Unflinching faith is necessary!
Once, a mother engaged a tutor for her mischievous son. She could not tolerate the tutor's scolding and beatings to her dear son. The mother wished to have her son's manners corrected and cultured but could not suffer the sight of the son being put to trouble with arduous task and punishments. All her efforts were directed in keeping the boy attractive. As days passed by and years rolled on, tutor after tutor came and went but the brain of the boy remained, as it was when it came into this world. Nevertheless, the boy grew into a handsome youth and then into a man. He could not pull-on in this world as he had neither intelligence nor money, and the ability to get along with the remaining members of the family or of the society. People scoffed at him and condemned him. He was lost to 'himself' and to the world.
Similarly, Your aspiration is like mother and your body and external habits are like the mischievous son. You go from teacher to teacher because you cannot undergo the ordeal of patiently obeying any teacher. Your Abhimana to the body is so great that you cannot forget it for a few minutes and sit in Sadhana. During this wandering, you will not be able to assimilate anything. So, you will be to lost yourself and to the world. Remember, A rolling stone gathers no mass. O Man, practice Sadhana while you are young. Leave out this Abhimana for body. The hardship that you undertake is nothing when compared to the bliss that you shall reap as the harvest.
--- Sai Vichar
Topic: Unflinching faith is necessary ! (Read 1248 times)