Become like a candle

 

(Backdrop of 78th Birthday celebrations of Beloved Chariji Maharaj, the Heartfulness Master in 2005)

Become like a candle 

We should be the leader s of society, not just one but all of us. Each in our locality, in our section, in our office, like a candle in every dark room. It is enough. One candle removes the darkness. If you light more candles, that is only to increase the illumination. To clear t he darkness, to permit me to see, one candle is enough. So we must each one be like candles in our sections of society. Wherever we go there must be illumination, there must be some

fragrance of the spiritual growth. It was one of my Master’s standard statements that if you light the

candle, insects will automatically come towards it: “ Chirag jalao to kide apne aap ud ayenge.”

So we have to become such candles, humble, lowly; but remember that even the highest source of illumination is measured in ter ms of candle power. So in society, changes must be measured in terms of the individual’s man power. So it is not a small thing. It is as big as total darkness of a room being dispelled by one single candle. 

But we must have the courage to burn ourselves, as Babuji said, “The ultimate example of a spiritual sacrifice is the candle which burns itself to illuminate others” – self consuming – let us try to

become that. 

- Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari