In this world, some people can accomplish major tasks perfectly, but they may not be able to perform a small task with the same quality. For instance, a person may be able to cook good food for hundreds of people, but if he tries to cook for two or three people, it might turn out bad.
Only Bhagwan can do large-scale works and small-scale works with the same attention and quality. He can create and maintain countless universes and at the same time create the smallest of insects and maintain them.
Mornā īnḍāmā rang Mohan, kem bharyā kirtār…
Definition: The egg of a peacock is white, and yet, a colorful and beautiful peacock is born out of it.
By observing how this world works and how this universe works, we can notice the mind-blowing skills of Bhagwan; we are literally nothing in front of Bhagwan.
Shreeji Maharaj has said, “Bhagwan has created such an incredible universe. A human is born from another human. An animal is born from another animal. Not a single part of the human body can be replicated exactly as it is. The entire human body is created from a drop of water. Who else can create something so great other than Bhagwan?”
Bhagwan has infinite skills and abilities. Yet, Bhagwan doesn’t desire to think great about Himself.
On the other hand, the natural tendency of humans is that, when a person knows something unique, he thinks great about himself, considers himself on top of others, and derives pleasure in making fun of others and in looking down on others.
If we become skillful in a particular field, how will our state of mind be? We strongly desire to think greatly about ourselves and demand respect from others. We believe we are great, and we also believe, “When I am around, the work at hand will definitely be successful.”
One Rushi thought, “Bhagwan has created this universe but is no good; it is in short of something. The design of the universe has been there for quite some time and has now become old and outdated. And the universe continues to run on the same old design. Let me do some new creation.”
So, he started to create a new elephant, and it became a buffalo. He tried to create a new kind of horse, and it became a mule (which looks like a donkey and used to carry people and the burden of things). He tried to create a new giraffe and it became a camel.
Who was that Rushi? He was sage Vishwamitra.
The more capabilities we gain and the more virtues we gain, the more we admire ourselves.
Self-admiration is imaginary, wrong, and false.
What do illiterate people say about educated people? They say, “Educated people are fools. Uneducated people are intelligent.” They also try to prove the point they make.
The illiterate person continues, “Do the educated people worship Bhagwan? No, right? If someone doesn’t worship Bhagwan, he is a fool. So educated people are fools.”
They think highly of themselves by thinking that “I am happy to be uneducated. It is good that I don’t understand anything.”
Even an illiterate admires himself for not being educated.
Every soul has immense self-admiration. Everyone thinks “There is no one like me.”
On the path of Bhagwan, self-admiration destroys our efforts to reach Bhagwan.
By doing a great work if we believe it to be the work of Bhagwan and believe it to be the greatness of Bhagwan, then we will gain saintly virtues. So, we should give up self-admiration and live like a servant of the servant of Bhagwan.
References:
- Chosathpadi Katha Part 24 (Pad 29-32).