Having come to Bhagawan, what should our paradigm be with regard to trials and tribulations? Bhagawan reminds us today with simple and memorable examples.
"Do not grieve that the Lord is testing you and putting you to the ordeal of undergoing them. For it is only when you are tested that you can assure yourself of success or become aware of your limitations. You can then concentrate on the subjects in which you are deficient and pay more intensive attention, so that you can pass in them too, when tested again.
Many grieve: “It is said darshanam papanashanam (the holy vision of the deity leads to destruction of sin); well, I have had darshan not once but many times, yet, my evil fate has not left me and I am suffering even more than formerly.” True, they have come and have had darshan and they have sown fresh seeds secured from this place, seeds of Prema (Love), Shraddha (Faith), Bhakti (Devotion), Satsanga (Good company), Sarveshwara-chinta (Thoughts of God), Namasmarana (Remembering God’s Name), etc., and they have learnt the art of intensive cultivation and soil-preparation. They have now sown the seeds in the well-prepared fields of the cleansed hearts.
Now, until the new harvest comes in, they have to consume the grain already stored in previous harvests. The troubles and anxieties are the crop collected in previous harvests; so do not grieve, and lose heart."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Maha Shivaratri - February 1963_
Difficulties may come in succession like mountains, but they will disappear like snow if Divine Grace is there. – BABA
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