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“Guruji,” he exclaimed. “I went to the top of the highest
mountain and there I ate my apple. Even the birds could not fly
as high as this mountain; therefore there was nobody who could
watch me.” The Guru nodded in silence.
In the evening the second disciple returned, breathless. “Guruji,
Guruji, went into the deepest, darkest cave in the mountainside.
There I crawled into the darkness and ate my apple, unseen by
any being.” The Guru nodded but said nothing.
The night passed as did the following day, but still the third
disciple did not return. Finally, on the afternoon of the fourth
day, the disciple returned slowly with his head down. “I have
failed you, my master,” he said. “I climbed mountains, I swam
in the rivers, I crawled into the trunks of trees and into deep
pits in the ground. But, everywhere I went God’s eyes were
watching me. There was nowhere I could escape His gaze.” The
Master said, “You, my child, are the one who shall be my
successor, for you are the only one who understands the true
nature of God and His omniscience.”
When we realize that God is always watching us, then we
will never go astray. That is true pariksha.
The second aspect is Samiksha – introspection. We must
constantly analyze and re-analyze ourselves. We must
never become complacent. At the end of the day, a good
businessman always checks his balance sheet: how much
has he made, how much has he spent? Similarly, a good
teacher reviews her students’ test scores: how many passed,
how many failed?
By looking at their successes and failures, they assess how
well they are doing. Are the businessman’s profits greater
than his losses? Are most of the teacher’s students passing
the exams?
In the same way, each night, we must examine the balance
sheet of our day: what were our successes, what were our
failures. And for all the successes, all our “plus-points” we
must give credit to God. For, we have truly done nothing
but let Him work through us. All credit goes to Him. He is
the one who saves us, who maintains our dignity and our
success. It is only by His grace that our eyes can see the
work in front of us, that our hands can perform the
necessary tasks, that our brains can understand
instructions, that our mouths can speak. So, we must never
become arrogant; we must never think that it is “we” who
have accomplished something. It is only His grace working
through us.
Our failures, we must also give to him. The fault is ours,
definitely. Yet, He is so forgiving and so compassionate
that He insists we turn these over to Him as well. We must
say, “God, please take these minus points. You know that
I am weak, you know that I am nothing. Please make me
stronger tomorrow.” In this way, each night we check our
balance sheet, and we pray to God to help us have fewer
minus points, to make us stronger, to make us better hands
doing his work, to give us more faith, more devotion.
A true spiritual seeker always introspects frequently and
always strives to be better the next day.
Last is pratiksha – waiting. One must always wait. We must
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