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Suffering is the root and results are flowers
which are so strong that sometimes we don’t even think of coming out. Moreover we may get ideas of death or anger towards God (cinema song of Unnavaaa Asalunnavaaa) instead of devoting to Him.
Lalaji in a reply to Babuji wrote “....To put up patiently with the day-to-day events of life is the highest form of penance and sacrifice. So, instead of anger and resentment, one must cultivate in himself a meek temperament.”(ss 465)
Surely sufferings create a sort of vacuum (helplessness) which attracts either love or otherwise. We are aware of people turning to good path or bad one after facing too many sufferings depending on the choices they got at that time. Real craving for God helps one at that time . One can see many people around having more difficulties , yet living with smiling faces and achieving high position in their fields eg. Handicapped people.
Lalaji wrote about his situation to one of his associates-“ ..... I felt that all this was absolutely of no importance to me as compared to Reality which was predominant in all my being. So I ever smiled on them thinking them to be the very way of salvation.” (ss 466). This should be taken as a token of inspiration to proceed in the path with courage .
Strike well while the iron is hot. So also man is subjected to afflictions . If somehow, one is convinced that, whatever is happening to him, is only because of his actions and nothing else, then he will be happy by turning towards God and he is sure to get the result in that effort.
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