone, bullied everyone and become a major hazard to all life at that time. But he became the most benign helper, a good Samaritan. Why? How? Hanuman effaced himself. And he put everything he had at the feet of Lord Rama, in the service of God, for God, for Divinity, for a higher cause, for a greater ideal. Therefore He is worshipped. swami chidananda “If one would know it here, then there is the true end of all aspirations. If one would not know it here, then great is the loss for such a person. Knowing it in every particular being, the wise, on departing from this world, become immortal” (Kena Upanishad II. 5). - Swami Krishnananda 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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