When on
a pilgrimage, without adequate mental preparation, you may
not be able to receive the Grace of God! During pilgrimage,
do not act like a postal parcel, which moves from place to
place, collecting impressions on the outer wrapper, but not
on the core being. Your purpose for a pilgrimage is to
strengthen your spiritual inclinations and let the holiness
of the place settle in your mind. As a result, your habits
must change for the better and your outlook must widen.
Your inward vision must become deeper and steadier. You
must realize the Omnipresence of God and the oneness of
Humanity. You must learn tolerance, patience, charity and
service. After the pilgrimage is over, sitting in your own
home and ruminating over your experiences you must determine
to seek. Aspire to get higher, richer and more real
experience of God realization.
Repetition of God’s Name
(japam) and meditation (dhyana) are the
means by which you can accelerate the concretisation of
Divine Grace, in the Name and Form you yearn for. The Lord
has to and will assume the Form you chose, the Name you
fancy and the way you want Him to be. Therefore do not
change the Name and Form you adore mid-way; but select and
stick to the One that pleases you most, whatever the
difficulty you encounter or however long it takes! All
agitations must cease one day, is it not? The
dhyana of the Form and the japam of the
Name - that is the only means for this task.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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