Undeserved Luck
By Karmayogi
A reader writes that she was the
recipient of undeserved Luck. She has not said whether it is because of the
Spirit she invoked or by what circumstances. Those who feel they deserve luck
do not get it. Luck seeks those who feel that
they do not deserve it. Feeling that they do not deserve it is a
kind of true inner humility. It attracts luck. As air rushes to a point of low
pressure, Luck looks for a human point that is not self-sufficient. This is a
rule of Nature in the widest sense. Nature works at different points at
different times guided by her own Purpose. Towards that end Nature employs the
attitudes exhibited by different faculties. Science was developed in Europewhich was proud of its scientific culture. Pride stands in the way of further
development. So, Nature moved away from the self-sufficient Europeto develop further. The next step is not so much Science as scientific
technology. Nature chose a humble population of the USAfor that purpose.
Spirit developed in India. It
reached its acme, rather its penultimate peak. Nature, for her own purposes,
did not want to complete the further development of the Spirit in India. She moved away. She set about
developing Mind, Vital, Science, Organisation, Technology in other parts of the
world. Now she has finished one round working in various parts of the world. It
is time Nature comes back to Indiaand completes her work in the development of Spirit. So far, Spirit developed
to seek its own fulfillment in moksha. That is not God's original
intention in creation. God who became Sat and Spirit converted that Spirit into
Supermind, Mind, Life and Matter. All of them – Mind, Life, Matter – are really
Spirit disguised.
God's delight lies in the original delight of the Spirit. It comes out
when the original Spirit hidden in Mind, Life and Matter emerges on the
surface. In that case the Bliss of moksha comes to earthly life, Bhuloga Swargam.
Nature will start that phase only when the self-sufficient pride of the Spirit
in its superiority gives way. Nature needs
humility to continue its progress. Indiawas humbled by foreign rule, poverty and low status. Though practically
humbled, even humiliated, the inherent pride of the spiritual possession is
abundantly present here. The feeling that we deserve greater luck or better
treatment is there in many ways. One is expectation. For Nature to raise India's spiritual stature to that
the Guru of the world, Indiashould part with spiritual ego and acquire spiritual humility.