Ra in Sanskrit means that which is radiant and ma means myself. That which shines forth within me is Rama. That which is radiant in every particle of the being is Rama.
Lord Rama was born to Dasharatha and Kaushalya. Dasharatha means ‘the ten-charioted one’ in Sanskrit. It signifies the five sense organs and the five organs of action. Kaushalya is Sanskrit for ‘skilled’. The skillful driver of the ten chariots can give birth to Rama. When the five sense organs and the five organs of action are used skillfully, radiance is born within. Rama was born in Ayodhya, which in Sanskrit means “the place where no war can happen”. When there is no conflict in our mind, then radiance can dawn.
Lakshmana, the brother of Rama, was born of Sumitra, the good friend. When the five sense organs and five organs of action are cooperating within you, awareness is born. Often we try to look within for radiance. Just realise that you are radiant.
Often people say, “Be the same outside as you are inside”. But I ask you, how is this possible? Inside you are a vast ocean, an infinite sky. Outside you are finite – just a small limited form, a normal stupid person. All that you are inside the love, the beauty, the compassion, the Divinity, does not show up fully outside. What shows outside is only the crust of behaviours. Ask yourself, am I really my behavioural patterns? Am I really this limited body-mind complex? No. You are not the same inside as outside.
Do not mistake the outer crust for what you are inside. And do not show your infinite lordship outside, for Divinity is not easily understood. Let there be some mystery. When knowledge is lodged in you as wisdom, it will never leave you. Wisdom lodges itself in your heart. Make the divine your valentine, your sweet beloved. This is the first thing to do and the last thing to do. Keep your heart in a safe place, it is too delicate. Events and small things make strong impressions on it. You cannot find a better place than the divine to keep your heart safe and your mind safe.
When you keep your heart in the divine, moving time and events will not be able to touch it, they will not create a scar. A precious stone needs a gold or silver setting around it to hold it. Wisdom and knowledge are the setting around the heart that will hold it in the divine. Make the divine your valentine. Just be and know that you are beloved. That is beloved. Make your home God’s home and there will be light, love and abundance. Make your body God’s abode and there will be peace and bliss. Feel your mind is a toy of God and you will watch and enjoy all its games. See this world as a play and as a display of God Himself and you will repose in the non-dual self.
Blessings come to you in many forms. If you are generous, blessing comes to you as abundance. If you are hard-working, blessing comes to you as happiness. If you are lazy, blessing comes to you as hard work. If you are pleasure-loving, blessing comes to you as dispassion. If you are dispassionate, blessing comes to you as knowledge of the Self.
