Make not increasing gold your trust, Nor set your heart on glitt'ring dust; Why will you grasp the fleeting smoke, And not believe what Guru Dev hath spoke? For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice mighty Guru, Shall well divide our last reward. Jai Guru Dev [SBS], -Buck in the Dome
--- In [email protected], Dick Mays <dickmays@...> wrote: > > > From: Purusha in Himalaya <donotreply@...> > > New post on Purusha in Himalaya > > > Maharishi talks of his first sight of Guru Dev transcript > by Andrew Lawson Kerr > > > I found Guru Dev by the grace of God and by my desire to find him. In India, > it's a very normal thing for a child to think of God and to find Him and > converse with Him. God-realization is a very concrete experience in the > Indian air, and this instills in every Indian heart a desire to find a way > and to seek a good guide to help them reach the goal. > > This situation was true in my case in the early days. One day I was led by > those, who knew I was fond of meeting saints, to a house somewhere in the > forest, and then I was led up some stairs to a terrace. It so happened that > this was a very dark night and I could barely see a chair with a few people > sitting around it, all quiet. The silence there was so great that one felt > hesitant to even breathe properly, because breath was felt so horribly in > that atmosphere. As I came close to the chair a car came down a nearby road, > and its highlights lit up the porch for a moment. Then I saw Guru Dev and I > thought: "Here is the sun" This was the flashing moment of light, which > decided my destiny. > > I somehow was able to speak with him. He asked me about everything I was > doing, and when he heard I was student he said: "First finish your studies". > There was nothing to argue about or discuss. > > By the time I had finished my studies, he had become Shankaracharya in Jyotir > Math. I was told that many people were going to that place and I went there > and found Guru Dev, and then I stayed. > > This devotion to Guru Dev, devotion to one's Master, when you will go in > detail of the Vedic tradition, to which we belong, it seems it has been of > just this series of instances, where the disciple surrendered and got > enlightened through surrender. And such surrender is not a thing on the > thinking level or manipulation, no, it's a very genuine, innocent, abstract > yet very concrete contact with the reality. The history of this tradition is > full of these values of surrender to the Master and this is what sustains > knowledge generation after generation > > The great impact of Guru Dev in his lifetime is in bringing out so clearly > and in such simple worlds this technique of TM and his blessing for this > Movement, which came out much after he left his body, because there was no > occasion during his lifetime for any of his intimate blessed disciples to go > out of his presence. That's why any such Movement to bless the world could > not have started during his time. > > He was so divine, he was so sublime. It was not possible to think of one day > away from him. It was just not possible. > > So his expression, his teachings, made the whole possibility of everyone to > get onto this blessed state of unity through a scientific procedure, > systematic procedure, because the truth is that not many people are at any > time in any age in a position to follow this spontaneous and innocent path of > surrender and get enlightenment. It is just not practical. It is not > possible. And therefore a system, a procedure, a method, something very > tangible, concrete yet based on the same spontaneous impulse of life which > makes one surrender to his master-same spontaneous impulse of life. We just > get sold out to something so sublime and so divine, same impulse takes the > mind to the transcendent and getting this direct experience of this > unboundedness. Same impulse of life, same tender innocent impulse of life > seeking abundance is used spontaneously in that path of surrender to the > master and living that unified state of life and the same tender impulse of > life seeking for more and more is used in Transcendental Meditation in order > to bring that unboundedness and rise eventually to unity. The same thing, the > same value of life, used in this way bringing the same results; used in this > way bringing the same results. > > And this is the greatness of his teaching. This is the fullness of his value > for the world for all times. > > The same tender impulse of life to be used by every man in the world without > having anything to do with anything else. Nothing to do with the master or > teaching or anything or anything. Master is all right, Teacher is all right. > As long as one thing has been learned and once one has learned it is on the > level of life itself. > > This do it yourself technique it doesn't involve anything individual, > anything other than what he himself is and then brings him enlightenment > right there were he is. > > --Maharishi Guru Purnima July 8, 1971 > > Andrew Lawson Kerr | July 21, 2013 at 4:11 pm | Categories: Knowledge & news, > Maharishi's wisdom | URL: http://wp.me/p2VvD6-7s > Comment See all comments > > Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. > > Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: > http://www.alkpurusha.net/maharishi-talks-of-his-first-sight-of-guru-dev-transcript/ >
