Guru Purnima 2023 (with english subtitles)

Instead of looking at this as just theory, let’s do it practically. There’s this room. This man is sitting. There’s a computer. What else? What else is there? There can be some emotion or feeling. There can be pain or pleasure in the body. All this can be there. What else? There can be thoughts in the mind. Now the mind can be very restless saying it has to give an answer. Don’t be worried over that. What is there apart from all these? Most people will say there is nothing else. Then I will tell you that there is a tool that everyone has tasted. That is love.

Not the kind of love involved in wanting something. It’s the love which is unconditional, which has no expectations. Similar to what we have towards our children or parents. This love is not a feeling. You may say that it is a feeling as it is something perceived, but it is not a feeling because even when you feel anger towards your children, even then, if somebody were to ask you if you truly love your children, you will say yes. How do you know this? So this unconditional love, how do we experience it? Without having to perceive or think anything, right? We know that. So if we go to the source of this love, who is there? This unconditional love we may think is towards our parents and children, but actually this unconditional love comes only from God and is for God. So this is a very simple technique by which we can reach God.

When you come to Satsang and the mind is calm, then you will begin to experience this love. Although it is not inside the body, it may appear that way. For now, that is okay. So that love, where does it come from? Who is behind it? I often say to use that unconditional love as a perfume to lead you to God. This fragrance of love, you have to find what is its source; you have to follow it. How can we do that? Not with the sense organs, nor with the mind; we just have to stay with it. That itself will take you deeper and tell you. When we go to the source of this love, then it will become apparent that there is an Atma here. This Atma is not a human. It is not a man or woman. It does not want anything. It does not reject anything. To discover this Atma is most important. It is most important to have Darshan of this Atma because this Atma is an aspect of God.

You may find someone who you think might be your best friend, but if you do not stay with them, what is the benefit? You just want to meet... we should stay with them, no? Similarly, it is not enough to just meet God. We need to become one with Him. We need to merge with Him. This path of God is said to be very narrow. Two people cannot fit into this path. On this path, there can either be God, or me. But there is no place for two. There are very few people in the world who will reach this point of leaving the ‘me’ and coming to God. Most people come to the point that there is nothing to gain with this ‘me’ and that I only want the Truth or God. But without this, staying with God is impossible.

For this, it is necessary to turn our trust away from our understanding and towards God. Because if God was something we could understand, I would have given you a book. I would have said, 'It is written in this book, understand it.' I would have given it to everyone. Why is it that we think that it is very rare for someone to find God? Because it is necessary to turn our trust away from our understanding and towards God. A very few can and want to do this. God cannot be understood. That which is subtler than understanding, there you will find Him. To put it simply: not in understanding, but in your Heart you will find Him. So, the advantage of having a Guru is that we are able to leave our understanding and to tread the path he is pointing to. How many of us can say we have found God?