Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 143 :  Honey bees and the yellow towel

Once in Banavara Sri Krishna Yogendra’s Jayanthi celebrations or aradhana was being organized. As usual disciples and other devotees had gathered there. As per Gurunatha’s instructions I had finished packing and sending groceries and other essential items to the program.

At Banavara as the puja and homa rituals finished, devotees started having their lunch and some were already leaving. Just then a big swarm of honey bees came out of nowhere and started biting the devotees. Some even got hospitalized.

Gurunatha heard about the incident from someone. He rushed to Banavara in a devotee’s car. Once there he took a towel and colored it yellow. He threw it towards the sky; the towel floated in air for some time and then came down. By that time all the honey bees had disappeared within a flash.

Gurunatha lived as commoner among us and showed how the pinnacle of Adhyatma can be reached by everyone through his own actions throughout his life. He looked as a commoner to common people and as an enlightened soul to the enlightenment seekers.

Once Gurunatha sitting with his devotees was telling them about how one’s life should be.

He said, ”See, never hurt anyone at anytime in your life, but make sure you are not hurt as well, perform every task that you get in front of you with fullest devotion and leave the fruits of that action/labor to God, your journey shall become very easy”.

When asked about family and bonds he had said “in your life, you should take good care of your parents, relatives, friends and everyone but make sure you are not getting attached to any of it. That is real Adhyatma.

In life we should be as a witness to everything. How a Peepal (fig) tree gives shelter to all without any prejudice, we should be like that. The Peepal tree gives its shade to everyone be it a sanyasi, a gambler, a thief or even a stray dog. It does not discriminate between the shelter seekers and does not expect anything in return. Just like that, we should be a witness to all the happenings of life while not being attached to anything in it.

In another instance, he had said, the stagnant water breeds germs and is not useful to anyone isn’t it? We should be like flowing water. Flowing water is always clean and usable. We should be like a sea, the sea never keeps anything thrown at it, and it will always throw things back along with its waves.

About accumulation of wealth, he said, in next moment anything can happen isn’t it? Then why should we save for tomorrow? Today’s this moment you should offer everything you have to Lord Shiva and live.

Gurunatha was against taking photographs, he believed photo spoils one’s inner beauty and excessive photographing decreases one’s life span. There were many instances where people forced Gurunatha to pose for a photograph; he obliged sometimes not wanting to hurt their feelings. But, they would eventually find that none of the photos will actually make it to the print.

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