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Q: If one already has the grace of God and Guru, how long can one be in that state without interference of the Mind?
A: Firstly, in that question, one talks about grace of God and Guru... The moment you have the grace of God and Guru, you can't fall back. Because the grace of God is not something that diminishes, like everything else. It is something which is continuous, which is evergrowing. So it can't go back. But as long as the mind is still interfering, it means you must still work on changing that mind.
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Firstly, you are born as a human being. That is the first grace. After 8.5 million lives, you are incarnating as a human being - doesn't mean in this life itself, before that maybe you have already taken millions of lives as a human being for you to be sitting here. Don't think last life you were still an animal, and this life you are already a human being. For some people, yes. But then you will not be on a spiritual place, you still go through very low spheres... you must climb the ladder...
So to be spiritual, this is the second grace which God has given you. And in that, there is the grace to have a certain knowledge of longing for Him. Because you have knowledge to long for the world. From childhood, you have the grace from the world to long for the world, and longing for the world, you are in the grip of Maya, so you are not free. So what is to free oneself? So this is another grace, and this is where your spiritual life is, and where you are standing. And this is the third grace in your life. To be spiritual (and receive the Guru)...
You see, very often we hear in common language, you receive the grace of God, but yet we can't keep it. Yes or no?... Do you think God will give you something that you can't handle? No, he will give you something that you can handle. And when God gives you something, it is permanent. Not like someone gives you something today, and tomorrow they forget what they have given you, and they ask you back what they have given you. That's human.
When God plants the seed inside of you, of course you have to learn how to water it. And you water it through... knowledge! Knowledge of the Self. So when you have that knowledge of the Self, you will see that yet, there is more to that. Because realising oneself is not enough. You realise: there is much more to that! This is where you long for God.
You see, God-realisation is one thing, Self-realisation is another thing. And there is a big difference between the two. First, you realise who you are truly. Then you long for something to fulfill the longing of the soul. You have one desire inside of your mind as a human being you understand things in one way, you know, people of the world, who have not any notion of spiritual field, they long for the world itself. And of course, like it is said in the Bhagavat, even if the whole wealth of the universe is given to somebody, the disease of desire will never finish, because it is material, the mind can only long for something which is material. So more you run toward that, and try to find happiness or joy, you will never find. Because in this world, there is not a single glimpse of inner peace. That inner peace where you are looking for is not into this world, it is not something tangible. It is something subtle, which is inside of you. That's why, when you dive within for your sadhana, you feel the presence of the divine next to you. Because it is inside of you. There is something deeper inside.
And this is where you can connect to the divine. You feel the grace of God, and the Guru's grace will help you to reach to that level. Above all, the aim is to attain Him. Why have you been born as a human being, for lives and lives and lives, in that cycle, thousand and millions of lives, for what? You have had experience of the world, you have two realities you know: Maya-reality and God-reality. Maya-reality you have been experiencing life after life, but yet why are you still unhappy?
So then, when Master appeared in your life, you become aware of another reality. He says: "Ok, you have enjoyed the reality of Maya, when will you say enough is enough?" Only when you become awake, then you can... That's what a Master is doing, reminding you of a reality which is more permanent, not superficial, not which is limited, and that is what the Master wants you to do, to attain to something which is supreme, something which is higher than everything. And this is the Grace which a Master gives you.
So, concerning the last part of the question...
"how long be in that state without any interference of the Mind"...
For that grace to flow for you, you have to feed the mind with the right thing. If you feed the mind for the wrong thing, of course it will interfere. But then, whose fault it is? So learn to feed your mind with the right things. You know, there are so many positive things in this world. Focus upon that.
This world is so much filled, you know, with positive and negative. Nowadays you see negativities more. Why? It is because of the mind. Everywhere, you take the media, everywhere... they teach you how to become negative, they don't teach you how to become positive, it's full everywhere with infusion of negativity, fill yourself with hate, fill yourself with anger...
Then, where do you want peace?
How would you get peace?
How would you become peaceful?
That's why you have to detach your mind. Feed it with positive things. Like that, your attitude itself will change. It will become positive. Otherwise you will contribute to the negativity of the world. There is enough of it, you don't need to add more!
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