Once a disciple was very dejected and disappointed. He was narrating Sri Yogananda ji about his difficulties with sadness.
Suddenly Yogananda ji started laughing boisterously !
“You really believe that all these difficulties are real. This is all a dream and God is playing a joke on you !!”
The disciple stood there, confused by the unexpected reaction.
And suddenly there were tears in Sri Yogananda’s eyes, “But you really believe in this dream reality and are suffering so much.”
This is the greatness of a Divine teacher. While fully established in Divine oneness , he still acutely feels the pain of those suffering from delusion and goes to great pain to free them of their suffering.
What more can be said?
Why suffer in a seemingly never ending dream? Why not make effort to wake up?
One thing I have learnt is God gave a lot to the human mind – but he took away the right of the human mind to feel offended or hurt. If you do feel offended or hurt – you invite ego a permanent residence. Constantly reaffirm I only want thee oh God
God has already solved our Problems even before we knew the problem came.
Why not have faith? Meditate deeper. Wasting time on emotions of joy, thinking of an imaginary future, takes us away from the goal
I struggled many years to learn this. I have given you a ready to bake cake. Now, You don’t have to learn this lesson the hard way
Bhavin