Swami Shivapadananda on managing emotion

SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA

DAILY READINGS

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

Day 303

 

If you get angry punish yourself, do 1000 mantras, or fast for a day.
Punish the senses. Get angry with yourself for getting angry with someone else.

As knowledge comes there are pitfalls. One wants to give knowledge. It
is easy to get hung up here. Another is the powers that come with knowledge.
Even one siddhi [occult power] can ruin you. Another is mistaking knowledge for
the Truth. No one can help you with this, no one else can do it, even the guru
cannot help you because he is inside you.

 Why do I pray to the Divine Mother? To keep her happy. I pray:
‘Ma, let your grace shine upon me.’

Practise sitting – this is asana – posture.

Practise some Hatha [physical] Yoga.

You must live in the world. If it upsets you, something is wrong.
Examine yourself and find out why. I do not like paw-paw [miserable] faces, God
forgive me.

If you wash a rogue’s feet, do it for His sake. If you wash a saint’s
feet, do it for His sake.

 Do nothing for the swami. You must be master of your
senses, of yourself.

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1) Care should be taken by the reader to understand and take Swamiji’s
words in these postings, in context. Every teaching or instruction that he gave
was specific to the people who were with Swamiji at the time.