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September 28.
The past and the future.
Everything in Nature had its past, everything has its future. Man has to bear this in mind in his onward march.
Hating the past amounts to foiling the future. To be gloating over the past is the way of the slovenly. To drag the past and the future into the living present is the way of the industrious and the prosperous. To be beyond time is the way of the wise. Unmindful of time he does the right thing.
The past is the basis, the future is the goal and the present is the opportunity to a hero.
Vedanta.
September 29.
Mouthpiece.
The modern mike is the mouthpiece of speeches good and bad. But man should not become the mouthpiece of meaningless ideas. What he voices must always be beneficial to people.
Saints and sages take care to see that they are no mouthpiece of anything inauspicious. Either they speak constructive ideas or maintain silence.
When man surrenders his individuality he becomes the mouthpiece of Divinity. What he utters is the voice of the Divine.
Vedanta.
September 30.
Self-surrender.
Self-surrender is the holiest of all acts. It is like the prodigal son returning to the parents. It is like anarchy giving the place to benevolent monarchy.
A man of mature understanding realizes that the Cosmic Intelligence governs the universe with precision. Its design is inexorable. Therefore he subordinates his will to the Cosmic Will. His doings then coalesce with the cosmic plan. This infallible act is called self-surrender.
Renounce all dharmas and take refuge in Me alone. I shall liberate you from all sins.
Bhagavad Gita.
October 1.
The universal quest.
Beings seem as if goaded by divergent motives. Some are aggressive while the others are passive. Still their quest is the same.
All beings abhor death and cling fast to life. Seeking to exist is their universal quest. Secondly all beings try to know more and yet more in their respective spheres. Thirdly misery is shunned by all beings. It is in quest of happiness they move about. Not price is great that is paid for happiness.
The search for existence-knowledge-bliss is common to all beings. Their quest is universal.
Vedanta.
October 2.
Sanctuary.
A sanctuary requires to be recognized as such. Then it requires to be maintained with devotion.
What is sanctuary to one need not necessarily be so to another. Very often a fanatic gloats in defiling the sacred place of an alien. But the human body is the universally accepted sanctuary. It is divinely ordained so. Man is obliged to view his body as the temple of the Maker. The alien and the infidel also are to be treated with the due regard.
I once thought the body was a dirty burden. I then found the Divine enshrined in it. Now knowing it as a sanctuary I uphold it.
Tirumular.
October 3.
The requisite.
A project without requisite is not possible to carry out. Each scheme has its own requisites. Man’s life is no exception to it.
Barring man all creatures are so constituted that they are self-sufficient to carry on their career. Man alone is in need of housing, clothing and variety of instruments suited to callings. His objective requisites are incalculable. But for self-perfection the requisites are all subjective.
A healthy body, sound mind, keen intellect and an ardent desire for enlightenment are the requisites for self-perfection.
Vedanta.
October 4.
The eye.
Lord, You shine as the eye in me. May I have the eye to see You as the eye of the universe.
The eye is the chief organ of knowledge. The inner stuff reveals itself through the eye. Nature is not blind, it is eyed. Its precise functioning as time, space and causation attests to its being endowed with the eye of knowledge. Inner eye is more important to man than the physical eye.
The cultured alone are called the eyed ones. The others merely own two apertures resembling sores.
Tiruvalluvar.
October 5.
Regenerate heart.
Infusing the heart with noble ideas is far superior to feeding the body with nourishing food, though both are essential.
The old life of petty outlook must give place to the new one of gentleness, purity and patience. Joy and confidence should take the place of regret and defeatism. Enlightenment should relegate ignorance. The life of buoyancy should reign over despondency.
The one poised in spirituality regenerates his heart day after day until perfection is reached.
Vedanta.
October 6.
Calmness.
Disturbed state of mind dissipates away the energy. Calmness on the other hand gathers it up. Calmness under all circumstances characterizes the seasoned man.
A gentle gust causes commotions to twigs, reeds and creepers. But the most violent gale does not disturb the trunk of a tall tree. Likewise the trained up mind maintains its calmness in trials and tribulations.
There is no ruffle when the pitcher is filled to the brim. So is the knowing mind.
Proverb.
October 7.
Medicine.
Medicine is one of the wonders of Nature. If there are diseases there are also remedial measures. Medicine ought to be wisely availed of.
Not only man, but beasts and birds also sensibly avail themselves of medicinal herbs. In this respect man has a lesson to learn from the other creatures. Man often uses the medicine and courts illness simultaneously. The others avoid illness instinctively.
Self-knowledge is the most efficacious medicine. It permanently cures man of the disease called birth and death.
Vedanta.
