Something to Think About

The one thing all of us on the path of Sant Mat have to understand is the value of humility. Meekness and humility are great virtues on this path and unless we acquire them and do away with our ego and pride, progress is most difficult. Our ego and pride stand in our way and make the mind powerful and strong. It is humility which will rid us of our ego and self-importance. All saints teach us this lesson in their writings. What is our value after all? What is the individual’s value in this vast creation that the Lord has created? Billions of universes like ours lie within man, the microcosm in this macrocosm. Our existence, that of the individual, has absolutely no value and we should not attach much importance to ourselves. The path of the saints, which is the path back to the Lord, is for the humble and the meek.
_{Maharaj Charan Singh, Quest for Light}

Suppose you are standing before your superior officer, who has called for your explanation for some dereliction of duty. Would you go to sleep at that time? Suppose again that a patient is told by his doctor that he has only a few more hours to live. Will the patient go to sleep? We go to sleep while meditating because we are not afraid of death (which is sure to come) and because we do not realize that we are standing before the throne of our Lord, the highest of all the officers. If we had any fear of or love for the Lord, we would never go to sleep. Always remember that death is coming and we shall have to render account for every breath that is wasted.
_{Maharaj Sawan Singh, as quoted in Call of the Great Master}