For Practical Life, Leave It Up to the Guru - 19th February 2018

I just wanna say some practical advice. If you're still very concerned about the life of the coconut, then you make a list of things that should happen for this channel and make that list and put it in the altar of your heart or put a physical altar. But those of you with the most wonderful mind, this race, this label it something for Guruji to do. There's a joke about marriages which I keep telling. My wife told a man what to do, and he said, 'We will get it done. You don't have to nag me every six months, we'll get it done.' I won't keep saying it, and when, why are we there? You'll be surprised that later, playfully do this exercise. Suppose you look at this list after a year or two, you will either find things where you say, 'Thank you, Guruji, thank you so much for getting this done,' or you say, 'Thank God you didn't do this.' There won't really be anything left which you say, 'Oh, why can't you get this done yet?'

In India, often we say this in the prayers, we end our invocations with Om. Why do you emphasize this one? There's 'Om Shanti' and 'Om Shanti.' Shanti is peace. 'Om Shanti Shanti Shanti' is a prayer for peace. So you say, 'Let there be peace,' because when there is peace, the truth of what you are is completely open. You see, one time someone came to Bhagavan—I don't know how she answered it—some desire he asked, 'Bhagavan, please get this done for me.' So Bhagavan said, 'You know, in this body, this body has nothing special to make anything happen to anyone, but the Being that you're finding here has got unlimited power.' Which Being was he speaking of? Was he speaking about some special Being that only belonged to him, or speaking of the only Being that is you? The very one whose perfume is your presence.