Beloved Papa on Ram Nam

Beloved Papa on Ram Nam

Devotee: I repeat Ram Nam, but there is no progress.

Papa: if you really want it, you will get it. Where there is demand there is supply. Ramdas will tell you how. Ramdas himself hungered for the truth, went to saints and got it. If he had no hunger he would not have got it. They cannot do anything for you if you are not receptive. You must feel the want. You must have a burning thirst for it. The condition is “hunger for God”. You have seen so many saints. How is it that nobody was able to do anything for you?

Devotee: A saint can do what he likes. You must give me that thirst.

Papa: Ramdas is trying his best to see that everybody is awakened, but nobody responds. Otherwise, he would have transformed the whole world in a second. Do constant repetition of Ram Nam with full faith in Ramdas’ words. Then you will get everything in course of time.

Devotee: Papa should give it. He has the power to give.

Papa: Ramdas is giving, but nobody is prepared to take it. You are full of kama, krodha and lobha etc. There is no place inside. You must leave the ego and surrender to the Guru. The more you repeat Ram Nam with faith and devotion, the more you will become ready to receive the grace of the Guru. You must do the Sadhana and utterly surrender to God. At once you will realise God. Try for yourself by taking the name constantly with full faith. Everything is in Ram Nam.

Devotee: We have thirst for God, but don’t get time to repeat Ram Nam.

Papa: Where is the thirst, if you do not take the name? Every minute available you will utilize for Ram Nam. How much time you waste in useless talk.

Devotee: Domestic worries prevent us from taking the Name. No concentration is possible.

Papa: Concentration or no concentration : Repeat Ram Nam. Your thirst for worldly things is more. If you have real thirst for God, you will repeat the Name and all worries will disappear.

         

        Devotee: But when worries are there, how to  repeat Ram Nam?

         

        Papa: If there is no worry, what is necessity of Ram Nam? It is because of worry that you want Ram Nam to save you from the worry. By discussing you cannot get anything. Intellect leads you away from God. It is through the heart you get God. Accept the saint’s words and act upto them. Give all your love to God and call Him in utter surrender. That  instant  you will l have Him.

        

        Devotee: We repeat Ram Nam in the hope of getting liberation. Supposing we do not realize God before death, what would be the use of repetition then?

        

         Papa: Do not speculate upon the future. The present should be used for repetition of Ram Nam. Instead you try remember the past and worry about the future. The past is past and the future is in the hands of God. You dwell in fears and expectations of the future. The present joy you lose. Darshan, liberation, Samadhi--everything is included in Ram Nam. With that faith repeat Ram Nam from moment to moment. Ramdas never thought of the past or future and he enjoyed the bliss of the Name. He did not want Ram’s Darshan. Name itself was giving him peace and bliss.  - Courtesy: The Vision