Awareness Article #7

CHINMAYARASA:

The Taste of the Divine Consciousness

Swami gave a bookmark with the following words written onit:

Truth is the seed, moral conduct is the root,love is the water,

peace is the flower and bliss is the fruit...

Baba

I asked Swami about this.

27 April 2013 Meditation

Vasantha:Swami, what is this bookmark?

Swami:You write. Your life is the seed of Sathya Yuga. You are born from Truth.

End of meditation

Now let us see about this. I am born from Sathya, from Swami. My life is filled

with moral conduct only. Before, I never knew anything about the world. I could not

understand the nature of human beings. As I am born directly from God, I do not know

anything about this world. I know and have only one way, which is the path of morality.

I do not know anything other than this. I do not knowworldlybehavior. Love is the

water for this. For the seed of truth to grow, the water of love is required and necessary.

How can I change the world through this love?

Here isan example.A family gave me three saris. Yet, they were all different

colors; I could not wear any of them. The label and the price tagsonthemhad also been

removed. The only thing we knewwas the name of the shop,‘Pothys’, as it was on the

bag the saris came in.Yet, the saris were bought from their Kerala branch. Eddy and

Nicola had to go to Madurai the next day and I said, “If it is possible, try and change

them for another sari.”They then called me from the shop and said thatPothysagreed

to take the saris and gave them a credit note, which could be used at any time. I was

filled with wonder!

When they came in theevening,Eddy said theshopgave the money. That night I

contemplated,‘How did they give the money? The sari has no bill, noprice.Howcould

they give? Did they force them to give? I do not want anyone to be hurt in this way. I

thought I would send Amar in the morning and buy any sari. In the morning, when we

went to the Garbha Kottam I askedEddy, "How did they give the credit note so easil

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did you compel them?"I asked crying. Eddysaid, “Amma, we have learned the lesson

from you not tohurt others. We would never compel othersin this way.”Nicola said, “I

bought blousepieces in the shop and gave Eddy the money for the credit note.”