by Sri Sandip Dasgupta
Joy Babathakur! Welcome to the Saraswati Puja edition of e-Sanai. On this auspicious day, our Master had taken on the mundane body to impart the Knowledge of Oneness in a way that is suitable for the modern era. In this editorial, I will try to present some gems from a lecture given by our Master in Delhi on March 14, 1988.
The Master started by telling us that when we need to learn something new, we must start with an attitude of “I don’t know anything”. This is similar to filling a vessel with clean water – if the vessel is empty, we will be able to fill the vessel with clean water quite quickly. On the other hand, if the vessel already has dirty water, then it will take a long time for us to replace the dirty water with clean water (The Master has repeatedly stated this example to us). Similarly, when we first learn the alphabet of a new language, we don’t pretend to know anything – we start with “I don’t know anything”. Nor should we be questioning why the letter “A” is called letter “A” and not anything else. We should accept it as it is.
Similarly, to obtain spiritual knowledge, we have to get rid of our Ahamkar (ego) and start with “I don’t know anything” – otherwise there will be barriers to obtaining spiritual knowledge.
The Master then goes on to explain the significance of pronam. By bowing down, we are being humble, indicating that “I don’t know anything” and paying respect to the Guru.
Sri Sri Babathakur went on to state that Namoshkar is the first state of preparation for attaining spiritual knowledge. All our organs have been given to us by the Absolute – so when we do “Shashtonge Pronaam”, we are surrendering all the organs (and their functioning) to the Lord. Furthermore, the word Namo is obtained by inverting the word Mano (mind, which belongs to the individual I). Namo can further be broken up into Na+Momo – meaning the sense of individuality has been given up. So, the Master repeatedly tells us to give up our sense of individuality – if we are to obtain spiritual perfection.
And how do we give up the sense of individuality (ego)? By putting the stamp of “Paka Ami” or the Real Absolute “I” in everything we do and think. Whenever we think I am doing something – substitute it by the fact that the Absolute One is doing it through us. By remembering that we are simply an instrument of the Absolute One. This is the Science of Oneness/Knowledge of Oneness imparted by our Master.
So, on this auspicious day – let us all resolve to follow His teachings which have been simplified and presented for us to follow in the current age.
Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!
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