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Satsang with Swami

Chinmayananda

Worship of deities by räjasic minds and of bhütas and pretas
by tämasic minds is to fulfill certain desires. Please explain
whether the desires are fulfilled by the power of the very
mind, which concentrates in the direction of the desire,
or by the deity or evil spirit, as the case may be, which is
worshipped by the individual.

The Lord has declared in the Bhagavad Gita, “I don’t give anyone
anything, because in My hand there is nothing. It is all your
delusion.” When your mind approaches an altar demanding
something, the Lord increases your saìkalpa çakti, your
willpower. Naturally, when you are thinking of one thing only,
that väsanä becomes increasingly powerful. And the faith you have
in that particular deity fulfills your desire.
The Lord is not a shopkeeper for you to bargain or buy things.
When you put your faith in an altar, all that He does is give you
more and more faith in it. Is it not so in every profession? When you
put more faith in a given profession and start working, naturally,
your dexterity, your self-confidence, your faith in yourself, and
your faith in the profession increase. A doctor, after twenty
years of practice, is more efficient than a newly qualified doctor,
who may have the same knowledge but does not have the same level
of dexterity.
You and I consider that it is God’s grace through which we
attained what we wanted. True. But God does not distribute
His grace unequally, giving more to those who serve Him!

From a satsang in Sidhbari. First published in Tapovan Prasad, May 2011.

Tapovan Prasad 10 May 2025