"The True Lover of the Divine"

Recorded Speech by H.D. Paramahamsa Omkarananda Saraswati,
played for all Devotees and Guests, on 25th December 2013,
on the Occasion of Omkarananda Jayanti Celebration,
in Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas, Muni-ki-reti, Rishikesh, India

The True Lover of the Divine is always conscious of the Divine. He sees the Divine, feels the Divine, hears the Divine, talks to the Divine, walks with the Divine, feeds the Divine, bathes the Divine - and allows the Divine Will and Wisdom to function through him.

This is the characteristic of a True Lover of the Divine. He is preoccupied with the Divine. All his thoughts are absorbed in reflecting upon the immediate Presence of the Divine and the Wonders that this Presence means to him: Wonder of every kind, Infinity of Knowledge, Infinity of Beauty, Infinity of Joy, Sunshine and so weiter.

He is always devoted to the Divine.

He sleeps in the Divine, wakes up in the Divine, walks in the Divine, walks with the Divine, and so forth.

The Divine dominates his thoughts and feelings. And the Divine in Its turn takes care of his welfare. Everything that happens in his life, happens by the Will of the Divine and is carried forward by the Wisdom of the Divine.

Every detail of his life is ruled, governed and determined by the Divine, Its Will, Its Wisdom, Its Love, Its Beauty, Its Perfection.

One lives in the other and the other lives in one.

God lives consciously in the devotee and the devotee lives consciously in the Divine.

Try to be such a devotee of the Divine, always conscious of the immediate Presence, all-observing Presence of the Divine.

Some person is always with you, whom you don't see, but who is seeing you, whom you don't hear, but who is hearing you. This Person is the Divinity. Be conscious of Him and your life becomes divine in all details, and in its totality.

Doubts, difficulties, change of mind, change of heart - in a human way - are characteristic of persons, who are cut off from the Divine, whose relations with the Divinity are not strong.

In order that relations with the Divine may be strong, we have to develop constantly Wisdom, Purity, Selflessness, Goodness and impose on every sense Disciplines of every kind, so that all the senses, all the energies, all the potencies of our nature are totally transformed, sublimated, made divine in character, function, nature, in self-expression.

So try to be rooted in the Divine always.

OM Shri Mahatripura­sundari Arpanam Astu.

(Paramahamsa Omkarananda Saraswati)