What is the meaning of giving ablutions to the sun everyday? Sun is the source of our life. What gives contentment to the sun?
As soon as you get up, the first thing you say in the morning is - "I am contented today. I will make you contented too.
Whatever your intention is today, let that be fulfilled through me and through all my activities." With this feeling in the mind we have the tradition in this country to give ablutions to the sun.
“My whole night went off contentedly, I slept well. Today's day will be good. Let the evening too progress well”.
“I am contented. Let everything be contented and full" - is the attitude with which ablutions must be offered - to the sun.
What is our name? Contentment. If you are not contented take a deep breath and let go. Assume that you are contented.
As the God Vaishwaanara gets
contented after you have your food, in the same way, there should be contentment in the mind of a human being.
Some people have a disease called bulimia. It is prevalent in the western countries. People's stomachs are full, but they are not contented.
They vomit everything and then eat again. It was prevalent in the olden days in Rome, too. There would be an enclosure next to their dining hall, where people could go and vomit after eating food.
Then they would eat again and vomit. This way they would eat around six times. By doing this they develop ulcers in the throat and mouth.
These unfortunate people suffer a lot. There is no contentment in the minds of these people. All sorts of medicines have been tried on such people.
There is no treatment for this disease. But after doing Sudarshana Kriya and meditating, some people have been cured of it.
Similarly, some people are crazy about sex. It is more common in the west. Anybody can do anything, anywhere, anytime.
There is no contentment in sex at all. What happens when there is no contentment? Small children get molested, things which cannot be imagined or thought of, begin to happen.
No mother can leave her child safe with her husband. Two, three or four year old children cannot be left alone with their fathers.
This is the situation. There are such terrible conditions and diseases in people. All types of diseases appear because there is no contentment in the mind.
When will there be contentment? It will not be there till something has been achieved or experienced. It will be there only when you understand that it is your very nature.
We are striving hard to prevent these diseases and conditions in our country. It is why we have decided to spread this knowledge.
In our society, knowledge sessions, bhajans and satsangs should be taking place somewhere all the time. It has already begun to happen.
That is why in the divine world a lot of miracles keep happening. When people get to know about such miracles, they begin to have faith and sincerity in their prayers.
If Ganesha has to be given milk, it does not mean that Ganesha is very hungry and that you have to give him milk to fill up his stomach.
It is just to show people the existence of something about which they do not know, that such miracles keep occurring.
If you analyse such situations only with your mind and brains, then you will continue to live in the gross state of existence.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji
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