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Suffering is the root and results are flowers
thro’ fire to make it refined and pure. So also we have to undergo the fire of sorrows, miseries, problems etc., to make us pure and deserving for the Divine to express Itself. Having misery or trouble is a blessing because then God is attentive to us as observed by Babuji.
Babuji had great sympathy for the suffering humanity, suffering much for its sake and yet rose far above His own suffering. He stated convincingly that the only solution to end all suffering is to take refuge in the Divine or the Divine personality who alone can bestow inner strength to take miseries as Divine blessing and remain happy under all circumstances.
Babuji in His commandment no 5, stated as follows.
“Even as the harshness of the beloved is appealing to a lover since it contains a gentle tenderness which reflects love all thro’ and attracts him all the more, the rebukes of the beloved are very pleasant to him and offer him greatest joy. If we take a cruder view of these scoldings they assume the form of painful experiences which people call by the name of miseries which are so easily endurable to a true lover who takes them with delight even in their grossest form”.
Rev. Brother. Narayana Garu in his notes on Shri. Ramachandra’s ten commandments stated as follows.
“If we are totally dependent on Him (Master / God) it does not matter much what happens to us. There is neither misery nor happiness. So all happiness and misery have to be accepted as something of a Divine gift because we are dependent on Him. When the consciousness that Divinity knows what is best for us percolates thro’ every pore of our being, we can accept every misery as something of a Divine gift and also be thankful because God is making us remember Him more and more”.
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