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i.e., remain as humble and in as poor a manner as possible. On being guided by conscience, when the mind remained steadfast with all humility, it occurred to him that things material may earn happiness for the time being, but they can hardly earn one self contentment. so the mind said, “What i need is a bag of bones of mosquitoes”, i.e., all i need is self contentment which is as rare as the bones of mosquitoes. if led by five vices, one can get transitory material gains, but if one is willing to attain self-contentment, he can attain it by virtue of devotion, detachment, forgiveness and self meditation. While remaining humble, when the mind duly realised this truth, it intently longed for self contentment. When it realised that contentment cannot be had through five vices and that musk, saffron and sandal wood are not as trash as grass, it ignored the service of the vices and had his heart adorned with devotion, detachment and contentment. so Maniram, our Baba said, got back the ships with all the precious things like musk, saffron and sandal wood and with them the feeling of contentment, the most precious thing. Baba also explained the role of conscience who went forward along with some aristocratic people to receive his master. When the presence of devotion, detachment and contentment was felt in the mind, there roused almost spontaneously feelings like generosity, amicability, delight, indifference and the power of discrimination. By thus elucidating the moral of the story, Baba said, devotion is all. a human being can move forward towards deliverance with the wealth of devotion, coupled with conscience.
One day shri shri Guru Maharaj offered us a gem of advice. he said, “it is true that there are many means to attain wisdom and deliverance, but just as vegetables cannot be cooked without fire, one cannot attain deliverance without wisdom.” he also added, “Just as a fruit is there in a very delicate form in a flower, wisdom remains dormant in Bhakti. When there is no wisdom, how can there be Bhakti? Oh! Wisdom! Oh! Bhakti! how to attain you two? Won’t you show mercy on this humble seeker?”
Baba not only narrated to us beautiful stories, but also recited short but beautiful Dohas in his own language. Not that we could really follow all the inner meanings of those stories, but it felt nice
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