Discourses of His Holiness Satguru Baba Hardev Singh Ji Maharaj- STREAM OF THOUGHTS –Part III
As we look at the life of the divine masters of the past, we do not find any ego in them. They possessed all noble qualities, yet they never claimed themselves to be superior to others. They always maintained their modesty and behaved like servants of the servants. We see that the water of the sprig flows. As it moves downward, it moves towards the vast ocean, it goes acquiring vastness. On the other hand, the water that stays on a height, does not comedown, produces bad smell and may spread diseases. Similarly, we can merge with this God (the divine vastness) if we give up all kinds of ego and adopt humility and modesty in all matters. The man who surrenders himself before divine masters is always held in high esteem and is blessed with all kinds of happiness. On the other hand a person with ego is always in a fume and makes others fume too. A person who is humble and modest bestows his fragrance on others and himself remains cool and calm. He is venerated in this world and hailed in heaven. That is why the noble and virtuous always opt for humility. They would never oppress others. They would never scare others and at the same time never feel scared from anyone. The virtues that are once imbibed by the noble, remain always there. No power whatsoever, no action whatsoever can dissolve their virtues. Saints are always free from fear. They have no worry. A pyre (
It means that we have to gain from saints only. Saints! We have not to earn this kind of profit from saints. We have to borrow from them their qualities, learn the skill of having faith in God. We have to learn from them as to how to serve others even when we have little capacity to do so. Saintly people always pay attention to the way they are leading their lives, and they continue to ponder until their last breath suppose we travel by train . Who does win our admiration? There is a passenger. He is assisting and helping others. He offers space to accommodate others. It is possible that he might get down at the very next station. He may get down after 50-100 miles. However, even during such a short a journey, he pleases every body around him. The fellow passengers continue to feel enchanted with the fragrance of his behaviour even after he gets down. He creates such an impression in their minds that they remember him with joy until they reach home. They indeed feel inspired by him. Now, there may be another person, another passenger travelling in the same compartment. His journey may be comparatively long. But in that long journey he quarrels with everybody, abuses them, harasses them, dumps their luggage on the ground and stretches himself over the entire berth. He too will be remembered by fellow passengers, but merely for his bitter words. Remembering him will make them feel pained only. A Gurmukh (saintly person) is just like the first passenger and Manmukh (unsaintly person) resembles the other.
Source: Stream of thoughts- www.nirankari.org
Das, Vishal
