We seldom think about it not because we do not know about it, rather we are work alcoholics and strongly believe in actions. The art of imitation is for action not for thought, there is an old saying about it that never ever imitates the actions of the wise, instead follow what one says. The thoughts of the holy and wise ones are like that of sea, but actions are like that of a drop of it.
What they say is from the sea of the universal consciousness, and their actions are according to it. One the other hand as a seeker one sees their action first as if one looking at the river and searching for stability of the sea. The waves in the river are random thoughts that keep on flowing.
For it, there is an old saying that what an ordinary or a new learner does is to be observed not what one says. A layman strongly believes that one’s speed of actions is marvel of great wisdom, so that is the knowledge of a river that in its fast flows it has seen so many changes, places, people and ups and downs that it is the quantity of knowledge that one counts in such a way.
If we just block the flow of the river, and make a dam of water and think what works it can do. Now the dam is like a drop of the sea in a way of its power of wisdom. In this age of nuclear dams of energy is nothing in front of the seven seas, the ocean.
In ordinary sense, by polluting the sea, we can give it a color of pollution, yet it remains the sea. It simply depletes the pollution by taking back what it gives to create a healthy life on earth. It is as if father disowns a son. In Gurbani, the water is symbolized as father, earth as mother and air as the representative of Guru or Lord.
When one’s actions become the prominent factor these are from knowledge and when such knowledge is the ambition, it like a flood in the river. The wisdom is the power of thought, but knowledge is force of an idea simply based on knowledge. Wisdom is from selflessness whereas the knowledge is from selfishness, as one cannot acquire knowledge without being and this knowledge cannot ascend to wisdom level, until the possessor of it does not use it selflessly, in the welfare of all.
This selfless use of wisdom is service of the Creation, and humanity in particular. The service of a soul cannot be rendered by actions alone. It humbly needs feelings that bond it other soul; the bonding of soul is based on the sense of equality, the selflessness. We will discuss about it.
© Dr. Harmander Singh (© Protected and archived by WorldWideOCR.com Seal™ File)
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