WHAT MAN SHOULD SEEK IS NOT LONGEVITY IN LIFE BUT DIVINIZATION OF LIFE

"What man should seek in not longevity in life but divinization of life?" He must developed his good qualities.

"The span of life is determined by Times"

It is virtue that has to be nourished. The character and conduct of a person are based upon his qualities.

Forgetting this truth, people go after changes in the external conditions of life.

Who is the guide and protector of the world?
"Only the good man is the protector of the world".

If there were no good people in the world, it would be a helpless world.


"WEALTH OR GRACE?"

Man's life is determined by his qualities. The transformation of the world is related to the transformation of the individual. The world will change only when the individual changes. "When individuals are good, society also becomes good".

We tend to attach importance only to the external forms of social institutions. "We lay stress on the conditions prevailing in the political, economic, social and environmental spheres".

Change in these spheres alone are not enough. Mental and spiritual transformation is more essential.

Remember! "All wealth is impermanent and unreal".

Today we seek to accumulate all kinds of wealth by various activities. When these activities themselves are transient and evanescent, how can the wealth acquired by them be lasting? "All of them are impermanent and unreal".

Please bear in mind!... "There is only one permanent and immutable reality".... That is 'GOD'.

"PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING THIS TRUTH"

You may appear externally to be a great devotee or followers and claim that you are doing many things to please 'GOD'. But the truth cannot be hidden from 'GOD'. "You must consult your conscience and find out whether your devotion is genuine".

A friend of mine, the composer, sang many songs in which he hailed 'God' as his sole refuge and support. Later he had the realization that he had been trying to deceive 'God' by his words.

"Then a great change came over him, we should realize that we cannot please 'God' by our books our songs or by our learning and scholarship. Nor is it possible to please 'God' by intellectual eminence or clever tricks".

Please remember!

"The degree of everyone's (spiritual) attainment depends on the nature of his thoughts".

"Divine Grace is in proportion to the measure of your devotion. You can take from the vast ocean only the amount of water your vessel can contain".

"According to the purity of our actions, we will get the fruits thereof."

Our precious human birth can be redeemed only by developing human qualities and leading a righteous life.

You (the students) must make good use of the golden opportunity you have got now. Besides worldly education, cultivate meditation on 'God' and develop the inner vision.

Seeking only material gains.

Hence, today, even more than the teachers, it is the students who have to be exemplary and high minded. Teachers and students today do not live upto this ideal. "Students are self-seeking and self-centred. Likewise, the teachers also are self-regarding and self-seeking".

Students go to teachers only to get their desires fulfilled. When their wishes are satisfied, they feel content. Otherwise they are disappointed. They are even prepared to take up cudgets against teachers. The result is that harmonious relations between teachers and students do not develop.

What is most deplorable today is the indifference of students to their mental development, because they are concerned only about their narrow personal interests. They seek only material gains.

Please note!

Our life is not based entirely on food. It is based on the (Spirit). One who regards food as the basis of life, is an... "Ignorant of the truth". The one who realizes that the Spirit alone is everything in life is ... "The man of Higher Knowledge".

The man who regards food as the basis of everything... Is a 'sinner'. The man who seeks a spiritual life is a "pure devotee of GOD."

The foremost duty of students is to concentrate on their studies, behave in an exemplary manner in all their relations with the outside world, and seek to experience the 'Divine' internally as a spiritual discipline.

The nature of creation has to be understood. We have to view creation in relation to its... "Extraordinary magnificence". Next, our conduct has to be... 'Harmonious' and orderly.

"We have to realize that the whole universe is permeated by the (Spirit)".

"Our conduct should be such that no one can point finger of criticism at us. It should be blameless and pure."

"If the heart is also pure, one will not get immersed in the body-consciousness."

The body is doubtless an essential instrument for right living and its health and fitness should be safeguarded.

But our main concern should be to experience the Divine as the creator in everything in creation.

If the latter is ignored, physical existence alone will have no meaning.
Student should bear in mind the rules of right conduct that should govern their life. They are passing through the most precious and sacred period in their lives. This should be well used.

Dedicate all your thoughts and aspirations to 'GOD' and surrender yourselves to the "Will of the Divine".

Surrender may appear to be difficult. But it is not so. It is in fact like keeping your money in the bank. You will be able to draw money from the bank whenever you need it.

"Similarly when you have entrusted all your concerns to 'GOD', you can draw from 'Him' whatever you need".

What is it that stands in the way of this surrender?

It is your 'EGO' and your 'POSSESSIVENESS'. You do not have sufficient trust in the 'Lord' people desperately cling to their possessions saying:

"My money, My money", and so on.

They forget that when you surrender to the 'Divine', you acquire.... His grace, "sometime or the other your wealth will go". But once you have earned the grace of 'GOD', you can feel secure and satisfied. 'GOD' does not need your wealth....

But remember!

"He is always the one who steals the heart".

Not a stealer of wealth. It is you, who have to change from.
The stealer of heart to the stealer of wealth or otherwise.

"Man run hither and thither.
In search of food, of worldly goods,
Of position and pelf, name and fame;
But few seek to realize GOD"

"This is the truth declared unto you".
Men pursue intensively mundane studies.
"But do not seek to study the path of inner vision".


From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321

27 NOVEMBER 2010

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