Passage 8

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They themselves took care of all My meals and My moving about. Through this whole month they forgot their own lives completely. Truly, all this is nothing but the fruit of the merit their parents earned! Only through the merit those parents earned has so great a feeling been growing in these two. So parents must be devotees of God. Their spirit of Bhakti itself became the cause of these boys' zeal. Now and then, ‘Go and have your meal. Swami is well,’ I would tell them. Even so, they would not leave Swami and go. If anyone phoned about Swami's health, they would say, “Swami is well,” and put the phone down. Beyond that, they would give no details. With good words they gave everyone great heart. For this, studies are not what matters, age is not what matters. Faith in the principle of the Ātma alone is what matters. That alone is the true measure. Basing themselves on that very measure, they have served Swami. There are very many who would do it if you gave them the chance. But not everyone gets such a chance. These two seized the chance that came and made it fruitful. There is no greater sādhana than this. Serving Swami, and Swami seeing this principle of Prema… What more could one want than this? People of this age who serve with such toil for a whole month like this are not to be found in this world. Only because of the service those two did am I able to stand before you and speak today. I saw in them a śraddhā, a Bhakti and a determination found in no one else. That is why they were able to win Me over. Their Bhakti and surrender alone are why I yielded to them. If you develop such Bhakti and surrender, you too can achieve anything at all; you can carry even mountains. In the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, when Lakṣmaṇa fell unconscious, the Sañjīvanī herb was needed. Hanumān went to bring it. But he did not know what the Sañjīvanī looked like. So he brought the whole mountain on which the Sañjīvanī grew and set it before Rāma. By its power, Lakṣmaṇa came round from his swoon. A devotee of God must be ready for anything, like Hanumān. Today's devotees run back at the word hardship, and push forward at the word comfort.