(25th November 2018)
"When you are not awakened, do not behave like one.
Reading, listening or copying anyone will not help you to become like them. By reading the experiences of great saints like Ramana, Buddha, and Ramakrishna, you may get the passion to get enlightened. But that cannot make you like them.
There was a person called Chilli Baba. He was only eating chillies. What if you copied him and ate only chillies? Obviously, You will become only sick. Similarly there was another Sage who drank only Sugar water. What will happen if you start taking sugar water? There was another person who was never eating, drinking and sleeping. If you also behave like him, what will happen?
You are not a Light Being or a Space Being. Their structure itself is very different. You will lose even what you have if you try to become like these people. You are unique. Each one of you is unique; stick to it. Only if you are YOURSELF, you will become Light Being /Space Being.
By reading about Great people, you may get passion to be like them. But you should not copy them.
In Taoism, a person went into a particular posture called 'Taichi', through a process. After certain processes, body will automatically go into yoga-like postures. But by copying the postures, you cannot become like them.
Ramana was naturally silent. If you try to copy him, you may get some silence inside. But you cannot become enlightened.
If you try to copy someone, you will not be natural and you will not get Mukthi. To get Mukthi, you must be natural.
There was a robber in a forest called Angulimala. All were afraid of him because he not only robbed, but also cut their fingers and wore them as garland. He had 999 fingers and wanted one more to garland himself. Angulimala then saw a person who was walking towards him boldly. That was Buddha. Buddha had no fear or conflict and Buddha was ready to die; Buddha had no fear of death. So when Buddha came towards him, Angulimala felt extreme silence and transformation inside. He fell at Buddha's feet and became his great disciple.
If you try to copy others, you will become untruthful - a beggar or thief.
That is why I say when you are not a Mahatma Gandhi, do not behave like one. You are a person who says 100 lies a day. That is your nature. YOU ARE YOU.
When you copy, you do not get anywhere. If you are you, we will take you there (enlightenment).
If you have passion, We will help you to discover your path. There is a specific path for each individual. Like there is a specific medicine suitable to each person, each one's path to mukthi is also specific. You cannot copy Chilli Baba, Ramana, Ramalinga, Buddha or Mahavir to become enlightened. Their paths were different.
You have to work on YOURSELF to discover what is going on inside you. You cannot say 'i am an Atman' - this and that. What are you? You are a gossip-monger!!! You love gossips. You tell 10 lies every minute. That is what you are. By copying, you may gain a little transformation, but you will lose many things, especially your path to mukthi.
That is why we say 'when you are not Awakened, do not behave like one' CONTEMPLATE."
~ Sri Bhagavan💝
