Daily Inspiration
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OBEDIENCE | OBJECTIVE | OBLIGATION | OCCIPITAL PROMINENCE | ONENESS | ORIGIN | ORIGIN OF MIND | ORTHODOXY |
OBEDIENCE
I find great difficulties here. People follow what they want and do as they desire but expect the result to be as I want it and which is so dear to them and to me. The result is that a sort of block is formed. I find this in many hearts. This hides the Reality and keeps it out of the sight of the Abhyasi. If I am to be held responsible, I will request you to follow what I say. (SDG-53)
OBJECTIVE
The real problem before us is not to provide means for the spiritual training of a chosen few who have renounced the world but of people in general whose duties in the world besides devotional are manifold and which they cannot safely ignore. They in fact fail in their duty if they neglect any of them. To them it is essential that their spiritual as well as worldly life must go side by side equally resplendent and for this we have to discover the right means. (DR-66)
OBLIGATION
The external help for Bhogam comes in the form of suffering caused by the wrongs done by others, against which the people generally poison their thought on account of their own ignorance. This is very improper because this having helped the process of purification, has in fact, put you under a sense of obligation. When this is the case, the work done through an external agency, it may be any, has in other words rendered the function of a true friend. This may seem to be an uncommon approach since this basic philosophy was never taken into account before, for the reason that it came out simply in the form of an advice to take everything as coming from the Lord, so that the feelings of resentment may not arise and one may not loose the nobleness of character. Thus it is now quite evident that anything that comes to us for our ultimate good, may it be from any medium fills our heart with delight and promote in us a sense of gratitude.(IB- 48,49)
OCCIPITAL PROMINENCE
The Centre, as explained by me, has got its position on the backside of the skull called occipital prominence. It has connection with the only Real thing. It is the essence of life and has got all the powers essential for the upkeep of the body. It is a pulpy substance less than even a hair's breadth, and the colour is grey like that of dawn or only its faint reflection. The cells or egg-like things described above , near the Centre are actually found to be present near this point also in the material form. They have their connection with the Master cell near the centre.(ERY-64)
Please See 'CENTRE also.
ONENESS
When you realise yourself to become one with that state (Centre) you have realised the true Reality. There you swim and swim. No body knows its end. When this thing comes to you, you feel everywhere plainness, simplicity and calmness. When you begin to live in that state without break even these three things seem to be lost. That means you have no impression of even these things in you. Oneness is reigning now. This is the thing we get by elementary practice. See the efficiency of the system and put yourself to work. (ERY-26)
There is no question of separation. We are coming closer and closer. This is a message to all. (SDG-138)
For my self I can say that I do not feel the grace at all, though it is always there. I feel it only when I take up duality for some good reason, and that is mostly when I feel something tending to descend from the Divine. It is a peculiar state for which I do not find words to express. (SS-447)
ORIGIN
All things descending from the Origin should be treated as coming from the same source. (IB-43)
ORIGIN OF MIND
I may here give you my own discovery about the origin of the human mind. When the time of creation came, there was a stir in the region below the Centre which served as the basis of creation. It was then in its absolute state because it was the very next thing after God. The same thing appeared in man as mind, beyond which there is but God alone - The Centre. Now imagine for a while how far, in its present state, the mind has been marred and spoilt. When it is again purified and brought to its original state it reveals only that which is right. Mind can, however, through Transmission, be brought to its original state all at once, if fortunately a Master of such high calibre can be found, and if the abhyasi too be capable of enduring the strong force of transmission. (SS-34,35)
ORTHODOXY
I consider orthodoxy to be just like a wall one has erected in front of himself, by which the way is barred. This thing somehow comes. And this defect has come into us by observing the Muslims continuously; otherwise we had such a river flow that not a single particle could stagnate. (SS-271,272)