What will save our world?

What will save our world?
(Based on the teachings of Guruji Krishnananda)

“Who or what will save the world?” Someone asked this very interesting question.

The one-word answer to this question is,Love. It is love that saves the world.

What is the source of this love?

Us. It has to come from us. So, it is WE who can save the world. Of course, God helps when we manifest love. But the main players are us, the citizens of this world.

Incidentally, I saw in the newspaper, a photo of a blind man struggling to open a tap to drink water. Also in the photo was a monkey helping the blind man open the tap!

That was very touching. There is so much of love in the Universe. If we all could have the love that the monkey had, that would be enough. There will be absolutely no destruction and no suffering on this earth.

Sadly, we do not carry such love. Instead, we generally carry a lot of non-love, which is why we attract so much of pain. People’s collective non-love can cause great destruction.

Some individuals do carry a lot of love but that is not enough to balance all the non-love on this earth. If there were enough love in this world, there would be no wars, no terrorism and no need for the military.

That is the challenge; to carry love always and to consciously manifest love in every thought, in every emotion and in every act. In addition to this, we must hunt for every trace of non-love within us and remove it. If we try it, we realise that it is not very difficult.

Being spiritual is not about having powers. It is being good, honest and manifesting genuine love for the fellow human being and nature.

The Universe is waiting for us to return to our original state of goodness. Such goodness will save the world.

Education and Spirituality

Education and Spirituality – Based on the teachings of Guruji Krishnananda

I have come across this question many times: “Why do educated people commit wrongful acts?” or “Why do educated people behave badly?”

The simple answer is, they commit wrongful acts because they are not educated spiritually.

This makes all the difference. The formal education is not enough because it does not teach or emphasise much on spirituality.

One must know what is right and what is wrong. This is possible even if one is not educated because everyone has conscience.

Our conscience always guides us properly. If we listen to it and follow its advice, we will choose only the right things.

The conscience guides us in every situation and alerts us about the mistake we are about to commit, but somehow we completely ignore it.

When people commit wrongful acts, they usually say, “I didn’t realise I was making a mistake” or “Someone influenced me”, etc. All this could be true, but we are always aware that this is a wrong thing because our conscience would be telling us about it.

We may fail to listen to our conscience, but it never fails us because, conscience is the voice of God Himself.

Understanding some simple truths behind our birth and death, reincarnation, the value of goodness and honesty and the fact that what we give will come back to us, help us avoid committing wrongful acts and not formal education.

Rejecting Negative Thoughts

A spiritual seeker once asked me, “Is there a technique to reject negative thoughts?”

I was wondering, do we require a technique to reject negative thoughts?
Did we give you a technique to get angry, to hurt others and be dishonest?

No. Then how are you doing all this? Of course, quite naturally. Similarly, if you really want to reject the negative thoughts, just reject them! Don’t say, “I can’t reject them because you have not given me a technique!”

By asking for a technique, you are trying to find an excuse for your unwillingness to reject the negative thoughts. And by doing this, you blame the lack of a technique for your inability to reject them.

Accept your mistakes and shortcomings. Accept and own up your negative thoughts. Accept that you are responsible for them. Spirituality begins here.
Spirituality begins with being honest. We have negative thoughts when we are negative. The negative thoughts persist because we entertain them.

Have a genuine intent to not harbour them. Do not judge and condemn yourself. It is natural for us to have negative thoughts sometimes.

There are no techniques to reject the negative thoughts. Just be truly good, honest and simple all the time. You will not have any negative thoughts.

Guruji Krishnananda