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God’s Complaint February 20,
Evening Talk, Rajpur Road Always live in
the living present, but in the living moment, you can care for eternity. Read
the circulars and go into them deeply. If you care for eternity. Read the
circular and go into them deeply. If you care for the pennies will be saved, is
it not so? If you keep your mind occupied every moment, then nothing can go
wrong. It is giving very briefly in the circulars. Brevity is the soul of all
creation. The Master sayings are very brief, but to the point. If you watch
your present moment, then everything is all right. If you don’t care, sometimes
for hours you're oblivious and in those vacant hours there's so much trouble
that comes up which affects your meditation. So when you sit for meditation,
forget the past, forget the future; live in the living present. This is the one
thing that will give you success in your meditation. But the vacant hours in
which you’ve not kept the mind occupied with some constructive thought, affect
your meditation. So that is the
remedy that accounts for all these things: if you would pass your every hour in
peace with no I'll will against anybody and no attachment to anybody, if you
can pass each hour like that for one day, then continuously for some days, no
such ramifications of mind will come up to affect your meditation. We are
frittering away our moments of life in such like pursuits. Kabir says, “make
each breath you take the offering to your Master.” do you follow what I have
said? Every breath you take, make it the offering to your Master. this is very
valuable, Kabir says, and we fritter away a fortune. If a dying man wishes to
say for a few minutes longer, he cannot. How frivolously
we kill our time. every moment of life is very voluble. Make the best use of
it. when death overtakes us, that is the time you say; “Oh, had some time been
given me, I would have done this and
that thing.” Is it not so? But you cannot get time then, which you have
frittered away so ruthlessly, so cruelly. Kabir says, “in one breath he crossed
three planes: physical, astral, casual.” One breath is very valuable. That is
why some Saints have been spending their time in the three: three minutes, three minutes, three days –continuously in
the remembrance of God, with no moment forgetting. For three days –then you may
have a week at least. All right, try. One Saint says, “if you can pass three
days and night in sweet, constant remembrance of God, you go to his feet. Three
days –can we? It's not much. Let no other thought other than God struck your
mind. Why not start with one day? start from today. All right, from now on till
tomorrow everything, no thought –constant remembrance, even when you eat, don’t
for the trifling things, but that is where the sustain thing comes from. One day
is not much. You have been here how many days? So many days. And if you had
passed even one day and night in constant remembrance, you will have changed
very much. If inn 24 hours of the day and night you are doing your best by
meditating five hours, four hours –even then you are not in constant
remembrance. How many hours have you put in today? Six, Master. In six hours
you had no other thought than God? Maybe two. Two, maybe. Two real hours
of meditation. And out of two
hours did you have sweet remembrance constantly? You see, I am afraid even may
not be very true. Then go into it. I have sifted that point. Now you sift it
your own self. You are in constant remembrance for two hours? With your grace
I had a very good meditation, which lasted. . . . . Well, I am
talking about something two, ten, fifteen minutes . . . . you had good
experience, of course, that is creditable, but what I am talking about is:
constant remembrance. Like a hard task Master over your head. every moment
should be watched as to what thought, word and deed. When you think of God
constantly –how blissful it is. no I'll will for anybody , no exaggeration, no
understanding . the time that you spend is scaling, you are judging; this is
like that, this is that way, this is that. That is the delusion –Maya. And that
is intellect, you see, Maya. The intellect is the instrument of scaling. Your
intellect is always scaling. Well, when were
doing our diaries or in the course of the day when we’re weeding out faults
from our minds, isn't that also scaling? Scaling is not
that. Doing your diaries is weeding out, which is something else. Where you
intellect works, that is Maya. Intellect is the instrument of what? –do
delusion, always scaling. That is why it is said that your outgoing faculties
must be controlled, mind controlled, and intellect also stilled. then you can
rise above, easily. These words are very simple. We are always clutching or
watching or scaling; this is this, what is that. Most of the diary constantly,
you will have transmission if there is no I'll will for anybody, no attachments to anybody, no delusion your own self
and not deluding others, no contempt, no deluding you own self and not deluding
others, no contempt, no attachments. These things create ripple in the subconscious
reservoir of your mind, and if they are stilled , the water is calm, quite
still –then you can see your face. Tenth Guru says: “if you think of Him for a
while, ten minutes or even for a moment, with all of your heart and soul, then
no negative Power can affect you. these are very simple words. Go deep down
into their meaning. Yes? Master, what
does thinking of God really mean? Thinking of God
is much better as compared to thinking of worldly things, but seeing is above
all. Feelings or drawing inferences are subject to error. The time we spend in
seeing is the highest way; constantly –and then no negative Power will affect
you. go deep down into this. These very simple words are given in the
scriptures, but we simply never go into their depths. I don’t think,
even for two minutes. [Master
chuckles] now, you said you spent two hours. I am very glad to hear your
honesty. Yes? Master, if we
do Simran, is this thinking of God? Simran, what is
Simran? It is the repetition of the different names given to that Power working
in all planes. The same God Power working in different planes is called by
different names. In the highest plane it is called truth. In the second plane
is called “ 1m above all three attributes.” The same Power is called by different
names in different planes, but it is the same Power. That is one. And when you
see that Power working that is love and sound. We are always doing some
remembrance of the world, something. Every man, whether he is in the office or
in the field or in the field or anywhere, starts remembering what he has to do
tomorrow; here, there, everywhere, this and that, making program, setting this
and that. Nobody can remain without remembrance of one thing or the other. So
remembrance of God is far better than remembrance of the world. Whatever
becomes the ruling passion in your life –you go there after death. If it is for
the world, then you come down to the world. If it is for God, then you return
there. Remembrance of God is pointing your attention to something higher
working in the universe; but unless you see that Power . . . . . These are
helping factors. Are they not? Just go deep down into that thing. Constant
remembrance does not mean automatic repetition of names. All the same, it
(automatic repetition) is remembering that Power. Unless you become conscious
of that Power, you are just like a blind man. still it is comparatively better
than thinking of the world. To think of God is much better, but that also not
sufficient unless you see that Power. Listen here, I
say now here this attentively. God complains, “I reside in them.” God is where?
He is in the house, which he has made, and that is the man body. “but they
dethrone me from the body and put me where? In churches. In the models. These
are the models, and they put light
there. Instead of seeing me, my Light, they see the symbols of light. are they
not dethroning God?” do you follow what I mean to say? God resides in temples
which he has made, and people rise up churches and temples constructed after the
models of man. he does not resides there. He says, “I reside in you, and people
have thrown me out. so they raise models, which they make with mud and morter.
If they had seen me they would have know . . . . I am the Light within them. But they just light candles outside.”
In churches people light candles –outer symbols. They don’t see me in their
home.” So he says, “I am long forgotten by everybody.” It is a true complaint,
is it not? He says, “I resides in you, I am light. take heed that the complaint,
is it not> he says, “I resides in you, I am light. take heed that the Light within you is not darkened.” It is
certainly a complaint, is it not? “ I reside in you. I am the Light. I'm the
sound principle –music of the shares. Instead of that, they make models and
direct people to them. So God says, “Well, always see me, instead of making
models of me outside. Who do you forget me? I'm in your temple, resides within
you. I reside nowhere else. Is it not so?” all the scriptures say that. Then
God, I think, is quite justified to complain. If you love some friend of yours, you remember
him. Is in not better to see him? Which is the better of the two? Seeing is
better . he stands by; watching you, within you, waiting for you. and we are
doing this and that thing. We make models of Light and of the sound principle,
and he is within you. we don’t talk to Him within. This is what men are doing
in all the religions. they are making models. They attach too much important to
those things and not to the man body where he himself resides. He's waiting for
you there. Does what I say appeal to you? is it not something substantial? Is
it not something real? And what are we doing? Wasting out
time. Yes. [chuckles] If some thief
enters a room where he knows there is wealth buried; he know; he's got a cue
about where it is; he's read about it somewhere; and he's all alone in that
room with nobody is watching him while he is digging. Nobody has seen him. Dig.
Tap inside. That is what Emerson said.
This what all scriptures say. The Koran says, “I am a hidden treasure within
you. why don’t you find me?” Guru Nanak says, “There's a valuable jewel
lying within you, just be guided by the
word of the Master and you'll get It.” why not dig for your own self? Go within
and find Him. He is there, waiting. For that you will have to close yourself
within the closet of the body, that’s all –not thinking of the outside world.
God’s complaint is very real, is it not? It's only for the sake of bringing
home this point. It does not mean God complains, but this is what we actually
do. We even make a mockers of God by lighting candles , here and there, and
ringing bells. He's within you. by drawing people to those things, you're
deceiving your own self. You're deceiving your own self. You're candle, and
making dome shaped building –is it not a mockery? This is a good story for you.
it will draw many people. So every day,
you get something fresh, not given in book. At least out of the 24 hours of the
day and night, leave and spend some time with Him, within you. That costs you
nothing. Does it cost you? then ? you’ve come from thousands of miles. What
for? Only to learn these few words. Spend some time within you. God says, “I'm
within you. don’t make mockery of me.” is it not a good story for you to write?
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