The Grand Play of the Cosmos as told by Yogi Ramsuratkumar, the great enlightened being from Tiruvannamalai and predecessor of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism
So many of us face numerous fears and anxieties that have the power to debilitate us from inside. 99% of us entertain our wrong assumptions about others and fear being hated in soceity but the truth is that rarely our assumption about others are true. Our phobias are exaggerated and unreal 99% of the time yet fear has power to drive our decisions and actions on a day to day basis.
How can we lift the veil of delusion (maya) and see reality as it is? The Avatar, Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism, answers by giving example from His own Divine Life.
ONE INCIDENT FROM MY LIFE: MY COUSIN BROTHER, HE DIED WHEN I WAS YOUNG. IN TAMIL, WE DON'T HAVE TWO SEPARATE WORDS FOR BIOLOGICAL OWN BROTHER AND COUSIN BROTHER. THERE IS ONLY ONE WORD - BROTHER! THE IDEA THAT ONLY KIDS BORN FOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER ARE YOUR BROTHERS, AND THE KIDS BORN FOR YOUR AUNT AND UNCLE ARE NOT YOUR OWN BROTHERS - THIS IDEA I LEARNT ONLY WHEN I CAME TO THE WEST, AND I LEARNT THE WORD - COUSIN BROTHER. TILL THEN I KNOW ONLY BROTHER-BROTHER! TILL THEN, NEITHER WE HAVE THE WORD IN TAMIL, NOR DO WE HAVE THE IDEA IN THE FAMILY. THE LIFESTYLE IS A JOINT FAMILY!
*MENTALLY I NEVER HAD THE SEPARATION OF KIDS BORN TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER AND KIDS BORN TO MY AUNT AND UNCLE. THERE IS NO PRIORITY; EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
*THIS KID, MY ELDER BROTHER, MY FATHERS ELDER BROTHER'S SON - HE DIED IN AN ACCIDENT. HE FELL IN A VILLAGE WELL. WHENEVER WE HAVE SUMMER VACATION, WE GO TO A RELATIVES HOUSE IN A VILLAGE. IT WAS A STRONG SHOCK FOR ME. HE WAS NOT JUST MY BROTHER, HE WAS MY FIRST ASSISTANCE, MY FIRST SECRETARY. HIS NAME WAS SRINIVASAN.
*THE HOUSE IN WHICH I WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP IS A LARGE JOINT FAMILY HOUSE. ONE KID WILL DO 1 IN THE HALL, ONE KID WILL DO 2 IN THE HALL ITSELF, ONE KID WILL ROLL OVER THE DOG IN THE HOUSE…!
*WHENEVER I AM DOING PUJA, HE WILL BE MY SECRETARY AND BODYGUARD. NO ONE SHOULD COME AND DISTURB. NO ONE SHOULD SWITCH ON THE FAN WHEN THE LIGHT IS LIT FOR THE PUJA. IN THOSE DAYS THE FAN WILL RUN LIKE A GENERATOR WITH A BIG NOISE! THESE OLD LADIES AND THEIR ELDER SISTER WILL COME TO REST AT THAT TIME AND THEY WILL SWITCH ON THE FAN. IT WILL CREATE SUCH A SOUND THAT IT IS LIKE A GENERATOR! HE WILL MAKE SURE NO ONE SWITCHES ON THE FAN WHEN I AM DOING PUJA!
*HE USED TO BE SUCH A GOOD PROTECTION FOR ME. MAYBE THAT PUNYA, HE COMPLETED ALL HIS KARMAS. HE USED TO BE DEAF AND DUMB. FROM MY OWN PERCEPTION, I FEEL HE IS A SIDDHA WHO CAME TO PLANET EARTH JUST TO SERVE ME, AND AFTER COMPLETING HIS KARMAS AND TASKS, HE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE BODY. HE USED TO BE TOO SWEET AND TOO CLOSE TO ME, AND VERY BRILLIANT!
*WHEN HE DIED, I COULD NOT HANDLE IT, IT WAS TOO MUCH. I WENT TO RAMSURATKUMAR, MY GURU. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE GURUS TO TAKE CARE AND PROTECT DURING THE CRISIS OF LIFE.
IT IS NOT THAT I WENT TO RAMSURATKUMAR AND HE REVIVED THE CHILD, NO! BUT HE GAVE ME THE REALISATION. HE SPEAKS VERY LESS WORDS. HE HELD MY HAND FOR FEW MINUTES AND AS USUAL HIS BEEDI AND CIGARETTE IN ONE HAND AND MY HAND IN THE OTHER HAND...
BUT I COULD SEE VERY CLEARLY: HE WAS RAISING MY CONSCIOUSNESS.
*AT ONE POINT, HE JUST PRESSED MY HAND AND UTTERED THE WORD: KOOTHU DA! MEANS THE WHOLE THING IS LEELA!
*I TELL YOU: I LITERALLY SAW THAT THIS IDEA OF BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH, EVERYTHING IS JUST LEELA!
*MY COUSIN BROTHER DIED IS A FACT. BUT ULTIMATELY, THE WHOLE IDEA OF LIFE, BIRTH, DEATH, EVERYTHING IS FALSE! SO THIS IS A DELUSION! I JUST WOKE UP!
*THIS WHOLE IDEA OF BIRTH, DEATH, LIFE IS JUST A PRANK PLAYED ON US BY MAYA!
The photograph below is of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (circled in white) with Yogi Ramsuratkumar taken in the year 1993, when the Supreme Pontiff if Hinduism was 15.
