How can we live in the world free from grief, pain and suffering? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today with a very powerful example!

The Lord will manifest Himself only when the pillar is split, with the sword of yearning. Hiranyakashipu did it and immediately, the Lord appeared from within that pillar. He had not hidden Himself there, anticipating the contingency. He is everywhere; and so, He was there also. The lesson that Hiranyakashipu learnt was that deha-tatwa (Body Principle) must be split asunder if dehi-tatwa (Indweller Principle) must reveal itself. That is to say, the "I-am-body" consciousness must go, if the "I am-embodied" consciousness, must emerge. So long as you are in the dehi (I-am-embodied) consciousness, no pain or grief, pride or egoism can tarnish you. It is like seawater. Take a small quantity of seawater and keep it separate in a bottle; it will get foul in a few days. But, so long as it was in the sea, nothing could foul it. Be in the sea, as part of it; do not separate yourself, do not individualise yourself, do not feel that you are the deha (body), apart from the dehi ('I').