Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Gayatri Sadhna

|| ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो योनः प्रचोदयात् ||

Gayatri is the eternal source of thy willpower that motivates the origin and all activities of the visible and invisible forms of Nature. The rivers, oceans, the earth, the moon, the sun and the gamut of other planets, from tiniest particle to the universal expansion…, everything is moving because of this cosmic driving force. It is the root of the impulse of life in the blossoming plants and trees that beautify Nature. The force of life in all living beings originates from its presence. Its superior presence in the human beings is reflected in the intellect, which enables the progressive development of the world and ascent of human life. In extraordinary cases, this sublime power is expressed as spiritually evolved pure, discerning intelligence – Ritambhara Pragya. This enlightened wisdom helps one understand what is right and what is wrong and guides to choose the prudent path to the higher goals of life. This divine power mostly remains concealed in the inner cores of our minds. The determined endeavor of its arousal is termed sadhana. The activation of this subliminal force of Gayatri in the soul links the human self with the divine light and powers of thee.

God is omnipresent in infinite dimensions. Thee is immanent in every movement, every activity, yet remains absolutely unperturbed and stable in the eternity…. The origin of Nature and the creation of the world are manifestation of thy wish to express thyself in multiple forms. The evolutionary impulse of thy will gave rise to this cosmic creation.

Gayatri is Vedamatha, the mother of all Vedas. Being the source of ultimate evolution and beatified salvation of praña, the Âdi Shakt is called Gayatri. The vedic scripture "Aitareya Brahman" describes this meaning as – "Gayan Trayate Sa Gayatri"; Meaning: That, which protects the gaya (praña) is Gayatri. The scholarly "Shankar Acharya Bhashya" further explains the meaning of Gayatri as –– "Giyate Tatva Manaya Gayatri"; Meaning: the discerning, pure intellect – Ritambhara Pragya, which unfolds the ultimate truth and absolute knowledge, is Gayatri.

Sadbuddhi – the enlightened intellect that enables prudent distinction between the truth and the false, the right and the wrong and guides the righteous decision making, is indeed a unique power, which proves to be superior and more beneficial than any other power or resource in the world. Wisdom or brilliance of mind trained and talented in worldly affairs might serve excellent achievements in materialistic developments. But the glittering success, haughty possessions and luxurious comforts attained thereby do not assure reduction of ego, jealousy, worries, tensions and other complications; and on the contrary, often gravitate the burden of the untoward tendencies and problems in life. No wisdom, no intelligence –– how...

A wonderful story!

Once there was a saint in a boat, crossing a river. The flow of river was high. When the boat was in the middle of the river, the boatman shouted, “oh God! Save us, the storm is very fast”. The flow of river was becoming very turbulent. He was trying his best to sail the boat to the shore of river. But it was many miles away from the land, and the storm was high. There was about fifteen-twenty people on the boat. Few minutes later when the boatman was tired, he told the people that you should pray to God, else there is no way to remain alive. All people were afraid and started remembering the God, But surprisingly the saint put up his ‘kamandalu’ and started to fill it with water from the river and pouring into the boat. One, two, three, four, five… he continued doing that. All the people tried to stop him, but he didn’t. After few minutes the boatman shouted that the storm has slowed down, and it seems that we can be saved by the kindness of God. Hearing this, the saint said, “Oh this is the matter”. Then he started to fill the kamandalu from the boat and pouring into the river. The people thought that the saint is mad.

At last the boat was at the shore. All the people went to their destination but the boatman went to the saint and asked, “ My lord, what was you doing? First you were pouring the water inside the boat and then you were throwing it out in the river.” The saint replied, “When you said that the boat is about to sink, I thought that the God wants that the boat should sink. Therefore I made my wish in accordance with the God’s wish. When you said that the boat can reach the shore, then I thought that it is the God’s will that we should be alive. And so I was acting according to God’s wish. Because it is my duty that I should always welcome His wish. But it doesn’t mean that you should copy me in every case, you should welcome every situation with your heart”.

Do you know what the saint had which we don’t have? It’s the worriless exhilaration!