"Bhagavan warned me several times about the dangers of being attached to the i am the doer idea.One day i was walking along a path,i noticed several thorns,i took a branch from a tree and swept the path clean.That night at the ashram Bhagavan asked me:"who cleaned the path?".I told him that i had decided to clean it because of the thorns.Bhagavan then asked rather sharply " why are you reflecting on this act which you have done? if you dont look back at the acts you have done, a lot of benefits will accrue to you."(Living by the words of Bhagavan/David Godman)
maybe Bhagavan would be satisfied if it takes you 5 minutes to remember that it was you who did clean the path...to gauge the depth of ur detachment no joking with Bhagavan
why are you reflecting back?
Posted - Jun 02 2011 : 02:22:24 AM
