When you dive into the sea, you must seek pearls; when you go to the Kalpavriksha (the wish fulfilling tree) ask for the highest bliss. Do not crave for the smaller when the vastest is available for just a little more effort. There is a natural craving in all to become one with the vast, the Supreme and the Limitless, for in the cave of each heart, there resides the self-same Supreme. When you are immersed in the bliss (ananda) of the Lord, you are master of all the lesser anandas too. But this ananda must be directed along useful channels of activity. The value of water can be known only when there is scarcity not when all the taps are pouring plenty of it into the buckets. When tanks and wells go dry, men cry out for a cup of water. So too is with this ananda. Gather it, garner it, develop it and irrigate the parched heart with it, while you can.
- Divine Discourse, Feb 20, 1966. |
