Welcome to the 2019 issue of Raas Purnima

by Sri Sandip Dasgupta

Dear fellow seekers,

Our Master has often pointed out that the sole cause of our miseries and sorrows is our attachment to objects of the world. If we reflect on this, it is so true. Let’s take some examples:

• If we do not own any stocks/shares, then we do not have to worry about the swings in the stock market – one of the sources of our mood swings in eliminated.
• If we have a lot of objects of possessions (like investing in real estate – which we think of as our assets), then we are constantly involved in asset management.
• If we develop very deep and emotional ties with family members/friends, then there is the potential of getting emotionally hurt by various events/statements etc.

And the list goes on…….

The source of sorrow is the fact that we think that these objects and/or friends/family members are mine/ours.  According to our Master, the Lord is the Absolute creator/owner of the objects and the people around us. Our only relationship is with the Absolute – not with the relativity of the Jagat.  Our Master has repeatedly urged us not to ask anything from the Lord – instead focus on giving Lord’s gifts back to the Lord.  This will enable us to remove our minds from the results of actions, objects etc.

On this occasion of Raas Poornima, Lord Shri Krishna danced with Radha and her friends - this happening being called Raas Lila. They became eligible for this divine Lila because they surrendered themselves completely to the Lord.  Our Master again urges us to surrender everything to the Lord at all times – like Radha and the Gopis.

In the Master’s words, the Supreme Consciousness, out of His own will has created this world (Jagat) and beings(Jiva).  The Supreme Consciousness is the substratum of all, the cause of all – and all results belong to the Supreme Consciousness.  The only real love is Divine love – between the Supreme Consciousness and the Jiva.  Everything in this world is an expression of that Consciousness.  The ordinary human being is no different than the Sadguru – except that the Sadguru is always aware of the underlying consciousness – whereas the ordinary human being has forgotten about the Real existence. Our strength in life is in remembering that we are made of the same substance as anybody else - and hence should identify ourselves with the same Absolute one.  We should not be identifying ourselves with our enemy or adversary etc. – instead we should be winning them over with our love.  We should stop looking for fault in others, instead looking only at their good qualities.  Instead of looking at others’ shortcomings, we should constantly be looking for faults amongst ourselves and try to rectify them.

So, on this occasion of Raas Poornima, can we resolve to follow our Master’s teachings and strive to become like the Gopis – so that we can become eligible for Raas Lila with the divine Lord.

Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!