Real Greatness
( Vaastavik Baddappan )
( Vaastavik Baddappan )
Shree Hari
You experience in yourself the feeling of greatness or lowliness in view of things that are subject to creation and destruction - This is a big blunder. For example, certain people regard themselves as great in view of the wealth they own; few consider themselves great because they have big houses. Others feel great by wearing fine clothes, while still others proclaim their greatness owing to the high position, office of decorum or dignity they occupy; there are however, few ones who regard themselves quite low or small in view of the non-availability of these things. This is a very big mistake. You are yourself an inalienable, sparkling part of God and are consciousness! And you hold yourself big or small in relation to inert gross material things only - this is nothing but lowliness of your attitude ! You are the earner and enjoyer of these things, knower of their beginning and their end, as well. Why yet should you be a slave of such things? Riches come and go, friendly listeners meet and part away in life. Once we know this simple truth, what a mistake do we commit by feeling big or small only on their count! Think a little, please and immediately it would strike your intelligence that if you are great merely because you occupy a high or significant rank, then you are really small as you are; dignity is only of the office. If we are great by acquiring wealth, then the greatness lies not in us, but only in the wealth. We are not great ! Sooner we realize this, better it is that we should never feel high or low on the strength of things which are mere transitory or of fleeting nature.
You are yourself immensely great. Ordinarily, you are part and parcel of the Supreme Divine Being i.e. God, but in case you ascend to sublime devotional heights, you are the crest-jewel of Divinity, God himself says :
"I am the Servant of my devotees.
Devotees my Crest-jewel be! "
Maim to hu bhagatanakaa daasa, bhagata mere mukutamani
You are really that whom God calls his crest jewel! When does one become a devotee? The moment redemption from the grossness of materiality (jadataa) is attained, that very moment you are a devotee! Therefore, you should from this very moment hold in your mind the firm resolve that you would not view yourself in high or low self esteem on the basis of petty things that have origin and endings. You do earn and own these perishables, use and enjoy them but not weigh your being great or otherwise on their count. The balloon of your ego is pumped full-blown on their airy strength and there lies the rub ! Please tell me where is the difficulty in apprehending this simple truth! If there is none, then accept the wisdom of this reality just now. It brooks no delay. It demands no preparation, expects no special intelligence, no extra power or stamina, nor any uncommon ability on your part. Accept for God's sake that you will not consider yourself great because of the belonging of mutable and ephemeral nature. For, such an orientation is nothing but mere subjection or slavery. A slave can never be happy even in dreams. "Paraadheena sapanehu sukhu naahim" (Manasa, Bala. 102/3). We are God's and God is ours - if you firmly believe this, then alone you will be truly great in the real sense
"Being in body finite (jeev) is fraction divine of God Eternal! Conscious, flawless, and ocean of happiness and bliss natural !!"
(to be continued) You experience in yourself the feeling of greatness or lowliness in view of things that are subject to creation and destruction - This is a big blunder. For example, certain people regard themselves as great in view of the wealth they own; few consider themselves great because they have big houses. Others feel great by wearing fine clothes, while still others proclaim their greatness owing to the high position, office of decorum or dignity they occupy; there are however, few ones who regard themselves quite low or small in view of the non-availability of these things. This is a very big mistake. You are yourself an inalienable, sparkling part of God and are consciousness! And you hold yourself big or small in relation to inert gross material things only - this is nothing but lowliness of your attitude ! You are the earner and enjoyer of these things, knower of their beginning and their end, as well. Why yet should you be a slave of such things? Riches come and go, friendly listeners meet and part away in life. Once we know this simple truth, what a mistake do we commit by feeling big or small only on their count! Think a little, please and immediately it would strike your intelligence that if you are great merely because you occupy a high or significant rank, then you are really small as you are; dignity is only of the office. If we are great by acquiring wealth, then the greatness lies not in us, but only in the wealth. We are not great ! Sooner we realize this, better it is that we should never feel high or low on the strength of things which are mere transitory or of fleeting nature.
You are yourself immensely great. Ordinarily, you are part and parcel of the Supreme Divine Being i.e. God, but in case you ascend to sublime devotional heights, you are the crest-jewel of Divinity, God himself says :
"I am the Servant of my devotees.
Devotees my Crest-jewel be! "
Maim to hu bhagatanakaa daasa, bhagata mere mukutamani
You are really that whom God calls his crest jewel! When does one become a devotee? The moment redemption from the grossness of materiality (jadataa) is attained, that very moment you are a devotee! Therefore, you should from this very moment hold in your mind the firm resolve that you would not view yourself in high or low self esteem on the basis of petty things that have origin and endings. You do earn and own these perishables, use and enjoy them but not weigh your being great or otherwise on their count. The balloon of your ego is pumped full-blown on their airy strength and there lies the rub ! Please tell me where is the difficulty in apprehending this simple truth! If there is none, then accept the wisdom of this reality just now. It brooks no delay. It demands no preparation, expects no special intelligence, no extra power or stamina, nor any uncommon ability on your part. Accept for God's sake that you will not consider yourself great because of the belonging of mutable and ephemeral nature. For, such an orientation is nothing but mere subjection or slavery. A slave can never be happy even in dreams. "Paraadheena sapanehu sukhu naahim" (Manasa, Bala. 102/3). We are God's and God is ours - if you firmly believe this, then alone you will be truly great in the real sense
"Being in body finite (jeev) is fraction divine of God Eternal! Conscious, flawless, and ocean of happiness and bliss natural !!"
From book in English "BE GOOD" by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
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If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 22nd July, 2012 (Vaastavik Baddappan )
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