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<blockquote data-quote="dattaswami" data-source="post: 13007" data-attributes="member: 1315"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>Devotee</u>:</strong> Please give me strength when my husband, my daughter leave me for the mission of the Lord, I shall not weep I shall send them with full willingness and happiness at that time To achieve that state, what shall I do from now onwards?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>Swami</u></strong><strong>: </strong>First of all I told that there is no need of leaving the home or family If the home and the family are congenial to the mission by devotion</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">This question does not arise in your case since you are a great devotee When the family opposes the mission, then only one has to leave home .</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">However, I shall answer your question keeping you as a representative For an un-matured devotee, in which case only this possibility arises</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Neither God gives you such strength nor you can attain it by your effort Such state should be spontaneous and then only the Lord is pleased.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Leave this mission, one day or other all have to separate and go Then do you require the strength for such departure or not? The departure is inevitable even for the un-divine human beings </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If the blind love is accumulated day by day, just imagine that day When one has to depart from all his blind attractions in this world!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Just on the death bed, the Lord gives the last flash of knowledge By that you will realize the truth because at that junction of life and death </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">One sees clearly both the worlds since the messengers of Lord Yama Stand before the person to pull out the subtle body from the gross body Then every one realizes that these bonds were absolutely unreal In that last few minutes the agony starts because the person thinks like this </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">“For these blind bonds I have spent all my energy and my life time, Who cannot save me in this time, the saviour is not coming now because </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I have not spent my lifetime and energy for His mission when I was aliveNow even if I wish to serve the Lord for His mission, there is no time </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">When time was there this realization did not come, what could I do?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">At that time the person is pained for foolishly having these bonds </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The person is not pained for leaving these bonds as you think nowThat situation will open the eyes of every human being in this world</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If you are not pained to leave these bonds for the mission now When you are alive, you will not be pained at that last minute also, </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You realize now and be wise to leave the bonds with happiness You will have the same happiness at that time also to leave these bonds One day or other you have to leave the bonds without any mercyWhy not leave the bonds now itself for the sake of the Lord and be saved?When you leave these bonds at that time you are not saved for leaving the bondsBut if you leave the same bonds even before that time, you are saved always</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Is it not wise to do an inevitable thing now itself and get its benefit?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Is it not foolishness to do the same inevitable thing then and loose everything?The Lord is not pleased if you are sacrificing with pain and tears in your eyesSuppose you are offering some money as Guru Dakshina to MeIf you are pained will I accept that? If you ask Me to give strength </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To sacrifice that money to Me, how bad I shall feel about it?If you are having bond with that money, don’t give it to Me, keep it with you </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Who asked you for your sacrifice? If the bond with that money is really brokenYou will not weep when you are sacrificing that money to Me.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Such sacrifice is done by force and is not spontaneous at all Suppose you are giving milk to your child, are you not happy to give that?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Are you weeping to give the milk to your child? Are you praying the LordTo give strength to sacrifice milk to your child? This means that the Lord Is not equal even to your child, you are sacrificing all the bonds for your child </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">But you are not sacrificing all the bonds for the sake of the Lord Therefore, your love on the Lord is not real compared to your child</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Lord expects only one bond with Him and not any other bondSee Sakthuprastha, who sacrificed his food and food of his family </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">They were not eating for the past ten days in that severe draughtIf they do not eat that food their lives will leave their bodies He sacrificed the entire food spontaneously with happiness </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">When Shankara left His mother He was so happy to go on the mission You be in the place of Shankara and not in the place of His mother. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">His mother was weeping to leave Shankara but Shankara was happyYou should get the grace of the Lord like Shankara directly and not </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Like the mother of Shankara indirectly, you must yourself win His grace .</span></p><p> </p><p>ANIL ANTONY</p><p><a href="mailto:antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org">antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org</a></p><p><a href="http://www.universal-spirituality.org" target="_blank">http://www.universal-spirituality.org</a></p><p>Universal Spirituality for World Peace</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dattaswami, post: 13007, member: 1315"] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][U]Devotee[/U]:[/B] Please give me strength when my husband, my daughter leave me for the mission of the Lord, I shall not weep I shall send them with full willingness and happiness at that time To achieve that state, what shall I do from now onwards?[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][U]Swami[/U][/B][B]: [/B]First of all I told that there is no need of leaving the home or family If the home and the family are congenial to the mission by devotion[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]This question does not arise in your case since you are a great devotee When the family opposes the mission, then only one has to leave home .[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]However, I shall answer your question keeping you as a representative For an un-matured devotee, in which case only this possibility arises[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Neither God gives you such strength nor you can attain it by your effort Such state should be spontaneous and then only the Lord is pleased.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Leave this mission, one day or other all have to separate and go Then do you require the strength for such departure or not? The departure is inevitable even for the un-divine human beings [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]If the blind love is accumulated day by day, just imagine that day When one has to depart from all his blind attractions in this world![/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Just on the death bed, the Lord gives the last flash of knowledge By that you will realize the truth because at that junction of life and death [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]One sees clearly both the worlds since the messengers of Lord Yama Stand before the person to pull out the subtle body from the gross body Then every one realizes that these bonds were absolutely unreal In that last few minutes the agony starts because the person thinks like this [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]“For these blind bonds I have spent all my energy and my life time, Who cannot save me in this time, the saviour is not coming now because [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]I have not spent my lifetime and energy for His mission when I was aliveNow even if I wish to serve the Lord for His mission, there is no time [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]When time was there this realization did not come, what could I do?”[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]At that time the person is pained for foolishly having these bonds [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]The person is not pained for leaving these bonds as you think nowThat situation will open the eyes of every human being in this world[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]If you are not pained to leave these bonds for the mission now When you are alive, you will not be pained at that last minute also, [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You realize now and be wise to leave the bonds with happiness You will have the same happiness at that time also to leave these bonds One day or other you have to leave the bonds without any mercyWhy not leave the bonds now itself for the sake of the Lord and be saved?When you leave these bonds at that time you are not saved for leaving the bondsBut if you leave the same bonds even before that time, you are saved always[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Is it not wise to do an inevitable thing now itself and get its benefit?[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Is it not foolishness to do the same inevitable thing then and loose everything?The Lord is not pleased if you are sacrificing with pain and tears in your eyesSuppose you are offering some money as Guru Dakshina to MeIf you are pained will I accept that? If you ask Me to give strength [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]To sacrifice that money to Me, how bad I shall feel about it?If you are having bond with that money, don’t give it to Me, keep it with you [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Who asked you for your sacrifice? If the bond with that money is really brokenYou will not weep when you are sacrificing that money to Me.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Such sacrifice is done by force and is not spontaneous at all Suppose you are giving milk to your child, are you not happy to give that?[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Are you weeping to give the milk to your child? Are you praying the LordTo give strength to sacrifice milk to your child? This means that the Lord Is not equal even to your child, you are sacrificing all the bonds for your child [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]But you are not sacrificing all the bonds for the sake of the Lord Therefore, your love on the Lord is not real compared to your child[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]The Lord expects only one bond with Him and not any other bondSee Sakthuprastha, who sacrificed his food and food of his family [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]They were not eating for the past ten days in that severe draughtIf they do not eat that food their lives will leave their bodies He sacrificed the entire food spontaneously with happiness [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]When Shankara left His mother He was so happy to go on the mission You be in the place of Shankara and not in the place of His mother. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]His mother was weeping to leave Shankara but Shankara was happyYou should get the grace of the Lord like Shankara directly and not [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Like the mother of Shankara indirectly, you must yourself win His grace .[/FONT] ANIL ANTONY [EMAIL="antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org"]antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org[/EMAIL] [URL="http://www.universal-spirituality.org"]http://www.universal-spirituality.org[/URL] Universal Spirituality for World Peace [/QUOTE]
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