Sweetness Invisible

Man alone has the chance to liberate himself from the wheel of birth and death, through the most pleasant means, that of serving God. But, as a result of ignorance, or what is worse, perversity, he lets the opportunity slip from his hands, and suffers grief and pain, fear and anxiety, adinfinitum.

By escaping from the clutches of the fascination exercised by material objects and physical pleasures, man can succeed in his efforts to liberate himself. He has travelled long enough on the wrong road; it is time now to turn back and move steadily towards the goal. The love that he has cultivated for men and things has to be sublimated into pure, divine worship. Then it gets transmuted as Bhakthi (Love of God).

Pray to the Lord to strengthen this conviction and this faith; He will open your eyes to the Truth and reveal to you that He is the Sanaathana Saarathi (Eternal Charioteer) in all. That revelation will confer on you incomparable bliss, and grant you kinship with Creation’s manifoldness. That is the reason why Lord Krishna told Duryodhan (in the epic Mahabharata), who pleaded with Him for help against the Paandavas, on the eve of the battle, ” If you hate the Paandavas, you are hating Me, for, they have recognised Me as the Breath of their Life.” Know Him as your strength, your breath, your intelligence, your joy – He becomes all that and more.

No more can any faculty of yours hinder your progress. He will direct all of them towards the highest Goal; the senses, the mind, the subconscious, the unconscious, the intelligence – all. Grace will confer all you need.

A mother-in-law was complaining against the new daughter-in-law that she consumed stealthily quantities of milk, curds, cream, butter and ghee. The girl’s brother who heard this story from the lips of the old lady, called her into the presence, and after reprimanding her for her malfeasance, advised her to give up stealing all the items, except milk. “Milk, you can drink any quantity you like; but, why steal these other by -products?” The mother-in-law, it is needless to say, was not very pleased with advice! So, seek Grace, that is enough; it confers all else.