GM-251
“YOU MAY BE AN UNCONSCIOUS INSTRUMENT
THROUGH WHICH POWER MAY FLOW TO ANOTHER”
O’ Master,
Let the stream of love flow on and on
It will bring life and loveliness;
It will bring calm and happiness,
Let the stream of love flow on and on,
Unhindered and unblocked by fear or inner
storm
If you serve with pure and whole-hearted
devotion, it must all go well with you and you will feel more blessed every
day. The strength of all service is in
harmony and tolerance. To bring even a
shadow of anything else would be to weaken it.
The spirit of self-surrender and prayer will enable us to accomplish
this. There are certain qualities we
require to love and serve,- introspection - deeper vision, fervor of
spirit. To love truly is the greatest
triumph of life.
When we talk about good qualities and
sterling character, we must first try with us before we expect these from
others. Actually all the best qualities
are available in us, but it is hidden.
When we do a research, we can find it.
Spiritual training is to find out these lost qualities in us. Our selfishness, which is negative, covers
all these qualities in us. This
selfishness stands as a great rock of obstacle to dig out these vibrant
qualities. When we connect with our
beloved Master, He enters in us through His divine transmission and removes all
the negative qualities one by one and uncovers the positive. We should have the patience and
forbearance. The more we are patient; we
accumulate spiritual power, which can protect us in later stage. We will definitely reach a stage, when the
transmission takes place from us to others, giving them solace, courage and
power to live.
Thoughts for the day:-
O Thou
Inexhaustible Source of my being!
My heart
and soul yearn for Thee
Purify my
vision, that I may perceive Thy bounty and the fullness of Thy blessing
Help me to
realize that when I have Thee I have all things
Thou art
the Source of all my wealth and wisdom
Fill me
with Thy blessed Presence
And may I
find all my joy and strength in Thee
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-252
“TRY TO HAVE LIVING SPIRITUAL INTUITION AND
FEEL THE PULSE OF OTHERS”
O’ Master,
Let the stream of love flow in thy soul,
unbarred,
Hinder it not through fear,
Nor let petty thoughts block its course
Let the stream of love flow on
It will wash and clean;
It will revive and redeem.
Unless you can do everything through intuitive observation,
you will have to be told always what to do and your service will be
lacking. There are three types of
people, - one serves by intuition, by direct inspiration; another must be told
or corrected once only and never forgets; a third type must be told again and
again and never remembers. Try to belong
to the first type.
Spiritual training under a living personality gives lot of benefits
to the practitioners. He can live in
every practitioner to give intuition time to time. He being a living example, we can follow Him
in his principles and thoughts. The
Master inside called ‘My Master’ has got tremendous power to give us intuition. When we reach the condition of blankness
through NC spiritual practice, all the thoughts vanish. In this condition, the first thought during
silentation has to be considered as His thought and follow it. When the practitioner is fully internalized Him,
there will be regular intuition to serve the society and the Nation. Every opportunity to serve the society and
Nation should not be discarded. Understanding others is a good habit in
spirituality. This understanding only
can give you inspiration to serve them with love and affection.
Thoughts of the day:-
May the
All-loving Master grant unto me a greater understanding?
That I
may serve His children with true wisdom
May He
fill me with spiritual yearning?
And may I
manifest His Divine Spirit in my life and action
May His
love infill my heart and make me a worthy instrument in His Hand.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-253
“TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD WE MUST
RAISE OUR OWN STANDARD”
O’ Master,
Thou hast vanquished my formidable foe by
Thy coming;
He fled before Thee as night before the
day,
I feel safe now that Thou art come
Stay Thou always near me
For I have no strength apart from Thee.
A little association with worldly life is good, when it
shows the difference between that and the spiritual life. Through it we gain knowledge to help others
and understand our position better.
Everything depends on our attitude and motive. When they are right and unselfish, we are
perfectly safe. The basis of true serve
lies in realizing oneness with our Divine Master. Each individual gives what is uppermost in
him. He cannot give more or less. He can give only what he has.
When we posses very little, how can we give more to
others? Through spiritual practice and
by the help of our beloved Master, we can possess more and more. This possession of goodness and positive
qualities should be transmitted to others.
Unless otherwise we lift ourselves, how can we expect a lift in the
society? Today’s society cannot be
lifted by material and political people.
It has to be raised only by saintly people, who possess all the best
qualities. All of us must be prepared to
life ourselves to the expectation of our Master. Social reformation is not an easy job. We know, this society is a group of selfish
individuals. What is that we have to
reform now? Make them to understand that
we have come to live together and not with selfishness. All the selfishness people will be happy when
they get help from self-less saints. We
should try to change them through love and kindness.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
who art the Resting-place of all souls,
Kindle in
me a new light,
May I never
live in the darkness of selfishness and ignorance?
May I
strive always to manifest Thee in all I say and do?
Grant that
I may see Thee in all living beings and learn to transform evil into good,
hatred into love!
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-254
“WE MUST BE BOLD ENOUGH TO LOVE THE MASTER
AND TRUTH
ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS”
O’ Master,
Lingering perfume of Thy Presence is ever
leading me on
I as following its unseen track day and
night
With longing in my soul.
At the present moment, it is easy for us to have faith in
physical phenomenal things, things we see and hear; but, because spiritual
things are not perceptible to the senses we are afraid to place our faith on
them and depend on them. Yet our
Master’s Hand is ever working. The
person who knows this has infinite blessing, one who does not know it, misses
the security of that blessing. Our
Divine Master’s protection and love are unbounded and unceasing. They never fail us. Realizing this brings wonderful rest to our
soul.
The habit of loving need not be taught to anyone. Everyone in this universe knows loving. Here, we love our beloved Master unconditionally,
without any expectation. This
unconditional love brings pleasant surprise in our life. His blessings will be always with us, when we
do not block His Love with our projection of problems in front of Him. Problems get dissolved in His presence. Our entire trial is to bring Him inside and
make Him as MY MASTER. This My Master is
very powerful within us, who takes care of us and protect us all the times. He becomes our ‘Margadarshi’ and guides us
whenever we connect within. Constant
remembrance will help us to bring Him at the earliest.
Thoughts of the day:-
I lift my thoughts and prayers to Thee, Supreme Guardian of the
Universe,
Who abidest in my heart and watchest over me at every moment
May I never live apart from Thee?
May I find all my joy in Thee?
And depend on Thee for all my needs.
May Thy blessing rest upon my life?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-255
“WHEN THE DIVINE AND THE HUMAN BECOME ONE
THROUGH HIGHER SPIRITUL ATTAINMENT, SOMETHING MIGHTY IS BORN”
O’ Master,
All this glory is Thine
I am glorified in knowing this Thy infinite
glory
Thou dost take our frail and faltering
hands
To do Thy work
Our hands and hearts are strong
When they are in Thy keeping
This machine of life does not run smoothly unless the right
conditions exist. Meanness, pettiness,
weakness, sprint from lack of knowledge of our true heritage. We must be conscious of the Power which makes
it run. We must have feeling, the outer
alone cannot nourish the loftier impulses of the heart. It cannot satisfy the hunger of the soul. It
cannot quench the thirst of the spirit.
Though the Divine is called God or the Ultimate, it cannot
descend on its own, because it has ‘nothing’ to descend. If this ‘nothing’ is attained by a special
personality, He becomes ‘its’ representative.
This divine representative has the ‘Divinity’ inside. If this acquired ‘divinity’ is transmitted to
the spiritual practitioners, they also can become divine. Here in NC, we have our Divine Master,
physically present for us.
Internalization of non-physical personalities cannot give the power of
Divinity. Physical Master only can
transmit from his heart to heart of his beloveds. This divine transmission is through ‘love’
only and without love nothing is possible in spirituality. We must be lucky to have connection with a
Divine Personality in this birth itself.
Many of the people do not know this and they are only the losers.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou Supreme, All-Loving Master!
Through Thy Grace alone all things are possible unto me;
I pray that through that Grace I shall be able to surmount all
weakness and imperfection
Grant that my mind may be freed from all ignorance
Lead me by Thy compassionate Hand
And fill my heart with love and understanding.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-256
“HAPPINESS MEANS THAT OUR LIFE IS RHYTHMIC
AND HARMONIOUS”
O’ Master,
It is rhythm of life I sing at dawn,
Calling thee to rise with new life
My mandate is to bring thee blessing from
the Ever-blessed;
And to fill thy heart with joy
Dear dreamer, live in the rhythm of life in
waking and in sleeping,
Then thou shalt know the spirit of my song.
It gives new courage when we meet a joyous person. We need joy for our own upliftment and for
the upliftment of others. But how can we
bring cheer to the world if we have not cheer in our own hearts? We have a living Master, but we know that He
is living only when we establish our contact with His Soul. When we touch this Eternal Soul, we gain our
access to what is everlasting. Then we
cannot feel gloom.
Happiness is a state of mind. This state is not available always. When we are successful in balancing our life,
we have happiness most of the times.
When we meet a person who is always cheerful, we automatically get into
that condition. We have our beloved
Master, who cheers and motivates us whenever we meet Him. If we connect with Him mentally, we can
easily bring a joyous mood forgetting our worries. Harmony in life is most important to achieve
spiritual goals. Silentation is the best
method through which we can attain harmony and rhythm. When we are happy, we enthuse and motivate
others. The moment someone sees our
face, they should forget their worries bring happiness.
Thoughts of the day:-
May the great Eternal One expand my thoughts through lofty
aspiration?
And bestow on me gladness of heart
May my life move in rhythm with the universal Life
May my mind think in harmony with the great Mind of the Master?
May He grant me a peace that can never be broken or destroyed?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-257
“WE CAN BLOCK THE CHANNEL TO JOY AND NOTHING
BLOCKS IT
SO
MUCH AS MORBID SELF-PITY”
O’ Master,
I dream now in waking,
I see with closed eyes,
I walk without feet
And grasp without hands
Since Thou hast brought me
To this unearthly and ethereal land.
Dire distress, misfortune, sorrow, and calamity – nothing
can overwhelm the man who has tasted the joy which comes from transcending all
sorrow by spiritual consciousness. It is
indeed a cloudy dark day for the soul when man loses sight of God and forgets
through doubt and self-pity that he is of God; that his life is absolutely in
God’s Hands. No calculation or thought
can bring this higher happiness. It
rises only in the heart that is full of faith and selflessness.
When we realize God, through an effective practice, we
attain spiritual consciousness. This
consciousness confirms the availability of God within us. This consciousness not only gives many
positive qualities but also a blissful condition. This bliss cannot be compared with any other
joy received from materials and thoughts.
This is absolute and permanent.
Nobody can change this condition, including God. Once anyone tastes this joyful condition, he
forgets the entire world. Because, this
material world is not at all in a position to give this condition. Spirituality is the only way to attain this
bliss. This condition can be easily
attained once we attach ourselves to a person who has attained this. Our beloved Master can give this condition to
his beloveds.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Divine Master, make my life so pure and humble and free,
That the light of Thy Truth may shine in it and through it
Hold my heart close to Thy great eternal Heart
And fill my mind with Thy great eternal Thoughts
Grant that I may live and act in harmony with Thy Divine Will
And be a clear channel through which Thou dost speak and act.
Yours
lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-258
“WHEN OUR SOUL IS AWAKENED, WE ARE
HABITUALLY CHEERFUL;
IT BECOMES NATURAL TO US.”
O’ Master,
Thou, Friend of the poor, dist come to me
when my heart was heavy with helplessness.
Now I am drowning in a river of joy!
Tell me, O Thou Merciful One, ere I am
swept by this current of bliss:
What can I do to repay such love?
If we are truly sanctified we can never be unhappy. How can anyone who lives close to the Master
be anything but cheerful? We are all
struggling for a point where we shall no longer have gloomy, morbid
feelings. The world gives us a sense of
incompleteness and we do not know where to look for something that is
complete. Thus we struggle and
strive. But struggle does not always
bring peace, although it can pave the way to it. Where there is exuberance of spirit and
radiance of soul, we find peace and we share it with others. We cannot help it.
A soul gets naturally awakened when the carrier or ‘I’
detaches itself from the worldly activities.
But this detachment is not possible for ordinary
persons. For this detachment only, we go
for spiritual training. Main aspect of
this training is to lose the “I-ness” and detach ourselves from the material
affairs. This is possible only through
negating ourselves from every material transaction and activities. Negation also may find difficulty because we
are so attached to this world. When we
connect our heart with our beloved Master and feel that everything is done by
Him, we get negated automatically.
Really, He does everything once we lose ourselves. By detaching from ‘mine’ and me, we attach to
His and Him. All our belongings belong
to Him and Him only. We start enjoying a
bliss condition and get awakened all of a sudden without any advance
intimation.
Thoughts of the day:-
Divine Master, Giver of all happiness,
Fill my soul with higher spiritual joy,
In the presence of Eternal Good, no evil can gain access,
In the presence of Eternal Joy, no gloom can enter;
Grant that I may live always in Thy blissful Presence and find
lasting joy in Thy blessing.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-259
“WE
MUST MAKE OUR CONTACT WITH BLISSFUL ONE”
O’ Master,
Our
life, our strength, our joy and peace – all are in Thy Hand.
Give
us what Thou wilt.
Keep
from us what Thou will not give.
But
this we pray;
Do
Thou never turn Thy face of grace away from us?
No man can come
within the radius of the Divine and not feel the burdens of life drop
away. A simple person, full of faith,
full of devotion, full of openness of heart, may know a great deal more about
God than a philosopher of brilliant intellect.
Sometimes it becomes a great advantage to know less. We have not so much to unlearn. We gain contact with God, not through
intellectual keenness, but through a sense of consecration, through the feeling
that He is the Guiding Spirit abiding within us and working through us. This is
possible only through a Living Guide.
When we look at
ourselves, we may ask this question. Is
there any goal for human life? Today in
this material world, we seldom get time to think about God and spirituality. In olden days, spirituality was easy because
people had enough time to turn towards it.
But they used to spend a lot of time in spiritual practice and
worships. In spite of all these things,
few only could succeed. First of all,
many of us do not know the goal of human life.
We construct our material goals and spend the entire life to
achieve. The spirit inside us is not
belonging to us, though we live in its strength. Once we use this spirit for our material
life, we forget to detach it from us because of our own samskaras. It is really caged in us without freedom to
go back to the origin. If we understand
that our goal is to send it back to its origin, we turn towards spiritual
practice and God. We have to use the
energy of God through some divine personality to detach ourselves from the
spirit, so that it gets freed from us permanently.
For this we have
to connect to our beloved Divine Master, who can help us in this process.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou Beneficent One, surround me with Thy tender protection
That I may be shielded from all that my cloud my mind or heart
Lead me from the realm of affliction and sorrow
To Thy Divine realm of joy and peace
Help me at every moment to feel Thy nearness
And may I draw my joy and strength from communion with Thee
Yours
lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-260
“EDUCATION IS UNFOLDMENT”
O’ Master,
My adoration to Thee, great One!
It was Thy mighty hand that broke the chain
which held me bound upon the shifting sands of life.
The greatest service we can render anyone is to unfold his
higher faculties. Education does not
mean tearing down everything we have learned already. We do not tear down the body to find the
immortal soul. We look within for that
which gives life. When we open the mind
to the radiant light of the soul, we accomplish the true end and aim of all
education.
Educating is a part of our culture. Everyone did not get education because there
are very few people who are interested in educating others. Education means communicating the best things
to others, which can be useful to add up his knowledge or useful in his life,
profession etc. Whatever best that we
know, should shared with others. We
should hold our knowledge for the sake of ourselves. The knowledge that we gained cannot be lost
at any time. Because, there is no
‘matter’ in it. Knowledge is power and
it can raise certain hidden things in us.
Spirituality should guide and motivate us to give knowledge to others
that we have in us. The more we are
open, as far as knowledge is concerned; we become freed from unknown
things. Unfolding is the way of
spirituality. Educating is the real way
to bring the people from darkness to light.
Without education, spiritual progress is impossible.
Thoughts of the day:-
To that
One who alone can guide me to light and wisdom,
I offer
up my body, mind and heart,
He alone
can save me from the darkness of ignorance
And
bestow upon me the light of understanding
May He
lead me and direct me in all things
May I
depend upon Him alone.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-261
‘BY LOVE AND ASPIRATION, YOU OPEN YOURSELF
TO THE ‘DIVINE BLESSING’
O’ Master,
When our thoughts rise with the perfume of
purity,
We can offer them to Him who accepteth our
oblation.
Whenever you try to serve your Master with spontaneous
feeling, without thought of self, then nothing can resist you. Know this, and nothing will ever be able to
thwart you. When you start with generous
devoted spirit, all your efforts must meet with success. Spirituality is a revelation. It is revealed not only to the prophet or the
preceptor, but also to the disciple who is humble, enduring and selfless. Unless you have spiritual vision, when
difficulties arise you will not be able to meet them. You must safeguard yourself by acquiring
wisdom. Wisdom is abiding and always
sustains.
We must acquire knowledge from a realized Master. Then it becomes wisdom. Wisdom is mere & simple truth. All the knowledge that we receive from
various people need not be truth always.
We have a goal in spirituality.
To reach the goal, we must have some knowledge about it. If this knowledge is from a realized person,
it is certain that we can reach the goal.
The truth of wisdom can be clarified with every realized Master, because
He has realized the truth of wisdom He received. When we understand many truths during our
journey towards the ultimate through our beloved Master, we will be inclined to
love him unconditionally. This unconditional
love helps the practitioner to receive the wisdom on the subject from the
Master.
Love also creates an aspiration to travel with Him and be
with Him always.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Master,
grant that in my ordinary tasks of the day
I may be
ever mindful of Thy guidance
Help me
to do each duty with loving helpful spirit
May all
that I do be pleasing to Thee?
In my
work, love and aspiration, may I seek ever to glorify Thee?
Increase
my endurance and grant me wisdom
That I
may manifest Thy spiritual grace in all my words and actions.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-262
“BRING FULLNESS OF SPIRIT INTO EVERY TASK”
O’ Master,
If thou art unable to practice devotion,
then be thou intent on working for Me.
Even by performing actions for My sake, thou shalt attain perfection.
………… Bhagavad-Gita
If you have the right feeling, you do not need any other
training. You cannot better yourself or
equip yourself for your daily duties without getting a hold on the higher
principles of life. It is only when we
have the higher view that our lower instincts drop away. You must keep your mind clean and
polished. It grows dull through neglect
and collects alien substances. The
secret of right action is to learn to do the greatest amount with the least output
of energy. We do this by keeping in
constant touch with the Source of supply.
Though we try our level best, best performance may not be
possible all the times. Best performance
means, lesser input and greater output.
For this, we require intelligence and positive thoughts. These positive thoughts should come from the
blankness without any foreign elements.
When other disturbances are removed, the remaining positive thought
becomes powerful. When we connect
ourselves with our beloved Master, we get sufficient positive energy to
perform. When we surrender every
performance to Him, performance becomes the best. All our actions must be without selfish
motive, and then the Divine energy from the Master flows automatically to give
the best performance.
We should have the blessings of our Divine Master in our
entire task.
Thoughts of the day:-
May I
never fail to serve the Ideal in all that I say and do?
May there
be quickened in me a new and greater loyalty to Him?
May my
devotion for Him grow ever more fervent?
May I be
more earnest and ardent in my love to my Master?
And may
my whole life become consecrated to Him.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-263
“EVERY GOOD ACTION INSPIRES ONE FOR ANOTHER”
O’ Master,
He who, with devotion offereth to Me a
leaf, a flower, a fruit and water, that love-offering I accept, made by the
pure-hearted, Even if the most wicked
worships me with undivided devotion, he should be regarded as good, for he is
rightly resolved……… Bhagavad-Gita
You must do your work with a sense of sanctity and not feel
that it is work. Do it in silence and
without noise. We must not talk of it
and make much of it. We must never bring
a critical attitude towards it. Better
not to work at all than to work with wrong spirit. Nothing is more purifying than unselfish
work.
Anything that we do should have the purity and
perfection. Nin spirituality, everything
is dedicated to Him, the Divine Master.
Whatever we offer or perform for the sake of Master, it gets purified and
performance level increases. When we do
good things to the society, we are doing our duty or ‘Dharma’ and if the
service is without selfishness, it multiplies its sanctity. When a bad person does a good service, it is
accepted with love. Good things are
always recognized and accepted, when it is done without selfishness, irrespective
of anyone’s background. God does not
discriminate among persons when they do dedicated service to others. By doing regular self-less services, a wicked
man can change his way of life and become good.
Thoughts of the day:-
Compassionate
One, I pray unto Thee to purify and spiritualize my whole life,
I have no
power to do aught of myself,
But thou
art an inexhaustible Storehouse of power and love,
Inspire
me to noble thought and action;
List my
aspiration and make me steadfast in seeking and manifesting only
That which is lofty and up-building
May I
never fail to serve Thee with unfaltering faith and devotion?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-264
“A NOBLE SOUL IS ALWAYS NOBLE IN ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES”
O’ Master,
When a man is satisfied in the (higher)
Self by Self alone and has completely cast out all desires from the mind, then
he is said to be of steady wisdom.
When he completely withdraws his senses
from sense-objects as the tortoise withdraws its limbs, then his wisdom becomes
well-established………..…Bhagavad-Gita
Thoughts are as fragrant as flowers when it is divine and
selfless. They sweeten our life. He who is protected bye pure spiritual
thought is always safe. Whatever we put
in the soil of life, we must expect a like fruition. The seed of discord is planted in the human
heart and the spirit of in harmony is born there. Also the spirit of harmony and peace and
nobility come out from the same heart.
Spiritual training is to bring purity of mind. This purity of mind should involve in all our
transactions.
When we take birth in a good family, we inherit good
qualities and good thoughts. If someone
has inherited purity of thoughts in his way of life, he cannot go wrong at any
circumstances. If anyone comes in
contact with a divine personality, and accepts Him as his guide, he also cannot
go wrong.
He will be guided always by his Master, physically and
mentally. Divine personalities never
think of bad, act bad or speak bad. Our
purpose of going for a spiritual training is to become divine. When divinity works in us, we become noble
always.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
All-pervading Master, help me never to forget that I am a child of Divinity
May I
speak only what is worthy of a child of Master
May I
think only what is worthy of a child of Master
May I do
only what is worthy of a child of Master
May my
life be wholly one with Thy universal Life?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-265
‘SELFLESS DEVOTION TO THE MASTER PLAYS A
VITAL PART IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE”
O’ Master,
Freely am I bound to Thee
Freely do I remain bound
For Thou hast poured upon me Thy unbounded
love unasked
Unasked will I make my offering unto Thee
Try to cultivate the true spirit of discipleship. The world is so full of teachers; everyone wants
to be a master; but the spirit of discipleship is indeed very rare. But going through the form of discipleship,
however, is not everything. You must
stir yourself up. You must never go to
sleep. It is too hard to awaken oneself.
For any subject, there will be a teacher. Understanding the subject through a learned
teacher is wise.
When the teacher becomes Guide, we should surrender to
Him. Surrendering happens, once we
increase our devotion and love towards Him.
Disciple of a teacher is different from a disciple of a Guide. A disciple of a teacher learns everything
from his teacher to teach others. But a
disciple of a Guide practices everything what he learnt from his Guide, because
Guide Himself is a practical man.
In spirituality, we require a Guide and not a teacher. Spiritual Guide should be a Master, who does
not need further learning. A true
spiritual Guide should be a ‘Gnani’
who assimilate Gnana or wisdom every
time from within. He speaks the truth
always and truth is not learned from anyone else, but within. A sincere devotee
or a disciple for such a Guide can reach goal within the shortest period and
become another Master himself.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
All-wise One, bestow on my heart the blessing of humility,
That I
may learn joyfully the lessons that come to me through this day to practice
Keep me
fearless and steadfast in my devotion to the Divine Master
May I
never fail in my loyalty to Him?
May I
fasten my life to thy infinite Life?
And
forget myself wholly in my service to Thee.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-266
“NO MAN IS CUT OFF FROM THE DIVINE SOURCE”
O’ Master,
My heart grows bold with faith as I know
thy protecting love
I shall weep no more for sadness if Thou
but stayed near me
I know that thy blessed Presence alone is
life complete, unbroken peace, an island of eternal joy
No one can have a monopoly of spirituality. No one can claim exclusive right to it. It is not something cut and dried. Spirituality means getting away from all that
is calculating, cold and hard. No one can rob us of it except when we ourselves
yield to our lower instincts.
The ‘Prana’ inside
a prani is the cause for its life. No prani is away from the Source as long
the prani’s mind is attached to
it. Every body is connected to the prana inside but not the mind. If the mind knows that the body is living
because of the prana, the prani becomes ‘Gnani’. Human mind has lot
of resources to obtain this Gnana. All the panchendriyas
are well active for a normal human being.
If he is able to understand or realize the truth behind whatever he
hears, sees, touches, smells and speaks, he can realize the ultimate
truth. If anyone is able to understand
that he can connect his mind towards his Source, he must try for it. Trying to connect with the spirit within is
spirituality. Once you connect with the
source available within you, you become wise and no-one can change you from the
divine path. You become a Guide to
others and divinity starts flowing from you.
Thoughts of the day:-
Help me to
give myself to complete spiritual union with the source of strength and
illumination
Lift me
above all bondage and weakness
Make my
mind so free and one-pointed that it may be full of strength
May I turn
towards the Light?
That Light
which reveals, the Light that redeems;
To that
Light which restores and replenishes.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-267
“IF WE KEEP OURSELVES EVER CLOSE TO THE
DIVINE MASTER, NOTHING CAN GO WRONG WITH US.”
O’ Master,
My soul is at peace since the dawn
A cool breeze of new hope hath soothed my
troubled heart
Yea, the weight of life hath fallen from me
I am bathed; I am refreshed in this new
life
That Thou hast mercifully shed upon me, thy
undeserving child!
Spiritual life means renewal in everything, new ideas, new
thoughts, and new life. Even the body is
renewed and sanctified. We have constant
opportunity to prove that we are His children.
How? Not by works, but by our love, by our service, by our life.
The more we have the attachment towards material life; we
keep away from our beloved Master.
Involvement in material life is a must to live in this world. But if you involve everything through the
Master’s vision, it becomes spiritualized.
No material can take you towards Him.
It is Love; Love only can take you towards Him. If you are not able to practice love in your
life, you are not going to be connected with Him. Love is the only media through which we get
connected to Him. Love must be always
unconditional, and then only it becomes divine love. Selfish people practice the conditional
love. Spiritual people never think of
selfishness, they are always for others.
Every spiritual person practices Universal Love. They become the assets of this Universe. If anyone becomes very close to our beloved
Master, through his purity, positive thinking and selflessness, he becomes the
real benefit to Master, NC and to the rest of the world. When the practitioner’s entry is allowed into
the heart of our beloved Master, he is protected always, and liberation is
guaranteed.
Thoughts of the day:-
May the
Divine Master give me spiritual joy?
And make
my heart free from all doubt and despair
May my
thoughts and prayers always be directed towards Him?
May He
fill my heart more and more with selfless love, humility,
Patience, gentleness, and Ego-lessness
May His
holiness, love and peace reign in my life?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-268
“THINK WHAT IT MEANS TO EVERY MAN THAT, AS
HE WALKS THROUGH LIFE, HE IS ETERNALLY WITH HIS MASTER”
O’ Master,
Thou art my life’s consummation,
My abode of unbroken rest;
I lay at thy transcendent Feet
My weary heart, for its peace
In the midst of the crowd we can have quietude. There is a sense of aloneness in the
spiritual life; not loneliness, because we never feel lonely when we have
spiritual consciousness with us. We feel
the Presence and that Presence seems to give us a sense of aloofness from the
turbulence of the world. Loneliness is
an interior condition. It does not come
from being alone; one can be very lonely when surrounded by many people. That man is never lonely who lives close to
Him.
All of us have a kind of disorder and instability in our
life. If we have the mental power, we
overcome it. We do not have the power to
overcome all the times. We are not able
to feel away from problems and worries. At the same time, if nothing is
connected internally, we do not get any kind of disturbance from this world. If
we are connected to the ‘nothing’, we perceive everything as nothing. It is a mental condition to be experienced in
a condition of aloofness. This
detachment proves that we are attached to the eternal ‘nothing’. This is possible only if we internalize our
beloved Master. When the internalization
is complete, we experience that we are eternally with ‘My Master’. We suddenly
feel that this is not a new connection and experience as if we are connected to
Him for so many decades. This is a
wonderful experience in spiritual journey.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
Unbounded Spirit of the Universe,
Make me
to feel Thy nearness, that my mind may be freed from all doubt and fear
May I
find Thy Presence Everywhere?
May I
perceive thy beauty and sublimity in all things?
Give unto
me true devotion
May I
always feel that thou art my Resting place?
My Source
of inspiration and joy!
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-269
‘BE
FAITHFUL ABOVE EVERYTHING”
O’ Master,
My heart is Thy throne,
Humility is its pedestal;
Faith its cornerstone;
Prayers are its sweet frankincense
The lamp of my life will burn day and night
If Thou wilt come and sit upon this lowly
throne.
Our Ideal may seem very far, very unobtainable. That is the
time for us to show courage and strength.
Those who show courage and steadfast devotion to their Ideal are bound
to succeed. We gain the highest by
fulfilling our ordinary tasks and duties.
Every duty is a privilege. Every
task that comes our way is a blessing.
Every time we have a chance to do something for Him or His children it
should be a great joy.
We have to lift ourselves from the present condition,
through our sincerity, faithfulness, simplicity, humbleness, gentleness etc
etc. We have to behave like a spiritual
person. Our speech, communication,
behavior, everything should stand stupendous.
Above all, we should become faithful to the persons who keep faith in
you. When the task is given to you with
faith, you must accomplish it sincerely and sacredly. Betrayal is the highest sin that we can do in this universe. Honesty is the basic disposition that we are
going to show to this world. If we think
that our beloved Master is cleaning us from negative thoughts and filling with
positive things, we must be faithful to Him always. This faithfulness should be practiced by
following his guidelines in our life. If
we knowingly keep distance from His principles and guidelines, we are deceitful
and not faithful.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou eternal One! Infill
my mind with the light of understanding
Grant unto me firm
resolution
That I may follow thy path
with courage that never fails
Help me to draw Thee close
in my heart
Teach me to lean upon thee
wholly and never to seek my own will
May Thy peace and blessing
rest upon me and upon all living beings?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-270
“NEVER FAIL TO BE WATCHFUL THAT YOU MAY BE
READY FOR THE CALL”
O’ Master,
I heard a voice call me at early dawn
I stopped and listened;
I strained my hearing;
My mind stretched its wings but with no
avail
Now I have surrendered
Come then, mysterious One!
Tell me, why didst Thou call me?
I must know Thy will.
If we learn to do what is given us with an exalted spirit of
consecration, then our actions will bear fruit in abundance. Our life becomes fruitful only when we do
things with noble motive. The work itself
is neither good nor bad, but the motive which actuates us determines the merit
or demerit of every action. The highest
motive in all action is when it is inspired by some spiritual Ideal.
In spirituality, a guide is a must. Without a proper guide, it is not all
possible to attain spiritual benefits.
The guide, so called “GURU” is the person who shows the way in our
life. Respecting and loving Him is a
part in spiritual practice. If He calls,
there must be some reason. If we start
doubting Him, He cannot guide us properly.
Real guide is so selfish to uplift His disciples. His entire life is only for serving the
deserving people. This
selfish-selflessness is the real character of a Guru. In spiritual journey, we have to realize our
Guru, to know more about Him and His inner side. Once we realize Him, all the doubts will be
vanished and our journey along with Him becomes smoother than before. To realize Him, we should wait for His call
and wait for an opportunity to serve him sincerely.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Supreme
Spirit, who abides within all!
Awaken in
my heart a loving consciousness of Thee
That in
the midst of all fleeting conditions I may ever remain watchful
May I
never fail to serve Thee with my whole heart and soul?
Grant
unto me strength, steadfastness and firm faith to serve you better.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-271
“PRAY THAT YOU MAY LEARN TO FILL YOUR HEART
WITH SELFLESS LOVE, HUMILITY AND GENTLENESS”
O’ Master,
I give my peace unto thee, but thou must
give up self
Be not affrighted, my child
There is no loss in giving up self
Fear brings thee anguish and it brings thee
doubt;
But doubt, anguish and fear will all leave
thee
When thou hast given up self.
Love, humility and gentleness – these are the things which
make us happy, these are the things we should crave for. Souls that are full of self and full of fear
are always troubled. God will always
make us happy and bless us when our heart is free from doubt, despair and
harshness. Direct all your thoughts and
prayers to Him, then you will be safe from pride and egotism.
Spiritual training is for gaining positive qualities
only. Praying to the Divine is only to
show our craving to gain these qualities.
Our beloved Master always reminds us regarding these qualities. And without attaining these, spirituality has
no value. Our main goal is to get away
from all the bad tendencies and connections that we have today. We should deliberately avoid our negative
thoughts and negative people. The people
with lot of desires cannot guide you in spirituality. Our association should be with desire-less
people. When desires are lost, he
becomes spiritual. Life without Love is
not considered as spiritual life. Our
spiritual training is to attain maximum best qualities in us to become a saint
and realizing the truth. When self-less attitude develops, we can realize the
Self. Selfishness is the membrane in us
covering our selfish qualities which never allow us to go within to know the
real Self. Self-realization is one of
the mile stone in spiritual journey.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou All-abiding,
All-loving One!
Manifest Thyself in all my
thoughts, words and actions,
That I may transcend the
limitation of the little self;
And draw nearer to Thee
through selfless devotion
Make my heart glad and
peaceful and fearless
May I always feel Thy
presence within my soul?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-272
“WE CANNOT BE ABSORBED FULLY BY THE MATERIAL
AND ENJOY THE SPIRITUAL”
O’ Master,
VERILY, Thou art self-lumination, - all is
lighted up by Thy Presence!
The paths of my inner and outer life lie
clear before me;
I need no other light to find my way out to
Thee
I shall carry no light save one – the lamp
of Thy grace
A person whose faculties are all active on the outside is
ever bound. It indicates a great sense
of poverty to go outside for everything.
A wise man, when things go wrong, turns within himself. If a blow falls upon him, he does not take
it; he withdraws himself from it. A man
of small nature, who lives in the outside world, goes out to meet the blow and
strikes back.
The outside world is so attractive for an ordinary person
who gets absorbed into it. Our senses
start working towards it always forgetting our real goal. The senses which fully engrossed in material
life cannot understand the enjoyment of spiritual life. Enjoying material life
does not require purity of mind, but desires are sufficient. But for spiritual enjoyment, we require
purity removing our impurities. Spiritual training is for removing impurities
of mind and to obtain purity. Our
beloved Master’s divine transmission through the medium of love removes all our
impurities gradually, once we are regular to our ‘sadhana’ and Satsanghs. Once these impurities are removed, we slowly
get detached from our material side, attaching towards spirituality.
Thoughts of the day:-
May I
seek only that which is uplifting;
May all
my thoughts, words and actions manifest Divinity
Guard me
from all selfishness and harshness
Bless my
life and give it power and strength for Thy service
Fill my
heart with thy peace and Thy blessing.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-273
“IF YOU KEEP YOUR GAZE FIXED STEADFASTLY ON
THE RIGHT COURSE, NO ONE CAN TURN YOU OBACK”
O’ Master,
None shall hinder thy forward course
For I guide thy steps
Place thy hand in Mine and walk with faith
Where I am there is no ill
Fear not, but walk forward with faith
Light will come;
For where’er I am there is light.
As we learn to face our problems without being fait-hearted,
we are sustained and helped in every way.
Strength, inspiration, power to do, will come. We must always remember that however hard an
experience may be, it always holds something for us. When these things come, we must not convert
them into a tragedy by giving way to them.
The moment we identify a problem, we immediately become
weak. This weakness reduces our strength
to find out the solution. Problems are
forever and solutions are many.
Spirituality is to give courage to face the problem and nullify the
effect of it. If anyone expects that
problem should not come, he is a fool. Your expectation may fail. But you can prevent it by reducing the
chances of problems. When the
transactions are more, with a sense of target, problems are inclined to
come. When you identify a problem,
please relax (by closing your eyes) immediately by remembering our beloved
Master for few minutes. Study the state,
origin and effect of the problem sincerely, you will find the solution within
no time. It is very difficult to find a
solution in a tensed condition. Ordinary
persons find solution in a state of tense but a spiritual man gets the solution
in a relaxed state.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
Almighty One, wake me from my slumber of ignorance
Help me to
feel Thy unfailing protection and sustaining power
May they
make me invincible and resolute?
Bestow on
me thy abiding blessing.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-274
‘THE ONE WHO LACKS IN RESOLUTION AND
TRANQUILITY, IN VAIN DOES HE SEEK KNOWLEDGE”
O’ Master,
My restless mind, wandering and tired,
Sitteth in Thy Presence in rapture,
Like a thirsty bird that drinketh the
rain-drops
On a sultry mid-summer day.
We have no right to make ourselves so much a slave to
circumstance that we lack resourcefulness.
We should be so resourceful that constantly we have something to
contribute to ourselves first, then to others.
We should never give way to discouragement or to a sense of
aloneness. We should be glad when
circumstances offer us opportunities for aloneness. We should utilize these moments to cultivate
the love of high ideals and learn to reflect them in our life.
Knowledge is power and the spiritual knowledge is
powerful. When we are busy in our
day-to-day routine life, we tend to forget ourselves and concentrate in our
transactions. Though we forget
ourselves, all our transactions are for us only and not for others. In this busy situation, we always try for
aloofness, so that we can relax for sometime.
This loneliness should be experienced, while we are busy in our
transactions. If you try for your
relaxation of mind, you seldom get it.
Because, mind is always busy in our life. This busy mind loses the capacity sometimes
to take right decisions at right time.
Here spiritual practice helps us to maintain a relaxed mind to take
right decisions. Once we connect
ourselves to our beloved Master, we become resourceful.
Thoughts of the day:-
Thou,
All-wise One, art the Source of my life and power;
Reveal
thyself unto me that my mind may be freed from doubt and darkness
May my
thoughts and prayers be worthy?
That I may
gain access to thy Infinite Light
Through it
all things are known
Fill my
heart with that Light, leaving no room for aught else.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-275
“NEVER RAISE VOICE OR HAND WHEN ADVERSE
THINGS COME. TRY TO ENDURE ALL FOR THE
SAKE OF MASTER. THIS WILL BRING TRUE
STRENGTH”.
O’ Master,
When Thou dost stand behind me, my whole
being is vibrant with strength;
Life’s upheavals vanish and world’s
onslaughts touch me not
Teach me how I may keep Thee with me always
I am ever with Thee, but Thou knowest it
not;
Thou dost not look toward Me with Thy inner
eye.
From the lack of fortitude and self-control, we bring
misfortune on ourselves. When people
thwart us, what a consolation to know that we still have our place in our
Master’s arms. No matter what may befall
us, it is wonderful to know that we have our union with Him. We are partakers of a divine heritage.
Spiritual practice is to gain more tolerance and patience in
our life. Spiritual valued person never raises his voice or hand when he is in
unpleasant situation. His capacity of
tolerance is tremendous and he finds any obnoxious situation gets dissolved by
itself. When we internalize our beloved
Master, we get the power of sustenance and peace. We should think that how our beloved Master
will behave in this adverse situation with His power of spirit. Definitely, He will not create any horrific
situation. His condition of love clears
everything automatically. When we think
of our Master during our difficult situation, we can also get His capacity of
tolerance and love. We will not feel
that we are in trouble.
Thoughts of the day:-
Supreme
Master, I pray to Thee with yearning heart,
Do Thou
fasten my life to the Path of Truth?
Thou only
cast make me firm and enduring
Make thy
way known
And grant
that I may walk in it, looking always to Thee for guidance
May I
never turn my gaze away from Thee?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-276
‘IN SEEKING THE LESSER WE OFTEN LOSE THE
GREATER”
O’ Master,
Holy Eternity, boundless Glory,
I crave to invoke Thee
But my tongue hath no utterance!
I long to follow Thee,
But my feel are fastened to the ground in
wonderment
Wilt thou not remove my fetter of self
That I may follow Thee always without
hindrance?
A person who looks from a low point, his judgment is always
erroneous. A majesty comes when we look
from a
In material life, due to our desires, we lean towards lesser
valued objects in spite of our knowledge that we are losing greater
things. Temptation towards truth less
friends cannot be avoided due to our sentiments and emotions. Our Master says, we should spend the least
materially valued, but at the same time highest spiritual valued one, i.e.;
LOVE to gain material and spiritual things.
All materials seem to be very small once we start experiencing
spirituality inside. When money can satisfy everything in material life, love
can give everything in spirituality. For
spirituality, we need not spend anything materially or spiritually. Internalizing our beloved Master gives
sufficient knowledge about lesser things that we should not aspire. Continuous spiritual practice proffers
unexpected wisdom which never takes us towards smaller things.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou who art the Light of the Universe,
Grant that I may have access to Thy Infinite Light
All things shine after Thee
It is Thy Light which reveals all things
Reveal Thyself unto me that I may be renewed and filled with thy
Divine wisdom.
Yours
lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-277
“WE MUST FIRST SEEK THE BLESSING OF OUR
DIVINE MASTER”
O’ Master,
I ask for naught
Save what Thou placest in my hand at Thy
pleasure
World’s treasure is empty and sordid to my
soul;
It only burdens my mind and heart
Even a grain of Thy blessing fills my whole
life with true joy and peace
I crave naught but Thy grace
When Master blesses us, everything that we do, everything we
touch, is tinged with His blessing. If
we have found this in our consciousness, we carry it everywhere. It is not only sometimes we have it; we have
it all the time. Even in our blunders,
when we fall down and make mistakes, we know even then we cannot be crushed; we
cannot be lost; because we have something which is entirely ours.
Seeking the blessing of our Divine Master is not at all a
difficult task. His blessings are freely
available to everyone who loves Him too much.
This love brings you purity of mind, creating a vacuum of yourself. This vacuum automatically draws Master’s
blessings without your knowledge. Master
never gives blessings. You have to loot
it. Internalization will help you to
surrender yourself, and the surrender pulls you towards Him. Once anyone is successful to obtain a place
in the heart of our beloved Master, his struggle in life is over. He gradually detaches himself from the
material world, utilizing every material that he possesses.
Thoughts of the day:-
May my
heart be freed from all doubt and despair?
May it
find peace through Thy Grace?
Through
thy grace all things are possible unto man;
Even the
lame can cross the mountain and the dumb become eloquent
Open my
heart to Thy blessing that my life may find its fullness in Thee.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-278
‘NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS AT A TIME”
O’ Master,
Serving is my sole right
Selection of My Master is the same
I have only one heart to keep one Master,
My Master
My Master is my breath, my guide, my life
itself.
No one can stop me my attitude of serving.
Masters are many in this universe. Identifying the right Master is the difficult
task. We get confused in different
principles, dogmatism and religion. We
also get someone to lead us. But, are we
really satisfied with that? First of all
many of us do not know our goal. The guide also sometimes becomes incapable of
showing the right path and communicates the right message. The real traveler continues his search for a
proper guide to reach his goal, continuously.
Once he is able to find his guide, he stops his search and experiences
him as his God-father, beloved and everything.
This guide can definitely take him to his destination.
In NC, we have our beloved Master, who loves always and
stays with us when we are in hard times.
A real guide always will be with us until we reach our
destination. We are all children and may
commit errors during our journey. Guide
becomes mother, father and a best friend to us.
If we are not able open our mind towards Him, He may not be successful
in his endeavor. Highest co-operation
with the Master gives maximum results.
Since God has given only one heart, it is only for My Master, and not
for anyone. If the present Master is not
able to take us till the destination, he must take us to the next capable
personality, who can lead us further.
Once we get the right guide, we can select Him as our Master for the
whole life.
Thoughts of the day:-
O’ the wonderful guide and
loving father,
I am yet to receive Thy
full love and affection
Take me in Thy shoulders
when I face my hard-times
My craving may not be
sufficient to receive thy blessings
Still take me into thy
divine heart
May I forget myself and
remember you
Bring me solace and
spiritual love.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-279
“THE MAN OF FAITH ATTAINS WISDOM AND
ILLUMINATION”
O’ Master,
Flame of faith, let Thy radiant glow
Help me to find those who are in dark
And bring them to Thy light
Thou dost put courage in my heart
And quicken my body with new life,
And mind with undying vigor
Thou blessed Flame!
Burn Thou without ceasing, in my heart
And let me walk on the path of life
Without fear, doubt or thought of self.
By the power of faith one can remove mountains, bondage
breaks, and sins are wiped out. Through
faith the sick are healed and the lame walk.
People who have not faith, nothing can be done for them. But it is not negative faith that can remove
evil. It is not dogmatic faith that can
heal or work miracles. It is a faith
that takes form in action. This faith is fundamental and finds expression in
wisdom and loving service. Be full of
such faith.
Every faith cannot be successful. But the faith in the Master with sufficient
purity can help to remove our hurdles.
If the purity of mind is not there, there is no value for faith. Faith for selfish means cannot work in
spirituality. When we obtain purity of
mind through a vibrant spiritual practice and advanced Spiritual Guide, every
faith can give results. Faith in the
Master is welcome in NC but not mandatory. Incidentally, Master takes care of
His people, who have surrendered to Him.
Faith will help one to surrender.
And surrender gives the freedom to Master to work on the surrendered, the
way He needs to work.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou Supreme Giver, rouse in me undaunted faith
Kindle in my heart the fire of wisdom
That by its light I may see and feel thee everywhere
All my power comes from Thee
May I use it wholly in thy service?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-280
“BE NOT DISHEARTENED. NEVER LOSE COURAGE”
This, my little vessel, is tossed and
tossed by the angry waves of life.
If Thou dost not hold the rudder and guide
its course
It will break and sink
At Thy will, tempest will cease;
At Thy command, the sun will light the
dark;
In Thy Presence, my fear-stricken heart
will embrace peace.
Fear and depression have no place in the realm of
Spirit. We all have to pass through the
slough of despondency sometime or other.
You must not let your spirit go down under any circumstances. Do your duty bravely and faithfully. Never feel that your life is a failure. Try not to brood over such ideas.
Basically, spiritual practice is to give courage and
strength. Here in NC, we have our
beloved Master who always motivates and encourages us to face problems. Problems are for ever and solutions are
eternal. Our connection with our Master
is also eternal and steady. Our trial of
internalizing Him should happen at the earliest. His presence in our mind gives tremendous
courage and wisdom.
Spiritual Master gives incredible power comparing to the
power of knowledge. This implausible
spiritual power takes us further in our life to live with problems. Courage is our strength and accomplishments
are not possible without it. If we live
with our beloved Master, we get motivated all the times and the fear complex
vanishes automatically.
Thoughts of the day:-
Help me, O
Lord, to make my heart pulsate in harmony with Thy holy Being
Thou art my
one sure Refuge
Thou art my
one safe Protection
May I never
yield to heaviness of anxiety?
But may I
rest all my life in Thee and be at peace.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-281
“THINK NOT OF SELF. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT THINGS TO THINK
ABOUT”
O’ Master,
Time will pass,
Nay, time exists not in love
Love will melt time and all but One
Then the anguish of thy heart
Will cease in serene contemplation.
Selfishness places a terrible weight on the life. When we are tied by selfishness, the soul
suffers. We feel weighted down with life
because we have no higher avenues of expression. Self-limitation always defeats a man, but if
we can turn our mind and heart to the Master, it will make our faith stronger
and stronger, and give us joy, selflessness and true devotion.
Selfishness is the deadliest enemy in spirituality. God’s pure energy cannot work in selfish
people.
They never experience God.
They will be in search of the divine.
They seek help for their selfish motive.
Selfish people also get help through their earlier deposit of good
samskaras. But God never helps
them. But for a saint, he never depends
upon his samskaras, or punya, he is continuously helped by the divine. Our beloved Master is capable of helping
anyone who possesses purity of mind. In
NC, the main purpose is to gain purity.
Master gives sufficient purity through his transmission and translitting
methods. The purity never allows us to
think of self and work selfishly. NC
Master is only for selfless people and selfish people seldom get connection
with Him.
Thoughts of the day:-
May the
All-loving Master of the Universe
Quicken
my soul with new life and a deeper understanding
May He
surround me with His protecting love?
That I
may be safeguarded against selfishness and all that leads me away from, Him
May He
inspire me with more and more love?
May He
increase my devotion and strengthen my faith.
Yours lovingly
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-282
‘THERE IS NO CALCULATION, NO BARGAINING IN
TRUE LOVE”
O’ Master,
Lo, they came to rescue me with their frail
boats.
My heart shivered with apprehension and I
cried aloud;
Current of love! Current of love!
Carry me swiftly where Thou wilt
I want no rescue!
We look at beautiful scenery, we love it, but we ask nothing
from it in return. We love it because it
is beautiful. We should love the Master
in the same way, because He is the most lovable being in this world. Such
understanding love is the greatest gift in life. We get more than we ask for when we reach
that point.
In spirituality love should be divine, without
expectations. Love with conditions and
expectations become ordinary material love.
We love the Master simply for the sake of love and not for anything.
Probably the expectation and goal must be to get ‘nothing’
from Him, because He can give that ‘nothing’ only and not anything. Everything
has come from ‘nothing’ and if we are successful to gain ‘nothing’ we can get
everything what we need to live in this world.
When we love our beloved Master, there cannot be any calculation in
giving it. Bargaining something for your
love is highly negative. When we give
material love to Him, He gives us divine love.
When we give divine love to Him, He gives us super-divine love to
us. He does not expect anything from us
expect our mind, not even our material or divine love. He is Super-Divine, (Parabrahma
condition). Personality in this
condition never demands anything from anyone.
He gets everything automatically.
Thoughts of the day:-
All-beneficent
Master, enlarge my heart that I may love Thee with wholeness of being
Do Thou
rouse in my soul an ever greater and greater power of love?
May I
learn to give myself without reserve or calculation?
Grant
that I may never again fall under the bondage of self
But look
to Thee always for guidance and protection.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-283
“FREEDOM IS A CONDITION OF GREATNESS; IT IS
SELF CAUSED. WE BIND AND FREE OURSELVES”
O’ Master,
Those who constantly practice this teaching
of ‘Mine’ with true faith and devotion and unflinching heart, they too are
freed from the fetters of action. But those who find fault with ‘My’ teaching
and do not follow it, such self-deluded ones, devoid of all knowledge and
discrimination, know them to be ruined…….. Bhagavad-Gita.
As long as our mind is confined and narrow and
self-centered, we can never bring anything fruitful into our actions. We must live in the material world without
becoming material. We must gain
knowledge without the arrogance that learning sometimes brings. From our thought comes our inspiration for
action. When our mind is peaceful and
focused, we gain a tremendous power for usefulness.
Surrender is the utmost condition required in a spiritual
practice. If anyone is not surrendered
to the divine Master, his life’s protection cannot be in the hands of
Master. Protection is His ‘Dharma’ and
surrendering is our Dharma. Our ego
increases, when we learn and know many things and we say ‘I know
everything’. Bookish knowledge only
increases the ego, because it cannot give any inner guidance. Inner guidance comes only when you increase
your purity. Purity can be increased
only through a ‘Satguru’ and not from any book.
Our self should be surrendered to get the freedom from the
selfishness. When we free ourselves from
the clutches of ‘selfishness’ we become ‘self-less’ and attain His-ness, or His
availability in us. Once anyone starts
experiencing that he is not doing, but He is doing, he has surrendered himself
to Him.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
All-beneficent Master, who alone knowest my innermost feelings,
Who alone
canst answer my prayers,
I open my
heart to Thee with childlike and guileless simplicity.
Do Thou
free me from all that is unworthy, - from pride, ambition, vanity and egotism?
From all
that binds me to my lower selfish nature.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-284
“WE ARE MADE STRONG BY OUR THOUGHT, WE ARE
WEAKENED BY OUR THOUGHT”
O’ Master,
Those whose ignorance is destroyed by
Self-knowledge, their knowledge of the Self, like the sun, illumines the
Supreme. Those whose heart and soul are
absorbed in ‘That’ Supreme, who are steadily devoted to ‘That’ and regard
‘That’ as their highest goal, they go never to return, their sins(impurities)
being washed off by wisdom…….. Bhagavad-Gita.
How necessary it is that we guard our thoughts and do not
make evil contacts. If we do not guard
our thoughts, we shall be the losers. We
contact the high points and the low points of the universe by our thought. If we keep our mind on a
When we live in our material life, we have desires,
ambitions, anxiety etc. because we are
not happy with the available things. We
think only in lower levels with selfish attitude. We look for safety and protection to
safeguard our properties and wealth. We
forget that all these things are going to belong to somebody one day. Why do not we think today itself all these
materials are belonging to Him and not to me.
I am only the user and maintainer. We selfdom want to detach from our
self and our belongings. When we connect
our self with materials, it cannot give us purity. We should try to connect with a ‘vaccumised
mind’, where we can draw purity. It is
very in NC to get purity. Here our
beloved Master is there with us all the times, who loves and transmits His
purity to all of us.
Thoughts of the day:-
I offer
up my thoughts and my prayers to the Supreme Master
May He
make my heart in tune with the great Infinite Existence?
May He
shake off from my mind all petty, ignoble thoughts?
And fill
both mind and heart with loving, harmonious and pure feelings
That
through these feelings, I may gain contact with His Divine Being.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-285
“DO NOT LET US PLAY FALSE WITH OURSELVES”
O’ Master,
He who, restraining the organs of action,
sits holding thoughts of sense-objects in his mind, that self-deluded one is
called a hypocrite. But he who,
controlling the senses by the mind, follows without attachment the path of
action with his organs of action, he is esteemed….. Bhagavad-Gita
You must order your life in such a way that you need not
explain yourself. Your action will
suffice; your word will suffice.
Whatever thought we send out to the world, we receive similar thoughts
in response from the cosmic universe. A
thought is like a note in music, it produces a volume of sound which has a
broader scope than we imagine. We may think that our thoughts are only for
ourselves, but they cover a large area and have a wide influence. That man is noble, who thinks and does his
best when he is unseen and unheard.
Many a time, we do not know that we are playing false with
ourselves. We think that we are safe
with our knowledge, property, wealth etc.
We create such thoughts that we are good people and not harming
others. Are we prepared to analyze ours
elf that we have only good thoughts and good actions in our life? How a smoker disturbs his surroundings and
others through his smoking, people with negative thoughts disturb others and
surroundings without their knowledge.
Once you practice NC, you become sensitive to understand the negative
thoughts of others and sometime get disturbed by standing near to these
negative people. This is because your
purity gets disturbed by the impurities of others. The same way we can also disturb others with
our negative thoughts. Do not be
negative at any cost. Be with the
Master, you seldom become negative. Your
‘My Master’ should spread the purity to others.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
Embodiment of all blessing,
I lift
unto Thee my prayer with guileless heart,
Free it
from all discordant feelings
That I may
sense Thy Presence with me
And
breathe the atmosphere of pure holiness radiating from that Presence
May ‘It’
purify and strengthen me
And make
me more worthy.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-286
“HE WHO HAS ATTAINED
CONQUEST OVER SELF, NO ONE CAN OVERWHEL HIM”
O’
Master,
I was sad to think of all
lost opportunities;
But Thou, Divine forgiver,
hast called me again to sing before Thee
My heart is full of
gladness!
Strange that my mind knew
not it was Thy voice that sang in me,
And Thy music gave its
rhythmic chord.
All our miseries spring from self-interest.
Self-interest makes us unsteady and calculating. A man who can go over the rough places and
still maintain his ardor, that one is blessed.
He is a great asset to himself and to others. Unless we learn the art of living, we cannot
maintain steadiness. No one need think
that some special place or condition will give it. They help, but unless we ourselves cultivate
it, too often we throw away our opportunities to exhibit it.
Basically spiritual training is to loose
the I-ness and selfishness. Everyone try
to grab something or other from this world.
Few persons are interested to give something to this universe. These people are called saints. A saint never asks anything from the
nature. It provides everything to
him. His mentality is to do something to
this world and the people surrounded him.
Do we have the time to say ‘our problem’ instead of my problem? We do not have interest and time for it. Every individual who are all not
spiritualized feels that his problem should be solved first before
others’. And they have never ending problems. This life time is not sufficient to solve the
individual problems. And when are they
going to serve the society and the nation?
In NC, we connect ourselves to our beloved
Master and obtain His condition of life.
Life becomes very easy and peaceful.
We start feeling for others and our nation at large. Our selfish attitude vanishes with the purity
of our Master and we become self-less. No one in this universe can give trouble
to these persons who have obtained the condition of self-surrender.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
Infinite Love, in this silent hour
May I
feel Thy love and protection?
May I
rest in that love and lose all fear and weakness
In both
my sleeping and waking may I have the consciousness of Thy Presence
And may
that consciousness destroy in me all self-interest and self-importance.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-287
“WE CAN MAGNIFY OUR PROBLEMS AND WE CAN
MINIMIZE THEM”
O’ Master,
If, actuated by egoism thou thinkest; “I
will not fight,” in vain is this Thy resolve.
Thine own nature will impel thee…. Take refuge in Him with all thy
heart; through His grace thou shalt attain Supreme Peace and the Eternal
Abode”……… Bhagavad-Gita
No one can solve our spiritual problems for us. No one can hinder their solution. We ourselves hinder our own life and
spiritual possibilities. We must find
some higher way of working out our problems and the practical way is the higher
way. When a man becomes conscious of his
spiritual value, he will no longer be tempted to do anything petty or ignoble. If we do not order our life, if we do not
fortify ourselves, how can we hope to flourish?
Everyone has material problems. But how many have spiritual problems? Unless otherwise anyone is interested in
spirituality, how he gets into problems?
Spirituality starts with a problem of craving for something non-material. The craving for a non-material leads to a
higher personality, who can solve this initial problem. This higher personality or guide solves the
initial problem of craving by giving peace, courage and love, all are
non-material. Further the aspirant’s
problems should be identified by himself.
In case he is succeeded in finding out his spiritual problems, he can
inform his guide about it. Because the first three stages in spiritual journey
is possible for an aspirant when he religiously practices the NC system. The advanced spiritual conditions of Truth
realization, and through Truth realization, gaining wisdom and at last reaching
the condition of performing Dharma, is possible only by the sincere help of
Master. If Master takes care of your
work, your problems get minimized.
Thoughts of the day:-
May that
One from whom nothing is hidden,
May He
surround me with His Blessings?
And guide
me by His wise and unfailing Hand
May He give
me strength and wisdom to follow His Path?
Through His
grace, may I learn to be divine abiding in all my thoughts, words and actions?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-288
“MAN IS BORN ERECT”
O’ Master,
“He by whom the world is not afflicted and
who is not afflicted by the world, who is free from elation, envy, fear and
anxiety, he is dear to Me. He who is
free from all external dependence, pure, efficient, unattached, undisturbed and
has given up all selfish undertakings, he who is thus devoted to ‘Me’ is dear
to ‘Me’. …………. Bhagavad-Gita”.
The first stepping-stone to manhood is manhood itself. A man must be a man. He must exemplify manhood. What is a gentleman? He is gentle, big, and noble; he is
independent of opinion. He does not
think evil. Evil thoughts are as
creative as good thoughts. A man cannot
have happiness until he has obtained certain qualities of mind. When he has obtained these qualities, nothing
can overthrow him. Utilizing the
spiritual side of a person is spirituality.
Every baby when it takes birth is neither negative nor positive. The way it is brought up, it becomes positive
or negative. Basically everyone has more
positive qualities than negative. The
parents need not identify the positive qualities of a child, because it is
inborn. Guardians must be in a position
to read the negative side of a child. If
we remove the negative part of a human being, he becomes fully positive. In spirituality, negative qualities are not
accepted. Since spirituality itself is
positive, negative people cannot gain anything from this practice. At the same time, if anyone with negative
qualities joins in a spiritual training, he looses all his negative side and
gradually becomes positive.
Whosoever comes to NC practice irrespective of their origin
gets transformed automatically with the help of Divine love of our beloved
Master. Surrender to Him, everything
happens, and He takes care of the surrendered.
Nothing remains with him because of gaining the ‘nothing’.
Thoughts of the day:-
May my
thoughts turn to Him from whom comes all my blessing
May I
bring unto Him with childlike simplicity my actions and all that is produced
through my actions
May He
sanctify my life and every part of my life
May
nothing be hidden from Him;
May
nothing remain without His sanction.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-289
“YOUR WHOLE NATURE IS BUILT OF THE THOUGHTS
YOU HOLD IN YOUR MIND”
O’ Master,
“Therefore, at all times, think of ‘Me’ and
fight (perform actions). Having offered
thy mind and intellect to ‘Me’ thou shalt without doubt come unto ‘Me’………….
Bhagavad-Gita.
If you think of holy things, you become holy. If your heart is always filled with love, no
hatred can penetrate; nothing can mar your peace and tranquility. But the law works the other way also. If you are careless and let alien thoughts
persist, they will change your nature.
Whenever you criticize anyone, or find fault with anyone, or think evil
of anyone, that evil comes to you. By dwelling on a saintly character we become
saintly. That picture of saintliness
will inspire us, throw light on our path and transform our nature.
Spiritual practice is to bring saintly thoughts in us. Real saints are always holy and staying with
a holy saint gives holiness to us.
Whenever you think, you should use your brain to know whether this thought
is going to be destructive or constructive.
If it is destructive, try to change immediately. All the negative and sadistic thoughts never
help anyone for his spiritual progress.
Here in NC, the more you connect yourself with our divine Master, you
loses the tendency of thinking destructively.
Our main goal of becoming a saint should happen through our spiritual
practice. Otherwise practicing NC has no
value. Saints acquires maximum courage
and boldness because of purified mind.
We should not think of quitting this NC practice until otherwise we
become saints.
Thoughts of the day:-
Grant, O’
Master, that through this day nothing may disturb the peace of my thought
May I
radiate love and joyousness?
May I
keep my eyes fixed upon Thee?
And meet each
problem with courage and surrender
Help me
to keep my heart pure and full of devotion
And at
all times may it rest close to Thy Divine Heart
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-290
“IT IS NOT BY THINKING OF OURSELVES WE SAVE
OURSELVES”
O’ Master,
“Those who, surrendering all actions to
‘Me’ and regarding ‘Me’ as the Supreme
Goal, worship ‘Me’ with single-hearted devotion, for them whose hearts are thus
fixed on ‘Me’, I become ere long the Saviour from the ocean of this moral world of birth and death”……..
Bhagavad-Gita.
Great souls are never caught in the net of the
personal. They are not conscious of
small, petty things. When people lack
higher idealism, they give way easily to brooding and despondency and they
depress others. We cannot conceive of
God as other than all-loving. Fear is
not the seed of spirituality. More we
are actuated by love, more inspiration we shall have, more imbued we shall be
with higher feeling.
Ordinary people always think of themselves because of their
selfish attitude. Selfishness never
leads to God or saintliness. Think of
Him who is pure always in His mind and actions, and who can really help you on
your genuine needs. Remember Him
constantly to avoid your selfish thinking.
We all are aware that without our beloved Master, our NC practice has no
value. Our divine Master never selects
anyone for spiritual advancement, we get selected by our sincere practice and
love towards Him. He has no
discrimination. Merit is valued and not
mere service. Surrendered persons are preferred for higher levels. Serving the Master without purity and love
never brings any kind of spiritual progress.
All of us can do material service to Him. But we must reach a position
to do spiritual services to Him, helping Him in his spiritual activities. Surrendered persons have no time to think of
themselves.
“THINK OF HIM AND
FORGET YOURSELF”.
Thoughts of the day:-
All-pervading
Master, quicken in me a new sense of Thy Divine Being
That my
little-self may be lost in Thy great Self
Make my
heart humble and free from all selfish concerns
Grant
that I may always extend a helping hand to others
And lose
myself utterly in service to all thy children
May I
trust at al times to thy saving Grace?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-291
“WE MUST KEEP OUR MIND PURE, WATCHFUL AND
OPEN TO THE HIGHER REALM OF THOUGHT”
O’ Master,
Forsaking egoism, power, pride, lust, anger
and possession freed from the notion of “mine” and tranquil; one is thus fit to
become one with the Supreme. Becoming
one with the Supreme, serene-minded, he neither grieves nor desires; alike to
all beings, he attains supreme devotion unto ‘Me’.
….Bhagavad-Gita.
The reaction of one who keeps on brooding is gloominess,
like a thick cloud. We can never afford
to take a discontented or careless attitude. When we understand the law of
life, it is seldom we take a frowning attitude, towards ourselves, towards
others or towards God. No aloofness from
our fellow-men can insure us connection with the Heart of the Divine
Master. When we perceive that a thing is
detrimental, what can we do? Counteract
it. In the presence of light, darkness
vanishes. In the Divine presence of
Master, evil falls down without any intimation.
We say the
It is the divine Master who is mentioned here as the
spiritual King. We have to bring Him in
our heart at the earliest for our stay in His kingdom. Purity is the main cause to bring Him
inside. Let us create positive thoughts
and act positively. We should attain
holiness with the help of our beloved Master.
NC practice is to create purity and the purity is to bring
Him inside. Rest of our life will be in
His hands and worrying about the future gets stopped silently without our
knowledge.
Vacating ourself from
our mind brings Him inside without invitation.
Thoughts of the day:-
May I
realize more and more that my life is what I make it by my silent thoughts and
actions?
May I
never yield to vanity, discouragement or envy of others more fortunate than
myself?
May all
my habits of body and mind be wholesome and strength-giving?
May I be
faithful in the performance of each task?
And never
grow weary or prove unworthy of blessing.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-292
“WE DO NOT LIFT OUR BURDEN BY CEASING OUR
WORK
BUT BY LEARNING HOW TO DO IT”
O’ Master,
Therefore, being unattached, perform thy
duties (the work that ought to be done) unceasingly; for through the
performance of action, unattached, man attains the highest…. Bhagavad-Gita
If we want to succeed in life, it must be through
unification of effort. All parts of our
being must co-operate. It is not enough
to have material prosperity, we must also have spiritual knowledge; otherwise
we cannot truly prosper. We must not
keep on doing those things which are detrimental to our soul’s well being. Under anger, fear jealousy or vanity, the
better part of us suffers. Vanity is one
of the greatest drawbacks in human life.
It springs from a shallow nature.
Spiritual knowledge is a must for a person who wants to
perform well. Spiritual knowledge is to
remove all the unwanted knowledge and bring purity of mind in spiritual
practice. It teaches our own duty ie:
“Swadharma”, irrespective of our caste and religion. As long as we do not understand our Swadharma
perfectly, it becomes very difficult to perform every task in a better
way. Spirituality gives sufficient
inference regarding purity of mind, Swadharma (not responsibility) love and art
of living. Since the soul inside us is
full of purity, we must perform everything with purity of mind or purified
thoughts. Purified thoughts do not disturb others but give love. Our soul or spirit is the small
representation of the unlimited Holy Spirit, which may get satisfaction only
when we do some good things to the carriers of other small spirits (human
beings and other animals). The main
hindrance in us is the “Negative Ego” or I-ness which prevents us from doing
any kind of noble service. Once we
attach ourselves with the Divine Master, we start losing this Negative Ego,
strengthening our Positive Ego. This
positive Ego helps us to perform every duty as the best and pure.
Thoughts of the day:-
May I
realize more and more that my life is what I make it by my silent thoughts and
actions?
May I
never yield to vanity, discouragement, or envy of other more fortunate than
myself?
May all
my habits of body and mind be whole-some and strength-giving
May I be
faithful in the performance of each task?
And never
grow weary or prove unworthy of blessing.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-293
“THE GREAT SECRET OF LIFE IS TO LEARN TO
MAINTAIN AN EVEN TENOR
IN THE MIDST OF ALL THINGS”
O’ Master,
The steady-minded, by giving up all
attachment for the fruits of actions, obtains peace, born of
steadfastness. The unsteady, being
attached to fruits through desire, is ever bound by action…..Bhagavad-Gita.
We must give up, not because we are dejected or
battered. We must give up because there
has come a certain ripening within. Life
as a rule does not run evenly. It has
many ups and downs. It has many changes.
But those who have found the way of wisdom have learned how to maintain
evenness in spite of all the unevenness which circumstances offer. We do not accomplish this by calculation or by
any material means. We accomplish it by
going within and attaining inner tranquility.
Many a people do not know how to balance their life. Our mind wanders here and there in search of
something or other. When the material
searching is continuous, balancing our life becomes difficult.
Balancing comes in rest or relaxed condition. Aspiring for material benefits all the times,
create tension and stress all the times.
Where is the question of relaxation?
Though the body and mind are working, mind can relax. When the mind is attached with body, it loses
its strength of tranquility.
Spiritual practice is to tranquilize the mind to give mental
peace and balance. Since the balance is
taking place only on rest, we have to give rest to our mind and not for the
body and brain. When our mind is full of
‘ourself’, keeping balance in life is almost zero. When we connect ourselves to a person who has
balanced in his life, with ‘nothing’ inside, we get solace and rest. The more we love; this ‘nothing’ in this personality
will be transmitted to us gradually to give tranquility in life. All our
attachments should be detached from us and attached to this ‘divine
personality’ including our thoughts and actions. He takes care of His properties and wealth
along with thoughts and actions very well but not responsible for ours.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou who art One and
All-abiding Master, I offer up my thoughts, words and actions unto Thee
Grant that each act of the
day may be an act of devotion; Thou art the Source of my being;
I turn to Thee in
whole-hearted love and trust In Thee alone do I find rest and satisfaction?
From Thee alone can I draw
life and strength?
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-294
“THOSE WHO WANTS ‘NOTHING’ GETS EVERYTHING”
O’ Master,
Those who worship “Me” and meditate on ‘Me’
without any other thought, to these ever steadfast devotees I secure safety and
supply all their needs (I carry their burden)……. Bhagavad-Gita.
One can have nothing, yet possess a sense of princely
heritage. What is renunciation? It is
giving up self-limitation; it means no longer yielding to a lower order of
things. So many people want happiness
with a fervent longing, but the fever of self keeps them from attaining
it. As our outlook changes, we outgrow
the limitations of greed, pride, envy and all the narrowness of the little
self. An awakened soul is never touched
by earthly things. When we have very
high fever we are delirious and everything is distorted. So with the fever of the world-it makes us lose
our sense of proportion.
In our material search, we want everything and not
‘nothing’. But in spiritual search, we
should be in search of ‘nothing’. This
search of ‘nothing’ gives away all our attachments and become light in the
travel. Travelling towards ‘nothing’ is
very comfortable and safe. This
‘nothing’ is available in us only and not outside. This is also called God-within. The Ahamkara or self-pride covers this
‘nothing’ in us and we never get connected to it to get any help. With the help of a Divine Personality, we can
start searching ‘it’ and our search will be successful one day. The Master in NC guides us to find out the
‘nothing’ in us. Until we find ‘it’ He,
being ‘nothing’ takes care of us with love and protection. Constant remembrance of our beloved Master
brings the power of ‘nothing’ in Him to us to protect us from negative
things. We must acquire the capacity to
get His ‘spiritual energy’ through our love and sincere practice. Dedicated spiritual practice brings purity of
mind and blankness. Purity and blankness
along with sincere love and devotion attracts His energy to serve us.
Thoughts of the day:-
May the
Divine Master liberate me from the bondage of desire?
Through
His grace may I never forget that He alone is my Wealth and the source of my
life
May I
seek no possession apart from Him?
May He
help me to realize that the objects of this world are fleeting and perishable?
That He
alone is eternal, unchanging and indestructible.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-295
“FORSAKE HARSH SPEECH”
O’ Master,
From anger arises delusion; from delusion,
loss of memory is caused. From loss of
memory, the discriminative faculty is ruined and from the ruin of
discrimination man perishes. But the
self-subjugated attains peace and moves among objects with the senses under
control, free from any longing or aversion…. Bhagavad-Gita
Let there be nothing harsh, nothing discordant in your
heart. How can anyone dare to be
unkind? If you were not thwarted, how
would you practice forbearance and fortitude?
Humility, gentleness and forbearance will save you. Great souls, when they are humbled or
condemned or crushed, rise up stronger than ever. Arm yourself with gentleness and
non-resistance and you will always be safe.
A lasting impression is made only by a subtle gentleness. Aggressive methods never create anything
enduring. Be passive during tough times
to avoid tension and stress.
In initial spiritual practice, we require the power of
discrimination to get away from negative people.
Every attachment with a negative element creates impurities
and does not allow traveling further in spirituality. Though we lose our negative thoughts, our
mingling with negative people influence us in creating negative thoughts and
actions. Our entire endeavor fails once
we lose the capacity to keep ourselves away from unwanted elements. In advance spiritual conditions, the
practitioner never gets affected by negative people nor influenced by
them. The truth is, no negative people
will be associated with this advanced spiritual person nor can they. Then the capacity of indiscrimination starts,
losing the fear of negative people and negative elements. In NC, our Master suggests to get rid of
unwanted people from our life to avoid negative thinking and actions. We must associate only with ‘Sajjan’ or good
thinking people or saints.
Thoughts of the day:-
Thou who
art the Embodiment of all blessedness,
Grant me
the blessing of kindness, forbearance and gentleness
May I
never hurt or would any one of Thy children
I open my
heart to Thee’ cleanse it of all selfishness and harshness;
And fill
it with thy Divine Love.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-296
“WE
LIFT OUR THOUGHT
BY CONSTANT REMEMBERANCE
OF OUR MASTER”
O’ Master,
By the steadfast practice of meditation
with unwavering mind (not moving elsewhere) and constant thought of the Supreme
Divine Being, one goes to Him……. Bhagavad-Gita
We have to meditate on something. Our mind must dwell on some object. According to what he thinks upon, a man can
create an atmosphere of radiance, exuberance, buoyancy; and this brings
joy. Or he can carry gloom with
him. It is a matter of habit of thought. If a man’s thought, aspiration and action are
one, that man is free. He does not
blunder. We must build up our own life
by our noble thoughts. There are many
ways by which we can do this.
In NC, we meditate on silence, which is the language of
God. In fact, we are not meditating but
silencing our mind through silentation method.
This silencing of the mind gives tremendous courage, enthusiasm and
spiritual power. Constant remembrance of
our divine Master attracts His spiritual energy to us constantly. This Master’s energy received by us helps us
to remove our negative Ego.
By taking regular sittings from the authorized NC energizers
also can help us in spiritual progress.
Our righteous thoughts and actions create purity in us,
because it is our duty. When we bring
our beloved Master in us, we can think only the right things and do everything
in the right way. Internalization of
Master is a must in NC to lift us from the lower thinking and material way of
life.
Once it is over, we get enlightened to experience that we
are not doing anything, but it is done through us. Surrender is the best way
for internalization.
Thoughts of the day:-
Grant, O
Master, that through this day nothing may disturb the peace of my thought
May I
radiate love and joyousness?
May I
keep my eyes fixed upon Thee?
And meet
each problem with courage and surrender
Help me
to keep my heart pure and full of devotion
And at
all times may it rest close to Thy Divine Heart
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
GM-297
“INFUSE YOUR LIFE WITH THAT WHICH CAN BE
RELIED UPON AND TRUSTED”
O’ Master,
What hath chanced since Thou didst cast
upon me
Thy merciful glance and fill me with Thy
Divine Being?
Naught is left of me, or what I thought was
“I”
What remains in me is Thou and Thine
The thought of self and “I”, my desires and
prayers, are all lost in Thee
As we realize our higher Self or God-within, we have no
longer any quarrel with life. It is a
question of blending ourselves with the Great Power. We free ourselves by higher knowledge; and as
we free ourselves, we manifest higher attributes. We must make room for every blessing. We must empty our heart before it can be
filled.
Before realizing the God-within, we must realize our guide,
who is part and parcel in our spiritual life. We have to surrender everything
to Him without any condition. We should
develop unconditional love towards Him.
Then we get the experience of Internalization. Once internalization is over, we
automatically realize Him. This
realization confirms our life in His hands.
We can see Him everywhere and anywhere.
We can be sure that we are not alone, He is always with us. He becomes the protector and God Father. We cannot think of His separation from
us. We stop asking anything from Him,
except His presence always. The joy so
far inexperienced can be experienced with Him in our heart. This realization leads us to our further
journey along with Him towards ‘nothing’.
He takes us towards ‘that’ and a continuous bliss covers us throughout
our remaining life.
Thoughts of the day:-
O Thou
Unchanging One, Source of my strength, my Support and Refuge, My Master,
I lay my
life humbly at Thy blessed Feet;
Use it as
Thou seest fit;
I am Thine
own
One thing
alone I ask of Thee-
That Thou
wilt inspire me with holy thought
And impel
me to holy action.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya Shiva Balan
GM-298
“WE MUST FORTIFY OURSELVES WITH PRACTICAL
WISDOM”
O’ Master,
He whose mind is not agitated in calamities
and who has no longing for pleasure, free from attachment, fear and anger, he
indeed is said to be a saint of steady wisdom. He who is free from all
attachment and neither rejoices on receiving good nor is vexed on receiving
evil, his wisdom is well-established…… Bhagavad-Gita
It is not everything to find out the cause of our misery, we
must find some means to eliminate it; and nothing does this so well as
practical wisdom. There is no need of
failing down, if we fortify our house against attack. We fortify our houses against flies and
insects; all the more should we fortify our spiritual house against jealousy,
hatred, anger and petty thoughts. If
mind is not regulated, we shall not accomplish even the outer results we
desire.
Strengthening our mind is the real success in spiritual
practice. All of us have positive and
negative side in our life. Negative side
always is a disturbance to us and the positive side always as a
motivation. When we neglect our negative
side it cannot disturb us, but may give trouble at any time, if it is not
removed from us permanently. We have to
strengthen our mind against negative thinking, attitude and actions for our
peace. We have to give more strength to
our mind to face negative side of everyone who are connected to us, whether
they are your parents, wife, children, brothers & sisters or your close friends. Because it is very difficult to get saintly
people as your friends, relatives etc.
But, you can become a saint, by avoiding the negative side of your own
people. A saint is not against the
personality, but against the negative side of these personalities.
Thoughts of the day:-
May all the pulsation of my body, mind and heart be in
rhythm and harmony,
That I may feel the Presence of the Great Master within
me and all about me
May the Supreme Master of the Universe bestow on me the
light of true understanding
May He help me to do each task of this day wisely and
with ardor of devotion.
Yours lovingly,
Subrahmanya
Shiva Balan
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