2005: Singing His Glory in His Presence

2005: Singing His Glory in His Presence

 

 

Realise Your Innate Divinity To Attain Peace

 

Human birth is meant to attain peace and not for occupying positions of authority. Man should engage himself in acts of charity in order to experience peace.

Human life is a mixture of happiness and sorrow. It is not possible to experience one to the exclusion of the other.

One should not be elated by pleasure nor depressed by pain. We have to develop the spirit of equanimity in order to progress in life. Samatwa (equality) is very essential for samaja (society) to progress.

 

We have to take to the path of spirituality to experience our innate divinity. If we lack in spiritual outlook, we do not deserve to be called human beings. In fact, it amounts to betrayal of God. God does not expect you to worship Him. He expects you to lead an ideal and purposeful life.

 

The spark of divinity is present in all. Man is not a mere mortal. He is essentially divine. Jiva (individualized soul) and Deva (God) coexist. The former is negative and the latter positive.

God is one. Truth is one. Love is one. Live in love. When you adhere to the twin principles of truth and love, you will experience the manifestation of divinity in everything.

Victory and loss are a part of the game of life. One should not criticise or blame the other. When someone meets with failure in his endeavour, empathize with him. When you do not identify yourself with others, differences are bound to crop up.

 

We cultivate paddy. However, we do not consume it in its raw form. We remove the husk covering the grain and refi ne it into rice. So long as there is husk, it is obliged to have ‘rebirth’. Our desires are like the husk covering the rice grain. We will be free from the cycle of birth and death once we give up all desires. Just as paddy is transformed into rice, our mind should also be purified through the process of refinement, termed as samskara.

 

Instead of trying to change the srishti (creation), man should change his drishti (outlook). We can see the reality only when we change our drishti. There is nothing wrong with srishti. God’s creation is perfect and none can alter it. In this creation God can make anything happen by His divine Will.

 

Consider Sathya as the basis of your life. Follow the path of Dharma. Only then will the principle of Love manifest in you. When you have love, you will be successful in all your endeavours.

Truth is bahirvahini (manifest flux) and love is antarvahini (undercurrent). Both of them have to be protected and sustained. That is the duty of a human being. Bereft of truth and love one does not deserve to be called a human being at all!

 

Explanation for the name Radha

Radha was the kind of person who was always in the thought of Krishna and her name itself conveys her greatness and sacredness. If you start with ‘R’ you get ‘Radha’; if you start with ‘A’ you get ‘Adhar’ (basis), if you start with ‘D’ you get ‘Dhaara’ (incessant flow), and if you start with ‘A’ you get ‘Aradh’ (worship). This means that the very basis of Radha’s life was incessant aradhana (worship) of Lord Krishna. Radha symbolized Dhara (Prakriti or Nature). Krishna was Paramatma (God).