Page 113 - Dawn of Reality an Exposition of REALITY AT DAWN of Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj

fruition. Thus the pace of our spiritual Yatra is accelerated considerably. Secondly, as we are constantly in the consciousness of the Master, our sadhana becomes dynamic and progress will be in leaps and bounds, bringing us nearer to the Ultimate. It is only a matter of time that this ‘ increasing nearness to the Master’ will lead to the ‘Oneness with God’.
Constant Remembrance of God is, of course, a special feature in spirituality. The method for cultivating Constant Remembrance is to think with firm conviction during your leisure hours, whether in office or at home, in the streets or in the market, the God is pervading all-over and everywhere, and that you are always thinking of Him. This thought should be maintained as long as possible until all worldly responses are influenced by such consciousness. Unfortunately, the issue of Constant Remembrance is misunderstood in the System. It is not that we go on repeating the name of Babuji Maharaj, as if it is some sort of Mantra. If we are going to repeat His name several times just like a Mantra, grossness will be developed. This grossness is of a peculiar variety which is of a finer nature. Both the abhyasi and the trainer will not generally have any inclination to remove such grossness of superfine nature. A thin barrier will be in place making further spiritual progress difficult, if not impossible. What we should have in our thoughts is the consciousness of Babuji Maharaj rather than His Form and Name. We should always be aware that we are the instruments of the Divine in the Personality of Sri Ram Chandraji Maharaj rather than people who are just seeking His blessings.
Frequent remembrance of God though greatly helpful, is not all that we need for our final success in Realisation. We generally begin an important thing in the name of God and it is customary almost in every religion to do so. But that is only a matter of formality and has no spiritual significance. We never dedicate the thing to God in the real sense, and at heart we are, in fact, quite away from the idea of God. Remembrance of God, thus, is of no avail. The real significance of the custom is that we must remain in touch with the idea of God in all phases of our mental and physical activities. We must feel ourselves connected with the Supreme Power every moment with an unbroken chain of thoughts during all our day-to-day activities. It can be easily accomplished if we treat all our actions and works to be a part of Divine duty, entrusted by the Great Master whom we have to serve as best as we can. Babuji Maharaj emphasised the Principle of ‘Trusteeship’ in this regard. We need to develop total faith in being instruments in the hands of the Divine and Master being the doer - both in letter and spirit. While doing a thing, think you are not doing it for yourself but for the Master; rather think that the Master Himself is doing it for Himself. This should be in thought form while performing all and every activity. There should be no exception;