Blessed With Devotion - 20th November 2017

When we are blessed with something that we call devotion, devotion means that this life is my Master's. Everything that I considered myself to be is now offered up at His feet. In that devotion, everything that is in the box of 'I am something'—all this 'something' is now emptied out at my Father's feet. This is a beautiful unburdening. That's why I say that the devotee is not being a devotee; the devotee is not one who is saying 'I am a devotee.' They are empty of this notion. This is the best part about having a Master: that whatever the mind has to offer you, it's not a thing of your concern now. It is all the Master's to deal with.

What I have to do, when I have to go, I will ever in my life... but if you still feel like you have your way or you want it your way, then is it true that you have a Master? This is only having the starter of the seven-course meal. If you feel that the Master is somebody who comes and gives you nice things for a few hours, and the rest of it then you have to do and take it off and then go back to your life, this is eating the starter. This is what I meant when I said that you either have a Master or you have your way.

How the mind will create some gear motions of this and say, 'Oh, this is some sort of being subservient.' It's none of that. Nothing to do with that. There's nothing to do with whether you touch the Master's feet or whether you do seva. It is only about saying that you, Father, are the one that runs this life. Everything moves with your will. There is no 'me' here to do anything at all. If there is suffering, then you are suffering. Whatever action there is, is your action, because I don't find a 'me' who is doing or experiencing any of this.

That's why Bhagwan gave us this very beautiful metaphor. He said: Do you get on a train and start running towards the destination inside the train? You're on the Guru train, which is running on Guru power. What better way to run this way? It's only the voice of individuality which will come and say, 'But, but okay, but this is okay, but what about my job? But what about money? But what if he messes up or she messes this up?'

What is the alternative that the mind is offering? The alternative is that 'I can do it.' Who is that 'I'? I don't know, but 'I can do it.' Just like this: 'But I can do it.' I don't know who this is, but 'I can do anything for me.' And yet the hypnosis has been so strong that this is how we believe the life to be done. 'I did this, I did that, I didn't do this, I didn't do that.' I don't... and very few even come to this beautiful admitting: 'I don't know.' Many are just naming a fictional entity and saying that one did it. It's like saying that some entity called Ananta is speaking all these words. This is completely false. Nobody here is theoretically moving between this appearance and this form. This is where there is arising from the same voice which has reminded you over and over in many different forms over many different lifetimes.