PRAYER AND FOLLOW UP

Karachi,

April 28, 1940

Dear brother,

Fix up three special times for the prayer, in the morning, mid day and at bed time. Tell HIM everything you want to say at that time with heartfelt feelings, concentration and love believing that HE is present right in front of you. If you want anything for others ask there and then. Offer Him everything that you have done at the time; thoughts, feelings, purpose, behavior, work done and interaction with others. Try to keep mind peaceful at other times. If you have egoistic thoughts or any other contrariwise emotions remove it right there and then. Do not collect and keep any thing in the mind.Always carry love for others in your mind. We should keep lot of love towards others who have antagonism towards us. We do not need to appease them ( Yes! I may appease my loved one and make up if needed) but need to keep love flowing towards them. 

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Pagaran

Edition 3; pages 150 - 151.

HARI ॐ -- AARTI

                             
                                                              HARI ॐ

                              ॐ, ACCEPT MY SURRENDER AT THY FEET

                                                               (AARTI)

Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet, God accept my surrender at Thy feet.
Save this fallen soul, oh God. Hold my hand and accept me in Thy wings.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.

Oh God! Let the true spirit of my mind and speech be expressed in all my karmas.
May your grace bring harmony to my mind, speech and heart.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.

Oh God! Let the loving kindness spring up in my heart for all who come in my contact.
Let the spirit of love fill me up even when insulted.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.

Oh God! With your grace help me make an effort to oppose and sublimate my impure vrutties and make me fit for your acceptance.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.

Oh God! May the impurities of my mind, vrutties and the doubts of my intellect be
immersed in Thy lotus feet.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.

Oh God! Help me see myself the way I am. Shine the light in my intellect to clearly
understand my true self.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.

Oh God! May I always express my inner feelings truthfully and act on it.
Grant me the clear intellect to see that I never do the opposite.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.

Oh God! May my heart always settle where there is virtues and true spirit of Thee.
Grant me the devotion in my heart for virtues and true spirit of Thee.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.

Oh God! Let my mind, intellect and prana be immersed in the fervor of the devotion for Thee.
May Thy devotion in my heart surge like the splashing waves of the ocean.
Om, accept my surrender at Thy feet.


Pujya Shree Mota


My two cents -- Many thanks to my wife Shama, daughter Anisha and swajan Vatsalbhai for their insightful suggestions and help in translating the aarti.

APPRECIATE THE BHAVA OF BHAGWAN (GOD) WITHIN A PERSON

Whenever we feel the goodness towards a person at the time when that person expresses a virtu or good behavior towards us, we should believe that the feeling of goodness within us is not towards that person but it is towards the expression of bhava of Bhagwan in the form of virtue and good behavior. We should train ourselves to see and appreciate the expression of bhava of Bhagwan in this fashion. We should also understand that when and wherever we experience this expression of goodness and virtues and the resultant flowing of bhava in us, is a form of expression of bhava of Bhagwan within us. With practice we will appreciate the glimpsis of bhava of Bhagwan on concrete and solid bases with open eyes. Once that attitude takes hold we will develop more and more interest.

There are also some other gains with keeping this attitude. Since we will be expressing the Bhava of Bhagwan in this way the ego of " I " will not be there in you as well as in other person. Other person will be humble because of this attitude and we will never be attracted towards an individual or the cult. We will never be blindsided by the greatness and dazzling personality of any individual since for us the person's greatness is just a small part of the vast and immeasurable bhava of Bhagwan.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Pagaran
Edition 3; pages 9 - 10.

USE FREE WILL TO ACT ABOVE THE MIND

I never insist that you must follow my directions. You will not repent in future if you think independently and then decide your course of action. Write down all the arguments that your mind presents (just as you are writing it to me) and then try to understand the deeper meaning and motive of the mind behind it. You will then see the real reasons behind the arguments. We should use our own free will and not be just guided by the mind. Even if you are going to do what your mind tells you to do, do not do it at that time. Do it after a while as if you are using your free will to do it and not following mind's decision. Once you practice this way you will get lot more understanding of your efforts to act above the mind.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Pagaran
Edition 3; pages 109 - 110.