Q: There is so much pain and sorrow surfacing in me right now, that my daily life is becoming very difficult to manage. And at the same time it takes so much more effort now to dissolve the pain by experiencing it, compared to a year ago after my Level 1 course. How can I make the act of dissolving the pain by experiencing it easier, more effective and more powerful? SRI BHAGAVAN: In Oneness, youve got to remember, that only up to a point there could be effort. If effort continues, then nothing would happen. Things must happen automatically, they must become effortless. Experiencing suffering is an effortless act. If you apply effort, you will not be able to do it at all. Effort is only slightly becoming aware, yes I have this pain and maybe bringing in some teaching. Thats why I often give an example of a snake in the room and you are very scared. And then you go out and get a torchlight, going out and getting a torch is the effort, and then putting on the switch is the effort. Once the light comes out of the torch, you see its only a rope and not a snake. So it does not take time, energy or effort. The fear is just gone. So in all of oneness activities, only up to a point there is effort. Beyond that it must become effortless. Now, how does it become effortless? That is where Grace comes in, your connection with the Divine, without which you can not do it. So up to a point its OK. You try and you put in some effort. And then there comes a point when you realize, nothing is happening. Youre trying to experience suffering, nothing is happening. Youre trying to stay with it, nothing is happening. That is the point when we say, youve got to surrender. Surrender is not something very cheap or something slavish. You just realize you cannot do anything. When you can not do anything, what do you do? Youve got to seek help. So you must have a connection with the Divine. So take a blessing or invoke the Divine, and then youll see what happens. It just begins to happen. It has to be effortless. If theres effort, it is not oneness. And it naturally happens if you invoke the Divine or if you can not do it, ask some powerful blessing giver to give you a blessing. It will start off. Thats why the blessing is so important. Without the blessing you can not get there. Because your trying is what is destroying it. When you try to experience, you can not experience. Its just not possible. So, you try and you fail, thats when you hand over. Then youll see it happens very beautifully. And once it starts happening it gives you such joy and powered by joy it goes on automatically. It becomes a habit after some time. But at least initially, youll need the help of the Divine or the blessing.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:45:58 +0000
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