Uniting With The Depth
Rishimukh|October 2017

Excerpts from talks by gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Uniting With The Depth

A Master is like an ocean. The ocean is there, readily available. It does not reject anybody. And whatever you want to take from it, the ocean is there, readily offering itself to you. You can go and just dip your feet in the water and go back, then you get that much. Some go with the surfing board and surf, that’s fine. Some go scuba diving, that’s also fine. Some go with the oil rig and take oil from the ocean. Some go and take precious stones, pearls, corals from the ocean. Some go fishing Some are happy to make salt out of the ocean. The ocean is there offering everything that you need. So, it depends on your capacity - how much you can take, how much you digest, how much you can hold on to!

You don’t have to worry about it: “Should I be initiated or not initiated?” The moment you feel a connection with the Master from your side, just know that you are already connected. Otherwise, you would not even come anywhere near this knowledge, near this path.

We said in the last sutra, “Learn yoga under a Master, under a Guru. Learn the union, learn the knowledge under a Master’s guidance”. And we saw, what it is! What is this mind? What is Consciousness?

This story is from the October 2017 edition of Rishimukh.

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