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Master is a doorway. And the doorway needs to be more charming than the
world
so that you will come to the doorway. Someone is in the street
and there is rain, thunder, hot sun; they need shelter.
They look
around, they find a doorway. They come to the doorway. The doorway is
more inviting, more charming, more celebrative,
more joyful than
anything else in the world.
Nothing could give that much peace,
joy, pleasure in the world.
Once you come to the doorway, you enter the
door and see the world from there. See the world from the eyes of the
Master.
This is a sign that you have come to the Master. Otherwise you
may still be standing in the street and looking at the door.
But
once
you have entered the door, then you will see the whole world from
the eyes of the Master. This means what? In every situation
that you
face, you will think, "If this situation comes in front of the Master,
how would he handle it?" or "How would
she handle it?" "If this
complication comes in front of the Master, how would he take it?" "If
someone blames the Master
like this, how would he handle it?" See the
world from the eyes of the Master all the time.
The world looks
much
more beautiful; not a nasty place. But a place filled with love,
filled with joy, cooperation, compassion, and all virtues.
The world is
much more fun. Looking through the doorway, there is no fear. You will
look at the world without any fear.
You will be in all relationships
with everybody without any fear. Because there is shelter.
From
inside home,
you will look at the thunder, you will look at the storm,
you will look at the rain, you will look at the bright sun. Inside
you
have air conditioning. Very cool, pleasant. Outside it's hot. You donҴ
mind because there is nothing that
can really distract you, disturb
you, or take the fullness away from you. Such a sense of security, such
a sense of
fullness and joy comes. That is the purpose of having a
Master.
All relationships in the world go topsy-turvy. You
make relationships
and you break relationships. All relationships can get broken or made
up and again broken. And there
is craving and aversion. This is the
world. This is samsara.
But the Master is not a relationship.
The Master
is the Presence. What is necessary is to feel the Presence
of the Master, not to make a relationship. Don't make the Master
a part
of your world. Then the same, "Oh, he looked at me." "He didn't look at
me." "Oh, he said this." "He didn't say
that." "Oh, somebody is close.
I am not close." All this garbage comes into it. You feel the Presence
of the Master,
that is eternal. That has been there with you before,
now, and will be there in the future, too.
Master is the
Presence.
World is relativity. And relativity has limitations. Presence
is unlimited. Presence is vast, infinite, and all comprehensive,
all
inclusive. And the presence of the Master in one's life will bring
fulfillment to all relations. Every relationship
will become complete
with the presence of the Infinity if the Master is in your life.
- Sri Sri
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Your questions.. Sri Sri answers..
Q:
If God is omniscient, why do we praise Him or pray to Him?
Sri
Sri Ravi Shankar: Your praise is not for God’s
sake. It is for your
sake. You praise God, and that praising uplifts your own spirit. You
imbibe all those good qualities
in you. It’s not that God, when
praised, becomes very happy and places those boons on you. You cannot
bribe God
like that. We pray to God. We do it in every religion. We
seem to think that by praying we are appeasing God and by not
praying
we are annoying God. I don’t think so. Prayer is your innate call. You
want something and you pray. Meditation
is even better than prayer. The
culmination of prayer must be meditation. Meditation is telling God, “I
am here
to listen to you. What do you want to tell me? Let thy will be
done". That is meditation.
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John
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