Ananda Marga Universal Forum: 05/04/23

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Story: His grace has no limit + 5 more

Baba

Story: His grace has no limit

Namaskar,

As we all know, Sadguru Baba has blessed humanity in countless ways. The below story is just one of many wherein Baba has showered His grace and made the impossible a reality, transforming a seemingly unsolvable problem into a joyous solution.
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Baba enroute to DMC

One time during the 1960's, Baba was waiting in the railway station to catch the train. PA was there, as well as some local margiis.

While Baba was seated there, a small boy of 5 or 6 years of age approached Him. Baba noticed the young boy and said, "What is your name?"

There was no reply from the young boy so Baba repeated His question. The boy's parents - who were not margiis - were nearby, watching closely, and they said, "Our boy does not speak at all. Up till now in his life, he has not uttered even one word."

Baba replied, "Oh, your boy does not speak at all? Really, I think he does speak."

The parents did not say anything; they just shook their heads and watched.
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Baba showers His blessing

Then Baba graciously leaned forward and gently touched the young boy's throat, directly at the vishuddha cakra. Then Baba asked the boy again, "What is your name?"

Upon hearing the question, to everyone's utter amazement, the little boy responded. It was the first time in his entire life that he had spoken. No one had ever heard him speak before. Everyone present was astonished and in a state of utter disbelief and awe over what had just transpired. The boy's parents were shedding tears of joy. They could not believe that their young son, who had been unable to speak a single word, was now speaking. The margiis present were also amazed.
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Ignited a new bhajan

Those margiis present began singing the bhajan: "With God's grace even the dumb start speaking."

Here is that song in Hindi, "Andha' dekhe gu'nga' bole..."

The overall meaning of the song is: Parama Purusa can shower His causeless grace and grant sight to the blind and speech to the dumb; Parama Purusa is grace Personified, there is nothing that He cannot do. He can do everything - making the impossible a reality.

The above song is representative of the outlook of the general population. People and believers of various faiths think that God gives voice to the voiceless and enables those who are crippled to scale high mountains. Due to His grace, anything can happen. However, in response to this, Baba has said it only looks like those who are healthy and able-bodied are doing everything on their own power and ability. Without the grace of Parama Purusa, they will have no strength. Without His grace, no one can do anything. Nothing in this creation can even exist without His grace. So it is wrong to say that He only graces the infirm. Rather, He graces everyone, always.
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Baba loves & graces all

The above story stands as one glorious moment wherein Baba blessed one boy and granted him the ability to speak. Some may say it was a miracle - some may not. As Ananda Ma'rgiis, we do not think of miracles; all we know is that with His infinite and magnificent grace and love, Baba can do anything. This also shows that Baba is gracious upon margiis and non-margiis alike. All are His children, and He watches for the welfare and prosperity of everyone.

Ananda Marga ideology says, "All the microcosms are part and parcel of Parama Purus'a: all are His progeny, His dear children...He cannot want His sons and daughters to undergo pains and troubles; rather He wants them progress physically, mentally, and spiritually." (1)

Beloved Baba can do anything and everything, including make the dumb speak, as in the case of the young boy in this story.
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Ananda Marga ideology says, "It is said, “Mu'kam' karoti va'ca'lam' paungam' launghayate girim.” With the help of mundane objects, a dumb person will never become fully eloquent, and a lame person will never be able to climb a mountain. However, with the grace of Parama Purus'a, the dumb will speak and the lame will scale mountains. If one asks Parama Purus'a for strength one may get or may not get some. But one should not make any such demands. One should not ask, “Oh Parama Purus'a, please give me this and that.” By ideating on Him one may get everything. What is important is His grace which may come whether you ask for it or not. His grace is all important, and that is why it is said, “Mukam' karoti va'ca'lam' paungam' launghayate girim.” (2)

Namaskar,
In Him,
Madhukar

Parama Purusa is omnipotent, by definition, because everything resides within Him, and this entire cosmological order is His thought projection. Those eight occult powers are gotten by the power of cult. Yet, as Parama Purusa, all those powers are already within Him, intrinsically. He does not have to do anything to gain those powers. So occult powers have nothing to do with Parama Purusa. The occult powers are only related with unit beings who by their sadhana temporarily gain one or more of the occult powers via sadhana and His grace. But for Parama Purusa, inherently all those powers, and so much more, permanently reside within Him.
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Baba's divine vibration

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "Utilizing the vibrations created for eternal time by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji through januspharsha and varabhaya mudras, take yourself and the entire universe ahead along the path of welfare. Omn Shanti!" (3)

Note: One time during the 1960's, Baba was waiting in the Buxar railway station to catch the train to Lucknow (UP) to hold DMC; i.e. Dharma Maha Cakra. That morning, all-knowing Baba completed His breakfast and was sitting in the waiting room of the Buxar railway station. PA was there, as well as some local margiis.

References
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 11, What Are the Noble Truths?
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 7, He Makes the Dumb Speak
3. Caryacarya - 1, 'Concluding Words'

Plagiary?

It is the accepted international standard and Baba's system not to copy another's work and publish it in your own way. Baba has given a very strict rule on plagiarism. Why is Baba against plagiarism or stealing someone's work? There are many reasons:

1) It is against the code of asteya (non-stealing).

2) Countless stories of bhaktas need to be published. But some do not want to do the hard work of compiling and writing these stories, so they just steal them from others. But new stories need to be told, otherwise so many unpublished stories of sadhakas will be lost and forgotten forever. So watch out for story thieves, and kindly help them not to steal by posting on social media in their own way. If you want to forward this story then attach the following yellow section with the story:

“Courtesy of unknown bhakta via Ananda Marga Universal (https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/)”

This will be treated as the standard protocol.

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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stand on their own as points of interest.

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== Section 2: Important Teaching ==

Spirituality is everything

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Without spiritual ideals true morality based on universal love cannot be awakened. Unless God is accepted as the creator of all, human fraternity is impossible since God’s authority as the universal father is denied. Only spiritual ideals and spiritual desires can lead humanity onto the path of well-being. Universalism, cosmic ideation and cosmic bliss, unlike the material objects composed of the five fundamental factors, are not limited. Therefore, humanity should be inspired to move on the path of spirituality, or else nothing worthwhile will be achieved.” (1)

Reference
1. Ananda Marga Philosophy in a Nutshell - 3, Some Questions and Answers on Ananda Marga Philosophy – Excerpt B, Answer #45

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Uniqueness of this Veda

Ananda Marga ideology says, "Although the Rgveda is mainly concerned with hymns, it also contains various tales and anecdotes. While not all of these stories and tales carry equal spiritual value, they are representative of the cultural heritage of those ancient humans. They paint a portrait of the gradual advancement of human thinking and the structure of society. When considered from this point of view, the language, literature and expression of the Rgveda is of special value to the world." (1)

Ananda Marga ideology states, “We can roughly say that civilization first started sprouting after the prehistoric age of the human race, that is, from the days of the first composition of the Rk Veda, about 15,000 years ago. A major change took place during the days of Lord Shiva towards the end of the Rk Vedian period (which lasted 10,000 years). (2)

Reference
1. Shabda Cayanika-2, Rk to Rkśa (Discourse 11)
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 8, Sadvipra, Táraka Brahma, Sadáshiva and Shrii Krśńa

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Raising a hue & cry or just remain involved in mundane, constructive jobs

Please pay attention to the yellow highlighted words. In this below quote, Baba is warning us that top capitalists are mercilessly exploiting people in various ways. Those aware of this fact have the duty to tell others by word of mouth, writing letters, sending emails, printing newspapers, and writing essays or books, etc. There are all kinds of ways to educate society.

So long as the common mass is not aware about how they are getting exploited, they will never be able to recover. That is why our duty is to make them aware. If we ignore this and go on building roads and schools, and do and not tell about exploitation that will be a serious blunder. It is similar to a being busy in constructive works like furnishing a house, when that house itself is on fire. In that case decorating and furnishing that house will be foolish. Rather, when the house is burning there is just one thing to do - make a hue and cry and inform everyone.

Similarly in our Marga - when various types of exploitation are going on - then being busy in constructing buildings and roads is not enough. A hue and cry is needed. In that case, one should write letters or inform others about the injustices and exploitation in any of the various aforesaid ways.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Make people aware of how capitalists, in their singular or collective roles, exploit society and create unhealthy, artificial demands which not only poison the mind but encourage dangerous habits detrimental to psychic sanctity and expansion. The first and foremost duty of psycho-economics is to wage a tireless fight against all degenerating and dehumanizing economic trends in society.”
“The second branch of psycho-economy develops and enhances the psychic pabula of the individual and collective minds. This branch is virtually unknown today, but it will become an extremely important branch of economics in the future. It will ensure equilibrium and equipoise in all levels of the economy. It will find new and creative solutions to economic problems to nurture the maximum utilization of psychic and spiritual potentialities. Psycho-economics will add to the glaring glamour of economics.” (1)

Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 7, Quadri-Dimensional Economy

== Section: Important Teaching ==

How to make link with Cosmic Entity

Commonly people think of themselves as weak and isolated. That is because in that moment they do not have a connection with Parama Purusa in their mind. So they cannot draw divine energy from Parama Purusa. The moment one starts thinking about Him and makes a connection with Parama Purusa then they become very strong. This can be felt and tested when facing tough situations or when confronting someone strong than yourself - such as when surrounded by a bunch of thugs. Then certainly those negative, anti-social elements will be defeated and victory will be attained. The connection is very simple - just repeated your ista mantra and you will be linked with Parama Purusa.

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "However little one's capacity might be, if one constantly remembers that Parama Purus'a is always with him, that they are in the closest contact with Parama Purus'a, they will be able to do everything. They are not as small as they think themselves to be. And as long as they remember this closest association with Him, they can do much more than ordinary human beings. When this idea becomes permanently established in their minds, they become great. This is why no one should be disappointed or depressed in any circumstances; let everyone constantly perform great deeds, remembering that the flow of their capacity is coming from Parama Purus'a, and thus they can do everything." (1)

Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 3, Genius and Technician

== Section 3: Links ==

Festival: Ananda Purnima - 05 May 2023