Supreme consumption of Human living
Body,
mind and riches, power and strength, reason and critical acumen, position and
authority—whatever has been vouchsafed to you has been granted for service to
the Lord. This constitute their best use. Use everything with scruples care to
the best advantage. Here lies your own welfare and the utility of those
objects. It you do not observe scrupulousness in the matter your possessions
will be misused; you do not devote your body to noble to noble pursuits, it
will take to evil one; if you do not harbour good thoughts in the wind it will
take delight in evil thought; if you do not devote your wealth to the service
of the needy and the poor, it will be spent in luxury.
If
a thing is not put to the best use, it is either misused, which leads to newer
and newer evils, thereby setting a new stage every time for sorrows and
sufferings, or the thing perishes.
The
most precious of all substances are time and the mind. Scrupulously keep both
of these constantly engaged in the Lord’s service, in spiritual endeavour, in
elevating pursuits. Neither waste your time nor give yourself up to error. Time
is wasted through indolence and procrastination and you and you give yourself
up to error by spending it in pursuits which are not worth undertaking and by
neglecting your duties. Similarly the energy of the mind is neglecting your
duties. Similarly the energy of the mind is wasted by thinking of the world
rather than the Lord or of good things or acts; and you give yourself up to
error by indulging in sinful or evil thoughts. Keep every moment of indulging
in sinful or evil thoughts. Keep every moment of indulging in sinful or evil
thoughts. Keep every moment of your time employed in noble pursuits by way of
service to the Lord; and weaning your mind from idle and evil thoughts. Keep it
constantly engaged on pious thoughts and in the thought of the Lord. This is to
make the best use of your time and mind.
A
substance which has been put to the best use by being employed in the Lord’s
service has become yours. The wealth which has spent in service has become
yours; the part of your time that has been spent in thought of the Lord has
become yours; whatever good works has been done with your body has been
credited to your account. Otherwise all these substances are sure to perish.
They cannot be preserved by being sparingly used and attended to with care;
they are decaying every moment and will at long last altogether perish. They
will have achieved their purpose in proportion as they are devoted to some
useful purpose.
Every
moment of human life is priceless; for when devoted to his remembrance and
service it serves as a means to God-realization. Every moment that has elapsed
does not return; therefore keep every moment of your time employed in the
Lord’s service. Let there be not the moment’s respite in his remembrance and
service. Let his remembrance and service continue uninterruptedly like
respiration. Wherever you go, and whatever the innocent external innocence form
of your occupation, let God-remembrance never slip out of your mind and let the
conviction that you are serving the omnipresent Lord through every action of
yours continue its hold upon your mind. If you are able to do so, you will able
to continue to behold the lord everywhere at all times and will remain occupied
with His worship all the day long. This will constitute the best use of your
life.
Your
face will considered to have turned towards God completely and irretrievably
only when your mind and reason get dedicated to God and remain constantly and
exclusively devoted to Him. But so long this does not happen, unremittingly
continue to link your mind and reason with God. Go on contemplating and
dwelling on the names, virtues and form of the Lord and investigating His
truth. Abiding and real absence of attachment to sense-enjoyments and
consummate and genuine attachment to the Lord constitute the main discipline.
- Supreme consumption of Human living
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