Swamiji's words are still haunting me. It's like he had known my question and was ensuring that he answered it for me. "See all of life as an examination hall," he said. Just as we never walk into an examination hall and start cribbing about what the examiner is wearing or what the room looks like, in exactly the same way we need to treat life as an examination hall. We just need to do our duty and not blame others for what happens to us. We are the masters of our own fate. Only we can create happiness for ourselves. Moving houses, countries will never give us more happiness. Swamiji was emphatic that no one else can hold the key to our happiness except we ourselves. There is no point holding anyone accountable except ourselves. And the only true refuge we will find is in God. Amma says that difficulties are God's way of presenting us an opportunity to build our skills. When everything is going good, we get lazy. But the true test of our character is when we are faced with a difficult situation. How we handle it speaks a lot for what we are made of and how much faith we repose in Amma. The finest quality Amma says we can possess is not intelligence, but purity. If and only if we live in purity, will the universe conspire to give us everything we have. Swamiji told the sweet story of how Kubair invited Lord Ganesha and attempted to feed him to his hearts content. But Ganesha's appetite was insatiable and at one point He ever ran after Kubair! But when Lord Shiva fed him beaten rice, He was appeased. We can search the world over for happiness, but we will eventually find it taking shelter within. Swamiji's beautiful voice helped convey these messages in the most effective manner possible! What a beautiful satsang!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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