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I am the Soul
you agree? You were young when your children were in their childhood. That means it was you who never thought of religion, never felt the yearning for the soul, were never bothered about spirituality. Then how could you offer your children any exposure to religion? Well, this is how we lead our life. You spent your life in earning and enjoying the joys and comforts of your body and mind. Your children have learnt the same from you.
You have spent not one but infinite such births. Even after arriving here, after hearing the words of the Veetarag, what are you doing? You sit here like the liquid in the strainer, for a moment filled with the juice of Vairagya, and then absolutely empty! Back to square one!
No, Brothers, no! This should not go on. Let's begin the day now that you have arisen. Let us for this once search the Satpurush and dedicate ourselves to him, remain in his refuge and appease him. Only this one life! But how do we appease this Satpurush? His order should fill every pore in us, we should be always prepared to carry out his orders. Now the best question is, whom does the Gurudev order? He only orders the one for whom there is the feeling of affection in him, a feeling of doing good; the one whom he wants to uplift. Only that jiva who is fortunate enough and who is not under the weight of karmas, can have such a good fortune. Hence, one should be pleased from within while carrying out the orders of the Gurudev.
The Gurudev sometimes uses soft words and sometimes harsh. But he always has your well-being in mind. To get the jiva that has been going in the wrong direction from inifinite time, to the right path, he is forced to use those words. We speak of 'mother's bitter medicine' don't we? Who else can be more worried about the child than its mother? So, whatever be the order of the Gurudev, carry it out to your best.
When the occasion comes to carry out the orders of the Gurudev, it should invoke happiness in your every pore, carry
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