Hiding what we believe in

I have recently heard a story of a disciple and his guru who lived in the 90s. I will refer to the disciple as David. David was a well situated man; he worked in a bank. He had a girlfriend and two children. They were unmarried. He was famous in his circle of friends. He became inclined towards spirituality, met Sathya Sai Baba and started respecting him. He recognized Baba as his guru and began his spiritual path.

The man had an ingredient of goodness in him, but he had a lot of pretension. He would rarely stand with what he believed in in front of the crowd. He wanted to be accepted by the crowd. He was regular in his spiritual practices, even more than others, but it didn’t help his pretension. Whenever he was asked about his spiritual life or his life in general by colleagues or friends, David never mentioned Baba. Baba was a rock he relied on and he never stood up for him. He portrayed himself as a disciple of another guru who was more famous at the time.

This is the story I have heard this week and I liked it. I changed David’s name and profession on purpose, but the story is real. It reminded me of what happens around Mohanji as well, which I will elaborate in a moment.

One day, David had proposed marriage to his future wife and the date of his proposal was very inauspicious. This means, the stars and the energies were set in such a way which was not supportive to start off on the right foot. We know that astrology often cannot strictly dictate the future of those who are deeply connected to a master because a master has the power to change almost everything, depending on the disciple's conviction. The marriage was misfortunate regardless of David’s frequent visits to Baba. Baba didn’t deny even one of his visits, but it wasn’t enough. David’s connection was like a pot with holes. The marriage was blocked by misunderstandings, jealousy, fights, suffocation and separation.

When I look at this example of poor connection, I recall the same around Mohanji. Hiding what we believe in is part of being ungrateful. We have to tell the world what we believe in without looking at anything else. A genuine person will talk about their Guru at every given opportunity. A person who hides their connection with their guru is attracting zero grace. None of Mohanji's bodyguards are interested in protecting such people.

*If you don’t know about Mohanji’s bodyguards:

I have written about them before. They are invisible beings who live with Mohanji. Their deepest desire is to support Mohanji’s mission.

Their actions are often tangibly felt around Mohanji. For example, if Mohanji is being filmed and there is noise in the background, they shut it off by driving the people who make the noise away, or by preventing the sound waves from reaching the camera which is filming Mohanji.

Sometimes, electronic devices (such as Air Conditioning) in Mohanji’s room switch on and off as per Mohanji’s need, without anybody touching them. When I cook for Mohanji, they can be felt around me, supporting me, because they want the best food for Mohanji. They want everything to be the best for Mohanji, no exceptions. They are strict and precise when it comes to Mohanji. They don’t beat around the bush if somebody is disrespectful to Mohanji.

Mohanji lovingly calls them “my people” or “my bodyguards”. Mohanji respects them as Gods. There are many of them. There have been times when I saw them. They follow Mohanji everywhere. Before Mohanji comes to any location, they come before him and clean up the space fully, kicking out any negative entities, beings or energies, so that Mohanji comes into a clean space. They like to spare Mohanji any additional work, because they know how busy he can be. They cannot stand people disrespecting Mohanji. They don’t like to allow such people to come to Mohanji, but out of compassion, Mohanji himself sometimes allows them to come. Then, their hands are tied because Mohanji’s word is everything to them. They protect Mohanji wholeheartedly and love him limitlessly. Not only do they live around Mohanji, but they also protect those who love and stand by Mohanji. I have received substantial help from them many times because of my sincerity for Mohanji. When I was unconsciously disrespectful, they warned me. When I was irresponsible while handling Mohanji’s personal belongings, they gave me the lesson of responsibility. They don’t take chances when it comes to Mohanji.

Mohanji’s people look for signs of gratitude towards Mohanji. When they see it in somebody, they protect wholeheartedly. If somebody hides their connection to Mohanji, they don’t protect. Even if they wanted to, they couldn’t, because the person holds zero grace in their pocket. 

That's why those who are partially with Mohanji never get the full protection. David’s proposal date wasn’t auspicious because masters cannot protect in its entirety if we stand with one foot in one boat, and the other foot in the other boat. We will eventually fall in the water.*

A few points I find important in connection to this topic:

1. Hypocrisy

“The easiest thing to do for liberating oneself in this world is to spread the message of our loving Guru while spreading love with our very existence unconditionally. Your personal wealth has nothing to do with it. If you are afraid to talk about your Guru who gave you himself, you are a hypocrite. Grace will not enter your doorway. Hypocrisy prevents grace.” – an excerpt from the book “Baba”

2. What you give, you get

Pretension makes our hearts poor. Just because of society if we hide what we believe in, we don’t have a face. Pretension made David small in the eyes of tradition. Masters feel sad for those who cannot stand their truth. Baba didn’t lose anything, but David lost. Masters don’t need us to visit them or believe in them, or display our connection to them in the world. They couldn’t care less. It’s our loss.

3. You may catch that frequency

If we pretend too much, we may catch that frequency. If we pretend this is not our Guru, we may attract a reality when we don’t have him. Be careful what you wish for.

4. Protected 100%

Even inauspicious days can be nullified, if we are sincere. The guru will die to protect us.

5. Gratitude

Gratitude heals. If you have a face, you should be able to shout your truth from the rooftop. This is my feeling. Otherwise you don’t have a face. You are just a hypocrite, another pale smudge.

Photo sources:

1st photo: www.gettyimages.ca

2nd photo: tinybuddha.com