Swami Shivapadananda on the Oneness of the Divine

 SWAMI
SHIVAPADANANDA

DAILY READINGS

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

Day 370

 

Be still with the guru seated inside. Sit, do not
think of anything, sit a long time, do not repeat anything. Hanuman [the great
monkey devotee of Lord Rama] opened his breast at last. Who was inside? Rama.

Hanuman was an Incarnation of Shiva [the aspect of God
that destroys ignorance]. To get Rama you must first worship Hanuman-Shiva.
Put your head and heart on His feet.

Yes, the Guru has partiality – seemingly. He has some
people, some times he gives what he can. They take it or leave it. Many waste
it. He cannot help them. He must go on, not turn back to see who fell by the
way. Always remember that it is your Guru who does it through you. Will you
remember that?

Even the gods, Brahma [the creation aspect of God],
Vishnu [the aspect of God that preserves] and Mahesh [another name for Lord Shiva] have to prostrate to my Divine
Mother [in this instance referring to Mother Kali because of the reference to the sword]. They cannot even lift a
finger without Her. But you do not know how soft Her lap is. She resides in the
heart of Her devotees, and She chops [cuts, destroys] ignorance with Her sword,
until the final liberation. Sitting in Her lap, how can you forget Her? How? 

Sri Ramakrishna said to the Divine Mother, ‘Now become
Gopala [Lord Krishna].’ And straight away She dropped Her sword and picked up
the flute. [Swamiji always said that God will appear in the most comfortable, ‘expected’
form, for the devotee].

Do not get attached to going to Vasishtha Guha [the cave
on the Ganges about 20km from Rishikesh and dwelling place of Swamiji’s
paramguru, Swami Purushottamananda Puri – i.e. the guru of Swamiji’s guru,
Swami Nischalananda Puri] etc. Go deep inside, then the outside does not
matter. If I go deep inside then I must give off great peace outside. If you
dip a pen in perfume and then take it out, it is still fragrant.

The Guru leaves no root unturned in getting rid of
egos. When the senses take you away from God, think: ‘I am Spirit – all is
God,’ and see how it is in three months.

Jesus the Christ said, ‘Be still and know that I am
God.’

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