When you were two months old, your mother knew when to feed you, when to change your nappy and you entirely depended upon her for your every now and then requirements and your brought up. Similarly, your Sadguru and the Good Lord knows what to give you, when to give you and how much to give you. At a particular level, there is no difference between Sadguru and God – Sadguru is a manifestation of God Himself.

Almost everybody has had the experience of throwing the child in the air, catching him and watching his expression. For the first couple of times, he may exhibit a sense of fear but soon he starts enjoying the act. In fact, with each throw it is a fun for him and he giggles because he has faith and confidence that the one throwing him in the air would not let him fall. That is the kind of faith and trust we need to develop in Sadguru / God that whatever be the situation, He would not let us fall, but protect. So learn to play with the adversities and have fun. Guruji often used to say, पुत्त तूँ चिन्ता क्यों करदान, मैं बैठां न l Then where is the scope to entertain worry.

Going back to the two month old baby, sometimes when the mother is busy attending to some household chores or for any other reason is not by the side of the child and the child is hungry or wet, he/she starts crying till he gets the feed or nappy is changed. That is an effort he is making to achieve his objective. As an adult, we should also consistently and diligently keep making efforts till our objective is achieved. While performing your karma, let the concentration be, with the best of your ability and knowledge, in the execution of the action and not get distracted to thinking about the result of it. कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ If the action is perform with a divided mind or half heartedly, how can it bring forth full result.

In spite of your best efforts when the action is performed in all sense of earnestness and diligence and the result is not favourable, one should not get disheartened. May be, in His judgement, the time is not ripe for the desired result or you need to improve your efforts or capability. One thing is certain, if you have sown the seeds of an apple tree, be rest assured, you will not get a plant of thorns. Whatever you sow, so shall you reap. Sooner or later, your consistent efforts will bring fruits.

We all have problems in life. In fact, life without problems would become monotonous. Then where is the wisdom in carrying the burden of stress with you, for it will negatively effect your mental faculties. Let us learn to keep our head cool, make an effort to meditate, talk to our Sadguru / God, like a child talks to his father, and you will pleasantly observe that a suitable solution has come to your mind. This is called Guru kripa or Bhagwad kripa. There are innumerable examples when we have tried to concentrate and inwardly tried to share the problem with Guruji, solutions have come to our mind. You are the blessed ones. If you have implicit faith then, in darkness and amidst the many shapes of joyless day light, Sadguru / God will enlighten your path and bring cheer in your unhappy moments.

Aum Namo Shiv Aum, Aum Namo Gurudev