Once an earnest seeker came, prostrated in all humility before The Master and asked Him, "O Master, you said that the real nature of the Self can be attained only by constant dhyana. But how is it possible for one like me saddled with official responsibilities and the management of household affairs? If a major part of one's life is spent managing these, where is the time for Self Realisation, much less uninterrupted dhyana? What is the way out? I request you to enlighten us on this."
The Master looked compassionately, and said, "Let us assume. You plan to come to The Ashram and have The Darshan of The Master. With this intention of coming to The Ashram, you leave your house, and on the way, you meet a friend. You greet him, exchange pleasantries, talk for some time and then you take leave of him, to proceed to the Ashram. Your friend goes his way. Now, you don't go away with your friend, but rather continue toward the Ashram, would you not? The thought of coming to the Ashram is so fixed in your mind that whomsoever you happen to meet on the way, is spoken to in the proper way, and parted with in order that you may fulfill your original intention.
Likewise if our mind is deeply engaged in meditation, the mind will automatically return back to Meditation, after doing whatever outside work it has to do.
If we have slowly oriented the mind away from its worldly attachments and thoughts towards The Lord's Bhakti, then it becomes that much more easier. The Mind shall surely relish the Silence and Peace it will experience, while doing Meditation.
Thus, By engaging the mind in Bhakti before starting the outer work and after finishing it, even while doing the outer work, we will automatically acquire the ability to do The Bhakti. In the course of time, this becomes in built, habitual and natural, and we will no longer feel the lack of being engaged in constant meditation."
Here, The Master has beautifully explained the process of Meditation and it's effect. The Master says that if we will do our Simran and Dhyaan for 2 hours and Antar Simran and Antar Dhyaan for 30 minutes daily, it will automatically become our habit to do Simran and Dhyaan, first when we get free time while doing an outer job.
And later on, it will naturally start to happen even while doing outer job. That is, Simultaneously, we shall be doing The Simran and Dhyaan as well as the outer work.
Once we develop such an interest, our mind would like to be immersed in Naama Bhakti, The Meditation. While Sitting or walking, driving or working, our Meditation will be on, continuously and non stop. Once, our Soul is awakened from the slumber, it's natural tendency would be to be in Antar Simran and Antar Dhyaan, to Live in The Remembrance of The Lord always.
The Soul knows it is Lord's particle and belongs elsewhere. This world is not it's true Home, It's True Home is The Lord's abode. The Soul's only desire will be to return back to it's True Home and merge into The Lord, Never separate from The Lord ever.
All this is possible, only if we Live in The Master's Will and do Meditation as The Master had asked us to do, at the time of Initiation. It is only The Simran and Dhyaan of The Master and the Word given by Him, which enables us to orient our mind on Lord's Bhakti and Live in The Remembrance of The Lord. It is The Master's Word that enables us to collect our scattered consciousness and reach The Eye Center. This state is what is called by The Master's as Self Realisation. Once, we realise our Soul, the Soul shall always be in Naama Bhakti. It will find The True Master and The Lord in Naama. All this is possible only by The Master's Grace.
So, It is time for us to do Naama Bhakti as much as possible. The Master is benevolent and shall Grace us with Salvation, one day. Let us Meditate and leave everything else on The Master.
Authored by K. Giri
