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EARLY MORNING TALK Worshipful homage unto that Supreme Reality, Who is the Infinite and Eternal Reality beyond this world of time and space. Here, all things within human experience is bounded and limited in categories of time and space. Thou art beyond time and space. Here, all things have a name and form, so that they may be recognised. So name and form become necessary as a support for identifying things. This vegetable – shaped in such a way and having this purple colour – this is eggplant; it is brinjal. This vegetable which is like a stick, with which people beat the – it is called drumstick. And correctly enough, naturally enough, they call it drumstick. Whereas the drum major who leads a drum ensemble, he has got a big stick. He very skillfully makes it whirl round, among the fingers, and then suddenly puts it … throws it up in the air, and catches it as it comes down. And then, all the time, the time is kept with both feet; marching goes on. There is skill required … drum major. And, similarly, that which is broad-based, and suddenly goes into a taper, and if it is kept in the room, the whole room smells! – they call it onion. Pyaaz. Pyaaz. They call it pyaaz. And pyaaz is identified by name and form – and smell also! Smell also. If someone is cutting pyaaz in the kitchen, the room outside the kitchen also will smell. Another thing that smells is asafetida. Hing, they call it hing. That also smells. And one who cooks, and he is preparing some dish, potato goes very well with onion; he can make sambhar … The one who is preparing the dish and cutting onions may be a very happy person; but, somehow or other, the person will be weeping! Because that onion contains juice – its acid secretion; and that acid secretion has a tendency of becoming atomised, and rising up into the air, rising up into your nostrils and: “Why, what’s happened? Why are you weeping?” – “No, no, I am not weeping. I am cutting onions.” So this is a world where name, forms and qualities are necessary in order to coexist. We identify things through name, form and quality. “Thou art nameless and formless, O Lord. And due to that, sometimes I am in a problem. I am in a problem. Because when You are nameless and formless – by what name shall I pray to You, what name shall I call You? If I want to call You, O Father, Thou art in Heaven – by what name shall I address You? By what name should I call You?” That was the problem of Moses also. He wanted to bring some order in the lives of his people. They seemed to have gone mad in the wrong direction. To go mad in the right direction is okay – to have great enthusiasm; that people may laugh, “Arre, madcrack! What is this, they are going after this?” But if it is the right direction, it is good to be a madcrack in the right direction – mad for God, mad for principles, mad for ideals, mad for something which brings the good of all. There is a word in English called “common weal.” Common weal – good of all. But they were going in a wrong direction. So he goes on top of a mountain and prays. “O Thou who art the Lord of the whole universe, please do something.” And he goes on praying, praying, praying. Until the Lord is moved and He manifests Himself in the form of a voice and speaks to Moses. Moses is taken aback! He is hearing a voice, but he is not seeing anyone. “Lord, I hear you. But where are You?” He said, “I am near this bush.” Moses looks. The mountaintop forest is full of bushes. So many bushes! So: “There are many bushes, O Lord. How am I to know by what bush You are?” Then – the Lord says, “Lo! Among these many bushes, you will see one bush is afire. Fire is … flames are coming out of the bush; and therefore, that is the bush. You can see.” So, one bush starts to burn. Through that, Moses locates the presence of God, the source of the voice, and begins to address. “So I want to bring order in my people. Please help me. I want their welfare. I want them to go in the right direction, do the right things: so that their future may not be disastrous, the future may become desirable. Then, the Lord says: “Yes. You are a good man, that you seek the welfare of all beings. And, therefore, I will help you in fulfilling your good intention and bringing about the welfare of all. I will give you a code of conduct. I will give you a code of conduct, go and put it before them. Tell, ‘You must live in this manner.’ Good will come out of it, good will come out to you also. It is good for you. So he gets the Ten Commandments. But then, he is … when he goes down and gives them the Ten Commandments, he once again faces the same problem. They turned around and ask him, “Who gave it?” – “God gave it.” “So what is the name of your god?” So he has to go back again. He didn’t …[Swamiji laughs] … he didn’t ask the name of the one who gave him this. He knew it was there because He manifested as a voice; and identified the source of the voice by making that bush near which He spoke – appeared and spoke invisibly – by making it burn. So he goes back all the way and says, “Lord, they want to know Your name.” Then it is He gives the famous name, which in Hebrew – Hebrew language, ancient Hebrew language – means: “That which is in all beings.” It is all-pervading, therefore it is everywhere; and so it is within and without. And it indwells you also because it is within. And that which dwells within all beings … what is that which dwells within all beings? Everyone, everywhere in the world – maybe he is an Indian, maybe he is a Pakistani, maybe he is a Sri Lankan, maybe he is a Nepali, maybe he is a Bhutanese, maybe he is an Afghani, maybe he is a Malaysian, maybe he is a Singaporean, maybe he is a Hong Kong man, maybe he is an Australian person, maybe he is a New Zealand Maori. Maybe he’s a French man, Italian, German or Swiss person, or a Greek, or a Spanish person or a Portuguese person, or belonging to the Benelux countries, Luxembourg, and … Or, belonging to Denmark or Norway or Sweden, Finland, Russia, England, America, Canada, South America; Uruguay or Argentina, or Chile – wherever it is, wherever he is – Venezuela. They all of them, no matter to which country they belong, they are different in all ways – their mode of dressing, their mode of eating, the type of food they eat, the way in which they wear apparel, the language they speak, their various names – BUT, all of them, in whatever language it is, they all say: “I”. I. “Mein.” “Io”; “io soy.” Everyone says I. A Chinaman says I. A Japanese also says I, in Japanese language. An African Hottentot, he says I. A person of the desert, Tural, he says I. A person of Morocco, or Libya, or Turkey, or Egypt, Iraq, Iran – everyone says “I” in his or her own language. This is a common thing, like a sutra-atma, as one thread goes through all the beads of a mala. Beads may be different, but the thread is common in any necklace. No matter what types of beads there are, variegated shapes and sizes and colours, but the thread that holds them together in the form of a necklace is same in them all. They call it sutra-atma. And that is, He exists in all beings as “I”. Therefore, when he came up a second time asking, “They want to know Your name” – He says, “Tell them my name is I AM THAT I AM, within. That I am.” So in Hebrew, the name God gave meant, “THAT I AM.” That common factor, dwelling within all in this human world, where everything except other than this may differ, but this does not differ; it is there. “That I am.” And, in ancient Hebrew language, “That I am” was uttered “Yah Weh.” Yah Weh – which means “That I am.” Many, many years ago, there was an illumined sage. Illumined sage. A spontaneous illumination the sage got when he was a youngster, young boy; school-going boy, little boy. A teenager between 16 and 17 years of age, suddenly one day he got spontaneous illumination. “That I Am” suddenly glowed within him; and he felt his oneness with all that exists. Then he went on to become one of the greatest sages of our modern world. Greatest sages. Passed away very early in the year 1950; maybe in the month of January or February. Very early in the year. And the whole world recognised, East and West alike, that there was no sage as fully illumined and filled with the divine light within. Purna-Jagriti. And, between the age of 16 and 17, when he suddenly got this illumination, the “my” also dropped – “my family, my father, my mother, my uncle, my brother” – everything dropped; “my home, my town.” And so when the “mine” was dropped, he did not have attachment to anything. He got up and went away. But, that which brought him a sort of an inner awakening was the name of a sacred mountain in south India and Tamil Nadu. That name, it was always within, in his mind. So he went to the railway station, sat in some train that was on the platform. When the train moved, he was absorbed in that “I Am, I Am” within. And so, in His own way, the Supreme Being took this person in hand. “This person I have to look after now. This person has lost itself, and therefore cannot …” Became incapable of looking after himself because the identification with the body vanished. Because we are identified with the body, we look after it, care for it; give it breakfast, lunch and dinner; and wash the clothes properly. Fan it when it is very hot, and cover yourself with a nice cloth when it is chilly and windy. But this person cannot look after ... So, He says, “Now the burden is Mine. I have to look after him.” So Lord takes this person in hand. The name of that mountain which gave him this sudden inspiration, awakening within, light within, is called “Arunachala.” Arunachala. And, he became generally known to the West as the “Sage of Arunachala.” Sage of Arunachala. The name given at birth by his parents to him when the child was … infant was born was Venkataramana. Not Venkatarama – because one of our Presidents of India was a man called Venkatarama. Venkatarama. Mr. Venkataraman. He was not Venkataraman, but he was Venkataramanan. And for short, they … parents used to call him Ramanan. Venkataramanan – short form, Ramanan. The West called him the Sage of Arunachala. The local people called him Ramana of Arunachala. And, he being a sage – in India, the word referring … by which we refer to a sage is called Rishi. Rishi is a sage. A recluse who does not speak and observes silence, is called Mowni. Because mouna is not talking, silence; observing silence. Mowni. Rishi is a sage. But, if he is a great sage, they call him Maharishi. Maha. A raja is a ruler. The ruler of a great kingdom is called Maharaja. Maharaja. So, he became known all over India for the Indians as Ramana Maharshi. Ramana Maharshi. Ramana Maharshi used to say: “The name given to the god by different religion people are variegated names; but I have never come across a name which is so apt, so appropriate, so correct, sums up the essence of the thing. We call that all-pervading Reality, God, as in the Hebrew religion: the religion of the people of Israel. Race-wise, they call them Jews. Their religion is the Hebrew religion. The most appropriate name to indicate the Supreme Being is the Hebrew name given by the Jewish people to indicate God, ‘That I Am.’ Because, this is the actual fact. He dwells in all beings as ‘I Am, I Am, I Am.’ ‘Aham, Aham, Aham, Aham. Aham Asmi.’ It is the aptest definition of God – ‘That I Am’.” Ramana Maharshi said this. He passed away, I think at the advent of 1950 – very early in 1950. Aurobindo Ghosh of Pondicherry passed away towards the end of 1949, December. Ramana Maharshi passed away very early the next year, 1950. Because, this solves the devotee’s problem. Otherwise the devotees say, “They say You have no name and form. So how can I call You, when I don’t know Your name? When I am in distress, by what name shall I call You? And, if You have no form – how can I meditate upon You? In what way should I meditate, if You have no form? Because I want some support for my meditation.” And, our experience in the human world, we always take the support of a form in order to think of something; we always take support of a name in order to call someone. Bhagavan bole, “How can I tell you any name? ALL names are MY name! I am the Thing that is the imponderable thing of the Buddhist. I am the perfected, illumined Being of the Jains. I am the Ahura Mazda of the Zoroastrians (the followers of the prophet Zoroaster). I am the Para-Brahman of the Hindus who believe in the nameless, formless, transcendental Being; Infinite, Eternal, the One beyond the many. I am also …” Because the Hindus have made a beautiful synthesis: they believe in God without form and name, beyond time and space. They also believe in the manifestation of the One in the many, as God with name, God with form. And they describe the form in great detail, very accurately: how He is decked, with four hands. And Krishna with flute, beautiful peacock feather here, His flute in hand, yellow silken cloth, always joyful. Lord Siva, serenely seated in meditation, with hair tied up in a tuft, with the third eye – of course closed, always closed. White. Vishnu, Rama, Krishna, they are/have bluish body. He is karpoora gaura – as white as camphor; gaur. ‘Gaur’ means fair. Gauran. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was called Gauran, because of his very fair skin. And Brahma, chaturmukha Brahma, vahana is swan, sitting on a lotus. So: “I Am the nameless, formless Para-Brahman of the Hindus. I am also the various manifestations in name and form That transcendental Being has taken, in order to give a support for the devotee to think, contemplate, offer worship.” So … so many temples, all these forms installed. Badrinath, Narayana temple is there. Kedarnath, Siva temple is there. Jagannath, Krishna’s temple is there. Brindavan also is full of temples. Dwarka, He is shining as Dwarkadeesh. You see? And in Dakor, Gujarat, He has got a certain form, Ranchorji. In Nadiya also. So… In Kashi, He is Viswanath. And again in Rameswar, Land’s End of India, He is Rameswar, Shankar Bhagavan. And, nine days we worshipped God in the form of Mother – God as Mother, the Divine Mother of the Universe. So: “I Am these variegated forms of the Hindus. I Am the Supreme Tao of the Chinese. I Am whomsoever the followers of the Shinto religion worship.” Followers of the Shinto religion worship. “I Am the Almighty Father in Heaven of the followers of Christianity. I Am the Allah.” ‘Allah Hu Akbar!’ – from the muzin top in every mosque, five times, sometimes nine times, the priest in the mosque, Muslim mosque, calls the faithful to prayer; and he opens this, “He is Great, Allah.” So they address the Supreme Being as ‘Allah.’ “I Am the Allah of the Muslims. I Am the Ik Omkar of the followers of the Sikh cult. I Am therefore in all beings, in the form of their particular god.” In Arabic – Allah is an Arabic word – so, “I Am the Allah of the Muslims. Almighty Father in Heaven of the Christians.” That’s how Jesus taught people of his own times to address the Supreme, “Our Father which art in heaven,” when they asked him to teach them how to pray. And so, in seeming diversity there is unity. In seeming diversity, there is unity. So, the seeming diversity need not bring any clash and conflict among these followers of seemingly different faiths and religions. Because the same One Being is addressed in so many names by the followers of so many religious systems – because they are all worshipping the same being. Therefore, there should not be discord, there should be concord. There should not be clash and conflict, there should be harmony. There should be harmony and oneness. This is a sign of illumination. This is a sign. All literature – prose, poetry – exists in order to bestow knowledge. And knowledge not only imparts information but, also, it gives wisdom, imparts wisdom. It teaches; knowledge teaches. And wisdom always is beneficial. Wisdom is never harmful. You must welcome it. Because – the sum totality of wisdom, put into the literature, through the literature of the world – because all great sages and saints, incarnations of God have taught. Lord Krishna taught His Bhagavad Gita. Rama taught in what is known as Rama Gita: there is a scripture called Rama Gita. Jesus taught through the New Testament. His teachings are all there in the Four Gospels. In the Old Testament, the prophets before, they taught. Moses, St. John the Baptist and other people. Because they do it with your welfare in view. Knowledge exists to benefit people; to do you good. Therefore, one body of knowledge which has come down to us in a concise form is in a composition called ‘Hitopadesa.’ Hitopadesa. ‘Hita‘ means your good, your welfare. ‘Upadesa’ means teaching; teaching conducive to your welfare. Hitopadesa. And, even those who have not read Hitopadesa, after the World Wars – so much disaster, so much killing, so much death, so much destruction, so much suffering; so many families orphaned, so many women widowed, so many …! Because, indiscriminate. In the ancient times, armies met in a particular place, location; it was called a battlefield. randbhoomi. There, only the armies fought. The civilians were not affected. But in the modern warfare, they … invisibly their artillery sends shells. BOOM! BOOM! Where the shell will fall – in a village, or a town, or a city, or a building, or a church, what it’ll destroy, how many people it’ll kill, it may kill men, cattle, everything – the artilleryman doesn’t know. He is directed to …”In this direction – shoot!” And, in the same way, aerial bombing. They put bombs in the air, and they fly so high that we cannot see them also. Sometimes they want to be invisible because they have got anti-aircraft guns, aimed toward the sky – aak! aak! aak! They call it “anti-aircraft guns.” And, this devastation, people became tired. And they decided, “No, no, no! This warfare is no good! They must not fight like children. Fighting brings no good; it only brings bad. It only causes suffering. It only injures everyone – individually, organisation-wise, everything is …”Therefore, after the First World War, they decided, “We will all have a common forum. We will form an organisation where all of us are members.” And it was called the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson was the President of America at that time; they brought what is known as the League of Nations. So they had great hopes, through the League of Nations, warfare and fighting will no more exist; no more trouble the world humanity. And, even if they have got some differences of opinion, they will settle it through a common court – international court. So, they formed an International Court, where all international disputes between countries could be taken and resolved in a non-violent way, in a place in Netherlands called The Hague. La Hague. So the International Court of Justice of La Hague became a hope for the peaceful resolution of world differences of opinion, no conflicts should be there. And through table, by negotiating and talking over, mutual understanding, consultation, we will … So: the International Court of Justice in La Hague, the League of Nations. But the arrogance, the superiority complex of Corporal Adolf Hitler of Germany – superiority complex, arrogance, ego … EGO, “I must be powerful, I must be foremost” – wrecked everything, all hopes of humanity; ruined everything. He walked, crushing everything under his feet, his boot steps, and brought about an unimaginable second global conflict. So many nations had never been involved in one war that took place between 1914 and 1918. Between 1914 and 1918 – 14, 15, 16, 17. So they call it World War. But it is nothing! It is a small squib, Chinese cracker, compared to the conflagration which Adolf Hitler, due to his ignorance, and due to his arrogance, ego, superiority complex, brought about. It engulfed actually the whole world, East and the West. All the countries in Europe became involved in it. England became involved, America became involved, Japan became involved, Italy became involved, Spain became involved. General Franco of Spain, Benito Mussolini of Italy, Adolf Hitler. Emperor … no, Hirohito was actually neutral, but there was an admiral of his navy – because Japan was a naval power, great naval power – Tojo, T-o-j-o, Admiral Tojo. He plunged the whole world into travail and tribulation, brought about so much destruction. And so, after that was over, they said League of Nations failed, so we will bring out once again a better organisation of all the nations. So they brought out what is called the United Nations Organisation. U.N.O. For some time it was the great light, great hope of the whole world. But, the rivalry between United States of America, across the Atlantic, and Russia – both wanted to become superpowers. “All other countries, we should ask them to come behind us. So, what side are you? Are you on the side of America? Or are you on the side of Russia?” So the East and the West, across the Atlantic; so there was a tug-of-war between the superpowers. And, the United Nations Organisation – U.N.O. – became the most UN-united Nations Organisation! Without changing the initials, U.N.O. became the most “UN-united Nations Organisation.” Where they openly, in the Security Council, they abused each other. Once, one Russian President or Prime Minister, he took out his shoe; when the United Nations was in session and talking was going on, he took out his shoe and banged the desk in front of him, so that no talk could go on. Because he created such a big, deafening sound they could not consult each other, they could not converse; and all proceedings came to a stop. Just imagine, an adult – a big person, not a child – must have an understanding; and it’s a deliberate action, not in a fit of temper – he took out his shoe! It became … hit the headlines of all the newspapers in the world. Whereas, see, once again the world becomes un-united; it starts taking sides. Sides. Communism developed in Europe. Capitalism flourished in, it was THE thing, in the United States. The world became divided into communist and capitalist. And, a teacher called Narayana, Narayana Sharma, he wanted to instill harmony and oneness among his students. “You should not fight and quarrel. It is not good for you. To be one, it is good for all the people who become one – because the strength of one another supports all of them.” So he told a story: ‘There was a man, affluent man; fairly affluent, middle society. And, he had a number of sons, maybe five sons. And right from a young age, these sons were always quarrelling, always fighting. He used to tell, “My dear sons, don’t fight and don’t quarrel. Let there be peace and harmony. Because without peace you cannot have happiness. See? If you want happiness, you must have peace, inner peace. If there is no peace, there is no happiness. They are inter-linked, inter-connected. Peace is a precursor to happiness. And, therefore, don’t fight and quarrel.” In spite of that, their svabhava was very bad; their nature was not good. They were fighting, abusing each other, sometimes even mara-mari, fisticuffs. And, like that, it went on. Father was not pleased. He was having great sorrow. “What is this? What will happen? When I am here itself, they are fighting and quarrelling and pulling each other’s leg, and jealous of each other. When I pass away – what will happen to this household?” He became very anxious about the future. And actually, he became old and then he became sick. And the physicians who came and examined him and all that: “Look here. This is your final illness. And therefore, you had better think of your family. Do something.” Because even today, the family lawyer, when he finds the head of the family gravely ill, when the doctor and the lawyer consult each other, the doctor says, “Who is your family lawyer?” – So and so. “Give me his telephone number.” Then he says, “I have been going to your client. He will not last much longer. Better draw up a proper will – last will and testament of this man – before God calls him away. Better put a last will and testament.” So the lawyer comes and tells, “What do you want to be the shape of things in the future? Draw up a last will and testament.” They do it today also. So, the physician told the father, the head of the family, directly: “Look here, this is your last illness. So whatever arrangement you want to make for the future, you better do. Because you and I – we are very close friends. I know what your family is; how your children are behaving.” And so, in his sickbed one day, he calls all the fighting and quarrelling brothers together … sons together. And he says, “Come.” They all come. (At least they have got good behaviour towards the father – that is the saving grace!) He says: “My children, my days are numbered. My last illness is come. After some time, I may not be here. You please do one thing. I want to tell you something.” “Yes, yes, yes, Daddy.” They thought he will tell how much money he has kept! But he said, “First of all, come here. You each one of you go out, and go into the jungle, and break a piece of a bush; bring a stick. Taking away all leaves, bring a stick.” They all went. They were six sons or seven sons, I don’t know; they all went. Oh, I’m sorry! What is this? That is also become like a stick! And, they all went – they were puzzled, what is ... – they all went and brought sticks. So they came again. He said, “Now, give me all the sticks.” They gave all the
sticks to him. “Ahhhhhh! Do you see? If all the sticks are united – none of you could break it. When the sticks are disunited, anyone can break it! In union lies strength. In strength lies the welfare of any organisation, any institution, any set-up. You see? And, if you are disunited, anyone can come and break up the things easily. In union lies strength. United, you stand together. And disunited, each one is alone.” I don’t … there is a profane saying: “Each one for himself – devil take the hindmost!” Uh? No, this should not be the attitude. This institution – what is it? This institution is not these various buildings that are there. As when you put the assets and liabilities: “So many buildings, estimated to cost so many things.” It goes into the stock list, stock register. The institution – you! We, the people, constitute the institution and the organisation. These buildings don’t do anything. They don’t carry out any aims and objectives, you see. Whereas, it is the people who man the institution that act, and carry out the aims and objects of the founder of the institution; carry out the ideals for which the institution stands. What is the ideal? A life divinely lived. Divinity should shine in your thoughts. Divinity should shine in your words. Divinity to shine in the actions that you are engaged in doing, day by day. Of course, that is what the highest truth in Vedanta also says. That you are an amsa of Ishwar, therefore you are divine. So when we are divine, it should not be difficult for us to live divinely, speak divinely, think divinely, act divinely, do everything in a divine way. You don’t have to make an effort, but only must be aware: “I am divine. Therefore everything that comes out of me should also be divine in quality.” You see? Harmony. Where there is union, there is strength. Where there is peace, there is happiness. Where there is discord, there is no peace. Where there is harmony, there is peace. You must live in harmony. And you should not have ego. You should not have jealousy. You should not have the idea, “I must become foremost. I must have … handle more power. I must have …” These are all. We are one family. All of us – we are one family. See? “Mine” and “not mine”, “my party” and “not my party” … this is not divine. This is not a good heart. This is a small mind working. Heart is not operating. One small, petty mind is working. Monday is a Monday, the day specially set apart for worship of Lord Siva. And you could not find a greater example of harmony than in the family of Lord Siva. So many different elements are there; yet they all live very harmoniously. Siva is there; Parvati is there; Ganesa or Ganapati is there; Ganesa’s younger brother Kartikeya is there; and there is the peacock of Kartikeya; there is the little rat of Ganesh; there is the bull, which is the vehicle of Siva; and there is the lion, which is the vehicle of Bhagavati Parvati – Parvati is a Simhamayani. But yet, they live together harmoniously. Siva has got snakes. Snakes usually eat rats. But these snakes, they are very friendly with the little rat upon which Ganesa rides. They are very friendly. And the lord of the jungle, lion, he always attacks and kills his prey, other animals; and that is how he feeds himself and grows fat. See, the lion. And a bull is an innocent animal, the most appropriate food for the lion. Because other jungle animals know, they sense danger when the lion or tiger is coming, and they run off! And they are fleet-footed. Whereas the poor bull, brought about in domestic surroundings, it is very leisurely; it is not fleet-footed. So, very easy for Parvati’s lion to take one jump, and hit the bull and then kill it. But no. Lion and bull, perfect harmony. Snake and rat, perfect harmony. And peacock is the enemy of the snake; peacock doesn’t care for the snake. Somehow or other, its whole body is encased with such feathers that snake bite it, and fangs cannot enter into peacock’s body; and moreover, it is immune to snake poison. And it can grasp hold of the snake with its talons, peacock has got big talons, on its two feet; and also very sharp beak, strong beak; and its neck is very strong. If a peacock really gets angry and gives you one hit – it can break your shinbone. That is the strength of the peacock! But they live in perfect harmony. So Siva’s family – with lion, bull, snakes, rat, peacock – all living together in a harmonious way, is a perfect example of harmonious living. Out of which we can learn an object-lesson to us, how we can … Different natures, different way of thinking, different opinions – it is natural. Variety is the beauty, see, in nature. Because seven colours come together … How beautiful is a rainbow! Because of the mixture of seven colours. Rainbow. In the same way, mixture of colours in nice cloth, in sarees of women you can see. The border is a mixture of so many beautiful colours, texture. So, we must learn to live with, and think these our different natures as an asset – not a liability. Because each one contributes something special, which the others doesn’t have. So overall, the organisation will gain, the institution will gain. And so, from Siva’s family, learn the lesson of harmony, and make that your object-lesson. Live in this setup, brought about in January, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, more than sixty years ago, by our beloved and worshipful Holy Master Swami Sivanandaji. And make this an ideal institution, and all live together as a united, divine family, harmoniously, with mutual understanding. Co-operation should always be the word. Not conflict, but co-operation. Not discord, but harmony. Not diversity, but being one. Being one together. Work together. Live together. Work together. Think together. That is what our Upanishadic ancients taught us. Let us walk together, let us talk together. Let our views be similar to one another. With these prayerful thoughts offered to you in a spirit of worship to the God enshrined within your body-temple, in a spirit of loving fraternity and brotherhood, in a spirit of love, in a spirit of goodwill, wishing your highest good, Parama Hita, having offered this, I conclude this morning’s seva. Sivaya Namah Om |
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