There is always a time in our lives when we need God most.
Every individual, whether rich or poor, happy or sad, sometime in their life
will have to seek and find this somewhere. And right now the time is for all human
beings to seek out this Andavar by
whatever name you might Him or Her: Shiva, Muruga, Vishnu, Gayathri, Duruga, Kali.
The time, the moment, is now. It is now for you to experience and seek this
great energy that has been encircling this institute for the last 3 weeks and
giving the devotees the highest form of darshan. What has taken place in the last
3 weeks is a mystery in many of the minds of those were present. But even
though it was something you cannot contain within yourself, you have enjoyed
every moment. It is sad to note that many have not come to take this darshan,
this diksha that was given in the last 3 days here at this ashram.
God is not a once-a-month aspect of your lives. God is not a
once-a-week aspect of your lives. God should be a daily aspect of your life.
Actually, at least once in a day, you should be talking to somebody else,
another individual, about God. And you should get to that state where you can
talk about God to somebody without feeling any kind of discomfort. Many of you
think that if you discuss God among your friends and colleagues at work, they
will look down upon you. Something you need to understand: the highest form of
any entity, the highest energy of any entity, the highest for any entity is that
of God. And if you can talk about God you will get closer to God and eventually
experience what it is to be God-like. It is the most beautiful and marvelous
experience that each one of you can attain. Through the grace of your guru and
God, through the grace of the energy present here, you can take this energy and
go home and you can experience this energy.
Many of you have forgotten God but have come to places like
this just to overcome the guilt within you. God should be a daily entity in your
life and at least once in your day you should be talking with somebody else
about this great, super energy called God. And then only can you say that you
are doing some kind of divine work. Instead of standing around and talking
about things that will not give you any kind of prosperity but will come back
to bite you like a boomerang. Why do you like that kind of pain? And at that
moment you’ll be the first one to blame God for your downfall. God has not
helped you, God has not shown you the way, God has not directed you. I have
been praying for so long and yet not one day, not yet have you been able to
pray properly. It is not the duration of the prayer. It is the intensity of
your dedication, and the total intensity of your discipline. Have you got all
3? Are you so well disciplined that without missing, without failing, you do
your duty towards God? Have you got that kind of devotion and dedication that
nothing will move you if you have to do God’s work? Or do you just get up in
the morning, stand outside, look at the sun, say your surya japa, do your offering
and once that’s finished you’ve forgotten about God? Is that your dedication,
your devotion?
Why is it that when you worship Sri Hanuman you worship him
on just one day a week? Why is it if you worship Sri Muruga it’s just for a
period? Why when you worship Lord Shiva do you make the greatest effort at Shivarathri?
Is that devotion? Is that dedication? Is that discipline? Shiva should be
worshiped every day of your life? If you really want to observe Shivarathri you
should observe it for 12 months. There is one every month that you should
observe. It’s the same with Muruga, You shouldn’t restrict worship of Muruga to
just some times. It should be continuous. It’s the same with Hanuman. If you’re
worshiping then worship continuously, and then you’ll see how God will always
have His hands out to you and you’ll always be holding onto His hand and having
no kind of difficulty.
So the time has come for you to seek God. Seek him properly.
And once you see God hold him tight. Do not for one moment release him. And
you’ll find every bit of joy, every bit of love, every bit of happiness. Don’t
disregard your prayers. When you pray it should be to God at all times. Then
you will understand this life better.
