POST #69 FROM THE BOOK "NEW-CLEAR BOMBS FROM NITHYA SATSANG"
Following is an extract from the book titled: 108 New-Clear Bombs from Nithya Satsang, from the teachings of His Divine Holiness (HDH) Nithyananda Paramashivam, the living incarnation of Paramashiva. Through simple truths, HDH causes powerful cognitive shifts in individuals in his/her path of enlightenment.
Section: STORIES FOR THE SEEKER
69. Power of Devotion
The story of Padmapada proves clearly that just by the feeling-connection with Adi Shankara, he has mastered Nature. Here is the story of how it happened: Once there was a great disciple of Adi Shankara. He was not an intellectual like the others, but he was highly devoted, dedicated, integrated to the Master, integrated to his disciplehood.
One day, he went to the opposite bank of the river near the ashram to wash the clothes of the master. Some of the other disciples of Shankara who saw this were making fun of this disciple, saying "What is this? This fellow is only washing clothes all the time! Did he come here to become a laundryman? If he is not studying the scriptures, not contemplating, when is he going to get enlightened? How is he going to master prakriti, Nature?'
Adi Shankara was listening to this conversation and just laughing inside. He knew that this disciple may be a little less intellectually capable than the others, but he was an amazingly intelligent being who was doing what needs to be done first, who was putting first things first. Adi Shankara wanted to show this to the other disciples. So he just got up and called out to the disciple, 'Please come here immediately!'
The moment the master called the disciple forgot everything. In front of the other stunned disciples, he just started walking on the river to reach the master as fast as possible! Then the river thought, 'Oh God! Now I have to protect him! When somebody has such a deep space of trust with the whole Cosmos - the master is the representation of the whole Cosmos - I can't allow him to suffer! I can't let him down!' So, the river just created lotus flowers to hold up his feet, wherever he put his feet! Please understand: lotuses can never bloom in a river; because they cannot grow in flowing water. They can only grow in stagnant water. But here, lotuses started springing up in the river just to help the disciple cross safely to the other side! Normally, people are anxious when they are crossing a river: For the first time, a river was anxious when a person was crossing because she has to reach him safely to the other side!
Because his feet were held up by the lotuses, the disciple came to be known as 'Padmapada (Lotus-Feet). With this incident, Shankara demonstrated to all his disciples the need for the loving space and feeling-connection which are essential for the transmission of the Advaitic truth.
Understand: your birth itself has happened because you denied the truth of Advaita! A pattern so deep that it made you assume this human body and broken mind cannot be transcended unless you trust somebody more than your human body and broken mind. So the Master makes himself available for you to experience the completion of the Love Circle. He makes it possible for you to experience the completion of the Love Circle. Constantly reminding you of the context of Advaita is the constitution of the Master's space. Please understand whatever he does, he is constantly reminding you of the context of Advaita. constantly reminding you to stand in the space of Advaita, cosmic non-duality.
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