The Real Art = Pujya Gurudev

The Real Art of Human Alchemy

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

The Real Art of Human Alchemy-1 (Translation of a discourse on "Paras Ko Chhukara Sona Banane Ka Tarika") Let us begin with the collective chanting ofthe Gayatri Mantra: | | Om BhurbuvahSwah, Tatsaviturvarenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, Dhiyo YonahPracodayat | | Sisters and Brothers, Your powers, your potentials are limited. May be, they would be sufficient for your sustenance and for raising your family as per the common trends. But this capability is gifted by Nature to every creature in some form or the other! You have also been gifted with hands, legs, eyes, etc and the wonderful system of the body, intellect and the ability to earn. Still what you could do on your own is rather restricted, confined to the average levels of natural capabilities of many others like you.

You can't rise beyond a certain level by yourself. If you want to ascend beyond your best talents and endeavors, you need to take the support of the Supreme Self- God, the Preeminent, Omniscient, and Omnipotent source of infinite virtues and powers. What is God? Well, if you want a definition of the infinite, you may regard Him as a limitless source of cosmic consciousness force and supreme ensemble of virtuous qualities and powers. As you know, an electrical powerhouse in a city supplies power-currents to every household, roads and offices, etc.

 Varieties of machines, instruments, fans, bulbs, etc, all run with the help of this electricity. How will they run if their connection with the power generator is disrupted or insulated? Similar would be the case of instruments requiring other kinds of energies. So you see, connection with the power-generator is essential. You can't accomplish extraordinary tasks without having extraordinary abilities; linking of yourself with the Supernatural power-source is necessary for awakening and expanding your paranormal potentials.

The process of connecting the individual, limited self with the Supreme, Unlimited Self is called - Upasana.

The word "Upasana" in Sanskrit means  to sit near. If you sit near a fireplace, you would feel the heat; you would shiver with cold if you were in an ice factory or on a snow-covered mountain. Sitting near (being in the close company of) someone puts you under the influence of his qualities; this induction flows from higher (more intense) to the lower levels of the particular qualities which you lack or which you are not so strong at.The trees and surroundings near a big sandalwood tree also smell of sandal. Your upasana (worship, devotion) of God should also be so dedicated that it envelopes your being in the divine aura of His grace, inspires your inner self and links your consciousness with the omnipresent supreme consciousness-force.

It is said that the magic stone named "Paras" transforms everything that touches it, into gold.

I do not know whether such a stone has been seen and tested in any laboratory. But it is certain that touching (getting associated with) the source of divine light enlightens everyone with its unalloyed radiance, which is brighter and more precious than gold. Have you heard of the drop of Swati (raindrop falling in swati nakshatra)? When a drop of Swati falls in the oyster, it is gradually transformed into a pearl. But what if they don't meet? The drop will disappear in the streams of rainwater or get absorbed in the soil if it falls elsewhere.

The oyster would remain like any other shell on the seashore if it does not open its mouth to take the Swati drop. You will also have to surrender yourself to the beatifying grace of God, to purify yourself to adopt the divine virtues if you want to turn your otherwise negligible tiny drop of life into a shining pearl.(Countinue)

Thanks GOD,Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma