Babaji Maharaj, Prapatti and Pathachakra

DOORS TO ENTER Dr Shyama Kanungo matrubhaban.com

When The Mother’s Work in Orissa started gaining momentum Prapatti had a vision of 4 doors- Education, Commerce, Agriculture and Politics. He had the clear indication to enter through Education. Infact the numerous Sri Aurobindo Study circles and the Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centers are an infrastructure of these doors of ‘Education’ through which the Transforming Consciousness enters to touch the bedrock of society to bring about the change.

However other doors have to be explored in course of time. In his book ‘Atimanasa O Dibyakarma’ Babaji Maharaj clearly mentions that time will come when Her working will inevitably enter into other domains for the ‘Total Change’ to take place. In each of these Orissa is Graced by Her to avail the priviledged service. We have doors to enter or rather ‘avenues’ of ‘service’ to choose (according to our temperament or call) for channelising the "New Thought and Force" into this topsy turvy messy world where the Great Master ‘saw a falsehood planted in the very root of things’ and we should not forget that the Eye that saw the Falsehood has the Force and genius to remove it. It alone knows how to take the leverage from life and clear out the mess; it is He who is taking us by the hand making us participate in His Work, in His Yoga.

A unique and thrilling privilege given to all –a participation that brings with it joy, peace and contentment . Something that ought not to be there is strife, competition and sectarianism. Yet strife, disharmony and a competitive atmosphere creeps in. Sectarianism and religiousness raise their heads threatening to mar the Work. Many detours betray a lurking ambition- a sense of self-importance, an assertion of ones own whim. This exactly is the route through which the adversary pounces in to create confusion as well as retard the Work.

The actual work is simply that of connecting the wire between Matter and The Supreme Consciousness. There is no other agenda. The rest is done by Her. In individual lives at every occasion this work of connection is to go on. But when it comes to a collective forum things are a little different as revealed to us by Babaji Maharaj. One has to make extra efforts at self- restraint and extra efforts at self-giving. Harmony has to be maintained at the highest cost. The difficulties, dangers and pitfalls are tenfold but the chances of progress both collective as well as individual are also tenfold.

Babaji Maharaj was confident that what is happening in Orissa is inspired and directed by The Mother Herself. It was as if he concretely witnessed it and reminded this to the numerous devotees of Orissa. This remembrance alone can fill the heart with gratitude and clear out all strife, errors in understanding the process. We stand at a new threshold in Her Work. The other avenues of the Work are unfolding. Agriculture and the Legal units are going to be crystallised. Everything is in a rudimentary state. This is a real organisational challenge.

What is Dasakarmadhara ? It is a multidimensional response to Her Grace that is pouring and pressing upon the earth atmosphere, to take up all human activities and raise it to a Divine status. It is a vision - and when we start working it out becomes more and more unfolded with an ever increasing clarity. This is revealed more and more when with a simple heart and a strong aspiration we yearn to serve the cause of Her Embodiment upon this earth. All the more it is necessary to look straight to the Ideal, maintain clarity, keep up our faith and fortitude, be grateful that a chance is given for an unique experiment of translation of Purushottama’s Own and direct Action.