Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 182
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
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We talked about Fire yesterday. We discussed that Fire gives light and heat. In the nights, he exists in the form of heat. He makes the seeker adhere to truth. He bestows concentration for worship of the Atman. He ensures that the person’s objectives are fulfilled. He removes the obstacles to faith and trust.
He fills us with strength, faith and courage. When we concentrate on the radiant form, we achieve concentration. Residing in the body, the Fire God detects diseases early and sends us signals. He provides good health. Even though Fire God can consume everything by burning them, he is untouched by impurity.
Fire is everywhere. There is nowhere he is not. Even though he is everywhere, he is in the form of dormant fire in some places. We just said that there is no place where there is no Fire. He is in the form of dormant fire. For instance, sometimes, the piece of wood seems to have been burnt, but it has fire inside.
One must lead a life of cleanliness, untouched by impurity just like Fire. He must be radiant with the power of penance. He must accept whatever is given to him.
He must stand by those who seek refuge in him and those who place trust in him. He should do good to them. All living beings are subject to birth and death. Birth and death are for the body, not for the soul. The body is impermanent. We see that the soul alone is permanent.
Fire has no form. It takes on the form of the object it is burning. In the same vein, one should consume food only for universal welfare, not for greed. A seeker should sometimes be introverted like Fire. In other instances, he must be extroverted. The qualities of Fire, one greater than the other, are amazing.
Avadhoota Swamy said to King Yadu that he learned all these qualities from Fire. When a seeker imbibes the qualities of Fire and undertakes spiritual discipline, he will receive results quickly.
Next, Moon. While revealing his 24 Gurus to King Yadu, Avadhoota Swamy talked about Moon. Vedas proclaim the Moon as Parabrahman.
They say that the Moon is the Parabrahman who is the essence of all living beings. Because Moon is filled with nectar and bliss, viewing it gives us joy. Children are happy seeing the Moon. Elders feel peaceful seeing the Moon. Because Moon rules over the mind, he cures diseases of the mind (psychological disorders). He eliminates those diseases.
In the Bhagavad Gita, the Lord says, “Nakshatraayaaham Shashi”. The Lord is saying, “I am also the Moon who rules over all the stars”. That Moon (the Lord) said that he is the Moon that rules over all the stars.
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13 Jan 2021