…contd….
What she had said so many times
was so true! We had to chew her words to get the juice of knowledge out of it!
And that meant, “mananam”,
ie., repetation of her words through our day and day’s activities and seeing if
it applied here or not – every time!
I knew some masters quoting her
words smarly but I often wondered why I didn’t feel the same when they uttered
those words! Was it the feeling I had for her or was it anything else which was
substantial?
Recently, I realized they just
parroted her words but she – My Guru simply, quietly
lived them! She never made an issue of it. So truly said “Action speaks louder than words…”
“But, how can a desire decide my
returns? I mean, assuming I get a job just to earn money, how can it be the
deciding factor of what I receive through my job – like pain, pleasure, name,
fame etc.” asked Sanjay still lost in thoughts.
She smiled and answered turning
to each one of us in turn as if to say – this applies to each one of you
“Imagine the ‘start desire’ as the ticket you buy while embarking on a train journey wanting to go to Udaipur if
you buy a local train ticket and complain about goats, no place to stand, no
water in train, train not being in time – well would any one be surprised. But, if you want a joyful ride, buy the ticket
in “Palace of Wheels” – no such complaints here!”
“Guruji, may be you wanted to
say, to go to Udaipur, if you buy ticket to Timbaktoo, how can you reach
Udaipur?” Rahul intervened.
…contd…..
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