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Divine Compassion of the Guru by Swami Amar Jyoti

Divine Compassion of the Guru

by Swami Amar Jyoti


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FROM THE SATSANG

Gurudeva: Do you believe in Oneness and also in compassion?

Devotee: Yes, they go together.

I know you have learned that from me, to mix everything together. I don’t know if it was right or wrong. I went for all together rather than one “ism.” Presence is more or less on three levels. One is physical; the second is mental, astral, subtle, vibratory; the third is Vision, Consciousness, intrinsic Core, the Being, which in Sanskrit is called Atman. That Core is the soul of the Presence, Spirit, not only subtle but the very substantial Presence. In terminology these are three but in actuality they are all connected - right from the physical, gross point to the subtlest conscious Presence. That Presence is pervading and indescribable. We are unconscious that we seek the Presence with the body and mind. We want this gross and vibratory dreamland because we are unaware of that real Presence.

I wouldn’t say the physical and vibratory are “unreal,” as normally some explain in dualistic language. For the sake of understanding, it’s okay to say this, but truthfully that is not the case. There are two ways of looking at it. One is discriminatory: this is unreal and that is real. The other is comprehensive, homogeneous, in Oneness. The physical, vibratory and spiritual are all real in their own way, but they are not separate. They are all connected, right from the grossest darkness to the brightest Light. Therefore, because That is real, because God is real, we are real. But when we demarcate with language and thoughts, it becomes a multiplicity. Another way of expressing is: “God is real; man is unreal.” Again, for the sake of understanding we give this distinction, so that you see the difference of the various stages. But when you begin to transcend the stages in your evolution and you come to the last, infinite point, then this all assumes meaning. If we were to say: “Everything is real,” then you will never go to your true Self, your true Light, your Spirit. You will miss the real Substance, the real Core of things. Therefore we say: “This is illusion, unreal, transitory, finite, limited and changeful,” just to get you dispassionate, detached and discriminatory, or to say it more appropriately: to make you see the right perspective so that you could fly from this to your all-pervading Presence, God’s Presence.

All this phenomena is real in the sense that it has come from the Reality, from the ultimate Spirit, the Core of Being. But in order for you to each have that Realization, we say: “This is dark; this is ignorant; this is limited; this is dualism…” Saying this is bound to be fallacious, because if we do not separate altogether from that true Presence, that conscious Presence, then this is also real. Herein lies the need of compassion. If this creation and phenomena were all rubbish, darkness, ignorance and illusion, then I don’t think compassion is necessary. The need of compassion is due to this fact that everything is real. Why otherwise would Prophets like Buddha talk so much about compassion and really live compassion toward everyone, so much so that we call him compassionate Buddha? Why would he bother and not leave us eternally condemned, sinful, and ignorant?

If we were to start saying from the beginning: “This also is Real; this also is Light,” you would not give up your attachments, greed and desires, and at the same time, you would be in self-deception because you do not see the Reality. You believe it, probably, but you do not see it. So if you start saying, “This is Real… this is Real…” you are bound to fall into self-delusion, thinking that this is Real whereas it is still unreal to your perception. That is why we say: “Be detached, be disinterested, be discriminatory…” so that by that discrimination you see what is Real and what is unreal; what is Permanent and what is changeful; what is dark and what is Light.

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