一個制約(conditioning)的例子

*** 一個制約(conditioning)的例子  ***

 

西方國家的練習有一個很特殊的現象，我觀察到這個現象，對此也非常訝異。他們只唱錫呂格涅沙(Shri  Ganesha)的歌曲，他們知道所有錫呂格涅沙的歌曲、相片、及所有相關的一切。而我看到的卻是能量都不見了！為什麼格涅沙停止了能量呢？我了解到這些練習者如此做的原因，因為我說過錫呂格涅沙降世為耶穌基督，他們因此對基督、對基督教(Christianity)產生了認同(identification)，這是一個非常幽微(subtle)的(錯誤)認同，所以整個能量都不見了。是很難去想像，我在東歐一個國家聽他們唱錫呂格涅沙的歌，但所有的能量都停止了。他們唱錫呂格涅沙的所有歌曲，而不唱任何其他霎哈嘉的歌曲。在這裏，他們有一種很幽微的認同。

有些人很容易有一些認同，譬如認同他的國家、認同某一種崇拜的方式。所有這些錯誤的認同都必須放棄，但這對人們是頗困難的，因為他們是如此被這些認同所制約。只要你有制約，你就無法超越你的這些觀念與想法，雖然這些想法與觀念都是虛構的，但是你就是無法不被它掌控。

所以要嘗試去了解你有什麼制約。

 

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在導師普祭(Guru Puja)的談話1996-07-28。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

All these things are so clearly evident in our characters.  Some people are very identified, say with their country, or maybe with their worshipping style, whatever it is.  All these mis-identifications have to be given up.  It is very difficult for people because they are so conditioned, and as long as you have conditioning you cannot rise above your mind, which is a myth, you cannot.  Now, try to understand, what your conditionings are.

One of them, I would say, I have seen and I am so surprised, you go to the Western countries, all of them only sing songs of Shri Ganesha.  They know all the songs of Shri Ganesha. Shri Ganesha’s photographs, Shri Ganesha’s everything, children also.  And now I have seen that vibrations stop! Why should they stop? Why should Ganesha stop the vibrations?  Why they are doing it, I realised, was because I said Shri Ganesha incarnated as Christ.  Their identification is with Christ and Christianity, in a very subtle way.  So all the vibrations stopped! Imagine with Shri Ganesha’s music, we heard in one of the Eastern Block countries, and all the vibrations had stopped and they were singing all the songs of Shri Ganesha and not one song of Sahaja Yoga, leave alone about the Guru, not once.  So, even there is a very subtle identification.

你捨棄了什麼？

*** 你捨棄了什麼？ ***

有一次一位"Hare Rama Hare Krishna" 團體(註一)的人來找我。

他說：我們聽說你是一位偉大的聖者，又是.......，但是你有這麼舒適的生活，你擁有這麼多東西，這麼好的東西等等，你如何可能是一個聖者呢？(註二)

我答道：那你如何是一個聖者呢？

他說：我捨棄的我的家庭！捨棄我的車子！捨棄我的房子！也捨棄的我的小孩！

我說：你還捨棄丟掉了另一樣東西。

他問：什麼東西呢？

我答：你的腦袋！

他說：你怎麼能說我丟掉了我的腦袋呢？

我答道：很簡單！我並沒有捨棄任何東西，因為我沒有擁有任何東西！當你沒有擁有任何東西，你如何能捨棄東西呢？現在，你看看，在這房子內、在我身上(穿戴的)，假如你可以找到任何東西，可以比得上錫呂克里希納(Shri Krishna)的塵土(註三)，那麼你可以帶走。你們所捨棄的是什麼？只是一些無價值的石頭而已！為什麼要吹噓："我捨棄的這個，又捨棄的那個'' 呢？

這群人甚至剔光他們的頭！(還以為剃光頭可以上天堂，實在是難以想像的無知！) (請參見註一的另一譯文)

註一：應是指唸誦''Hare Rama Hare Krishna''口訣的Hare Krishna 宗教團體，發源於印度，在全世界各大城市都常可以看到他們在遊街，沿路唱歌跳舞，不斷唸誦上述的讚頌，男生都剔光頭。Shri Mataji曾說這群人雖然崇拜錫呂克里希納(主管喉輪的神祇)，但唸個不停，以致於喉輪都壞掉。Shri Mataji基本上認為他們的捨棄與苦行都是外在而已，人無法經由這些外在的行為來悟道。關於Shri Mataji對他們的批評，亦可參考另一譯文：''瑜伽才是重點'' ( http://sahajataiwan.blogspot.co.nz/2017/10/ritualistic-bhakti-shraddha.html )。

註二：這個質問、答覆及背後的精義和另一個故事很類似，請看：''闍拿迦的一個故事'' ( http://sahajataiwan.blogspot.co.nz/2018/02/janaka-shri-rama-ashram-nachiketa.html )。

註三：錫呂克里希納即是上帝，Shri Mataji此處是引用 ''沒有什麼東西比上帝創造的塵土還偉大、還可以更永續'' 的諺語。

註四：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在導師普祭(Guru Puja)的談話1996-07-28。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

Once this ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ fellow came to Me.  And he said that “We have heard you are a great saint, this thing, that thing, and you have all the comforts of life – you have everything here, very nice, this thing, that.  So, how are you a saint?”  I said “How are you a saint?” [He said] “I have given up my family, I have given up my cars, I have given up my house, I have given up my children.”  I said “One more thing you have given up”, he said “What?” I said “Your brains!!”  (laughter and applause) So he said, “How do you say we have given up our brains?”  I said, “Very simple, I’ve given up nothing, because I am holding nothing! What is there to give up when you are not holding anything?  Now, I would say in this house, or on my body, anywhere, [if] you think you can find anything equal to the dust particle of Shri Krishna, you can take it.  Should be equal though.”  Now they started looking here and there.  I said “Then what have you given up? Just stones? What have you given?  Why are you boasting about giving up that, and giving up this and giving up…?”  They even shaved their head.

從自我覺醒到成為導師

*** 從自我覺醒到成為導師  ***

過去的修行人必須通過很多艱辛的磨練，才可以達到聖人的境界，獲致導師的地位(Gurupada)。但是在霎哈嘉則不必這樣，因為我想一旦人可以獲得自覺，他們可以看到自己有什麼問題，他們可以自我反省，然後會嘗試去糾正自己。對許多練習者而言，我的這種預期是正確的，但是有一些練習者仍是原地踏步、不思昇進，心中只是想著自己已是霎哈嘉瑜伽士、已獲得很高的成就、已是很特殊的人等等。這些錯覺製造了不少問題，讓他們心胸狹隘、自私、自我中心等等，甚至人們會想這些人怎麼可能是要霎哈嘉練習者呢？

所以你們首先要明瞭，你們為何可以獲得自覺？這純粹是因為這個時代的生命能量散發出無比的慈悲與愛心，在過去它從未如此。但是因為你們很輕易、很廉價地獲得自覺，許多人並不了解(它的珍貴)，所以他們不靜坐、不會反省、也不真誠奉獻。當然有一些人已達到相當的境地，但大多數人只是活在自以為有所成就的錯覺裡。

我們首先要反省的是：我們是否只關心自己呢？是否所有的時間想的都是："我有這些困難、那些困難，我有種種的苦楚等等"，假如你的注意力都在此，時時刻刻擔心的都是自己，那麼你就無法打破你自己的藩籬，你只是被你的自私及自我中心所控制。若只想到你自己，那是會妨礙你的成長。

舉例來說，假如你擔心的是你身體的舒適，或你身體的毛病，那麼你仍是處在身體的層次而已，你必須從身體的層次往上昇進，那麼你應該如何做呢？以習慣於身體的舒適為例，比如你習慣要有舒適的床，房間內要有衛浴，那麼你應該去做處罰你的身體的事情，到身體覺得不舒適的處境，去了解你並不為身體的舒適性所掌控。當你不受制於你的身體，這會是一個很大的成就。當然假如你遇到舒適的環境，那是很好的事，但若你沒有，那也是很好的事。對一個霎哈嘉瑜伽士而言，非常重要的一點是，他必須能活得像一個聖人，(能隨遇而安)。我並非說你必須像一個苦行者，但是在內裡，你必須像一個苦行者一般可以掌控你的身體。

有多位偉大的修行者都問過我："那些人為什麽被祝福，而可以獲得自覺呢？他們有做過什麽嗎？"，我回答道："只因為他們的意願(desire)而已！"。但是在自覺之後，若你只有意願是不夠的，你必須倚靠你自己，必須依靠你的靈的光，必須去明瞭你有那些點須要改進，這對你的昇進是非常重要的。你隨時要問自己："為什麽我想要這個東西？(譯者：如前述的''為何我要有舒適的床？'')想要這樣做？為什麽我需要這個？我這樣做的目的是什麽？"。靈體本身是可以自我滿足的，假如你已被賦予靈性，(假如你的靈性已被喚醒)，那麽你應該可以自我滿足的，你內在的自我滿足將可以帶你到喜樂的海洋(Ocean of Joy)，即一種喜樂的狀態，在此狀態下本身就是喜樂，你就享受這喜樂，無需其他的東西來讓你高興，這就是所謂的''純粹的喜樂''(nirananda)。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在導師普祭(Guru Puja)的談話1996-07-28。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

So to get this Gurupada, to the position of a guru, after that they had to work very, very hard to achieve a state of a saint.  But in Sahaja Yoga that is not the case, as you know.  I just thought – if people get their realisation, they’ll see for themselves what’s wrong with them, they will introspect themselves and will try to correct themselves. It is true, for many, many people, but some of them still are lingering behind and are going on and on and on thinking that they are Sahaja Yogis, they have achieved a lot, they are something very special. So this delusion is all the time is creating this problem. This delusion makes them very narrow minded, selfish, self-centred, and people can’t believe how can they be Sahaja Yogis.

So the first and foremost thing we have to know that this Sahaja Yoga has worked out because Paramchaitanya is transmitting compassion, It never did before, It never had that kind of an attitude which it is there because I am a Mother.  And this compassion has worked it this way that: you all have got your realisation, you have achieved a state which we can call as a Self-realised souls.  But still, because you got it so easily, cheaply, I think still we don’t realise what we have got.  Still we do not practice meditation, introspection and dedication.  Some are very much there, but mostly we are just living in the idea that we have already achieved.

So, the first thing we should introspect: Are we concerned about ourselves?  All the time do we think that we are suffering, we have this problem, that problem, or this should be done, that should be done.  If the attention is on that, that all the time you are worried about yourself, then you cannot break, you cannot break through this shell of your being, which is under the domination of your mental selfishness or self-centredness.  Even self-centredness is absolutely against your growth.   ........

But if you are worried about your body comforts or your body troubles then still you are at a body level, which you have to transcend.  Worried about how you look, how you dress up, what sort of things you have to wear: all this makes you yet not a good Sahaja Yogi.  This is one style of Sahaja Yogis who still want very great comforts.

So, what you have to do, if you are used to comforts: try to go and sleep on the street.  I will not do that, but you can do it. Or sleep on a tree, you may fall down doesn’t matter (laughter).  Do all kinds of things that are necessary to punish your body to understand that you are not bound with this comfort of the body.  This is one of the greatest things one has to see, that you are not bound by your body.  It’s alright if you have comfort, well and good, if you don’t have, well and good. For a Sahaja Yogi it is very important that he should be able to live like a saint. Not necessarily that you should become a sanyasi, but from inside your body should be such that you can dominate your body. How can you not sleep anywhere? Why can you not sleep anywhere?    .........

Many people tell Me “Mother, people had to do so much: to go to Himalayas, do this, do that, and then they got their realisation.  How is it these people you have blessed?”  Even some great saints asked Me that.  “What right they had to get their realisation?  Why did you give them realisation?  What have they achieved?”  I said “Only their desire.  Their desire was very much there that they should get their Self-realisation and that’s how they got it“.

But now to go into only desire, is not sufficient.  You have to depend on yourself, on the light of your Spirit you should see what’s wrong with you.  This is a very important thing. Ask questions to yourself.  “Why do I want this? Why do I need this? What is the purpose?”    .........

So spirituality itself should be self-satisfying.  If you are spiritually endowed, then you are self-satisfied.  And this self-satisfaction within you will lead you to that Ocean of Joy about which I have been telling you and all the scriptures have described.  For Sahaja Yogis, the word we use is nirananda.  Nirananda means: A joyous state, where nothing is needed.  Joy itself is joy.  You are enjoying only joy. Nothing is needed to make you happy. You are happy because of joy that you have, in the nirananda state.

想坐在前面的無明

*** 想坐在前面的無明  ***

仍然有許多人喜歡(在普祭和演講時 )搶坐在前頭，印度人特別是常常一群人坐在最前面。沒有人有權利去坐在前面，或要求一個特別的位置。每一個人都應該坐在他可以坐下來的任何地方，而且應帶著完全的滿足的心。不論你坐在前面或角落，或甚至在較暗的地方，你都可以接收到我的能量，也可以接收到所有(好的)東西。去坐在一個顯著的位置是完全不必要的，顯著的位置代表什麼？你可以獲得什麼呢？不是應該消散融入在群眾之中、融入在愛的海洋之中嗎？  "你應該坐在前頭" 是一個完全虛構、虛假的觀念與想法。前面將會是後面，後面將會是前面。

我是很訝異，仍然有練習者在追求這種毫無意義的東西！你的注意力在那裡呢？你的腦袋想的都是什麼呢？假如你可以處在無思慮的狀態，你會是滿足的、快樂的，你也不會去追求任何東西，不會需要任何東西。有什麼值得去追求呢？有什麼事這麼重要嗎？這些可笑的觀念想法都是來自人的無明 (ignorance) !

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在導師普祭(Guru Puja)的談話1996-07-28。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

Also, there are still very people who want to be in the front.  Specially Indians will all sit together in front, I’ve seen that way.  They have no right, they have no right to sit in front.  Nobody has right to sit in front or to seek a place.  They should sit wherever they get seat to sit down with complete satisfaction.  Whether you sit in front or at that corner, even in the darkness, you can get My vibrations, you can get everything.  So to be prominent, to sit some place where you are prominent, is not necessary.  What is it in a prominence, what do you get? To be lost into the crowds, to be lost into the Ocean of Love is the main thing.  All these are mythical that,  we should somehow or other get the front place.  You see as Marathi apan manto (We say), “Samor chi zaaga patkauli mi!” means “I have managed to get the front seat!”  Front will be the back, and back will be the front.

It is very surprising how still people are trying to achieve something so nonsensical. So where is your mind, where is your attention, what are you thinking?  If you are thoughtless you will be satisfied, you will be happy, you will not ask for anything, you’ll not want anything. What is there to have? What is so important?  All these ideas come from ignorance, I must tell you, from ignorance.

求道者優先

*** 求道者優先  ***

當我們霎哈嘉在數量上增長時，我們也應該在素質上有所提升。一旦我們的素質提升了，就會有更多的人來參加。我知道你們都很有集體性，總是想將你們的親人帶進來，如："我的叔叔仍然不是一個霎哈嘉練習者，我的兄弟也不是，........"，當你的父親仍然不是一個霎哈嘉練習者，我知道你心裡的這種感受，但你應該先忘了他們，而是先去找那些求道者(seeker)，那些求道者才是你真正的親戚。當這些求道者都進來了之後，你的父親、母親、兄弟姊妹、孩子等全都會跳進來，因為他們不是求道者，他們是在旁邊等待的類型。你應該去尋找那些求道者，去發覺他們到底在那裡。

註一：這是Shri Mataji 在許多談話中一再強調的觀點，即霎哈嘉推廣的方向，首先要放在求道者。縱觀Shri Mataji一生的工作，重點也都是放在求道者，這是無庸置疑的。另有一篇相關的譯文："來到霎哈嘉的人有三種" (http://sahajataiwan.blogspot.co.nz/2017/12/seeking-bahirmukhis-seeker-s.html )

註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在太初之母普祭(Adi Shakti Puja)的談話1996-06-09。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

But, as it is growing sideways it should also grow upwards, as it is growing in quantity it should also grow in quality. And as you grow in quality, more and more people will come. Because I know, all the time, you are so collective that you, all the time you, see “Mother, my uncle is still not a Sahaja Yogi, see Mother, my brother is not yet a Sahaja Yogi”.
I know that feeling you have, that my father still is not a Sahaja Yogi. So forget about them, but those who are seeking – approach them. They are your real relations. Then afterwards, when all these people will join, your father, mother, brothers, sisters, children, all of them will jump in. They are that type, they will wait and wait and wait – they are not seekers. But those who are seekers, you should seek them, you should find out where are they.

承擔責任的兩個要點

*** 承擔責任的兩個要點  ***

假如你們練習者都承擔起責任，來推廣霎哈嘉，那麼我確信我們可以看到整個地球(人類)的完全解放。

當你們開始感到責任感時，(開始推動霎哈嘉時)，你們應該要知道如下的兩點：

一. 並非你在主導、在做這件事情！還有許多力量、天使、仙眾來幫你，你一點都不孤單。假如你以為你是在做什麼偉大的工作，那麼這個想法可能會使你的自我變大，所以你做的時候最好說：''我沒有做任何事，是上天的力量在成就這些事''。並非上天的力量想從你身上來分一些功勞，而是你若如此說，自我的氣球就不會脹大，你也會變得謙虛，這份謙虛確定會改善你內在的靈性之樹，也會讓你更向上進化。所以當你得到靈性的認可與授權來做事時，最重要的是你應該說：我沒有做什麼事！

二. 你的行事態度應該是：並非一定要照著你的計畫及決定來做、來進行 。你的決定可能是好的，但是假如它無法實現，那也不必去擔心或不快，不用太過去煩憂這些。

我記得有一次我要去美國，出發前有不少練習者看著時鐘，就開始擔心我會來不及。我只是笑笑說：我只是要去美國 ，你們在擔心什麼呢？我出門前 正巧有一個練習者的小孩摔倒了，而且跌斷她的手，他抱著小孩子過來，我說：''讓我先來治療這個小孩，我目前暫時不出發了''。那些擔心的練習者更是憂慮加倍了，好像天要塌下來似的。當那小孩子狀況都好轉時，我告訴他們：''走！我現在去機場！''，他們說：''母親，那班飛機恐怕已離開了！''。當我到機場時，那原本要載我的飛機因為有些狀況並未起飛，反而有另一個航班要直飛華盛頓，原本的航班是要去紐約轉機，然後才飛到我要去的華盛頓，最終的結果是我舒服地直飛華盛頓！

所以你們要知道 並非你在控制所有的事，這一切原本就美好地為你安排得十分妥當。你決定、計畫要如何做，這是可以的，假如你的計劃是可行的，假如本來是應該如此做，那麼事情就會如此成就。假如事情並未如此來進行，那正表示它本來就不應該如此來完成。一個得到自覺的靈並不在乎這是否是他希望的、他喜歡的結果，他接受任何的結果，這就是自覺的靈和一般人之間的不同。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在頂輪普祭(Sahastrara Puja)的談話1996-05-05。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

It’s complete emancipation of this earth, of this globe I’m sure will take place, if you people all take up the responsibility.

The responsibility has certain problems, which we should know. When you feel responsible, you must know that you are not in charge, one thing.

Secondly, you also must know, that there are so many other forces, so many angels and ganas are with you, you are not alone.

So to think that you are doing anything will make you, maybe, egoistical. At that time, what you have to do, is best is to say, “All right, I’m not doing anything, is the Divine that is working it out.”

Not that the Divine wants any credit from you, but by saying that, this balloon of ego will not come up. And you’ll become humble and this humility will definitely improve this great tree of spirituality within you.

Definitely it will make you a very evolved personality, no doubt about it.

But first of all, we have to say, “I’m not doing anything”. It’s very important to understand, when you have spiritual authority to do things.    ............

So the second thing should be that you should not determine what you are going to do. “What I have to do – if I have decided, I must do like that.” Whatever you have decided is all right, but if it does not materialize, there’s nothing to worry, there’s nothing to be upset, there’s nothing to be overly nervous about it.

I’ll give you an example. One day I was going to America, and of course, you know as it is, as all the Sahaja Yogis are, they get quite worried, “Now, Mother has to go to America!” I mean, you see, everybody’s upset, they are looking at the time, “Now time is this, time is that.”

I was just smiling. I said, “I have to go to America, why are you worried?”.

And suddenly one of the Sahaja Yogi’s child fell down and broke her hand and she couldn’t move her fingers. So, I was just coming out, and as soon as he brought the child, I said “All right, I’m not going just now to the airport.”

They were very upset, “How’s She’s not going to the airport?” As if all the heavens are going to fall down or what?

But I said, “Now, let Me see the child.” I treated the child; the child was all right. “All right, I said, let’s now go to the airport.”

And they were saying, “Mother, the plane must have left.” “It’s all right, doesn’t matter, let’s go to the airport.” [We] went to the airport and this plane that was going to take Me was just there because there was something wrong with the plane and there was another plane going to Washington, and I wanted actually to go to Washington, instead of New York.

So, I was in the plane nicely going to Washington.

But, one must know that you are not doing it, everything is arranged and planned and beautifully kept for you.

You decide something, all right, if your decision is all right, if you have to do that, it will work out. If it doesn’t work out, it should not have been worked out. Now this is the difference between a person who is a realized soul and who is not a realized soul.

A realized soul person is not bothered what he wants, what he likes, what he’s fond of – he’s not. Whatever he gets is all right.

金錢的價值

*** 金錢的價值  ***

對有些人而言，金錢是非常重要的， 現代這個社會毫無疑問是一個金錢導向的世界，但是我要說的是：去擁有那麼多的金錢，但變成一個傻瓜，這對你有什麼好處呢？看看那些有錢國家的老百姓，他們有很高的自殺率，顯然他們並不快樂，金錢是不能帶給人快樂。假如你成天想的都是錢錢錢，那麼你無法成為一個霎哈嘉瑜伽士。

金錢只是用來讓你表示你的愛而已！假如你有錢，最好是用來買東西送給其他人，買對他人有用的東西、買美麗的東西、買有藝術品味的東西來送人，如此可以來表示你的愛、你的感謝和你的堅信(Shraddha)。

但是有些人拼命累積錢，累積了無數的錢，但是却完全不了解錢的價值。對他而言，世界上除了錢之外，沒有任何值得一提的東西。這就像一個原本要去機場的旅客，途中看到的路邊有好玩的東西，下車去玩賞，但却忘記原本是要去機場搭飛機。這些累積了無數財富的人也是如此，他們浪費了精力在拼命賺錢上，將他們的注意力放錯了地方，最後他們也不快樂。因為我們都知道，人類的需求是無止境的，不可能從車子、房子，到更大、更更大的需求去獲得滿足感。而是純粹的愛(pure love)，你和他人之間感受的真愛，才可以帶給你滿足感，即是從你給予的愛及你從他人接受的愛，才可以獲得完全的滿足，因為這種愛是沒有參雜任何目的與任何想法的，而是單單去感受你和他人內在純粹的愛，這可以說是來自上天(Divine)最大、最美好的禮物。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在生日普祭(Birthday Puja)的談話1996-03-21。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

For some people, money is very important. We must get money, somehow or other. If I don’t get money, what’s the use of being in Sahaja Yoga? Money is very important. We are living in a money-oriented world, no doubt. But I have told you that what’s the use of having money that makes you a fool, which takes you – now, see the countries which are very much money- oriented, who are supposed to be very rich, all the Scandinavian countries and Switzerland, whatever may they have, they might have done to get that money, doesn’t matter, but they are people with money. People are committing suicide, young people are committing suicide, there’s a competition going on, they’re very unhappy. Why? That means money cannot bring happiness. Money, money, money, money – if that goes into your head also, then you cannot be a Sahaja Yogi. But the money is there just for you to use it to express your love. Now, you go to the shop. Then you see something, “Aaaah! This is very nice to be given to such and such person.” You think like that. It’s a very sweet feeling you get there. Ah – you can give this to this one, eh? He needs it very much.
When your mind becomes the other way round, I mean, when it is thoughtlessly aware, then you will buy something that is joy giving, something artistic, something beautiful, something useful to that person. It will be a kind of a mind that will be extremely full of generosity, enjoying its generosity. And all the time it will guide you to the projection of your attention to things by which you can give happiness to others. Small, small things – not necessarily expensive things. If you have money better spend money in buying things that you can give to others, that you can – express your love, your gratitude, your Shraddha.
It is very remarkable how people give money to these sadhus and babas in thousands and thousands and crores of it. Because, I think in them it has come that to satisfy their Shraddha they must give it, and so they give. And they have amassed and amassed so much money, they have no sense of it. They don’t understand the value of that. To them it is nothing but money.
So, in the modern times I think the worst thing of ego is money. I have seen people who are very rich, supposed to be great business “wallahs” and something like that, they must meet Me separately, “We must come, Mother, and see You.” But they’re useless people, absolutely useless. So they’ll come and tell Me, “You know, I’m having a loss in this, I’m having a loss in that, can you help us in this way or that way?” I just don’t say anything to them, but they have said, “Mother we have recovered because of Your blessings.” Maybe. But it’s stupid. Like Lao-Tse described that you are going through the Yangtze river, it’s beautiful. On the sides you see beautiful scenes, but you better be on the boat and reach the ocean. In the same way, supposing we have to catch a plane, and we see something very nice on the road and get down there, how can we catch the plane?
So these side-effects of this mind are these, that we divert our attention to wrong things and waste our energy into it. Ultimately we are not happy, as you know that the – in general – wants are not satiable. It’s the love that you give and the love that you receive, which is not a love which is entangled into anything with any purpose, with any idea, but just to feel that love, pure love within yourself and within others. Is the greatest gift of the Divine.
All other things are useless, you’ll find it. You find it every day. Today you want to have a car, all right, have it. Then you want to have a house, have it, but you are not bothered about the car now you want to have a house. Now you get the house, then you are not satisfied. Then you want to have something else and something else. So then, which is that ‘want’ which is satisfying? It’s this pure love, genuine love that you feel for the others, and others feel for you.