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Rise Above Come Out of This Delusion December 3,
1970, Rajpur Road How are you
feeling –you were sick yesterday? Are you better today? I feel good now. You must be
feeling cold. Or are you cold proof? Yes. Who are you . . . . hummm –behind the shrouds, watching. Let me see. [Master
spots one shy disciple behind a tree.] and you friend? I've been having some lusty dreams. That’s the
reaction of the thoughts during the day. That’s all. Everything else, is fine, progress is good. That’s all right,
thank God . but keep a vigilant over you thoughts during the day. don’t look
into the eyes of others . That’s the main place that you get the infection.
Eyes are the windows of the soul. So only look into the eyes of someone who is
chaste. All right, if what you want is to look into the eyes, our will be
affected. If you're a strong soul, you must affect other. If you are weak,
others will affect you; it's but naturally. Keep constant vigilant watch over
you thoughts, every moment. If you watch the present moment, that will go on
till eternity. Nothing can go wrong. It is what you digest –reading and
amassing your brain with facts and figures, all scriptures of the world won’t
help you. Right understanding only comes with God grace. Even if grace comes, unless
you live up to it, something is still lacking. So that is why it is said: first
is God grace. He has given you human birth. This means you can go up: go back
to your home. Again his grace –the second grace –you met somebody who was word
made flesh. This is his grace. Then that word made flesh –(grace was there)
gave you something to start with . so all this –gods grace and Master grace is
done. So many thousands of dollars have been deposited in your name. Now comes
the third grace –your own grace –have grace on your own self, and go to the
window where that money can be drawn. So even God grace and the Master grace
does not help much unless you have grace on your own self, you see, the whole
thing depends on you. When you have the right understanding, that’s all right,
that’s his grace. When you have the right understanding, that you have been
given something, some capital to start with, and you don’t go to draw the
capital? Whose faults is it? tell me whose fault it is. ours? No –it's your
faults unless you have grace on your own self, pity on yourself, I would say,
God grace and Master grace do not fruit fully. Do you follow me? Yes, Master. There's some
thief watching over there –behind a
tree. Send someone to catch her. All right. I
think this is the main thing. Have pity on your own self. Don’t be thinking of
saving others, but save your own self-first. When you are saved, you can save
others. How can the man who is always worried –flowing down the river,
sometimes breathing, sometimes going under the
water –save other. He must save himself first; become a sailor, you see.
Only then can he save others. You see, generally when we have is a swimmer goes
to rescue some drowning man, the drowning man simply catches hold of his neck
and the swimmer will also drown. This is how it happens. The whole thing boils
down to that: you help yourself. Those who help themselves, God help them. Now
you help yourself. That who helps they, God helps them. Now the whole defect,
whole shortcoming lies where? Do you know? You can use the information well; do
your best and leave the rest to Him. Hafiz says: “sot at his door completely
shut off from all the world over. and also from your own booty at this to give.
When somebody sits at your door, continually sits, you may not ask him for one
day, two days. But eventually you will say. “Well dear friend, what you sit
attention his door, naturally he will ask, “Well dear friend, what do you
want?” this is a very simple thing, you see, it doesn’t require long
eloquenence or acting. Simply understand. a thief is going. [disciple leaving
her position behind the tree.] catch her. Any other
thing? These are small heart to heart talks. They will help you much if you live up to them. Simply
knowing won't do. How can you avoid looking up into the eyes of others? How can you
avoid it? it is you who have to avoid it. don’t look into the eyes of others,
that’s all, what to speak of the opposite sex. Out of the abundance of his
heart a man speaks. And the abundance of heart comes out through the windows of
the soul. A weaker vessel will be affected. Even If you're strong enough –you
affect other, otherwise you'll be affected. And how can you become strong? By
giving the Bread of life to your soul. The sound current is the best it's ever been. The whole
atmosphere is ringing. You go behind that tank –the atmosphere is rising like
anything. That is more solitary than here, too. Have you been in back? Back
there –in the garden –there's a small tank with no water. You sit by it; you'll
find. That is a gift of God –it is already there, but we simply have to attune
ourselves, cut off from outside. Make the best
use of your time here –that’s all. In the worldly daily life there is not so
much time at your disposal, it is not so? Now you are here exclusively for that
purpose. Master, one question. How should we deal with worldly people in the business world who have no ethics? Avoid them. If
you cannot, then have self-control. Have self-discipline. You must not be
aggressive, but you must be defensive with no thought of harming anybody. It's like the story of the cobra: he said, “I told you not to bite, but I didn’t tell you not to hiss.” Yes, yes- that
is exactly what I mean. have some respect for them –the God on them. Only mix
up so much as you is not affected. For works sake say: “All right dear friend,
go on with it.” if he does not want to do his work, “Well, you are paid for it.
please do it. please do it. I will help you.” That’s all. I've been in service
in the world for 46 years now. Through worldly life we learnt how to swim in
the water. When everything goes according to your wishes, you are a Saint. You
are not perturbed or anything likes that. If anything goes against your wishes,
then you can adjust yourself. This is what you learn only in water, not in
solitude anywhere. Anything else?
You say something, yogi. (Master speaks to an English yogeshwar.) you have so
much experience in this life too. I'm learning, listen to you, Father. That’s all
right; listening fathers much of course –that’s right. I learned only but
listening. If you listen to some Saints regularly, you learn so many things.
Even those things, which you never had a thought to learn. The difficulties of
everybody are the same –may be in a modified form, that’s all. You are going
on all right with meditation please, you? I was sick for a couple of days, and the sound current became very weak. But it seems to be getting better. You were sick
or your body was sick? My body was sick. Oh, then it's
all right. Anything that’s wrong with the house can be repaired, is it not so?
When you go sick, then, everything goes sick. So that you learn only by
withdrawing . not as a matter of inference, but by rising above because
consciousness. So daily practice –regularly pays. In due course, everything
comes up. When you are withdrawn, you'll find every time, “I'm working through
the body.” Your whole angle of vision
will change. So all right,
good day to you. Make the best use of your time today. I have to go there [manav
Kendra], you see. |