by Sri Sandip Dasgupta
Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!
Welcome to the Raas Purnima edition of our e-zine. In this editorial, I will share some words that our Master narrated to his devotees on April 6, 1988 in Delhi.
One day, when discussing various topics with a well-known Sanskrit professor from Kolkata University, our Master pointed out to him that they view Agyana to be something inferior. However, He has discovered a different meaning of Agyana. According to Him, Agyana stands for Akhanda Gyana, Achuta Gyana, Ananta Gyana. This means that Brahman only exists, and without this permanent ‘I’, you cannot see anything, know anything, hear anything, do anything, tell anything and understand anything.
The professor was quite taken aback by the spontaneity of Sri Sri Babathakur’s words. He admitted that in spite of extensively studying and discussing the scriptures, the scholars could not attain this level of spontaneity. The professor therefore asked our Master about the secret.
Sri Sri Babathakur immediately reminded him that although we are permanently attached to the Lord, we forget our identity with the Lord. We do not surrender completely to Him. We try to maintain our own separate identity when we act as a Gyaani or a Yogi, or a Bhakta – separate from the Lord! By maintaining our own individual identity, we tend to forget our permanent identity with the Lord, that eternal Oneness with the Absolute One. This Ahamkar of ours becomes the barrier to our spiritual journey. In our deep sleep state, the Ahamkar is latent, and we become one with the Lord, temporarily.
The above paragraphs carry a very powerful message for all of us. Let us pray to the Master that we can live our daily lives by completely surrendering to the Lord and always remaining conscious of our permanent identity with the Lord, in whatever we do in our everyday life. Our Master has repeatedly told us to put the “stamp of the Lord” in everything, just like the post office stamps every letter that it processes.
Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!
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