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| Baba with students in the Prasanthi Nilayam portico |
November 27, 1991
Today, Swami was telling some of the boys
to go home for vacation.
Swami: I have
that knack with Me. No one has that much of it as I do. What can I do? To cut
butter, you use your finger; to break iron, you use a hammer. Similarly, to
cure you of your ‘crack’ (madness), I use My knack! So many boys are going home
for vacations. You go as ‘street lamps’ and come back as ‘street dogs’! If you
go before a mirror and do ‘Namaskar’,
your reflection will also do the same. If you shake your finger threateningly,
the reflection in the mirror will also do the same. You must be like the
incense stick, which when lit, spreads good fragrance all around it. The
diamond is a very precious jewel. You hence hide it inside an iron safe and
keep it under strict watch. The diamond is not easily available in the market
and hence attracts everyone’s attention. Its presence is kept as secret as
possible. It is not like the (‘Santhapakodalu’)
cheap savouries sold in the market that are made with unhygienic oil, Maida
(flour) and utensils, in a dirty atmosphere. You are not realising the value of
the diamond and are hankering after the worldly benefits that are as dirty and
attractive as the 'Santhapakodalu’.
Many of you also think that you can get away with ‘part-time devotion’. You all
are under that illusion. If you have part time devotion, God also gives only
part-time payment. Your relation to God must be purely, heart to Heart. Part-time
devotion is like this. If you say ‘Hello God’! God also will say ‘Hello’! If
you say ‘Good-bye God’! God will also say ‘Good-bye’. God will only reciprocate
what your own feelings are. You are all getting small containers and asking for
such a large quantity from Me. How can I then give it? Swami never wants to
waste His love and grace. I want taste, not waste. But first, I test. You
cannot straight away perform the operation without first performing some tests.
Similarly, I first test your progress. I then give you the taste of My love and
grace. Once you have tasted it, you can 'rest'.
Test-To-Taste-To Rest - that is
the method I always follow.
Profound!
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