Gratitude


Excerpts from speeches delivered by Siddha Yogi Shri Siva Shankar Baba

 

 

Bhasmasura does severe penance and Lord Siva grants him a boon. Bhasmasura seeks that anyone on whose head he places his hand must be burnt to ashes. For his penance, the boon must be granted. After Siva grants the boon, if Bhasmasura tries to test it on Siva Himself, Siva has to flee.

People can come to me, only if they have been devout. Once they come to me, I have to grant their prayers. They have shown that commitment to God and I have the power to give them what they want. If they try to act as Bhasmasura did, I have to protect myself.

This is seen in the Puranas. Someone would have obtained a boon from Brahma but would turn against Him. Some other would have got a boon from Vishnu but bear grudge against Him. Their penance has a power. Whoever performs penance has to get the fruits of his efforts. How can you discriminate against a person when he has really taken up the examination? A person sits in the solitude of the forest, lights up a fire, performs rigorous penance and is prepared to even chop off his head. How can the deity refuse to grant him a boon?

So also, whoever comes to me is linked by previous birth connections. I may owe them something in return. When they come to Samratchana, I give them their due.

The reason why I quote their ingratitude is to help others learn from them and refrain from that path. More than my regret that they have steered away is my anxiety that others must not digress from the right path.


 

 


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