10 October 2026
Saturday
The indriyas (senses) may be used for the purpose of increasing spiritual anandam (bliss). When fruit juice is poured into a cup, the cup does not get the taste. You have to drink it with the straw, the senses; then the tongue, which is the buddhi (intellect), experiences the sweetness. The fruit juice is prakriti (the Nature) around us. Taste its sweetness, namely, the Divinity that is immanent in it; that is the purpose and rationale. Prakriti is just the leela (play) of the Lord, set before you so that you may become aware of His glory, His splendour. If the mind obeys the dictates of buddhi, then the individual gains. If the orders from Delhi are obeyed by every state, then the country gains in strength and unity. But if the mind becomes the slave of the senses, then woe be to the individual. When the mind thus follows the outward-bound senses and forgets the Reality, when the individual revels in the dream-world of false phantasy, this Sivatayi (Divine mother) pats the child and wakes it. There is then no more need to tell them anything else. When awake, the truth will stand revealed.
The indriyas (senses) may be used for the purpose of increasing spiritual anandam (bliss). When fruit juice is poured into a cup, the cup does not get the taste. You have to drink it with the straw, the senses; then the tongue, which is the buddhi (intellect), experiences the sweetness. The fruit juice is prakriti (the Nature) around us. Taste its sweetness, namely, the Divinity that is immanent in it; that is the purpose and rationale. Prakriti is just the leela (play) of the Lord, set before you so that you may become aware of His glory, His splendour. If the mind obeys the dictates of buddhi, then the individual gains. If the orders from Delhi are obeyed by every state, then the country gains in strength and unity. But if the mind becomes the slave of the senses, then woe be to the individual. When the mind thus follows the outward-bound senses and forgets the Reality, when the individual revels in the dream-world of false phantasy, this Sivatayi (Divine mother) pats the child and wakes it. There is then no more need to tell them anything else. When awake, the truth will stand revealed.