To
experience God on this journey you have to be somewhat out of touch
with the material plane. When I say ‘out of touch’ I mean that the
material plane should not have any effect on you. That means if you lose
R10 you shouldn’t be sad. And if you gain R10 you shouldn’t be happy.
It shouldn’t affect you.
Accumulation
is the worst thing on this journey. Once you start accumulating and
don’t know when to stop, then you’re going to miss the journey. What
will happen is that one of the faculties of the mind – greed – will take
over and you’ll just want more and more and more, and you won’t stop.
Every time you strive for that you’re just getting closer to your grave.
The grave is only six feet deep and about a metre wide. You can’t take
all your possessions with you. The grave is only made for that box. You
can take anything more than that box. Oh, you can take your cellphone.
We fail to understand that, and when we leave this body we take so many
problems with us. It’s the same with cremation. The furnace is only 3m x
3m x 3m, not more than that. How much can you fit in there? Not much.
So again you’re going to leave everything behind. And you also leave
behind problems. The children will fight. Mother- and daughter-in-law
will fight; they will take each other to court. It is MY son’s, MY
daughter’s, and you have all the other problems that come with it, but
not if you follow a spiritual path.
So,
we should not accumulate unnecessarily. To find the Self is enough
accumulation. You’ll be practicing and practicing and eventually you’ll
find the Self and when you find the Self you don’t need any more. To
sustain the Self you need nothing, but to sustain this body you need
retirement. Nowadays when I meditate I try to meditate so that I don’t
eat too much. I meditate continuously so that for the whole day I just
have 4 slices of bread, and then I meditate that I shouldn’t have any
bread. Then for a couple of weeks I don’t have bread at all. I just eat
curry and no rice. That is what I want because when I get old I don’t
want a situation when I want something and can’t get it. I won't have
cravings because I’m killing them right now. That’s what we must do.
This is important for all of you. Many are on a 'seefood diet'. Whenever
they see food they want to eat. They don’t know when it’s enough. We
don’t know that other people have not eaten. The body has a craving and
we need to meditate to reduce the craving. It’s so important that we get
this journey right.
Dean
asked me just now if we’re having a discourse today. These discourses
aren’t for everybody. Everyone wants to go home. They are wasting my
energy. I would rather talk to those people who want to listen and will
digest at least one line. In an ashram we must always be open to
everybody. That family who came today didn’t even know they would be
sitting in a hawan. I got an instruction and did it for them. Always do
what is best for whoever walks through these gates. If I’m not here you
will all be here – make sure it happens and see how fulfilling it is and
how fulfilled you will be. I didn’t even know when I was sitting there
where I was. I only knew that my master asked me to close my eyes and I
did and I was gone. I can’t really tell you what we did because we're
not supposed to discuss that. But we did what was necessary. And that’s
what it’s all about: being open and giving.
Hari Om
