1991-07-31 - Kodai Discourses Notes 6

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Summary of Discourses given by Swami to students from Kodaikanal, Apr-May 1991, delivered at the school assembly by Sri Sai Surendranath.

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  • Company can make you or break you. Dharmaraja's presence so lightened the agony of the people in hell that they clamoured that he should remain there. But even his thought to remain there only made him more eligible to go to heaven. Karna, due to bad company, and as he did wrong knowingly for the sake of his friend, was in hell. Dharmaraja thought he had weakness for gambling, caused sorrow; still his good deed over-weighed, and he went to heaven.

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  • Prayer should be part of life, not only when in trouble. When we do what God says, and please Him, we get our desires fulfilled. When we pray, our devotion - love of God - increases.

  • Example - when Shiva and Parvathi were taking rounds, woodcutter in trouble sitting on branch which was about to fall. "If he exclaims Amma, You save him. If he exclaims Appa, I will save him". But when he fell, he exclaimed, "Ayyo!".

  • Through prayer, thoughts linger around God. Then, even in unexpected situations, we will think of God. Example - Draupadi tied Krishna's cut finger with saree, got back Akshayam. Also, sadhus, when give alms, return some and say "Akshayam". Whether you aspire the fruit or not, the results will come. 

  • God saved, instead of averted incident, so that there can be an example for devotees.
     

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  • Your destiny ("what is written on your forehead") is the reciprocation of your actions - there is no need for anyone to write it! If you have God's grace, you can minimize suffering. Example - anaesthesia for surgery. Thus, devotion itself is Raksha (protection).

  • For this, human effort is required. God gives praapthi or deservedness - fillip to efforts. But if you don't use properly, God will not give. Example - if a beggar is given food and he wastes it, the next day he won't get any more.

  • Life force or divinity is in all. Concentrate with buddhi to get divinity - Example - concentrate the sun's rays with lens (buddhi) to get fire. 

  • Is it possible to die when one wants to? Not possible for common people. Only possible for those with Sankalpa Siddhi. 

  • Wherever the five elements are present, there is life. Life is present on the Moon and on the Sun also. But in a different way. Example - fish versus man. One cannot live on land, the other cannot live inside water. 

  • The power of senses is distributed among the five senses. If one of the senses doesn't work, distributed among the remaining four. All animals have this. Example - a dog sleeping curled up, its nose facing the breeze. When someone bends to pick up a stone, the dog runs off. 

  • The Kundalini is air - stored in Sushumna naadi. Air is retained in the body like oil sticking to vessel. Pranayama helps to distribute air properly. All five elements have great power. Use the intellect and use properly. 

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