Daily Messages

“To say that the learned people don't really know threatens to throw people back into the unknown. That is precisely what Rev. Babuji has stated in his book Philosophy of Sahaj Marg: "It is just possible that the man, who has thus impressed you, with outward form, learning or eloquence, may be at the lowest lever as regards practical attainments. Knowledge therefore is no criterion of a true mahatma or yogi. Similarly the real test of a mahatma or guru is not his miracles but experience on the path of realisation." The purpose of education is to educe from the pupil the inherent qualities and virtues in him. There are enough number of teachers and very few educators in the field of spirituality. The teacher pretends as an educator and this is a hopeless situation in the field of spirituality where we seem to have Masters any number and equally large number of Divine Masters. Rev.Babuji stressed that if any one were to feel he is a Guru or Master he is actually usurping the position of God. He could not imagine that there will be Divine Masters also and so did not say anything of them. To say this about what is actual, may appear to be snatching away people's hope and seem cynical and unnecessary. But the criterion of 'Truth' demands that it is better to give credit where it is truly due and none where it is not. Many people are endowed with qualities they do not possess due to this pretense. But equally many are not prepared to speak out the 'truth' because of another type of pretence”

— Ref: BP4 - 6

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“If you are prepared for it, you are bargaining for restlessness throughout your life. Beware of what you are going to get and what you are going to get is restlessness. If the goal is very clear before you, you will have restlessness. You will have no complacency you will have no time to sleep. You will have no time to waste. You cannot squander, every second becomes important for us in search of the goal. The beast is always ready to pounce on us through various means of intellect of trying to imitate as if it is the Divine. All these things are done. Cunningness, it somehow sneaks in, laziness sneaks in, somehow or the other, the passions sneak in, undue attachments sneak in as well. You know you ought not to be unduly attached, this much of viveka everyone of us has, but then it does sneak in. Those of you who know something about Gayopakyanam, please remember after all the only sin he has committed is not to wash the feet. Then he lost his wisdom. I am not going into the details of which planet has affected him or which Planet has not affected him. What is of consequence is that the slightest of errors that we do can totally bring us down to a stage of helplessness. That's what you should understand. There cannot be any slip here. Your commitment to your self alone is capable of making you a Mahatma from the Jivatma. Everyone of us has got a born right to be a Mahatmas, we are capable of becoming Vishwatmas, we are also capable of becoming Paramatmas. There is no doubt about this. <br/> When the self interest is dissolved, naturally we move on. We start thinking about others. From there we start thinking about the Universe. Then we start thinking identical with that of the Divine, namely the Divine plan becomes our plan of existence and that is the balanced existence.”

— Ref: BP1 - 372