God's Mercy and the Prepared Field

Now that can sound terrible, but the good news is that God is most merciful. So it's most likely that like you stand and really remember Him or sit and remember Him fully for even ten minutes, He will show you what you want to see. You don't have to look at the worst-case scenario of that. The point about grace is: why do we look at it when we hear that it's all going to be grace ultimately, we always feel like, 'Oh, then it's very difficult.' No, then we should look at it and say, 'All is His grace and He loves us so much.' Then it's very possible. It should not seem as impossible; it should seem more possible because of that. Isn't that the usual reaction, that we can do whatever we want but what will unfold will be only His grace, and our mind goes and says, 'Oh no, then how long do I have to wait?' You see, we never remember that He is the most merciful one. We just love to have control over the narrative. We just love to have that control and say, 'Okay, even if I know it's twenty years, then at least I know it's twenty years.' And grace sounds too unpredictable and scary. You see, so is it twenty minutes or twenty lifetimes? We don't know. Now how to do it, we don't know. You see, like what to do to find the reality of the Self, we don't know. But what not to do has been made very clear. Okay? And what not to do is fill yourself up with ego. You fill yourself up with ego only by constantly buying into what your mind is telling you about your life, about yourself, and about others in your life. Keep yourself empty of that. Keep yourself empty of that. You can use the inquiry. You can use God's name to bring you into the silence. So there's a farmer, and there's some fear of a drought this year. Suppose like many years back when our irrigation systems were not so good, then every year there would be fear of a drought, no? And I'm sure even now there is, but so then suppose there's a farmer who has not prepared his fields for the rain but is concerned about whether the rain will come or not. What will you tell them? See, there's no point lamenting about why God's grace is not happening unless we have prepared the field. Otherwise, even if the rain comes, we'll be busy with some outer entertainment. Isn't it our job, our end of the bargain we have to do? We must prepare the field for God's rain to come. But we cannot be then attached to Maya. You want Atma's eyes to be given to you so that you can see the truth. You see, but your—I'm just saying generally—that your allegiance is to Maya, then how will Atma's eyes—where is the space for Atma's eyes to work, to be given? So when we inquire and we ask ourselves the question 'Who am I?', we first see the limitation of our sensory perception and our mind to be able to tackle this question. Then we stop aligning with it. Either we get tired of aligning with it or we stop seeing that it's just not possible. The instrument is too gross to capture the subtlety of reality. So we stop allying with the false instrument.

If your allegiance is to Maya, then how will Atma's eyes—where is the space for Atma's eyes to work—be given? So when we inquire and we ask ourselves the question 'Who am I?' we first see the limitation of our sensory perception and our mind to be able to tackle this question. Then we stop aligning with it. Either we get tired of aligning with it or we stop seeing that it's just not possible. The instrument is too gross to capture the subtlety of reality. So we stop allying with the false instrument. Then, in the stopping of the allying with the false instrument, we drop into the true instrument. We fall into the true instrument. Then we stop relying so much on the false. So the way to make ourselves fertile for God's eyes to open in our heart is to stop being attached to the false and stop relying on the false.

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So we talked about it today also, that whether it rains on a farmer's field is completely up to God's grace. But, and of course I'm not talking about you or anybody here, I'm just saying that suppose there was a farmer who sold his field to drink and gamble, and then that farmer is lamenting about the rain not coming. So what will you call that farmer? You see? So in the same way, our job is to keep the field ready. Whether the true work, which is the rain coming, happens or not is up to God. So we cannot sell ourselves, literally sell our souls to Maya, and expect that God will replace our eyes with His eyes so that we can see the highest reality. We must offer ourselves, our Antahkarana, to God constantly. So then God can make that His home. Whether God will give us a place at His feet after this body is dropped, or during this body is here—all of those things are for God to decide. We make the choice moment to moment about who we love. Let's go to Diva. Can you hear me?