Hari
Om
'Freedays' are the 'gather our thoughts' days;
Q&As; a general review of the week so far…
Today marks the celebration of the birth of His
Holiness Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda.
In yesterday's Tattvabodha
post, we read of having faith in the SatGuru - and Gurudev was one such. Since
Wednesday there have been celebrations to begin a year of honouring Gurudev, as
next year will be the centenary of his birth.
You
can view all video (and if you are on time, watch live streaming) at the CM You
Tube channel, which link is over on the right sidebar. If
you have not already read the 'bio' of Gurudev, you can do so at the main CM
website - also on link list.
How
do you know your Guru?
When
you have been a sincere spiritual traveller, asking deep and meaningful
questions which are not selfish but based in a genuine interest in finding out the
Truth of your being, you will come to observe a pattern in your path. If you are
progressing well, doors open, texts appear before you that you had not
previously encountered, opportunities present which you may not previously have
taken, help comes in many and varied forms, with apparently little effort on
your own part.
Then,
one fine day, you may find yourself sitting with someone, in a place unfamiliar,
and you will find yourself drawn in a manner inexplicable. You will look around and you will find yourself looking into the eyes of a person and … it is as if the universe itself sits before you.
For a moment, a mere half tick of the clock, everything external melts away.
That
is all the call you need.
Neither
think that this was simply a matter of right place right time. How often have one or other of us heard from another "Oh that fellow can talk, come
and listen!" and we go along because we are searching so keenly for a
teacher with whom we can feel at home, in whose every word we can find a nugget
of gold to add to our life? Then how often are we disappointed? It is because we are looking too hard. It is as if we have gone to the field and wanted the flower there so very much that we
pluck it and take it home with us. But now, devoid of its rightful place, cut
from its source of nourishment, the flower will certainly fade. We have overlooked the fact that we need to stay at source, we need to soak up the nourishment which the flower was enjoying.
Our
love and faith cannot be that shallow! We must become that flower. We must
place ourselves in the field doing only what we know to do best and if we are
making progress of our own efforts, it will be rewarded. For the SatGuru is like the honey bee… he
will be attracted by the pollen of your efforts and will make himself available
to you.
Sounds
exotic? All you have is the word of this
teacher who has experienced the call and the enfoldment
of Love and the unfoldment of Truth.
Till
then, till such time as you feel you are sitting with the one you can call
Guru, make all your efforts sincere. That is all that is asked of you.
