BHAVNA OF LOVE

 There are many sides to the bhavna of love.  Love can be compassionate, tough, sensitive, considerate, sympathetic, without attachment and desires. Love can flow, within two opposite bhavas. It can also be experienced to flow in the middle of two opposing bhavas. It is very difficult to understand in its totality and we do not posses that kind of understanding. We will get somewhere by following it in our lives with knowledge, awareness, devotion and understanding; and learn to put it in actual practice.

Pujya Shree Mota

Aavi Male A Avasar

Edition 1; Page 53.

NOT MUCH MEANING IN INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING!

 Swajan: Mota, I have higher aspirations in me, since my association with you. I also understand things about higher life. Is it good that I have this understanding?

Pujya Shree Mota: Any kind of our association is for igniting and training higher aspiration in you. We can take advantage of this only when there is some originality in our technique, tool and solutions. Originality is produced when there is bhava and interest. For that reason receiving, accepting and giving appropriate response depends upon our heartfelt sincerity. That (heartfelt sincerity) is the real thing and is worth developing. I do not have any trust in empty and superficial understanding. The real understanding is the one that is produced automatically from penance, struggles and use of various tools.

I do give importance to such things initially but that is for developing bhava and personal relationship only. Without making personal efforts, all the understanding gained with such talks and readings do not come to any use. If it was possible to gain true understanding with reading, understanding and talks, there would be no need for sadhana. So, only thing left for you is to make an effort with the bhava (intent) of sadhana. If you have any question, I will answer it but I do not give it any importance. 

There are no crops without the soil getting light and heat first. The instant comprehension (સૂઝ) that results from sadhana is very useful.

Pujya Shree Mota

Aavi Mane A Avasar (આવી મળે એ અવસર)

Edition 1, Pages 50 - 51.

SUBTLE FORM OF SLANDER OR CONTEMPT (નિંદા)

 Swajan: Our respected elder gave us lots of things for our new house but now he is not as friendly and has changed his tunes.

Pujya Shree Mota; We felt good when he prepared the things for the house and gave it to us. Suppose he did not give us anything and showed unpleasantness towards us and also was talking nonsense; if we can actively keep our goodness towards him, then only it is true goodness and goodwill. We need to behave in such a way with all of our aquainstances. 

It is not a big deal if we have goodness towards the people who are nice to us. You should believe it only when the goodness is constantly present towards people who have done injustice to us, done harm to us, spoiled our reputation and expressed unjustified contempt and bad feelings towards us in public. It is also a fact that our mind has thought about lots of unjustified matters pertaining to him. 

Slander or contempt can be done with speech, eyes and the mind in the mind. It is one of the biggest bad quality. The soul that has contempt for someone, can never keep trust worthiness with the heartfelt sincerity. Even if he keeps trust worthiness towards someone, there is not much truthfulness in his honesty and intention. Life cannot be moulded by such trust worthiness. 

Pujya Shree Mota                                                                                                                                                           

Aavi Mane A Avasar (આવી મળે એ અવસર)

Edition 1; Pages 48 - 49.

PURPOSE OF THE WORK

August 16, 1975

Swajan: 'Acceptance of the work is for removal of attachments and jealousy'. Please explain this to us.

Pujya Shree Mota: Karma is not for fulfilling desires (vrutties) of our sentient nature. We need to reject such vrutties if it arise during performance of the work. Tell your self that" I do this work, not for satisfying my vrutties. It is to increase Satwa Guna (good qualities), increase my affinity towards God and further my development and progress in spirituality".

There is no way to live without performing the works. We gain maturity by performing karma. We need to be careful and aware that the karma do not lead us towards vrutties.

There should be awareness that karma is done for the sake of love for God. There should be no attachments and jealousy when karma is done for the love of God. We should accept the work in that way, so not only we are benefited but it also benefits others. If we do the karma in that fashion, it becomes Yagna (offering) and this is Karma Yog. Our mind becomes peaceful and joyful if we do the works for removal of attachments and jealousy and we also gain goodness (sad bhava, સદભાવ) from others. We also develop goodness towards others who come in our contact in proportion of the reduction in the attachments and jealousy. Moreover, we also gain peace and joy in our mind since we do not get attached or become jealous and have only goodness towards others. That leads us to have peace and joy.

Pujya Shree Mota
Pujya Shree Mota Sathe Satsang
Shesh-Vishesh
Edition 1; Pages 116 - 117.