Once a disciple asked The Master, whether the world was created for happiness or misery. All eyes turned
towards The Master for the answer.
The Master answered, "Creation is neither good nor bad; it is as it is. It is our mind which puts all sorts of permutations and combinations on it, as it sees things from its own perspective. How much will it suit our own interests.
A woman is just a woman, but one mind calls her “mother,” another “sister,” and still another “aunt” and so on.
Men love women, hate snakes, and are indifferent to the grass and stones by the roadside.
These attachments are the causes of all the misery in the world.
Creation is like a tree: Birds eat fruits and take shelter under its branches, men cool themselves in its shade, but some may hang themselves on it. Yet the tree continues to lead its quiet life, unconcerned with, and unaware of, all the uses it is put to.
It is our mind that creates its own difficulties and then cries for help. The Lord is not partial as to give peace to one person and sorrow to another. In creation there is room for everything, but man refuses to see the good, the healthy and the beautiful, and goes on whining, like the hungry man who sits beside a tasty dish and, instead of stretching out his hand to satisfy his hunger, he goes on lamenting."
It is our sense of Discrimination which fails us, simply because we are laced in the pains and pleasures of the world.
The Master said, "Whose fault is it, The Lord’s or ours? But fortunately for us, The Lord, in His infinite mercy, never forsakes us. The Lord always gives us new chances by providing Gurus and Scriptures to guide us to find the errors and start using our Vivek. This will enable us to ultimately gain eternal happiness."
The disciple further asked, "We know that the pleasures of this world are useless and even painful, yet we long for them. What is the way of ending that longing?"
The Master explains, "A Life in the Remembrance of The Lord, True Prayer and doing Meditation, will gradually drop our worldly attachments. We will slowly start to Live in The Lord's Will. But, If we will wait till all our desires disappear to start our devotion and pray, our wait could be very,
very long time indeed."
The Master, in each and every discourse and inter action, comes down to our consciousness level so that we can understand it easily and put it into action. It is The Master's Grace which allows us to use the sense of Discrimination, Vivek. The Master comes down to take us up towards His Level of Consciousness. He makes our path easy.
Our Vivek will take us to the path of Living in The Master's Will, if we will keep our Prayers on and do meditation.
Authored by K. Giri
