In English
JOURNEY TO THE OVERMIND:
How can we reach this overmind? The has declared that we should offer ‘,’ ‘,’ ‘’ ‘’ (leaf, flower, fruit, water). The Lord does not yield Himself to either property and possession or power and authority. The stands as a testimony to this. , the consort of , tried to balance on the balance pan by the weight of gold. But outweighed all the gold that she placed on the pan. was selfish and she entertained the false notion that gold and wealth could be on par with Him. But, , who was pure and unselfish was aware of the truth that for the form of , His name alone could match. In consonance with the Indian tradition that a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water should be offered to the Lord, she chose the leaf (basil leaf) to offer to the Lord, with all her devotion uttering ’s name. While the name of uttered by proved equal to ’s form, the leaf offered by her out weighed Him, bringing relief and joy to . When it is said that we should offer a ‘leaf,’ a ‘flower’ a ‘fruit,’ ‘water,’ it does not mean that we should offer mere physical objects. These objects are symbols of great spiritual significance. The message is that we should offer the leaf of the body, the flower of the heart, the fruit of the mind, and the waters of tears of Bliss to the Lord. When we sincerely cultivate the spirit of this message and practice it in real life, we can really reach the state of the Overmind. Our devotion should be full-time devotion and never part-time devotion. It is not a sign of true devotion to be inflated in times of joy and deflated in times of sorrow.