Words from the Master

All your fears are because you don’t clearly know that there is nothing to lose. Just one encounter with near death can show you that there is nothing to lose and that all your fears are baseless. The Master simply makes you understand this in his own way.

So don’t try to escape from the Master. Understand that he is here only to show you what you actually are. Your inherent nature is fearlessness. Over years, you have been instilled with fear. The Master tries to break the layers of conditioning that you have taken upon yourself over the years, that’s all. If you just allow him to work upon you, with trust and love, you will see yourself transform in front of your own eyes.

Let me tell you a small story about a Swami whom I was acquainted with:

This Swami, used to have a number of clocks in his room, and each of the clocks would show a different time!

I asked him about it one day.
He replied, “Time is not my Master. I am the Master! Whatever time I want it to be, I simply choose the time from that particular clock.”

This Swami had already predicted that he would be leaving his body on a particular day and time.

On the night before his death, the Swami asked all his disciples to gather around him and sing hymns.

One of the singers was somewhat arrogant about his musical abilities. He never sang on this occasion.

As was the custom, the Swami wrote something on a piece of paper and passed it on to him.

The disciple was flattered, thinking that it was a request for a particular song.

But when he opened the note, he saw that the Swami had written, “Please don’t sing after my death!”

Even on his deathbed he was in a humorous mood!

Later that night, he instructed his disciples to take good care of the orphans who lived in the ashram. He said, “Especially tomorrow, you will all be busy with preparations for my cremation. Don’t forget to arrange for food for those children!”

Till the last minute, his concern was for the people he was leaving behind.

The next morning, exactly at the time he had mentioned, he joined his hands in a namaskaar to all - and his hands dropped - simply like a drama.

What a beautiful, calm and courageous way to face death! That is the way we should all go to death and that is the way we should look upon death even when our own family and relatives pass away. When you understand this, your whole idea of fear will slowly dissolve, because as I said, the underlying basis of fear is death itself.

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.