Faith and Devotion
~ Sri Sri
Faith is the subject of head. Devotion is the subject of heart. And meditation is of both and connects both.
A mature intellect is devoted. A mature heart is full of knowledge. And meditation matures your intellect as well as your heart.
Mr. John Pb: But people with good intellect seem to have less faith.
Sri Sri: They have more faith in the matter. Head puts the faith in the matter more and heart puts the faith in the abstract more.
It's next to impossible that one can be in total lack of faith or total lack of devotion. It's only a question of balance.
Do you have all three?
Then you are very lucky!After 8.4 million bodies, the human body is produced.From bacteria, birds, animals, etc. Then 8.4 million lives later, human life comes.Adi Shankara also said that human birth is very difficult to get. After the birth of a person, the desire to want to follow the spiritual path is also very difficult to get. Very few people understand this. And even after getting this desire to follow the spiritual path, only a few get the opportunity to do it.Because these people don't get access to knowledge.This knowledge is not available to everyone who seeks to follow the spiritual path. You can pray, meditate....Their prayers reach the goal and people receive some blessings.
Blessings come to everyone, no doubt, but Knowledge, the right path and liberation remain a distant dream for them. They are sitting hoping that one day they will go to heaven. These souls are trapped in desire and fear. It is important to have a spiritual teacher who will open up Knowledge.So,
1. birth of a human,
2. aspiration to follow the spiritual path and
3. accessible path (Maha Purusha Sannidho - receiving a Spiritual Teacher).
These three things are rare and difficult to reach.
If you have all three, you are very lucky.
🌸Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
