| 28. Hereafter, one must give up making
samkalpa, forming resolutions. There are three stages in action. First
we make a resolve, then we act, and finally the fruit comes to us. The fruit that through
the grace of the Lord came from the action, even that has been given
over to the Lord. He who does the action is the Lord. He who tastes the fruit is the Lord. Now, let the
resolve too be made by the Lord. In this way let the beginning, the middle
and the end of action be filled with the Lord.
Jnanadev says, "The water flows without demur wherever the
gardener turns it. Let us be like this water always." The water nourishes the flower plant or the fruit tree at the
biddings of the gardener. In the same way, let the Lord decide what action should take place through my hands.
Let me entrust to Him the responsibility for all the resolves of my mind. When I have put all my weight on the
horse, why carry a few things on my head? Why not put them too on the horse's back?
Even if I carry on my head, does not the horse that cries me carry that burden too? Why not then put all the weight on the horse's
back? In this way, all the agitations, the dance and the play of life, all the growth, becomes in the end of the
Lord's own. He becomes indeed the maheshvara, the Great Lord, of my life. Growing in this way, all one's life is
filled with God. |
