Discourses-----Day
1
October 5, 1939
The darkness of the night set in. Sri Sri Thakur was seated
on a chowki in the Ashram courtyard by the river bank, and some people of the
ashram were with Him. Gopalda came. Thakur said to him, “The Manu-Samhita
starts with a description of the beginning of the cosmic cycle, and there is
some real sense in that. By understanding things in the order in which they
appear one can get a proper understanding of them. Chalar Sathi (Life’s Companion) starts with the creation of the
universe. I did not make any great plans for it that way; it turned out that
way of itself. Unless we are acquainted with the elementals, our knowledge is
only of bits and pieces, and we don’t come to a full understanding. What big
scientists our ancient seers were none today understands. A great ascetic like Mahadev,
for example, was responsible for a great many medical formulas. People today
generally have a distorted picture of saints. But the real saints were very
active and practical. In how many ways they served the society!”
In the course of His talking, Thakur said, “I do not see another normal man around like
Ramakrishna.”
Later in the night prayer and meditation were discussed.
Thakur said, “These things don’t fit in well
unless one has a normal life. A posed or ‘got-up’ life will never do, I have
never obtained anything by going through gymnastics for it. I would do things
when I felt like it. I never saw Sarkar Saheb. That is why my mother
was everything to me. Whatever I would do would be to gain credit with her. If
fancy so pleased me I would begin repeating Name in the dead of night. I always
had a strong urge to do things swiftly. Once I walked three miles from Khoksa
in 22 minutes. My activity became intense, and I enjoyed my work all the more.
I would do Kirtan. In the period of trance consciousness would be lost. But I
do not attach any importance to that. At other times I was always conscious.
When I grasped a thermometer one day, the temperature went up to 110 degrees.
Water sprinkled on my body would evaporate. Such things happened. Visions like
those I discussed with you before would come.”
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