THE SURE SOLUTION

[Ms Tercy Lonan]

93. THE SURE SOLUTION
Worshipful homage unto the supreme, cosmic Spirit Divine—the eternal, the beginningless
and endless, all-pervading, ever-present immanent Reality—the indwelling Spirit Divine that
makes each and every name and form a moving temple of the living Divine Spirit!
That Being is farther than the farthest, nearer than the nearest. He is all-pervading, and,
therefore, envelops us from all sides, surrounds us everywhere. In Him we live, move and have our
being; yet at the same time, He is within us as the centre of our very being. We cannot say that He is
only this and not that. Nor can we say that He is only that and not this. He is within as well as
without, and His mystery is beyond both within and without.
Therefore, if you wish to meditate, to close your eyes to see Him within, you can equally
well open your eyes and see Him everywhere. If meditation means dwelling upon that Reality, you
can thus make your entire life a constant, unbroken meditation. Seeing with the eyes, hearing with
the ears, touching with the hands, breathing with your nostrils could become a meditation. For all
that is seen, heard, tasted, touched or smelt is the same Reality upon whom yogis in caves, deep in
the jungle, close their eyes, go inward and meditate upon.
Everything that the mind does, whatever it comprehends, thinks about, conceives of, has
ever conceived of, will ever conceive of, is that Being and none else: yad bhutam yachcha bhavyam
(Whatever was and whatever will be is the Purusha). And it is not only the outer form—what we
see—that constitutes living Divinity, but that which we do not see as well. It was not only that
which Arjuna’s stunned gaze beheld with his open eyes that constituted God, but even the very
innermost essence and content of that which he was beholding was God. There was nothing but God
and God alone, within and without.
Sarvam brahmamayam (All this is filled with Brahman). Sarvam khalvidam brahma (All
this is Brahman). Neha nanasti kinchana (There are not many here). This is exactly what the
Upanishads want you to contemplate. This is what the Gita wisdom teachings want you to
contemplate. They are not for reading. They are not for knowing. They are for being and they are for
doing.
If you can diligently cultivate this true vision and true understanding, then this indeed can
become the one, unfailing solution for the problem of alienation from God, for the problem of not
being able to remember God, for the problem of remaining in a state of God-forgetfulness. For,
when we see that God alone is, both within and without, there is no other course left for us but to
surrender, leave everything in His hands. Surrender, leave it to Him; then the “no solution” situation
vanishes, for you have found a solution. Surrendering everything to God becomes the ultimate best
solution. For then you are free from the problem; it becomes non-existent in your life. The problem
is His concern.
If you cannot untie a knot but keep struggling with it and finally succeed, you have found the
solution. Or, if you cannot untie the knot, if you hand it over to someone else to untie it, then too you
are free of the vexing situation of struggling to untie the knot. And in this case the someone else to
whom you hand over the knot happens to be the best person: God Himself.

Sometimes, some other person may not be available to take over your problem, make you
problem-free, be the total solution. But God is always available, at all times, actually waiting to be
summoned. He is the one Being upon whose availability we can totally rely, totally depend. So one
who trusts this Being and depends upon Him no longer has any room for anxiety. Before you call,
He is already there. Therefore, He IS the solution—the ultimate solution—immediately available
for everyone.
When you sit in a ferry to cross a river, you are not anxious about how you are going to get
across. There is a boatman there, and he has the responsibility. So you relax because you know
someone else has that burden, that responsibility. And God is the ferryman of the bark of our life
across this ocean of time and space. This is the truth. This is the actual fact.
There is a Hindi bhajan that says: “Bhava samudra sukhada nava eka Rama nam (God’s
Name is the boat that enables us to cross this ocean of worldly existence easily).” When His mere
Name can be the sure boat to take you across the ocean of phenomenal existence, what about Him?
The devotee may fail God, but God has never failed a devotee. A mystic of South India,
speaking in the language of Karnataka, used an epithet meaning: “Since creation, since humanity
came into being, there has never been a human individual who has trusted fully in God and has been
harmed or destroyed. There is no such instance.”
For God is our very own more than anyone else in this entire universe. The Being whom we
term as God is the only Being with whom our relationship is real, is true, is lasting. It is a spiritual
fact, actual and factual. All other relationships terminate, vanish. They are a temporary phenomenal
episode in this time-space universe. They did not exist before; they will cease to exist soon after.
Therefore, they are only temporary and transitory; whereas our eternal relationship is with the
Universal Soul, our all-in-all.
If this fact is deeply contemplated, one is at peace, one is at ease. All torment ceases, all
fever leaves the individual soul. All is well, and God is where He ought to be—not far away in
heaven, but in the very centre of your life. All your life goes on around Him as the centre.
He becomes to you a here and now, immediately available God, a true and a real God as He
was to Mira, to Surdas, to Namdev. This indeed is the objective of sadhana. This indeed is the goal
of sadhana. This indeed is the fruit of sadhana.