What should we do to make our homes as beacons of true freedom? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today, so that we may correct ourselves.
Rivers must reach the sea, not desert sands; waters must merge with water. That’s the consummation – Kaivalya or Sayujya. To keep that goal ever in focus, have the wavering mind continuously on leash.
When the Sun is in the sky, Moon is blazed out of sight. Buddhi, the sharpened intellect, is the Sun; the pale satellite, the waxing and waning Moon is the Mind. So, give intelligence full prominence; let the mind subserve dictates of reason, not of passion.
Become the ruler of senses, not their slave. Hrishikesa, an appellation of Krishna, means Master of Senses; Gudakesa, a name of Arjuna, also conveys the same. That’s why they two became comrades.
Senses drag you into the jungle of nature; so, what use is it for you to flee into the jungle, with the senses wild with hunger? Why did sages go into jungles? To sink their minds in the silent calm of the forest; to dwell ever in the thought of God whose voice is heard when all other voices cease.
If you close windows that bring in other voices, then, your home can be transformed into a Forest of Freedom, a Hermitage of Penance!
– Divine Discourse, Jan 30, 1965.
