THE EXTRAORDINARY BOONS OF THE DIVINE GURU

It is the nature of fire to emit heat and give light. Anything coming in contact with it starts burning according to those situations and contact. Once the fire dies down even if a lot of fuel is there no fire will be seen to blaze. If wet sticks are lit only dark smoke will emerge. There will be no fire and fuel will not be seen burning as flames.

If fire contacts dynamite then high rise mountains too burn to naught in a few miniscule moments. When a corpse comes in contact with fire the surroundings get covered with poisonous fumes and smoke. As against this if fire contacts fragrant sandalwood or camphor the mind feels good on smelling fragrance emitted by it. Fire has its own characteristics just as fuel has its own. But based on objects and circumstances extraordinary levels of differences have been noted regarding in its burning, fragrance, light and reactions like sound.

The subtle existence of Almighty God or divine cosmic consciousness and fire and individual consciousness can be said to be of the stature of fuel. When both contact each other under optimal conditions the consciousness becomes radiant and sanctified and the stature of an individual which previously was ordinary now becomes extraordinary akin to a divine human. By itself, everyone aspires to rise higher in life and attain progress but its special measure is found in Yogis and sages of austerities based on gathered sacred psychic imprints from past innumerable births. If even a little extra effort is made, not only an intense bond manifests between the micro and macro, visible and subtle and devotee and Almighty God but that a program of give and take too sets in.

Just as human beings have their own desires time and again similarly Almighty Lord too manifests his desires, aspirations and mission. His chief goal is to maintain optimal balance in the world. The cosmic Lord as divine consciousness can have no shape/form cannot have bodily parts and other paraphernalia. Hence in order to execute visible activities he too has to take up a human body. In this gigantic cosmos only a human body has the capacity to carry out tasks that are divine consciousness oriented. It is only the human body and human consciousness can fulfill the wishes of Almighty God who directs both the gross and subtle worlds. It is man who can neo create or transform as per God’s wishes.

Men of this stature that are chosen by the divine authority (God) are called divine souls. Not only is human creation included in it but that they have the capacity to fulfill goals of Almighty Lord based on his hopes, expectations and programs designed by him. Even amongst these men of extraordinarily high stature divine potential are called divine men, Siddha Purushas, Avatars, messengers of God, prophets and so on. Divine authorities active in the subtle world in order to fulfill God’s wishes use the bodies and psyche of such divine men and by making them a medium manifest Era Transformation so as to glorify this world.

Members must have aptly understood the above incident, with reference to the context. Inspiration emerging from the subtle world manifested as the great preceptor of HH Gurudeva. The preceptor chose a disciple in the form of a cultured divine soul whose body. Mind and psyche were of high stature so that the last portion of the 20th century and first portion of the 21st century can be made the substratum of neo creation. The supreme divine authority or God has always thus fulfilled contemporary desired goals. When humans were yet not created this task was carried out by Fish and Turtle Avatars and later when progress reached its pinnacle Avatars manifested as Lord Rama, Lord Krishna and Lord Buddha. Just like Avatars even eternal Rishi existences are known to execute the same. Via powerful high stature Rishi like men many important tasks are successfully accomplished like a Satyuga or Golden Era like atmosphere on planet earth and maintaining world balance.

Time and again divine consciousness makes Rishis and great men preceptors and mediums to perforce induce devotees to walk the path of soul progress, live a life for selfless service to the world and are given inspiration for various important tasks. There are innumerable such examples of Guru-disciple duos wherein the Guru searched for a disciple because the latter had sacred spiritual credentials and by giving the disciple all spiritual wealth carried out important divine missions. The disciple is a mere instrument/medium but because the preceptor requires a humanly embodied being with a surrendered psyche the disciple’s choice too takes place after high level testing is completed and then like a puppet doll the latter does all that which he is made to do by the puppeteer (Guru and God) standing behind the curtain. When tested for integrity the disciple passes with flying colors, then on that very basis he gets more and more divine boons. Who so ever has received boons and blessings has attained them only after executing high stature penance so as to develop a well advanced sacred inner personality.

Ordinarily the viewpoint of people is very narrow. Whenever they see a person undergoing losses at the material level and instead see them executing intense austerities then right from family members to well wishers along with other people feel all this is but time wasting, mad pursuit and sheer foolishness and yet why fault them? They just fail to understand how farsighted and great results shall accrue due to such austerities. Thus initially they never appreciate such great men of penance.

Such teachings were given by Sage Naradji to Dhruv, Prahlad, Valmiki, Parvati, Savitri and Sukanya which on an immediate basis were just not appreciated by their family members and yet this divine advice later glorified their lives. When Brahmarshi Vishwamitra tested his disciple King Harishchandra say was there anyone who eulogized those actions? In order to pass the test of integrity and truth one has to live a Narmedha Yajna type of life (self sacrificing) which was known to the king and he did exactly that.

In the preliminary state the 5 beloveds of Guru Gobind Singh had to pass that test wherein they had to show they were ready to get their heads chopped off too. Only after passing this test did they become partners of honor and respect.

Thakur Ramkrishna Paramhans went all the way to his disciple Narendranath’s house in order to search him and again and again told the latter: Why do you wish to renounce the task of preaching the entire world that I have set up for you and instead are insisting on mastering worldly education? Such calls heard again and again by Narendra moved his heart and god alone knows what power forced him to go and visit Paramhans his Guru again and again? This ultimately converted him to Swami Vivekananda. Did anyone of Narendra’s family appreciate Paramhamns’ advice? From every standpoint for them it was sheer loss only.

Which people had directly inspired Yogiraj Shri Aurobindo are incidences related to Lilas of his life but most definitely a subtle power and divine consciousness incarnated in his psyche. He by giving up all as seen in episodes in his life like not completing IAS exams, freedom fighting, teaching at National College, Divan of Baroda state etc in order to heat up the subtle atmosphere via terrific austerities started residing in Pondicherry (region where Rishi Agastya of yore performed penance) and neo created a new world. Guru Ramdas identified the latent psychic imprints or Sanskars of Shivaji who designed battles of hide and seek in the mountain terrain of Sahyadri and one who opposed unethical behavior/activities and hence went to meet this disciple of his. He gave Shivaji his Bhavani sword and with it as a medium established a secure kingdom that gave protection to true religion. It is a definite fact that the Guru searches for his capable disciple and the latter gets all credit for great sacred tasks executed.

King Bharatruhari had rendered his own nephew Gopichand a mendicant and Madalasa like a true Guru by imbuing desired qualities in the psyche of her sons rendered them spiritual wisdom endowed Rishis. When her husband objected to all this saying at least allow one son to rein the kingdom she agreed to it and did exactly that. When the grace of Lord Buddha poured on Ambapali, Ashok, Rahul and Anand forget increase of grandeur they all thought it was best to lead the life of a sage with a begging bowl for food. The grace of divine souls is always of this stature.

In Vivekchudamani text one finds the following aphorism:

Durlabham trayamevaitatefavanugrahahetukam.

Manushyatvam mumukshatwam mahapurushasanshraya.

MEANING: After attaining a human life 3 things are very difficult in order to attain divine grace. One is capability of leading high stature glorious human life, second is yearning to attain salvation or Moksha and third is association and contact with great realized Gurus so as to get protection from them. On finding the first 2 qualities in his disciple the Guru feels glorified and thus poured all his grace on his disciple Shriram (our revered Gurudeva). That very Shriram –the Nishkalank or Taintless Avatar of this era, shared these divine glories given to him by his subtly embodied preceptor to thousands of people and thus they all were immersed in glory. During the life span of 80 years the amount of glories he distributed to the extent that he sacrificed his very soul we wonder whether we can even repay a minor percentage of it to him. If at all we succeed in doing so know for sure that it was self fulfilling on our part to have lived our lives at the time Gurudeva was alive in his mortal coil.