Swami Shivapadananda on the healing power of the Guru mantra

SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA

DAILY READINGS

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

Day 337

 

When you become sannyasis [monks, or the female equivalent, sannyaninis- nuns] what
do you want? Nothing. Renounce everything. Do you want heaven, hell, [psychic or occult] powers? No.
If you get powers, you lose all. Powers lead to danger. Imitate the guru. Throw
them out.

When there is pain and distress, repeat the guru mantra [sacred sound
syllable or God’s names], visualise the deity, and bind yourself to His [or
Her] feet. Feel His presence. Then either the problem goes or you get an
answer.

Remember, the guru has neither name nor form. When you go to the guru
why do you not ask yourself what you can give him? Why do you not give
yourself? Every problem is caused by selfishness, so give yourself to the guru.

Get rid of selfishness. It is easy. Say the prayer which begins: ‘Mookam
karoti vaacaalam . . .’ [see footnote] and hold his feet in your heart. Feel
it. Bathe in the dust of the guru’s feet.

Give what Christ and Buddha gave.

Know this about your Real [higher] Self: The voice of my heart is silence,
silence, silence. Love is the voice of my heart. ‘I’ goes nowhere, and comes
nowhere. I am unchanging. I am still, I am the witness. ‘I am’ is being, not
becoming. Detach, bless, serve those who hate you. Attain God, who never hurts
or abuses.

Footnote: This is a prayer in the meditation on the Bhagavad Gita, which
translated, means: I salute that Madhava [Godhead], the source of supreme
bliss, whose grace makes the dumb [those without speech] eloquent, and the
cripple to cross mountains.’

[Pictured in posting: Sri Yukteswar, the Guru of Paramahamsa Yogananda – and Yoganandaji].

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