The Divine Mother's Protection
Saturday November 20 2004 07:56 IST
By Karmayogi
A moment's
reflection will reveal how the divine protection is ever-present, even as
breathing is constant. Because that is taken for granted, we are in the
presence of such Protection only when we escape a serious catastrophe. Workers
from Gujarat used to come to Pondicherry every December to
have Mother's Darshan.
None of the fixed four darshans fell in December. They used to arrive by a
special train, stay here for a week, have the darshan of the Mother when She
appeared on the terrace, and return leisurely home.
Sadhaks and devotees used to take it as a Special Grace, as it was a
non-scheduled Darshan for the sake of the Gujarat workers. Mother used
to say that it was useless to see Her physically, even if one met Her in Her
room.
Darshan is a special occasion of the human soul meeting the Divine Soul
emerging out of its psychic cave out of aspiration that wells up. Without such
an aspiration, the darshan is pointless. There is a difference between having a
book physically and reading it.
In 1964 when the special train of the Gujarat workers arrived at
the Madras Central Station, the railway authorities advised them not to proceed
to Pondicherry, but to go back to Gujarat as the anticipated
anti-Hindi agitation might be announced any day.
Their train might be attacked or they might be held up indefinitely anywhere. This
was a real grave warning, as the agitation broke out early in February 1965 in
all its virulence. Life and property were not safe.
The workers took a different view, that they would be safe, as they had come
for Her darshan. They had faith in Her innate Protection. They came. Mother
changed Her scheduled Darshan from Dec. 26th to Dec. 24th.
She advised them to return at once, which they did. Mother, who extends Her
Protection to the aspiring souls that live in faith, also advises all of us to
take all common sense precautions.
She Herself exhausted all She could in providing against exigencies. An
impulsive move, especially out of vanity to defy common sense, She did not
countenance.
A Tamil writer, in the late eighties, decided to celebrate his sixtieth
birthday in Pondicherry. He came in a taxi on a day when hartal was
announced. The bandh was violent.
The writer decided to return to Madras against the
unanimous advice of everyone. He was asked to speak to the Tindivanam police
station to know the situation there. They were aghast at his desire to travel,
especially at night through areas that set fire to passing vehicles.
They said he could travel if he had no love of his life. He was still stubborn.
It was a thing Mother would vehemently disapprove of.
He was set on it, saying Mother's protection was there. With an enormous
amount of the “protection” flowers, he travelled safely. No one
here was at ease until his phone call arrived late at night. One should not act against Her advice.