| (For you, to
Read and Contemplate Every Day)
(The
directions given by Revered Gurudev
from time-to-time, which mark his beatifying guidance to those dedicated
to become a part of his epochal mission of reconstruction of an era. These
also stand as milestones for the seekers of righteous path to altruistic
service of the society).
My
three fingers are expressing my heartfelt feelings on papers with the
help of a pen here. But what is being written certainly can’t be achieved
only through these physical means. The responsibility of its materialization
lies upon you all –– the awakened souls, the disciples who are devoted
to the noble mission of global enlightenment.
This mission is founded by divine will, this plan is proposed by God’s
inspirations. It is not only my fingers, rather, every bit of my existence
is noting down this plan; not only expressing it in words, but also pondering
over the details of its implementation in reality. As I envisage it, an
uncountable number of awakened souls will bear this responsibility
– sharing their time, efforts, resources, mental engrossment and/or dedication
visibly or invisibly. This paper, pen, the fingers may perish but the
work initiated will not stop; every single drop of my blood, every breath
of my life, every impulse of my mind is devoted to this noble cause. It
is the flow of eternal divine force that is subliminally acting behind
the process of dawn of a bright era.
The basis and scope of the plan, the mission, is immeasurable; it is as
vast as its name reflects –– "Transformation
of the Era". Great number of elevated souls will collectively
accomplish this epochal task from the gross or the sublime domains; although,
the credit may go only to those active on the visible fronts. You may
also be one of those, if you respond to this call of time…...
Recall what our mission has achieved so far and what is ongoing. What
is going to happen and required to be done is immensely more. Most of
it will be done by you all, who, to me, are like parts of my own body,
reflections of my own existence….... In fact,
it is your collective power, which represents the name of this man, who
is writing these lines.
How will the seemingly impossible goals be achieved? How will the untoward
trends of the modern times be reverted? Where will the resources come
from? Don’t worry about that. HE, who has entrusted the responsibility,
will take care of all this. The only thing you should watch is – whether
you are putting in best of your efforts? None of you should lag behind
in dedication to the noble mission.
Hanuman’s ability was insignificant in terms of resources, worldly talents,
education, etc. He was only an assistant to the dethroned king Sugreev.
But the moment he devoted himself through heart and soul to Shri Ram’s
mission, he could attain success in the astonishing tasks like, crossing
over the ocean, uprooting a mountain, destroying the mighty Kingdom "Lanka"
of Ravana with ease. He also received the rare honor of having Lord Ram
and Lakshmana sit on his shoulders. I expect from each one of you, the
parijans (family members) of our grand (Gayatri Pariwar) mission to be
like Hanuman in devotion, discipline and duty.
"What exactly is to be done and when?" –– will be guided to
you time-to-time from here (Shantikunj, Hardwar, the mission’s fraternity).
The tasks may keep changing and so could be the patterns of your success.
You just have to be unflinchingly sincere in trying your level best to
transact the assigned duties and keep remembering that your sentiment
of devotion, with which you had joined us and come here for good should
not wane or weaken; it should continue to enhance and expand with each
day passing.
Understand the gigantic dimensions of the tasks ahead to meet our objectives.
Rest assured that if you have put-in the most of your attempts without
any dilemma or diversion, then, even if you don’t hit the target, your
efforts would definitely lead near what could be termed as unique, remarkable,
trend-setting and historic. It is true that immense support and potentials
are required for success in the plans of such vast grandeur. But, leave
this burden upon the divine force that has laid the foundation of this
mission. You only worry about how to make better and greater use of your
time, abilities and labor. Disregard, of whether the work assigned suits
your interests, your main aims should be to see how much more and constructive
could be your participation in its completion? How much greater burden
could you bear? How could you march faster towards the goal despite the
unfavorable circumstances?
Be vigilant about your nature, qualities and conduct; there should be
progressive refinement of your personality and character as well. Watch
your thoughts and deeds carefully and rectify the defects and weaknesses,
if any, observed by you or by any of your colleagues. Check out whether
there is any indiscipline in your routine, your work habits at the behest
of fatigue or some other excuse? If so, throw it away the very moment.
Don’t let selfish desires, lethargy, or passions for comfort get a chance
to avert you from the path of ideals; don’t think of relaxing or discontinuing
the work at hand.
Frustration and arrogance are the most dangerous and intimate enemies
of those working for altruist tasks of social welfare and mass elevation.
You should be alert to keep a safe distance from both. Failure or success
–– neither is yours. Failure should only give you a chance to pursue more
thorough introspection and endeavor to improve. Remember! This is like
a fire-test of your abilities, your intrinsic faith; you have to conquer
every obstacle courageously and brilliantly. You should also help extend
the faith and potentials of your associates.
Grand success should only help you assess how big a leap your virtuous
efforts and sincerity could take. It may boost your faith in the chosen
path but should not trigger your ego. If you are able to achieve something,
humbly share the credits with your colleagues. Have self-confidence but
don’t regard yourself above or bigger than others. This is the ideal mentality
of a volunteer for social service and upliftment.
Our mission’s role will expand multifold in the years to come. Your preparation
for this should be what could be regarded as excellent, exemplary. Your
endeavors should be such that make your inner self enlighten with grace
at the time of self-analysis. Your devotion should make the divine guiding
force so close to your soul, as that had enabled Hanuman be a part of
the Ram Panchayat.
Glorious accomplishment of our mission in the years to come is an absolute
certainty, which will manifest in the dawn of the bight era on the earth.
The present phase is that of earnest efforts by those, upon whom the Almighty
has bestowed a chance to work on the visible fronts for this purpose.
You are among those. This is a crucial time of fire-testing of your participation.
Take care that on no front – physical, mental, or behavioral – there is
no risk of your deflection, decline or fall. In these critical moments,
no one among you should lose faith or perturb from the chosen path, none
should be lost or separated from the mission, and hence repent forever….
It is after millions of ages that the deserving souls get an opportunity
to join such a mission emanated from the call of divinity. So don’t just
miss it….
Great people achieve great goals. One does not become great by the height
or heap of any physical or worldly possession. Rather, the virtues of
his personality, his modesty, generosity, sincerity, integrity, purity
of thoughts and sentiments, diligence and motivation to noble purpose
make him great. Our goals in sight are steadily ascending; your height
(greatness) should not fall short in any respect. It is with this expectation,
hope and confidence in you that we are proceeding towards the higher,
sublime, realms….
–– Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya |
