Swami Shivapadananda on illumination
SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
Taken from Mother Radha's notes, written at Swamiji's feet.
Day 386
If you are divine then what you see is good, what you do is good. When you consciously turn the mind towards God, towards the mantra [sacred syllable, word or names of God], you become more divine. If you are in a dark room and it is suddenly flooded by light, what happens? Devotee: You see . . . .? Swamiji: No, you are blinded by the light. So it is with the guru sometimes.
On the spiritual path one is often beset with ill health, lack of money and so on.
What is our goal in life? To be good and to do good. There must be purity in thought, word and deed.
Watch anger arise. Do not suppress it but do not let it out on spiritual things, for example on Sri Ramakrishna or the guru. See the guru in all.
Inner power makes it possible to understand, to speak, to hear etc. Stay in that. That is remembrance. Whilst breathing, deliberate on breathing. Whilst doing, deliberate on action. Whilst walking, examine movement. This churning [rumination, introspection] should be constant. Discovery of self-observation, of self-awareness, is churning.
What do we need? Constant practice, detachment and guilelessness. Be like a child.
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