Friday, December 17, 2010

Dedication and Purpose

Dedication. If you not going to have it, you are not going to make it. What does it mean that we will 'not make it'? Everything should be regarded as service for God. If teachers go to school and just do their jobs, then they are just doing their work. But if they do it for God then they have dedication and love for our work. How are you going to be a dedicated person?

Here is a point on dedication: I know this devotee whose every word was 'Swami Murugesu'. Then, after Swami's Mahasamadhi, every word from her lips was 'Swami Shankarananda.'. She then went to Australia and ended up married to a Christian. She sent me an email with reference to a Bible verse from Matthew, which states that if you mention God's name in vain then you are a heathen.

The strange thing is when a Christian is in a pickle, he is quick to make Jesus and God personal – and they call out, 'Oh my God, Oh Jesus'. Only then is God very personal.

But with us God is very personal, you can hold the Shiva – you can see the Shiva. When people give up this sanatan dharma, this beautiful religion, then they attack the very religion they came from. This devotee was so dedicated, that she wrote 1 469000 times, likit japa 'Om Kriya Babaji Nama Aum'. So what happened to her dedication? This is what I ask myself:. The Gita clearly states that even wise men make mistakes. Those like us who follow are the wise. We are the wise men. She used Babaji to get her bait. She will soon receive that which is to come from using Babaji to get her way. This will come back faster than a boomerang.

We lose our reason when we come here - for being here and coming here. Then we get lost. Then we get caught up in the jealousy and questioning of people's relationships with Gurudev. When you get here you have a purpose. Now you have lost that purpose – there is this worm that is eating away at everyone and it is the worm of jealousy. When I see you at the beach I am your friend, but not at any time will I be your Guru and you the disciple. What I can do is my masters work in my room.

Our teenagers are telling lies – you see something and they lie to your face. People love and respect Gurudev in Stanger and there is no jealousy and anger between them there, not like others as here in Verulam. From now on, Babaji and Yogiar will guide you from the picture above the chair of Gurudev. You were taking up my time, now I can do my work. When you make the Guru's business your business then you will definitely lose your purpose. Paramahansa Yogananda met Babaji at the Mela. Babaji said, 'you are wasting your time here, go to the west'.

We had a devotee here by the name of Krish, who would sit there where Andre is sitting, and sing Muruga songs. Best you move or you may leave as well. He was in India with me where he said he has now met his master and no one can get in his way. No one can move him. His master is now Swami Shankarananda. He spent twenty years with his past master, where he went and spent some time in Australia and got initiated. After death His master then sent energy to him, and his master sent him to me, Swami Shankarananda. Then Swami Amitananda came here and gave a discourse. When Swami Amitananda came, Krish left the ashram. He dropped the electronic drum off at the ashram, said he had a sick mother and would not be coming for awhile. He told lies while within the Mother's energy. He then spent time with Amitananda. What happened to the instruction from his master that he was guided to me? He came here to become a Swami, but it did not happen for him so he left. That's what he wanted. We do not understand what it means to be a swami.

People here have lost their purpose. They get caught up in the spider's web and now spin their own webs. They became orphans. Work to get the dedication, to get that love for God. When I go to Sri Lanka on the twenty-seventh, they are already getting ready for Gurudev.

Go and work for it and get enlightened. I only came down to service tonight for two reasons: Mahavishnu asked as it would be his last service before going back to varsity. When Gurudev gets back he would have left for varsity. And some visitors came from Kimberly, so whilst sitting in my room, I thought it rude not to come and be there for them.