26 Oct 2017
The
Lord will manifest Himself when the pillar is split with the sword of
yearning. Hiranyakashipu did it and immediately the Lord appeared from
within that pillar. The Lord did not hide in the pillar anticipating the
contingency. He is everywhere; and so, He was there too. The lesson
Hiranyakashipu learnt was that the deha-tatwa must be split if the dehi-tatwa
must reveal itself. That is to say, the ‘I-am-body' consciousness must
go, if the ‘I-am-embodied’ consciousness, must emerge. So long as you
are in the dehi (I-am-embodied) consciousness, no pain or
grief, pride or egoism can tarnish you. A small quantity of seawater
kept separately in a bottle will smell foul in a few days. As long as it
is in the sea, nothing affects it. Be in the sea, as part of it; do not
individualise and separate yourself. Do not feel that you are the body (deha), separate from the Indweller (dehi).
- Divine Discourse, Jan 29, 1965.