Who is Superior, Who is Inferior? (Pt. 1)

 "Judge not, lest ye be judged," says the Holy Bible.

Do not judge anybody.  In Sai Kulwant Hall, there are a number of people sitting at the back who have no chance to see Bhagawan from close quarters.  Yet, they return home happy, blissful, because they perceive Bhagawan from a spiritual point of view.

On the other hand, those who go by the physical form expect Swami to speak to them and expect Him to call them for an interview.  Now, who is superior and who is inferior?

Once an M. Tech. student asked as to what he should do to ensure that Swami would speak to him.  Unfortunately, this student, a gold medallist, had his priorities totally mixed up.  He was emphasising on Swami's external communication that would boost his ego.

This author told him, "We are confused, therefore we are unhappy.  Our goals are worldly, while our path is spiritual.  We have worldly goals like gaining a big name, fame, prestige, influence and all kinds of benefits - business benefits and profits.  All these goals are worldly.  But the path is spiritual - coming to Prasanthi Nilayam, sitting in the front row, praying and going around Ganesha and all that.  That is a spiritual path no doubt, but our goals are worldly.  Therefore, we are confused."

What should be our spiritual goal?  The spiritual path is okay but the spiritual goal is to go beyond want and desire.  What are our desires?  We should desire to be desireless.  The only desire is to be desireless.  That should be the spiritual goal.  So for a spiritual goal, the spiritual path is acceptable and justifiable.

Just as we cannot fly in a ship or ride a bicycle on water and we need a boat and an aeroplane respectively, so also for the worldly path there is one route.  For the spiritual path, there is another route.  But since we get confused, we are depressed, frustrated and full of doubts.  Therefore, let us not judge.

(To be continued)

(From the book "Sai-chology" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)