One should not pay the phone bill also and be on the road ?  

When I analysed the story of Saktuprastha, one person asked Surya (Mumbai) that whether he should not pay the phone bill also and be on the road. This is a very long jump and it shows the fit of anger of that person by which the analytical faculty of intelligence is blocked (krodhat bhavati …the Gita). Let him first realize that I have not created a concept and then created a subsequent story to support that. It is a famous story of the famous epic of Mahabharata written by sage Vyasa. Let the person put this question to Vyasa. Moreover, I ask one simple question. Who asked you to be on the road? Did any one compel you? You reject Brahmaloka and then the corresponding test is also totally rejected. You want to become IAS officer on one side. At the same time you shout, “Should I read up to midnight without even sleep?”. Fantastic. Who compelled you to join the IAS coaching? You want the fruit but at the same time you don’t want the difficulty in the path. You want to go to heaven in the path of roses, which only leads to hell. The path to heaven is full of thorns. Choice is yours. No one compels you to join IAS coaching.

The concept I have drawn from the existing famous story is quite natural and is clear. This concept is Veda, which is stolen by the mis-interpreter who is representative of the demon Somakasura. I am killing the misinterpretation – demon and uplifting the spiritual knowledge from Bharatam, Ramayanam, which are considered as Vedas (vedah prachetasat, bharatah panchamovedah) and Bhagavatam, which is the climax of Veda (Vedanta). Somakasura means the wine evil. Selfishness and attachment to family is the wine that is stealing the spiritual concepts. By this wine, people are robbing the money of even poor good devotees of the society, today. From the story, you have to fix the complete sacrifice (Sarvakarmaphala tyagam – the Gita) as the goal. Then, you will be able to do some sacrifice atleast. If 100 marks is pass mark, everyone will secure at least 40 marks. If 40 marks are kept as pass mark, many score only ten or twenty only. Let the goal be highest. Highest is the only absolute truth. Atleast realize the highest goal in theory and put efforts to achieve it. At least in some births, you will achieve it. God grants re-human birth for any soul who puts constant efforts. God will encourage you, if you are really trying.

At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami

Anil Antony

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Universal Spirituality for World Peace
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