Satsang 12 February 2021
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 2021-02-12

Worldly-wise people like us hear a lot about the power of the Name but do not depend on it unlike the people with simple faith. 

Our outer actions must be in line with the inner aspiration. 

Once we get the balance, we will never lose it. We will be aware that all our thoughts have the source , the stillness behind it. 

Slowly it will dawn on us that whatever we see is the projection of our Self. Then we will be able to accept everything in its own place without choosing one thing rather than the other.

Papa----True spirituality consists in living, moving in this world, serving those around all the time being conscious of the Divine within us and everywhere around us...

Papa—Atmananda means OBJECTLESS HAPPINESS...

In PASSAGE TO DIVINITY --- When Papa’s company was sinking, a rich man ,who had given up his law course as a response to the call given by Gandhiji, took interest in Papa. Papa could have given a rozy picture of the company but he told frankly that it was a sinking ship. If he invested he too would lose. But the friend could not be dissuaded. He brought the company out of all liabilities and invested properly in buying more looms. Now Papa could have taken the technical side of the firm on himself since the administrative side was taken up by the friend. But Papa was getting more and more drawn towards God. 

Papa uses the word ‘great void’ to mean God in the first page of his first book , that is , IN QUEST OF GOD. In “passage to divinity” written by Chandrasekhar Trikannad, it is said that Papa was going through YOGAVAASISTHA...It seems, the word, ‘great void’ is taken from YOGAVAASISTHA . God facilitated Papa to go through YOGAVAASISTHA. 

Yogavaasistha---Rama is sorrowful since temporary nature of everything is bringing him a sense of despondency. Vishvamitra told that this sense of despondency was not delusion but it was full of wisdom and asked Dasaratha to bring Rama. 

Rama to vishwamitra---all are born to die and they die to be born again . I do not perceive any meaning in this phenomena. Everything is dependant on the mind and the mental attitude . On examination mind itself is unreal. We are running after the mirage to quench our thirst. Without freedom, we are slaves . Ignorant of the Truth , we are aimlessly wandering in this dense forest called the world. If you consider that I am neither fit nor capable of understanding the answer , I will fast unto death. 

This shows Rama’s intense aspiration to know the Truth. 

Vishvamitra to Rama----Just like you {Rama}, Shuka was despondent. Since the knowledge was self-acquired he was not sure. One day Shuka asked his father Vedavyasa as to how the world of diversity came into being and how it was going to end. Vedavyas told all he knew which did not satisfy Shuka. He sent Shuka to Janaka. On Shuka’s entry , Janaka ignored Shuka for a week. Shuka waited. Then he made dancers dance in front of him but shuka was unmoved. Then Janaka told Shuka that he knew the Truth.... .....{the dualities like unpleasant and pleasant did not move Shuka}......DIVERSITIES ARISE BECAUSE OF MENTAL MODIFICATIONS AND THEY CEASE WHEN THE MENTAL MODIFICATIONS CEASE.....Vasistha must instruct Rama to remove all doubts of Rama...The one who has highest wisdom will remain un-attracted by anything outside like Rama...