God - The Creator

God - The Creator

Wednesday 10 September, 2008

Feeling of love and oneness for others

A gyani bhakt never instigates anger or hatred. He is simple and with feeling of love. He will feel for others and can understand others feelings as his own. Always try to seek company of a true gyani bhakt. Sometimes it so happens that we meet persons who try to spoil our feelings. They fill our mind with hatred and instigate us towards anger. If you are sensible and don't want any such nonsense then shut your ears and politely request that person to please keep these thoughts out of your mind or just keep away from such a company.

Once Swami Ramakrishna Paramhans was sailing by boat to cross river Ganga. All his disciples were also with him. Next to him Narendra(Vivekanand) was also seated. When the boat reached near the river bank Swami Paramhans started screaming loudly "Don't beat me, don't beat me". Everybody sitting in the boat were surprised to see swamiji screaming like this. They tried to hold him even Narendra tried to stop him but he fell down. They saw blood coming out from swamiji's back. He became unconscious. When he gained consciousness Narendra asked him "Gurudev, please tell us who is beating you? Swamiji pointed out with his finger. They all saw a boat owner was mercilessly beating a poor man with a hunter and that man was screaming "don't beat me, don't beat me".

The disciples realised that swamiji was feeling and synpathising with that poor man. He was having fellow feeling and could feel the pain the poor man was going through.
Swami Paramhans did not say that "don't beat him", he said "don't beat me". Swamiji wanted to make others feel that the poor man is not different from me, he is me. A feeling of oneness.

1 comment:

Shrikant Pote said...

I want to read more about Swami Ramakrishna paramahansa on this blog.His experiences and teachings are today's need