Swami Shivapadananda on right attitude

SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA

DAILY READINGS

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

Day 287

Gurudev [Swamiji’s Guru, Swami Nischalananda Puri] taught us to serve the guru with all our might, all our
strength. Think of God and serve me. First comes discrimination and then
practice. It will come of itself. If the guru tells you to do something, for
example if he says, ‘Go home now,’ can you do this unquestioningly? If so then
you will not even think, ‘I wonder why he said that? Does he want me out of the
way?’ and so on. That is surrender in thought, word and deed.

Somewhere Intelligence has to stop in silence. When logic, reason,
intellect and intuition cease, what is there? Supreme silence. And what is, is
He. But do not mistake the silence for Him. Find ‘It’, and then all is gone;
there is nothing left; all is perfection.

Kali took Her place in my heart, She never comes, and never goes, I am
never lonely or alone.

The nectar in the Ocean of Immortality is the
same in one drop, as it is in the ocean, so why must I learn it all? Why must I
drink it all when one drop is enough?

Mankind is like a turbulent ocean, full of waves. But a few sattvic
[more gentle, balanced, harmonious] waves come occasionally, the sages.

I am a tap. I do not want chelas [disciples]. If you are thirsty, come and drink.

Practise surrender for three months and see what happens, see how your
life changes.