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SRI SWAMIJI'S DATTA JAYANTI SPEECH ON 24.12.2004 AT 12PM For many, spiritual interest is the last resort when nothing works out. Though it is unfortunate, it is true. Imagine this. When a person is dying, we try all methods to revive his life. We give him oxygen, we give shock treatment to revive his life. Many people entertain the feeling that going to a temple, God or Sadguru should be the last resort when all else have failed. We think that we are too busy for any spiritual practices in life. Getting spiritual or religious in the last days of your life is of no use. It is like pushing a dying wick in a oil lamp further to squeeze the last strains of oil left in it. It is futile. Many feel that they are very good to society and that their ancestors built a temple, which will help the generations to come. Some also get ego by studying some books. Ego is the greatest stumbling block., The cause of ego could be education, haughtiness or false pride. Sadguru never misleads you. HE will only ask you to follow the good tenets of life like truthfulness, being good to others etc., Apart from this there is one very important thing. In spite of having everything in life, one occasionally feels empty. This empty feeling can be quite nagging. It can be psychologically damaging. Unfortunately most people have one another problem. That is wanting more. If you have money, you want even more. If you have a contended family, you want even more happiness. Doubts persist about Guru, Vedanta and spirituality. But you try to display a gait that you do not have any doubts. But when alone, the mind gets tired by this nagging emptiness. All this emptiness is there because you have no patience to do any spiritual practice with implicit faith and truthfulness. We also are restless. We get restless when there are no spicy news on the TV. It is not good for health at all. You should not seek horrific news. In Europe, the garbage bin is quite ornamental and comafoulaged. People are driven to use it. But we have over spilling garbage bins, spreading the bad odor all around. Who goes there to use it? Nobody! The very purpose is lost. Like you clean your teeth everyday, you should also clean your shoes, the garbage bin etc., Don't you still brush your teeth in the morning after eating Tirupati Laddus the previous night? Do you fear that the good Blessings it brought to you gets washed away? No. Imagine this. You have a cow. You clean the cow everyday. You milk the cow. The vessel is yours. Don't you wash that vessel everyday? In spite of being the owner of the cow, the vessel etc., you still wash the vessel just to make sure that the milk does not get decayed. Like wise, In spite of having your own mind, you should still clean it everyday. For such activity, you should read Dattatreya story daily. He learnt from all types of Gurus. From snakes, women, from a bee etc., It is not a story. It is a guide for daily life. Because he Blessed us with such information, he is Guru for Devathas, for Manavaas. Everyday is Datta Jayanti. Even after become greatly educated, you must always remember that there is a invisible energy that is helping you. We follow Sadguru to help us understand that invisible energy. One you understand, you will be full of bliss. I am not saying you should never get doubts. All I am saying is that you should not search for doubts. All it needs from you is little bit of patience. You would not have got the doubt, if there were no answer for it. It has come because there is an answer for it. Everything is planned by that invisible energy. If we acknowledge our existence to that energy humbly and truthfully, you will be a winner. We all are puppets in the hands of that energy. You may believe it or not. You may have suspicion or not. But believe me. DATTATREYA is the GREATEST. Dattatreya is not a story. Dattatreya is discovering your self. Dattatreya is self-surrender. Dattatreya is not Panchamrita Abhisheka. We do it to gain concentration. Puja is level one. It is like the foundation for a house. We do it daily till death to ensure that the monkey mind does not trouble you. Look at a horse man in Mysore city. They have a humble and weak horse and take people in carriages around the city. He has a whip in his right hand, he holds the reins in his left hand and makes strange grunting noises from the bottom of his stomach. He and the horse can understand that communication. I want you all to write an essay explaining what it means. Do it. Sri Guru Datta In Datta Seva Hanuman ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. 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