God as Mother : 20. Sri Swami Chidananda.

-

 ========================================================================



=========================================================================

Saturday, August  13,  2022. 07:40. 

Essence of Devi Mahatmyam

=========================================================================

FIFTH NIGHT -

20. A Stern Warning.

=======================================================================




20. A Stern Warning :


Similarly, in the individual’s spiritual life, however much it may be true in the ultimate

reaches of realisation that he is not this physical body, he is Pure Atman which is beyond body and

mind, yet we find that if the aspirant is foolish enough to start with this basis in his life of practical

spiritual Sadhana he will come to grief very soon. For the law of this physical world is very exacting

and a transgression in this law will at once claim its price. Thus, if one flies away into a Vedantic

attitude and neglects his physical body and does not care to maintain its health and give it proper

rest or nourishment and thinks he has already attained the consciousness of Atma, he will wake up

too late to find out his mistake and he will find that the one superlative instrument of all Yoga

Sadhana, viz., this physical body through which one has to do selfless service in order to attain the

much-desired purity of heart and character, becomes damaged beyond repair and his progress in

Yoga Sadhana becomes severely hampered. In such a case it is only the Grace of the Lord that will

have to save him and somehow he will have to make amends for his mistake.


Just as in the individual a neglect of this aspect of the physical factor which may later on

have to be transcended brings very undesirable results, even so, in the national life it was necessary

to have realised this and to have avoided this degeneracy into Tamas. By the bitter way the Indian

society has learnt the lesson and now the very welcome trend of this robust activism, activity based

upon Dharma, upon selflessness, motiveless activity, as is now being exemplified by all great

leaders, social leaders, political leaders, as well as spiritual leaders like our Gurudev, has now

created a new constructive wave in the society and this nation, which augurs well for our ultimate

rising up into the realm of Saraswati, where through this activity a state of peace, prosperity,

national health and well-being, national literacy and higher education of all people will come into

existence and through this a national spiritual regeneration will be made possible. For, without the

widespread manifestation of Lakshmi in the society and the nation there can be no hope of the

manifestation of the Goddess Saraswati in Her aspect of higher spiritual knowledge coming into

existence, because as they have said, religion cannot be preached to hungry stomachs and bare

backs.


Therefore, we have first of all to have a realistic approach to this problem of national and

social life. We must give to the nation and to people those aspects of Lakshmi by which alone they

will live a life of health, of well-being, and in such a state of all-round prosperity, literacy and

health, higher aspirations will begin to sprout up, These aspirations are there; but they are all

dormant and due to the absence of Lakshmi in the land and in the society the aspirations are given

no chance to manifest themselves in the heart of man; for, poverty stultifies all higher aspirations

and when hunger pinches man’s stomach there can be no thought of higher idealism.

Therefore, this very great and significant importance of the visible manifestation of

Lakshmi or Vishnu-Shakti in the life of every race and nation has to be recognised upon its own

merits, with discrimination and Vairagya, and through Lakshmi one must approach Saraswati

which is the ultimate aim of the Bharatiya Samskriti.


*****

Next-SIXTH NIGHT
GODDESS OF AUSPICIOUSNESS AT HOME AND AT HEART :
To be continued ...


=======================================================================

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Navaratri Message: Worship of the Threefold Justice of the Cosmos : Swami Krishnananda

-
Image
 ======================================================================== ========================================================================= Thursday, September 29, 2022. 08:00. DEVI MAHATMYAHAM : Navaratri Message: Worship of the Threefold Justice of the Cosmos : Swami Krishnananda. (Spoken on October 14, 1983.) ========================================================================= Twice in a year, usually, the religious custom of India observes a unique festive worship in the name of the great Mother of the universe, these two occasions of worship being called the Vasanta Navaratri and the Sharada Navaratri festivals. These seasonal changes in spring and autumn are generally periods when the body of the living being cannot easily adjust and accommodate itself with the changes of nature. People often fall ill during spring and autumn, one of the reasons for this phenomenon being the inability of the physical organism to adapt itself to the conditions of natural seasonal chan
Read more

GOD AS MOTHER : Essence of Devi Mahatmyam-4. SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA

-
Image
======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20/02/2020 4.Maya and Brahman Are One ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. #There is no indication to give us an idea that it contains within itself this marvelous power. But the moment this self-same electric current is made to spring into dynamism through a system of wiring through a circuit, we find this static force springs into a wonderful dynamism. ##It travels with lightning speed; it is able to give a shock; or to make an electric bulb spring into incandescence and manifest as light; it manifests itself as the whirling motion in a fan; it manifests itself as
Read more

NAVARATRI ( ENDS ) : DEVI MAHATMYAM : VIJAYADASAMI - SWAMI SRI CHIDANANDA.

-
Image
 ====================================================================== ======================================================================= Wednesday, October 05, 2022. 06:00. VIJAYADASAMI : THE GREAT GOAL AND ITS ATTAINMENT. ENDS ========================================================================= TODAY is the glorious day of the celebration of the Mother’s Victory. It is a day of Vijaya, when all the gods rejoice and all mankind is in an exuberance of joy; for they have received the Supreme Assurance that so long as they turn to the Mother in their extremity and distress, there will be no lack of support and of strength. For, Mother is the champion of those in distress and those who seek refuge at Her divine feet. She is Strength Infinite, Maha-Shakti; and as such we have but to turn to Her and no more will weakness persist in us. The supreme victory over all the forces of darkness, ignorance and nescience is achieved and we shall be partakers together with the Mother of joy
Read more