Meher Baba's thoughts

 

INTELLECT

" Intellect is, so to say, reserved by nature for man. One has to be a man to have intellect. But however keen and quick it may be, it will always be just one of the stepping stones to wisdom, inspiration, illumination, knowledge and Realisation of Truth, which is above all these.

To keep playing on the stepping stone, however polished and shining it may be, is like sitting tight over an idle heap of hoarded wealth.

Like everything else, intellect can be used as much as misused or abused. The deeper the intelligence, the greater the responsibility for discrimination between essentials and non-essentials, service and disservice, going forward or backward.

May you succeed in transcending the limitations of understanding, and crossing into the domain of real knowledge, where nothing remains as unknown, unseen and unheard of; nay, everything becomes self-identified. My blessings to all."

   Meher Baba  ❤ ❤

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TRUE INNER FEELINGS

“It is not through intellectual exercises and such learning, or knowledge acquired by reading or hearing lectures, that spiritual truths can be understood. 

At the most, these can give one an intellectual understanding, which is the first preparatory stage for ushering one into the Path. 

What is essential is a true inner feeling, an actual experience of the Truth, which is real, lasting and convincing. 

When one experiences union with God, one knows by actual experience that one is in harmony with everything and everyone, that there is nothing but one infinite indivisible existence, and all else is but fleeting shadows.”

    Meher Baba ❤️ ❤️

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ETERNAL TRUTH

“The Eternal Truth has three aspects: Dnyana or knowledge, Shakti or power and Ananda or bliss. The Sakshatkara or realization of this three-fold Divinity or Truth is the target of the seeker. Those who take the path of Prem or love bask in eternal joy. Those who are on the path of action take refuge in eternal power. Persons who seek wisdom rely on eternal knowledge.

But at the end of the Path, all have to come to the indivisible completeness of the Truth, in all its aspects, however different their paths may have been. One who arrives at the Goal is the Truth-realized individual, and he becomes the very Source of infinite knowledge, infinite power and infinite bliss.”

   Meher Baba ❤️ ❤️

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REAL EXISTENCE 

 “The method for abandoning the hold which duality has on consciousness is not simple. The more comfort and pleasure available to man, the less his chance for a strong enough push to force him to give up even the temporary happiness of his achievements. And yet he must eventually do this (internally) to bring the full focus of consciousness to bear on the experience of the eternally inherent self or soul, with all its blissful freedom of real existence.

This is why God loves most the so-called destitute and helpless. The greater the helplessness, the greater can and should be the dependence upon God for His help, which is ever more ready than are the sincere and earnest wishes for it. The greater the bindings, the greater the chances for quick, permanent relief, through fully conscious experience of man's own original and everlasting freedom.

The unlimited and everlasting spiritual freedom of the self or soul exists eternally and infinitely in one and all, and is equally available to every man and woman irrespective of class, creed or nationality.”

   Meher Baba ❤️ ❤️

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TRUE LOVE

"True love is very different from an evanescent outburst of indulgent emotionalism or the enervating stupor of a slumbering heart. It can never come to those whose hearts are darkened by selfish cravings, or weakened by constant reliance on the lures and stimulations of the passing objects of sense.

But to those whose hearts are pure and simple, true love comes as a gift through the activising grace of a Master. Such love is energising and life-giving. It breaks asunder the narrowness and the prejudices which separate man from man. It inspires man for selfless and creative action which contributes to the well-being of all, without distinction of caste, color, race, nationality, creed or sex. It lifts him from the slavishness of sanskaric attachments to the unhampered freedom of the divinely conscious soul. And it initiates him into the dynamic harmony of life in eternity."

   Meher Baba ❤ ❤

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[23/09, 20:26] Sanjay Kher: Self realisation is realisation of real I, the parmatma.

As Paramatma is everywhere and in everything, He resides within us. Our atma which is housed in paramatma, falsely identifies with the consciousness of gross world. The sanskaras or the impressions become the veil between atma and Paramatma. 

Unless and until these impressions are wiped out ( Meher Baba gives an example of dirty mirror where your image gets blurred, dirt symbolises sanskaras ) one will not realise that he himself if Paramatma.

Orthodoxy if carried out with love and sincerity is ok. But rites and rituals carried out mechanically without any heart in it is of no value.

On Pujari’s, Meher Baba has called it hired devotion and cannot benefit to one who gets it done.

Raju, I have with me audio of God Speaks wherein the book is read and explained. There are 40 episodes each of 1hr duration.

If you are interested, I can send.

Meher Baba has explained the creation, evolution, reincarnation, involution and God realisation

[25/09, 16:26] Sanjay Kher: “The progressive evolution of consciousness beginning with the stone stage culminates in man. The history of evolution is the history of a gradual development of consciousness. The fruit of evolution is full consciousness, which is characteristic of man. But even this full consciousness is like a mirror covered by dust.

Owing to the operation of sanskaras, it does not yield clear and true knowledge of the nature of the soul. Though fully developed, it yields not truth but imaginative construction, since its free functioning is hindered by the weight of the sanskaras. Moreover it cannot extend beyond the cage created by its desires, and therefore is limited in its scope.

The boundary in which consciousness can move is prescribed by the sanskaras, and the functioning of consciousness is also determined by the desires. As desires aim at self-satisfaction, the whole consciousness becomes self-centered and individualised. The individualisation of consciousness may in a sense be said to be the effect of the vortex of desires.

The soul gets enmeshed in the desires and cannot step out of the circumscribed individuality constituted by these desires. It imagines these barriers and becomes self-hypnotised. It looks upon itself as being limited and separate from other individuals. It gets entangled in individualistic existence and imagines a world of manifold separateness composed of many individuals with their respective minds and bodies.

When the rays of the sun are made to pass through a prism, they get dispersed and become separate owing to refraction. If each of these rays had consciousness, it would consider itself as being separate from the other rays, forgetting entirely that at the source and on the other side of the prism it had no separate existence. In the same way, the One Being descends into the domain of maya and assumes a multiplicity which does not in fact exist.

The separateness of individuals does not exist in reality but only in imagination.

The one Universal Soul imagines itself separate in itself, and out of this division there arises the thought of "I" and "mine" as opposed to "you" and "yours". Although the soul is in reality an undivided and absolute unity, it appears as being manifold and divided owing to the working of its own imagination. Imagination is not reality. Even in its highest flight, it is a departure from truth. It is anything but the truth.”

   Meher Baba  ❤️ ❤️

[26/09, 16:10] Sanjay Kher: "There is a vast difference between the intellect and the heart. It would be wonderful if both were used for the highest good, but to have only intellect with a dry heart is of no use. The supremacy of the heart over the intellect is best.

Compared to a religious hypocrite, an honest atheist is preferred. Books give only the outer husk. Real knowledge is not derived from books. Real knowledge is the Guru's gift, but it is not given without paying the price of love - loving.

Love has great powers, and love is the shortest and easiest path to Self-realisation. Only through love can Realisation be attained."

  Meher Baba   ❤  ❤

LM4 p1434.

[27/09, 10:23] Rajendra Phansalkar: Yes ...there are many intelligent people who have dry heart. Initially I misunderstood that my brother Sanjiv is like that ....but it was my mistake . He does not have dry heart as I was thinking .He is extremely kind towards needy people and when required he is the first to offer the help. I realised that he rarely expresses his feelings but quietly helps needy people.

[27/09, 10:35] Rajendra Phansalkar: True that love has great powers ....this love must be without any expectations in return....it has to be pure....If one loves someone there should not be any expectation in return else it will make one very unhappy. Earlier I used to feel that I love my brother so much but he doesn't reciprocate...so I started withdrawing my affection ....and then I realised I was absolutely wrong  ....

My brother loves me equally (or perhaps more )but since he doesn't express it and since I was expecting he should reciprocate I felt bad.....I realised that it was  my mistake ...  Love really has great powers.

[27/09, 10:41] Rajendra Phansalkar: Sanjay....I am reading this again and again ...may be be able to comment later as I think I have not clearly understood this write up . I however have full faith that it must be giving an excellent message....will discuss with you later .

[27/09, 11:40] Rajendra Phansalkar: My understanding on the  paragraph beginning with " when the rays of the sun are made to pass through Prism....  "  are

If a ray from the  Sun is that great almighty on the other side of prism there are scattered rays mainly of 7 colors (VIBGOR) 

Actually there are several different colors...almost infinie types.....each one represents one "Jivatma" and each Jivatma has seperate and unique characteristic.

 These " Jivatmas " forget that on the other side of Prism they don't have any existence . 

These several Jivatmas don't know that they are generated from that single source which is like "Parmatma"

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The progressive evolution of consciousness beginning with the stone age.....

As the man progressed he discovered several things in the universe. Some men started feeling great as if they have created those things though the creator was that almighty. They  only discovered those things

Some men realised this and thought they can also create something new while some other felt that there must be some great super power whom they named " God " (These people submitted themselves to the great almighty) Those who thought they can also create new things  started inventing the new things and in the process developed  so many new things but at the same time developed the " ego." and more desires.

When the desires were not fulfilled there was jeolusy and anger.These people got trapped in the web of desires.

Some people developed so  much of ego that they started thinking that they are at par or even superior to the great almighty .....and some even started believing that there is no such thing like God. 

 We call them atheist.

[27/09, 11:47] Rajendra Phansalkar: Sanjay

I feel I have not yet understood this message completely and may be we will talk about it sometime. I think I need someone who can guide or explain me ....the things.....whatever I wrote is my understanding and I need someone who can tell me whether it is right or otherwise.

Will meet you  soon

Regards

[27/09, 13:21] Sanjay Kher: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHgX4D75RunyZK7lHh3b7OxWVYWzCTbzN

[27/09, 16:31] Sanjay Kher: "So much has been said and written about the highest consciousness and God-realisation that people are bewildered as to the right process and immediate possibility of attainment. The philosophical mind, wading laboriously through such literature, only ends by learning a few intellectual gymnastics.

The highest state of consciousness is latent in all. The Son of God is in every man, but requires to be manifested. The method of attaining this great consciousness must be very practical, and must be adapted to the existing mental and material conditions of the world...

In the evolutionary ascent from the mineral, vegetable and animal life, the latent mind gradually expands and develops till full consciousness is reached in the human form. To create this very consciousness, the universe emanated from the infinite ocean of knowledge and bliss, God the absolute.

In the human form, however, a difficulty is confronted, to remove which prophets and spiritual Masters have periodically visited this earthly plane. Besides full consciousness in the human form, as a result of previous conditions of life, the ego, the 'I' is evolved. The ego is composed of fulfilled and unfulfilled desires, and creates the illusion of feeling finite, weak and unhappy.

Henceforth the soul can only progress through the gradual suppression of this finite ego, and its transformation into the divine ego, the one infinite self, but retaining in full the consciousness of the human form. When man realises this state of divine consciousness, he finds himself in everyone, and sees all phenomena as forms of his own real self.

The best and also the easiest process of overcoming the ego and attaining the divine consciousness is to develop love and render selfless service to humanity in whatever circumstances we are placed. All ethics and religious practices ultimately lead to this. The more we live for others and less for ourselves, the more the low desires are eliminated, and this, in turn, reacts upon the ego, suppressing and transforming it proportionately.

The ego persists till the last. Not till all six out of the seven principal stages on the Path, culminating in the God-conscious state, are traversed, is the ego completely eliminated, to reappear on the seventh plane as the divine I, the state of Christ-consciousness, to which Jesus referred when he said 'I and my Father are one,' and which corresponds to the state of living in the infinite and the finite at one and the same time.

The above is the normal procedure for one who works on his own initiative without having come across a living Master. With the help of a Perfect Master, the whole affair, however, is greatly simplified. Complete surrender to the divine will of the Perfect one, and unflinching readiness to carry out his orders, rapidly achieve a result not possible even by rigidly practising all the ethics of the world for a thousand years.

The extraordinary results achieved by a Perfect Master are due to the fact that, being one with the Universal Mind, he is present in the mind of every human being, and can therefore give just the particular help needed to awaken the highest consciousness latent in every individual. Perfection, however, in order to achieve the greatest result on the material plane, must possess a human touch and a keen sense of humor...

The highest is latent in everyone, but has to be manifested."

  Meher Baba   ❤  ❤

[27/09, 19:33] Rajendra Phansalkar: Superb indeed !...

[29/09, 16:01] Sanjay Kher: “A child who could but go about in the house on all fours once found a shining new coin, a rupee (Maya), lying in a tight corner of a small niche in the wall of his house. The child at once determined to get hold of the rupee. The niche, being small and of an intricate pattern, at first defied the attempts of the little fellow. But being irresistibly drawn to it, the child, after twisting and torturing his body, went into the niche and pounced upon the rupee.

Unfortunately the pleasure of possession of the coin did not last long, as on trying to come out the child found himself blocked in. Being thus imprisoned in Maya, the child began to cry with pain.

The mother (another jiva involved in Maya) at once came running to the child on hearing it cry but found to her dismay that she could not relieve him, because the child had got himself fixed in the niche in such a way that to get him out forcibly meant the additional pain of a scratch or a twist.

Luckily the father (Sadguru) arrived on the spot at that moment, and, by way of bringing the child out without doing him any harm, placed a piece of sweetmeat (Maya) just outside the niche. At the sight of the sweetmeat the child ceased crying and forthwith began to squeeze himself out of the tight corner with the same determination and vigor with which he had gone in after the rupee.

And in this way the father (Sadguru) relieved the child from the clutches of Maya (rupee) through the medium of Maya itself (sweetmeat), both of which were then discarded as soon as the purpose was served.”

   Meher Baba   ❤️  ❤️

HOW A MASTER WORKS, p. 735

[03/10, 19:54] Sanjay Kher:

"Intellect is, so to say, reserved by nature for man. One has to be a man to have intellect. But however keen and quick it may be, it will always be just one of the stepping stones to wisdom, inspiration, illumination, knowledge and Realisation of Truth, which is above all these.

To keep playing on the stepping stone, however polished and shining it may be, is like sitting tight over an idle heap of hoarded wealth.

Like everything else, intellect can be used as much as misused or abused. The deeper the intelligence, the greater the responsibility for discrimination between essentials and non-essentials, service and disservice, going forward or backward.

“Where there is love there is Oneness, and in Oneness the Infinite is realized completely at all times and in every sphere of life, whether science, art, religion or beauty. 

The spirit of love and sacrifice is beyond all calculation and cannot be measured. A constant wish to love and a non-calculating will to sacrifice are the best means that man can take to be his best and most joyful self. 

Love also means to be willing to suffer to give happiness to others. To the lover it is suffering without malice or hatred. To the beloved it is a blessing without obligation. Love alone knows how to give without bargaining for a return.”

   Meher Baba  ❤️ ❤️

May you succeed in transcending the limitations of understanding, and crossing into the domain of real knowledge, where nothing remains as unknown, unseen and unheard of; nay, everything becomes self-identified. My blessings to all."

   Meher Baba ❤️ ❤️

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"Love is a force that can be neither created nor destroyed. It is a force that is always present, always available, and always sufficient. It is a force that is beyond the limitations of time and space, beyond the limitations of cause and effect, beyond the limitations of the finite and the infinite. Love is the very essence of God, and God is the very essence of Love. To love is to be God, and to be God is to love." Meher Baba ❤️ ❤️

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"*FOLLOWING MEHER BABA* " ...... Meher Baba *Love me and you will know me. But I am such a reality that it is extremely difficult to know me. The price is love. No repetition of God's name, no penance, and no meditation is necessary*. Only love, and such love that it annihilates your ego. This means your love should be so deep that it makes you forget yourself and the world. This experience will leave you desireless, dazed and confounded. This is real love. *You have feeling for me in your hearts, and because of it you may remember me often during the day, but you do not continuously. This feeling or devotion, though good, is not love*. It should not be mistaken for love, because that real? love, which is to see and know God, cannot be created. It has to be bestowed. *It is bestowed through the grace of the Master, and such grace is conferred on a very, very lucky few*. Still, do not be discouraged. Although you do not have the love that is needed, you have deep feeling for me. Try always to remember me and to speak of me. *This is the best beginning - the determination to be ready to receive the Master's grace. If this continues, a day will come when you will be the lucky one to receive the great gift - the bestowal of my love*. To be ready, perpetuate this feeling in your heart and increase it, making it deeper and deeper. *How to begin? Remember me before starting and after finishing any work. Think of me before doing anything. If you have to write something, remember me before starting, and then mentally say, 'Baba, it is you, not I, who is writing*.?' A tavern-keeper first receives cash from a customer before handing him the wine glass. He checks the coin to ascertain whether it is genuine or counterfeit. *Similarly, the Sadguru also demands his price - not in money, but in love, before giving you the gift of love. You can deceive a wine-seller by passing him counterfeit coins, but never a Sadguru*. He has no use for false coins - the show of love. With me, before the exchange takes place, one has to pay the full price. The price of knowing me is love - love, pure and simple. *But love entails pain - the pain of the pangs and thirst of separation while constantly burning. This gradually minimises the strength of the ego, and eventually destroys it, because love never thinks of or cares for itself*. It just burns its victim in love for its beloved. This burning gradually diminishes the ego, and thus it is eventually totally annihilated. In this fire, love makes its victim realise the self. 30 March 1930, Nasik, LM4 p1293.

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“In such moments of true forgetfulness there is a mental detachment from all material surroundings in which the poet allows his imagination to soar. An artist, when he gives form to an ideal in which he completely forgets himself and all irrelevant surroundings, creates a masterpiece. The best of philosophy is uttered when a man surveys the problem of life without reference to the ups and downs of his purely personal circumstances; and some of the greatest scientific discoveries have been made in this same frame of mind. Such manifestations of genuine spontaneity of forgetfulness are very rare indeed, and although it is said that poets, artists and philosophers are born and not made, these fleeting phases of real forgetfulness are the result of efforts made in past lives. In an attempt to make life bearable some people develop a feeble kind of stoicism — a sort of "who cares, anyway" outlook — and others plunge recklessly into epicurism. The former is the apathetic acceptance of defeat, and the latter the effort to forget defeat in the arms of pleasure. Neither is true forgetfulness. But when a man acquires the true forgetfulness, he enters the spiritual kingdom and passes through different degrees of forgetfulness until the Goal is reached. Forgetfulness of the world make one a pilgrim; forgetfulness of the next world makes one a saint; forgetfulness of self means Realisation; and forgetfulness of forgetfulness is Perfection." Meher Baba ❤️ ❤️

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“It is God's plan to awaken everyone from the Dream of Creation and make him live in Him and experience His Infinite Bliss. The law of opposites operates unfailingly to stage the so called good and bad times. And in His compassion, God leads everyone and everything towards Himself, who is beyond good & evil. So there is not a thing to worry over.” Meher Baba ❤️ ❤️