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How would you
define yourself?
 Just
before this question came up in Sathsangh, these singers were
singing ‘Every person is bound to attain this State one day’.
I have attained this state already. Believing that everyone will
definitely attain this state some day, I share these divine experiences
with seekers; I am a guide. In present day situation, anything
else I say will lead to controversy.
I can call myself God. There may be adequate justification. Or I
can call myself a Mahaan and give sufficient explanation. Or I can
call myself a Siddha and rationalize it. But the time is not ripe
for you to understand why I address myself God; that’s because you
have not yet attained that state.
You know the taste of a sweet, only after you eat it.
Explanations can never make you comprehend anything; only
experience can. Otherwise it is the case of the ‘six blind
men’ attempting to describe an elephant.
Siva Shankar Baba has undergone various experiences in life. He
already tastes the nectar called God. Spirituality cannot be
explained; it needs to be experienced. Only He who can
understand himself realizes his leader. Today you are a human
being identifying yourself with the name you have given your body.
I am immersed in the bliss of the Soul that is beyond the body.
The language you speak and understand is different. I speak a
different language. Linking these results is chaos.
It is easy to ask a Japanese for water by sign language. There are
universal symbols to represent drinking water or toilet. A
foreigner will fail to understand if you ask these in your native
language. Mine is the language of the Soul; yours is that of the
body. The two are not in tune at present.
Currently the synchronization is achieved by thoughts only. Beyond
a level, words become redundant. A person sought clarifications
from Buddha. Buddha replied, ‘On the condition that you must not
speak for one whole year. You must be with me, listen to my
discourses and observe my actions. At the end of that year, I will
answer any question you have’. So for one whole year, the person
was with Buddha observing all that Buddha did. At the end of the
stipulated time, Buddha asked the seeker to state his questions.
The man replied, ‘I have no questions’ and seated himself under a
tree in the nearby garden. He heard the sound of laughter and
turned to see another person seated nearby asking him, ‘You also
came seeking clarification from Buddha?’ Apparently this person
too had come with a similar intention a year before.
You
need to understand a Mahaan. He cannot be described.
That, which you seek, can
take any form at will. Adi Sankara was
on a pilgrimage to Kasi seeking the blessings of Kasi Viswanatha.
He felt thirsty. A cobbler offered him water from his leather
bag. Adi Sankara grew furious and said, ‘Low born, Move away’,
to which the cobbler asked, ‘whom are you asking to move away:
this body or the Athma within this body?’ Only then Adi Sankara
understood that it was Kasi Viswanatha Himself who had come in
the form of a cobbler to enlighten him. Lord Siva appeared in
the form of a butcher to Somasi Nayanar who trusted Sundaramoorthy
Nayanar’s words.
He who begins to see divinity
in all beings in this world, gradually attains that Divinity.
You can’t become a Ph.D in one day. You need to start off with
Kinder Garten basics. This is the training program. See everything
as God, know that this Eternal whole Bliss, Poorana Anandham pervades
everywhere and is in everything. Then you will comprehend
Divinity.
Once you reach
that state, you will not differentiate anything. You will suffocate
when others choke. You will be pained by others’ distress. This
state of empathy is possible. But you need to have mind training,
mind taming. It takes time. Delight in looking on other’s life
as your own, share what you have with others and treat everyone
equally. Lord Nataraja is in a dance of Eternal Ecstasy in such
loving hearts. God exists in those who treat others’ sorrows
as their own. This is Vallalar’s realization. Love is God.
When a person’s being overflows with compassionate love, he becomes
equal to God Himself. This is the finding of all Mahaans.
So many
people visit here. And Baba is impartial towards everyone. There
is no agent between you and me. In fact, I have my lunch only
after seeing every one of you, however long it takes.
I
have the confidence that I am impartial and love everyone, so
what is wrong in addressing myself God? God
is no different from Love. Most people do not understand this
concept.
Thiruvalluvar
says, ‘Grace is the child of Love’. He, who is bestowed with Grace,
is the embodiment of Love. He showers Love. He showers Grace.
Grace and Love are no different.
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