Guru on Nostr: Samsara hard to overcome It was time for Papa's bath. Papa went to the building ...

Samsara hard to overcome

It was time for Papa's bath. Papa went to the building behind the bhajan-hall. S. brought a seat on which Papa sat. S. was fanning him.
Breaking the few minutes silence, Papa said,
"One who is caught in samsara is doomed. What a hard struggle it is to get out it! Ramdas had been in it and he knows how much he had to suffer and struggle to free himself from its coils. Even though one separates oneself physically, it is very difficult to take the mind away from the old rut. It drags you down: Ramdas had to do intense sadhana to free himself from all attachments. He used to consider the world like a passing show."
S: "When did the struggle cease?'
Papa: "The struggle finally ceased only a few years after he came to this ashram."
S (with great surprise) : "What! It took so many years! Did you not feel calm and peaceful when you were repeating Ramnam intensely day and night? Were you not free from those attachments then?"
Papa: "No. There were occasionally some disturbances. Even a slight irregularity in diet used to disturb the mind. While in the Kadri cave, once Ramdas ate some food which was not well cooked. That produced stomach trouble which in turn disturbed the mind. So, whenever there was mental disturbance, he used to go into solitude and observe fast for one or two days. That helped him much."
S: "What was Papa's practice to remain unaffected by the worldly whirlpool?
Was it by detaching your real Self from the body and asserting that your real nature is bliss, or did Papa resort to other means ?'
Papa: "It was by looking at everything as Ram and every incident that happened as brought about by Ram."
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