Gurunathar’s Divine Message Moolam Pooja 25-04-2008
I heard a question. “What is a Gnani like? or How do we recognize one?”. I understood the inner meaning of the question. The person who asked the question was referring to ascetics or those who have renounced worldly things. I have mentioned this earlier. The answer is to live with detachment and great compassion. Though a Gnani may live with detachment his affection can be felt anywhere in the world. If you are looking for physical or external attributes he can have no special dress or even a pair of horns to help you identify him. As I have said before, he treats everyone he meets with the same concern. He removes dislikes, desires and wishes from his mind. He feels that God is the only wealth, the only happiness, that He alone is everything. He lives increasingly with this belief.
What do you have to do to reach this state? The answer is easy: do as he does. Practicing this is extremely difficult. Little by little leave out what you like in your food and other habits. When you cease to be a slave to these you get the power to do without everything else. The one who leaves behind the world with all its activities, does little by way of action and contemplates only on Lord Shiva, does not worry about his needs because God looks after them and everything else around Him. The Gnani has complete faith in this and knows how to surrender to God. What we need to understand is that total surrender is necessary. With total surrender , everything we need comes to where we are. If you begin to feel even a little doubt about this you cannot reach this state.
{Translation of Gurunathar’s Divine message given to and read by Guruji Shri.K.V.Narayanan}