How Constant Remembrance Will Get Established?
We have meditation at the first step; through meditation
we are reminded of our goal, because we meditate on the divine
light in the heart. The more we meditate, the more the remembrance
of what my Master calls the Original Home is reinforced and
the reinforcement of that memory creates a longing in us to
go back to that home. So meditation essentially is a technique
to create a remembrance of what we come from, where we have
descended from - our home, our parents. So remembrance
is the result of meditation. Now this remembrance itself
has to be reinforced in the sense that from a spasmodic or
an occasional remembrance of the home, one must have it in
a constant way present, ever present in one's mind which becomes
constant remembrance.
What is dedication? Dedication is the state in which
our commitment to an ideal becomes total. In the beginning
a sense of commitment is lacking. As we progress along the
path, the sense of involvement increases and becomes a commitment
to the effort, to the fulfillment of the purpose. We begin
to remember the purpose of this existence. We begin to remember
Him more and more, and as our commitment increases, or rather
as it deepens, the remembrance becomes more and more frequent,
until it culminates in what our Divine Master has called
Constant Remembrance. It is thus seen that dedication is
reflected in constant remembrance. The greater the degree
of remembrance, the greater the degree of dedication it
reveals!
What do we work for? We work for those things that we love.
We work for our children, because we love them. Why do we
love them? Because they are ours. So we find that we love
everything that we feel to be ours. We work for those whom
we love. Dedication increases because our remembrance of
those whom we love keeps our nose to the grinding wheel,
as the saying goes. The greater the effort, the greater
the success. I may say that constant remembrance becomes
possible only when we take the Master as our very own, without
any reservation, and love Him with all our heart and soul.
The way then becomes smooth and easy, and the Goal is reached
in the shortest possible time.
The correct way of meditation is to get into the condition
which our Divine Master grants us by the power of his transmission,
and try to prolong this "condition" and by thus
slowly prolonging it to ensure that the "condition"
is maintained throughout the 24 hours. At this stage constant
remembrance may be said to begin.
So, attach your mind, your thought, to that which is eternal
and unchanging, which is so captivating, so beautiful, so
brilliant - I mean it is an embodiment of every virtue,
beauty, blessing that you can think of - then your mind
cannot stray from that constant remembrance.
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