Swami Shivapadananda on inferiority complex

SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA

DAILY READINGS

Taken from Mother Radha's notes, written at Swamiji's feet.

Day 431

 
 

Of all holy days Guru Purnima is the highest. No other day is equal to the day of the guru. Just as the gurus [teachers] of this world bring the kingdom of human beings to you, the guru of the Spirit brings the Kingdom of God to you.

Vedvyasa was the son of a fisherwoman – but he brought the highest principles to man.

By tasting the fruit of the guru, you will know the Tree.

Blessed is the chela [disciple], whether man or woman, for the Atman does not discriminate between male and female, high and low. It is man alone that discriminates like that. The Atman is present equally, in everyone.

Gurudev [Swami Nischalananda Puri, Swamiji's Guru, pictured] once said to me, "You fool, Inder [Swamiji's pre-monastic name], you depress yourself and suffer from an inferiority complex. If you think superior thoughts about yourself, you will be superior. If you think you are the chosen one of God, the Atman must reveal itself to you. But you go on thinking, 'I am a sinner.' Yes, you have made a few mistakes, in as much as you became shorter in the virtues of life."

Sri Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that you have the right to work but not to the fruits thereof. That means that if you do bad action God appears as bad action. If you do good action God appears as good action.