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Articles: Devotion | Living up to His message
- Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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Swami, I tell you, is the greatest psychologist, the greatest psychiatrist. He said, “Bangaru, my dear one, this is the season! If in rainy season, you don’t get rain, when are you going to get the rains?” This is the season!
And then He said, “Do you think that you are the one and sole individual who is afflicted with these thoughts” and he pointed to the entire student community and said, “All are in the same boat, it is only a question of degree. Only you are uttering it with your lips and others are keeping mum.”
Swami has said on other occasions, “When you get that wrong thought, you know it is wrong! You know it is not good for you. What should you do? The bare minimum that we should do is to see that it doesn’t translate into action.”
Sow a thought, reap an action. Don’t allow the body to follow the thought. At the same time, when you get a good thought, there are 101 reasons where we hesitate to translate into action. Maybe the time is not good, or other people may not come forward; so many reasons we have. When you get a good thought, immediately put it into action.
The Divine Master Knows It When You Practice Love
One of the queries (of the Youth) was, “What is the essence of Swami’s message?” Of course, He Himself has chosen to speak on that. The essence of Swamis message is Love. And the easiest way to experience Love, to experience spiritual joy is service. We may not be able to do many things in life. In this age, something that you can certainly do is to serve anybody around you in need. I will perhaps end with this small anecdote. There used to be a devotee in the ashram at Brindavan, in Bangalore, who had a mental problem. And Bhagavan blessed the students, with the privilege and the opportunity to take care of this devotee. It was, in fact, one of the most sought after service activities in the campus.
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