Do not perceive body as "I." Do not understand the body as Self. This can only be possible when one will accompany the Enlightened Master. When one will listen to the Divine Knowledge. And one will be able to comprehend this knowledge only after listening or else how would one understand? Despite being a human; if someone suffered in the human form, lived like an animal and died like an animal, What's so great in this? So, I should remain in the contiguity of great sages. This is what he wrote in the last lines of his verses, "Rakh santan ke paache" meaning, I want nothing other than the company of some Awakened Master in my life. "Madho Hum Aise Tu Aesa", we know how great you are! Yet O Lord! if we do not seek from you then whom else should we seek? If we don't tell you, then whom should we tell? If we do not request you, then whom should we do? So we request you, call upon you... Oh Lord! we pray to you that we always follow your saints. We always remain in the proximity of Mahatmas. Understand this, The more we realize or comprehend, the less it is..... Each and every breath is precious. Each and every moment is precious. For you, I say this little thing Think! You know these days, You don't have to visit bank physically for withdrawing money Neither for deposits nor for withdrawals; both can be done through Mobile Banking. Right? Funds can be transferred through wire transfer. E-banking, where you do not have to visit the bank for banking transactions. Suppose, you are sleeping in the night. And in your bank account you receive a hundred billion dollars. How many? Hundred billion dollars. A dollar is priced at around sixty nine rupees these days. Hundred billion dollars. Just think, how many zeros there would be if you convert that fund in rupees. Such a huge amount if received.. When you were slept, you received one hundred billion dollars but before you woke up, somebody withdrew that fund from your account. And somehow you receive a message from the bank too. First one, at around 02:40 am that your account got credited with one hundred billion dollars. Second message at around 04:53 am that your account got debited with one hundred billion dollars. How would you feel? And the reality is..... When you are sleeping in the night for about eight hours, and if every breath of yours is worth million dollars So in just one night you end up losing breaths worth more than billion of dollars during that sleep. And when you wake up in the morning, you wake up after exhausting a lot of life, age and precious breaths. It cannot be evaluated. However, just to explain you that how valuable this life is but how unconsciously we live it. I am not saying that you don't take an appropriate sleep of 7-8 hours. But I saying this..... that at least you should live 15-16 hours of the day with awareness. Speak wisely. Your wrong speaking becomes a sin. I will quote an example. It's a bitter one. But, listen! I will cite an example from my life, not from any text or scriptures. It's an old matter. Long time back a family came into my contact. I used to visit their city to meet a saint who lived in a temple. They lived adjacent to the same temple where discourses were held and they used to meet. He along with his wife and daughter started loving and admiring me. And then he invited me to his home Slowly and gradually, the housing complex of temple where I lived had less than basic amenities so that family requested me to stay in their house instead of the temple's housing quarters. Now, they insisted so much that I started living at their home. Sometimes I stayed there for fifteen days, twenty days or thirty days. I used to come and go. I didn't have any permanent place to stay at that time. I wished to settle in the mountains and therefore with that intention I used to visit that hilly area often in the search of some land for the ashram. Then as destined, I didn't get any opportunity to settle there. Therefore, I stopped visiting that city. Suddenly, one day this gentleman comes to me and says that I am in deep pain. I am in a dire need of some money. Could you please lend me some money? I found it little awkward. But since, his family had a close relationship with me, he narrated his issue to me. During those days, I had pooled some money because I was wanting to have some land in Rishikesh. Before this present ashram, a small incident had taken place. We were almost prepared to close a deal regarding land on the banks of the Ganges. So I had some money with me. So he said, it will be a great help if you could please lend me for just one month. I thought it's an old contact, that man would be under compelling circumstances or else why would he visit me for financial help? I said never mind. It's just a matter of one month so I lent him the money. One month later, I was in need as I had to make the payment but I was short on funds. So, got him phoned that he had borrowed just for one month but almost six months had elapsed. It will be good if he returns but he started procrastinating. The one who was calling on my behalf, when failed reaching him over the phone three or four times thought of visiting his house to see him. So he went. On visiting his house, he was asked to return the borrowed money as it was required. In return he said, "Do you think I am dishonest and not willing to return your money?" What's big deal in that as we had also served her. We had also served her. He was surprised to listen his reply and thought what was he saying. He returned back and informed me about what all he said. I said, "The account is now closed." They served and in return took money. Deal done! It's just that I was not aware that their services were paid or else I would have repaid long ago as I can't have any kind of debt from anyone. I said its okay! whatever he said doesn't matter. No issues, just leave it. Now, I am kind of little cool. Then years later, I was just crossing through that side and I asked Hari to halt the car and call him if he's available. His residence was down the valley. Hari went and that gentleman also came along and was happy to see me. But before I could say something, he started talking on his own. He said, "You may say that I didn't return your money" and as a result I had to undergo so much of misery. I lost my wife due to cancer. My only son abandoned me and went away with a girl. My daughter's marriage too went unsuccessful but you must be thinking that all this happened because I didn't pay your money back. I am looking at his face and wondering, "I just came to see how you're doing?" It's my habit that if I ever drank even a glass of water from someone, that person has favor on me for that one glass. A relation is established with that person. So, out of sheer love I wanted to know about him, his wife and son etc. But what all tragedies happened in his life so I just kept on listening.. Now before I say something, he is justifying and talking himself that you would be thinking about me....... I said, "Stop!" I am neither saying anything like that nor I am feeling good to listen anything like this about you I feel sympathetic for all that happened with you. And his wife was a nice lady, a very good lady. I said, " My heartfelt condolences that she is no more." Your son deserted you and this happened and that happened ..... But, Still, I came here just to inquire and see you, How you're doing. That's it! I haven't come for money at all. But what he was done, the guilt of that is hurting him inside. And it is true, even after so much of dialogues he didn't return the money. I didn't need it but he also didn't return. I was also observing and getting surprised. And then later so many people met me and informed that they couldn't inform me earlier but that was a big deceiver who robbed so many I said, see! he must have robbed others but never robbed me because he has robbed himself. How can he cheat me? He didn't cheat. He showed love that I accepted. He invited in his house and I visited his home. He asked for money and I gave him and that's it. Over! But what's astonishing is, that the people are so deeply unconscious.... So deep...... And then he complains, why my life is filled with sorrows? Sorrows came... or you invited. You have invited out of ignorance. I feel pity seeing people that they could have attained knowledge but they didn't. They could have devoted their mind to the Lord but they didn't offer their mind at the lotus feet of the Divine. Just remained egocentric and kept worried about his body and family. My body and my family.... Oh ignorant being, how many such families have you left behind in your past lives? So many relations like this you have left behind in your past lives. And the family and relations of this very life too shall be left behind You're all alone during deep sleep. Although husband sleeps next to the wife yet she is alone during sleep. No matter how happy she is but she is alone in her sleep. No matter how happy a person is but if he is dreaming about ghosts, wild animals, drowning or death and sweating out of fear, Would the wife sleeping next to him know what he is dreaming about? And can she help you through the suffering of your dreams? Father, husband, brother, sister.... no matter whosoever is with you, can't help you through the pains of your dreams. You 're alone in your dreams. Similarly, you are alone in profound sleep. Likewise, you are alone during the time of death. You are alone at the time of birth too. All the relations are fake my dear. If you have any companion, that's only one. Whether you know him or not, realize him or not. Whether you connect your mind with him or not but your true companion is just one. So, the most important thing for you to do is.. Never forget this... The major thing is that, all other relations separate from each other physically just like you're here and your family members are somewhere else Physically we get separated from our loved ones. But generally speaking, you go anywhere live anywhere God is always there with you. Body is suffering or healthy, God is with you. Day or night.... Summer or rain.... God is with you. The one who never changes stays always with you. The one who never deserts you is always with you. The one from whom you can never get separated is with you. So neither see the people around you nor this body Don't see anything outside and do not see towards this body. If you have to see then just look at the Divine with you and God is not at all far from you. You just have to turn the mind inwards and dive deep within and you can help the mind reach at the same place where existence is. Now, to connect you with that existence we can use the mantra as the base.
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