FULL MOON MESSAGE
20 February 2008
THE LIGHT OF THE HEART
One day Mullah Nasruddin entered his favorite teahouse and said, “The moon is more useful than the sun”. An old man asked why Mullah? Nasruddin replied “we need the light more during the night than during the day.”
The light is ever needed thing. Without light nothing can even move. Light is the only source of energy which makes everything creative. In whatever way we see, observe, or experience the light, these all are the reflections of the great Divine light of supreme consciousness. If we leave that supreme light and dwell and satisfy enjoying the tiny light of the world then there would be no use of this life. But through these tiny lights, making these the means of sadhana we should reach the source. That very source is our real home to rest.
“Agni” is the first word in the Holy Vedas which means fire, the light. All the Mantras of the Vedas are the prayers of that lighting fire which destroys all the impurities. The light of Atman is inside us which has the nature of awareness or knowledge. So that we can be aware of our whole being body, breath, mind and emotions. Destroying emotions means deleting the thoughts or emotions. The more you are aware, the more you are free. The awareness destroys the productive capacity of a thought. Slowly when it becomes very grounded the thought becomes like a fried seed.
That awareness is the light of Atman and in this way a yogi clears himself and is one with the supreme light. When the personal light of the atman would be clear then it merges with the paramatman, the supreme consciousness. That’s called “Mukti” or liberation. The bondage is there where we see the light different.
Today when you walk, when you eat, when you sleep or do any action do not do without awareness of that light. First be aware then do. You can feel a great change in your action. Do not think any thing without thinking of that light and you will feel a great transformation in your thought. This is the actual celebration of today.
Make all of your actions and thoughts like beautiful fragrant flowers. That flowers are needed to make a garland to offer to the Divinity. To make a garland we need a thread. Make that light of awareness a thread and pierce it in ever flowers of thoughts and actions. That would be very beautiful garland to offer to the Divinity.
The thoughts and actions are the barriers in the path of sadhana if they are not properly happen or done. In the night if you have no light then you are in problem if you move. The action of movement is causes problem. But if there is light you can do your action properly and achieve your destination or aim. There the actions are the means of sadhana. So to make all of your life a sadhana then one thing we have to learn is “The art of Awareness”. But it does not happen in a day. Without having the power of Ichha shakti (the power of wish), kriya shakti(the power of action), and the jnana shakti(the power of knowledge) the complete power of awareness does not happen. The power of resolution the “sankalpa shakti” is also most important to make the awareness firm grounded. Prayers give the life energy to the sankalpa shakti. One has to charge it many times.
There are so many causes in which the sankalpa shakti looses its power. Most important one is “Over planning”. Do not plan beyond your capacity. Have a little plan to achieve. Then try to do that with your whole being. Achieving it you will feel the fullness and peace. You will be stressful if you fail. Do not hurt your mind, it is your life friend. Sadhana needs happiness. To be happy, itself a great sadhana. That happiness comes through that awareness.
May Guru sit on the light of your heart and May The Guru and Divine light become one and may that Guru light and your whole being merge together and become one. May this full moon day lead you that state of oneness and make you peaceful, silent and Divine. Wish you have a happy Celebration of light.
In service
Vishnu