Day 37
You know that story of an elephant and the fly on It’s leg? A fly was living on the leg of an elephant. Once the fly got so angry at the elephant, it said, “I am leaving you today. Finished. Enough is enough. I'm done with you ." It got so angry, it left.
At that moment, just by accident, the elephant moved it's leg and some dust arose. But the fly thought that the storm has come because it is leaving the elephant. It told the elephant, “Yes, you see, the storm has come? I am leaving you suffer from the storm.”
The elephant didn't even know that the fly was sitting on its leg. And that is how nobody really cares what you are, what you do, what you don't do. And all impact gets wiped out by the flood of time. Time comes and just floods you, wipes you out.
It wipes all the memory out of this planet. This me, me, me can only dissolve and you serve. He becomes free from this identity of ego, identity of the smallness. Identifying yourself with the smallness because this smallness is the cause of misery. “ I was not recognized. Nobody looked at me, nobody loves me.”
Come on, wake up. You are love. Love is in giving, not in demanding. Recognize how much love there is for you. The air loves you, that is why it is getting into your nose and coming out of it. The earth loves you, that is why it is holding on to you with it’s gravitational force, otherwise you would have become like a helium balloon crying and yelling, going up, up or your head would be sticking to the ceiling.
The day the earth stops loving you, just imagine, what would happen if the earth loses it’s gravitational force for you? You will cry, “Hey, hold me” The sun loves you, that is why the sun shines on you. This entire creation is filled with love. But this little foolish mind says “Me, Me, I, I, I did this, I did that, I want this, I want that, I like this, I don’t like this”.
This identity is what suffocates you, what limits your potential. You are much more than what you think you are. You are so vast, you are so great. And this little dust in your eyes makes you unable to see the vastness that you are. This little dust that gets into your eyes prevents you from seeing the vastness of the sky.
Who becomes free? He is talking about those who become free. Freedom is a necessity. Politicians say freedom is your birthright. I don ‘t say it is your right. I say freedom is your necessity, your need t is not a right. You cannot live without freedom.
And the spiritual path is not that which makes you more bonded, it releases all the bondage and makes you free. The goal of a spiritual path is to bring you freedom, which is the need of every soul. That is why we come to this planet to be free. One who reposes in that corner deep inside oneself, where there is nothing else.
One who is alone, who sits alone, can never feel lonely. If you cannot be alone, then you will start feeling lonely. Viviktasthanam means where there is nobody else. That doesn’t mean you run to the forest. You may even be sitting in a forest, or alone in a desert, but your mind will be filled with all the things and events and people. No.
When you can settle into that space where there is nobody, when you become hollow and empty, you can be free. And get into that place again and again. Sevate who enjoys being alone, one who is not worried about what people tell them or talk about them.
