17/07/2024
Pearls of Wisdom.
There is a story of a Master with three students. Each of the three were always looking at the interaction of the other two with the Master and comparing it with their own.
One day the Master told the three of them to go inside a room and drink a glass of milk and come back.
The first student entered and found three glasses, one gold, one silver and one steel. All three were filled with fresh milk.
He happily picked up the golden glass and drank and came out. The second student entered. He saw the golden glass empty, felt a little disappointed, but picked up the silver and drank and came back. The third saw he had only the steel glass and felt very sad. But he drank his cup and came out.
The guru asked them about their experience and they truthfully shared the state of their mind. The Master pointed out that the milk was the same in all three!
The Master nourishes each student equally. But the mind stays restless and discontented when it is caught up in the outer wrapping.
Gurudev often shares another story of a Master who gave his students the task of eating a banana in a place where no one would see them. One hid under a blanket at night and ate it.
Another found a different hiding place and the third came back without eating the banana. He told the Master that there was no place where he was alone.
He felt the presence of the Master with him everywhere.
Guru Purnima is time for us to reflect upon how we have been nourished and taken care of at every step. It is the time to revisit and enhance our faith, to feel the presence and connect with the higher power.
Real intelligence is Recognizing that the Guru is the Supreme Intelligence and that we are Exceptionally FORTUNATE to be in that Space.
Smt.Bhanu Narasimhan Didi.
