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Dedicated work for the Ashram

The sacred work is infusing every action with the consciousness of divine union. A task becomes spiritual when performed with the perspective of contributing to something greater. Three individuals may perform identical work, yet only one who sees they are building a cathedral finds true satisfaction. This attitude transforms any duty, from parenting to service, into an offering that enhances lives and fuels spiritual growth. Maintaining this dedication requires steadfastness and the quality of forgiveness. Holding onto past faults prevents progress; forgiveness frees one to create a better next moment. The inspiration lies in performing each action with the dedication of making something special.

"Three people doing exactly the same thing, and one of them is building a beautiful cathedral."

"If we keep holding on to what happened, we cannot move forward."

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Mera Mola milan ke kāj, āj mein mast banū gāre. I will go to Mecca and Medina, I will recite the namāz of Fajar. Mera mola milan ke kājī, āj mein mast banū gāre. Hindū nāhī musalmā, sabko eka ginū gāre. Hindū nāhī musalmā, sabko eka ginū gāre. Hare Hare eka ginugāre, Murshid sharane jaye, usi ke Charan paru gare. Mera Mola milan ke kaaj, aaj mein mast banu gare. O mera maula milan ke kaaji, aaj mein mast banu gaare. Na bhi kamal mein doni laga kar dhyana daru gaare, Na bhi kamal mein doni laga kar dhyana karu gaare, Hare Hare, dhyana karugaare. maya darugaari, Mera mola milan ke kaas. Aaj mein mast banu gare, O mera maula milan ke kaaji. Aaj mein mast banu gare, Makkah madi na jaye, Makkah madi na jaye. Aaj mein mast banu gare, mera Swās Usāsa, Āvat Jāvat, Pherī Pherū Gare, Swāt Usāsa Āvat Jāvat Pherī Pherūgāre, Pherī Pherūgāre, Hṛdaya Kamal Mein Hajrat Bethā, Hṛdaya Kamal Mein Hajrat Bethā, Sijda karū gare, Sijda karū gare, Merā maulā milan ke kājī, Ājī mein mast banū gare, Mera maula milan ke kājī, ājī mein mast banu gāre, Makkah Madinah jāye, Makkah Madinah jāye, Fajar kī namāz parū gāre. Mera maula milan ke khājī, āj mein masab anū gāre. O mera maula milan ke kājī, āj me mas banu gāre. Kantha kamal me kudrat bole, kalma padu gāre. Kantha kamal me kudrat bole, kalma padu gare Hare Hare. Kalma padugaare, Anhadānān Huvida Sivami. Anhadānān Huvida Sivami, jaya sunugaare, kāna sunugaare. Today, today I will become a masjid. I will go to Mecca and Medina. I will recite the namāz of Fajr. Mera Mola Milankhe Kaji Aaji Mein Masta Banu Gare. Mera Mola Milankhe Kaji Aaji Mein Masta Banu Gare. Satguru Miliya Saasa Mithiya Moksha Pau Gare. Satguru miliyā, sansa mitiyā, mokṣa pāvu gare Hare Hare, mokṣa pāvu gare. Swāmī Deepā Sayabkā Banda Prabhu Sayabkā, Sayabkā Banda Allah japu gare. Maulā jā pū gare, mera Maulā milan ke khā jī. Āj mein mast banu gare, mera Maulā milan ke khā. Jee, aaj mein mast banu, gare Makkah, Madinah na jai. I will go to Makkah, Madinah, and recite the namaz of Fajar. O my Lord, I will become a master today. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jaya, Satguru Deva kī jaya ho. Om bole Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jaya, Śrī Śrī Devapuruṣa Mahādeva kī jaya. Dharam Samrat Paramahaṁt Śrī Svāmī Maravanān Purjī Mahārāj Kī Jai. Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁt Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānand Purjī Satguru Deva Kī Jai. Today we’re having, somehow, a celebration. In one way, it’s a celebration; in another way, for us, it’s something sad. Because people come here to Jadam, they come here to do something for themselves and also for the ashram. And tomorrow, two people who have been working here for the last year are going back to Europe. That is Jarek and Durgapurī from Czech. And for those who’ve been here during that time, they’ll realize that it’s been quite inspirational to see them work. Besides coming here and practicing their yoga and practicing this, they are doing their studies. They’ve both spent every day in the wood workshop making the doors for the ashram. Somehow, it’s a job like a spiritual path because there are so many doors to be made that it seems like it has no end, but there’s no doubt that there are now many more doors made than when they came, and that is now many steps down the path. Because it’s not just about coming and doing and spending time there. In the workshop, it’s one thing to do something and go through the motions of doing it, to do it as a formality. But to do something day after day and to still keep that quality and dedication towards doing everything perfectly—when someone’s doing that, that’s something that’s inspirational to watch. And it can be in any aspect of life, but to see somebody doing that is something really special. There’s one story that I know I love to tell, and I’ve told it too many times already. It is of some men who were helping to build a cathedral. This cathedral had been under construction for 70 or 80 years already. These three men were involved in carving the stones for the pillars. Someone came, and they were looking at what was going on with the work. They were asking these three men what they were doing. The first one said, "Oh, I make the side straight, and then I hand it on to the next person." Because they all three had the same job; they had to just make the corners of the pillars ready. So that was his perception of what he was doing. He was just making the side straight and giving it to the next person. They asked the next one, and he said, "I’m just here earning money so that I can feed my family." And the third one they asked said, "I’m building a beautiful cathedral." You can imagine which one had the satisfaction in their work, and the one who was really doing that work with the dedication and with the love. There are three people doing exactly the same thing, and one of them is building a beautiful cathedral, has that knowledge that what they’re doing is part of something really special. In the same way, the Omāśram, as it’s being constructed, will be such a beautiful building. But everyone who’s a part of that is contributing something special to it. And depending on your perspective, it is whether you feel part of that or not, if you’re just doing a formality or if you’re doing something really special. And what for me was special to watch is that I feel that Jarek and Durgapurī had that feeling that they were part of something special, making something special. It’s not just a feeling that comes from working and making a temple or making a cathedral. When you’re a parent, you’re not just dealing with your children and the problems that come. As a child is young, you are building the character; you are offering whatever you have to make that person special. Or you can see anything that you are doing as a chance to offer something to the world, to offer something better than what was before. To not hold back, just doing a formality, but to give whatever is possible for you to give to that moment. To enhance the lives of everybody who comes in contact with you by just giving whatever you can, however small it may be. It is that, if we can instill that attitude within ourselves, it is that which makes our whole life special. It makes every moment a chance for something wonderful to happen, for something special to be given. And that’s special for those who would be around you, if you can have that attitude, but it’s even more special for the person themselves, because then anything that you do becomes part of your spiritual development and part of your spiritual life. It’s all part of growing, and it’s part of giving. Of course, it’s very easy to talk about; it’s very easy to say in theory. But then to do it day after day in titikṣā, that steadfastness to keep doing the same thing—it’s another thing to keep that going. And all of us, I think, experience that many times we fail to keep that fire burning. And for that, there is one quality that we have to keep towards ourselves and to those around us. I was yesterday talking with Avatār Purī about Nelson Mandela. And I think, I guess he is, in one way, the embodiment of that quality. And that is forgiveness. The thing we were discussing was how he could forgive what had happened to him in the past, to try and develop his nation and to bring people together again. He thought that he had to forgive those things, certain things, so that he could shape his nation. So forgiveness is one of the best examples when we can’t maintain that level of dedication. Because just as he was trying to explain to everybody, if we keep holding on to what happened, we cannot move forward. When we look back on what we’ve done yesterday or the day before and see our faults or what mistakes we’ve made, if we are too much holding on to that and too much involved in being upset about what happened, then we are not free to make something better happen in the next moment that is coming. So before we finish, I just want to say thank you to Jarek and to Durgapurī, for their time here and everything that they’ve done, and for being such a great example to all of us. Nare bhagavāna kījai ॥ ॥... Shri Gaṇeśa, Guru Deva, Shri Gaṇeśa, Guru Deva,... Shri G Joseva koni vata mariju pariyen, ṛṣaṇa dejo manaj mariyen. Bhagavān kī jaya, Rākṣā Mīrābāījī kī jaya, Samījī, Maestro Nandājī, Gurudeva kī jaya.

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