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From the Gospel of Sage Ramakrishna:

Once upon a time a doll made of salt went up to the sea with a view to measure its depth. The salt doll had a sounding line and lead in its hand. It came to the edge or the water and looked on the mighty ocean that was before it. Up to this point it had continued to be the salt doll that it actually was, keeping its own individuality. But no sooner did it take one step forward, and put its foot to the water, than it became one with the ocean — lost— entirely lost to view! Every particle of the salt doll now melted away in the sea-water. The salt of which it was made had come from Brahman. The ocean, and behold, it came back once more to get reunited to the original salt of the ocean!
The ‘ Differentiated ‘ once more became one with the ‘Undifferentiated.’
The human soul is the salt doll — the Differentiated Individualized Ego. The Absolute, the Unconditioned — is the Infinite Salt Ocean — the Undifferentiated Ego. The salt doll could not come back and tell of the depth of the Mighty Ocean. Such is he who is fortunate enough to realize God the Absolute in the unfathomable depth of Samadhi which wipeth out all individuality. Undifferentiated as he is, he comes not back out of the deep to tell the world the nature of God, the Absolute and Unconditioned. For if it be ever possible, my Mother willing, for the salt doll to come back differentiated again, it must speak in the terms of the finite — in the language of the Differentiated. It must behave as an inhabitant of the relative phenomenal world.

When we judge others, we get a highly placed seat. The seat of a fool. What are we judging?, we are judging a mortal, with a limited perception of a mortal mind in a mortal world. As says the advaita, We know that only by means of the bodily senses and the mind can the world be known, both of which are transient and subject to birth and death. So what is known is actually false and pregnant with foolishness. Better be a moodha (fool), who does not know anything, who cannot judge, who can sleep, but be awaken at the same time. It is better to be a wise fool then just being educated wise.

Start thinking like a four year old. For them there is nothing permanent. No permanent joy, no sorrow, no grudges, immense love, no shame, no permanent hatred. They hold nothing and cling to nothing. They are extremely pure and have no adulteration. We are what?, just some contaminated adults with tainted minds. Once we become what they are, then we will be able to see God. The form and formless becomes clearer. Their wishes get fulfilled because of God only. We are the modes. If you become a child, then you can directly ask and talk to your true mother and father (The supreme souls.) Seek and your wish will be granted.

When we look at the birds carefully, we will see that when they land they slow down and then they finally settle at the place precisely. The whole motion is very smooth, precise and controlled. This is what happens to everyone when they settle down in life. They stop running. They become stable, their actions become smooth and most of the time they are not running. Grace is visible in their actions. So when you fly, you are basically running but when you settle down then you stop running. If you are running at that stage then might very well land up in an accident. I wonder about the nano-flight mechanism of God. Man took thousand years just to replicate the movement. God is doing it with every bird out there. Every bird with its own movement, fluttering of humming birds and flight of mountain eagle, with every lending strictly precise to the last degree. Can we ever engineer that level of accuracy? God’s every creation is delightfully wonderful with hidden lessons in all their actions. There are many teachers out there, they are looking for students.

Yes, we derive happiness from sharing and we also feel happy because of unknown reasons. We also feel happy when we achieve something, we may also feel happy when we help people in suffering. Happiness is an inevitable part of human psyche, as is the gloom. I have been searching the ultimate bliss not just the momentary happiness. The ultimate bliss that never seizes to exist, the bliss that keeps you in that state of madness than you cannot be touched by the tints of anger, hatred, jealousy or unhappiness. That madness that you can see on the faces of Jesus or Mahatama Buddha. The shining bright light on the faces of enlightened ones. That happiness comes from infinite but methodological supreme energy called God by everybody. The source of that energy is the commanding force behind all the complex equations, the source that even quantum physics fails to define, because that “Adi Shakti” cannot be defined in terms of figures. It could though only be felt and understood. That source is needed because I need to feed them to others. I need to channelize on daily basis because this is what I am born for. That infinite undying love for every tattered heart out there. I need that immense imperishable love for everybody, not for anything else but for the meagre sense of good. To be good in these trying times, is one of the most difficult task, I seek energy so that I can adhere to the same. The worst part of being a psychic is that you already perceive the person in his blacks and whites. I need to demolish my own ideas so that I can consider everybody as a mere soul united with me at a deeper level. I sometimes seek isolated atmospheres because I fear the materialistic and fallen souls. I wish I can mute my own visions so they can let me see everybody in a different way. My mind is tailored in a fashion where this machine just starts analysis the minute it hears or meets somebody, so I have to turn it down. I seek mother divine and tell her to freeze my machines and let she be the controlling force.
“Ai kash kuhuda kuch aisa ho jaye,
Main, main na reh sakun bas to hi ho jaye”

I always found happiness in my dreams. Though nothing lofty, but my dreams were my source of happiness. But I wonder what is the ultimate happiness. I always wanted to build a small beautiful house, but what if those people whom I wanted to share my happiness with are no more. What if, if the manifestation of my ideas never get shared with my kinsmen. The truth is everybody we are in relation with are mere mortals. Even we are mortals. So why this time bound oppression. I felt I was traveling first class, without knowing where I was heading to. This new thought has helped me to get united with every soul. I practise attachment with a clear understanding of non-attachment. I feel that real happiness is in the primitive idea of simple living and no lofty dreams. Existing without any charm for this dirty body. God has given us birth with an objective. Those objectives has nothing to do with material realization. Materials are ends to means and not the means themselves. Today the human society has advanced so much, and yet we cannot fulfil the primitive needs of hunger and poverty. This advancement is nothing and it cannot solve even the basic things. The biggest of the factories in this world cannot even produce one particle of “Ultimate happiness.”

When he manifests in you, you are with nobody and you are nobody but him. Your existence freezes and it is mere ignorance if you consider yourself existent. You are already him, but he is sleeping within you. If he wakes up then your so called “I” will cease to exist. His light will shine through and you will united with all souls.

Mehla Pehla By Shri Gurunanak Dev Ji
ਦੇਦਾ ਦੇ ਲੈਦੇ ਥਿਕ ਪਾਿਹ ॥ (2)
The Great Giver keeps on giving, while those who receive grow weary of receiving.

Think of it. He (The supreme one) keeps giving and giving. He never stops. It is only us who grow weary of receiving but he never gets tired.

Be like a child, who seeks his mother from heart. When you face him, do not face him with that fake face. Face him with true heart out, and you will receive whatever you want.

God may not listen to us so quickly, but the master does. God is bounded by our deeds and is bound to give us the fruits of our karmas, Guru is not bounded by that. God remain in silence, a guru responds. God takes his time, guru never waits for it. That is why Kabeer Said:

“गुरु गोबिन्द दोउ खडे काके लागूँ पाँय
बलिहारी गुरु आपने गोबिन्द दियो बताय”

“Guru and God both are here
to whom should I first bow
All glory be unto the guru, who showed us
the path to God”

During the ancient period there used to be courtiers and jokers in the palace of the kings. Those people have to attend the court and they were engaged in King’s entertainment. In ancient history courtiers are often depicted as insincere, skilled at flattery and intrigue, ambitious and lacking regard for the national interest. They were the least paid employees. Finances rolled in for those who were brave, true and valorous. (At least in the some of the kingdoms). Now come to the present day. Kings turned to politicians and jokers and courtiers turned to actors and players. Most of them get sold in movies, operas or IPL. Consider the amount they get for their paid acting and compare it to a farmer working in the fields. Entertainment has become more precious than the food we consume. A player became a millionaire overnight and farmers work day and night just to produce and feed those million mouths in our country. Do they really get paid like them?. Yeah, I understand, there is a lack of glamor amongst the soldiers dying of frost bites in the sub-zero atmospheres of Siachin, there is a lack of glamour amongst the true people placed in remotest areas of our country helping others out. But do you really think that they do not deserve anything. Are we really independent mentally? Or we are still bounded by the idiotic assumptions that the actors depict their real life.

Khuda hai naam uska mere dil ka paanhagar hai
Wo kiraya deta nahi or main lena nahi chahta