| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE YOGA OF COMPLETENESS - SEEING THE LORD EVERYWHERE |
| But do not be afraid. All this will
change. This burning heat is necessary
for us to enjoy the pleasures of the rainy season. If the earth were not hot and dry, the first
shower would make it
slushy. And neither grass nor grain would grow on it. Once I was wandering about
on a hot summer day. My
head was hot. I was filled with joy. A friend said to me. "You will get sunstroke."
I said, "The earth below is
burning. Let this clay doll too burn a little."
What joy to have a cold shower on a burning head! But he who is not scorched in the summer sun will bury his head in his books even when it rains. He will remain in his room, in his grave. He would not dance with joy under this vast sacred shower out in the open. But our maharshi Manu was a great enjoyer and lover of Nature. He says in his Smriti, "When it rains, declare a holiday." When it is raining out, who would sit and chant Vedic verses again and again? When it rains, we should sing and dance. We should become one with Nature. Then, earth and heaven meet and mingle. The beautiful sight fills us with joy. It is as if creation itself is teaching us. The truth is that the mutability and transience of creation means freshness in the medium of worship. Thus we have creation forever presenting us with an ever-new progeny of means; the immortal servant, standing ever ready to serve with girt loins; and the Supreme Self to be served. Now let the game go on. The Lord Supreme gives me means which are endlessly new and wonderful and He takes from me service which springs from love. Giving me all sorts of things, He lets me play. He uses me in all sorts of ways. If only we can develop this attitude in life, what happiness would be ours! |
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