Today I met one of my longtime associates from my Guru’s place and I poured out all my loving emotions on my Guru with him. But I felt a sort of uncomfortable feeling after that.ย Afterwards, I felt that it’s only my Guru who will understand my mind and heart, not anybody. So I should be calm, not to pour out anything.ย
So, simply spilling my joy all over around me, I become the loser.ย How can I make myself calm?
The Guru has to be seen as the Divine Himself. Instead of focusing too much on the outer physical aspect, one should see the Divine in the guru. Then the rest becomes easy. Nothing is difficult for the Divine to grant us, nor does He wait for any method. The only how is to want it sincerely. If we sincerely aspire and ask for Peace and Calm, it will surely come. Simply call Peace, Peace, Peace or Shanti, Shanti, Shanti as you would address a friend requesting to come and one day it will surely come. These (peace, knowledge, love, strength, ananda, etc.) are all conscious Divine forces and come if we call them sincerely from our heart. It is a question of the nature of our relationship with the Divine that we form. If we believe that the Divine will respond to a certain type of worship or formal invocation, then He waits for that and the process actually gets delayed since, by attachment to a particular path or way, we limit Him. But if we simply aspire or call and have faith in His living Presence that is everywhere and in everything, then He will come simply to our call. And when He comes, Peace and Delight invariably come as a result of His Presence, just as the ministers always accompany the king.
Loving regards,ย
Alok Da
