Weekly Knowledge #29 27 Dec 1995

DIVINE IS ALL CELEBRATION

Weggis Switzerland

A poor man celebrates the new year once a year. A rich man celebrates each day. But the richest man celebrates every moment. How rich are you? Do you celebrate once a year? Once a month? Every day? If you celebrate every moment, you are the ord of !reation. "eview the year while you celebrate. #his is your homewor$. %hat did you do? %hat did you achieve? How useful were you this past year? &it for an hour and thin$ about every wee$, one minute per wee$, and see the year's (rowth in less than an hour. %ith a flower, on )ew *ear's Day, offer the whole year to the Divine.

SPREADING THE FRAGRANCE Durin( &atsan(, +uru,i opened a small nicely-wrapped present. It was a tiny bottle of ,asmine perfume. He twisted off the cap and sniffed the lovely fra(rance. #hen he proceeded to pour a small amount on some paper which he waved in the air, waftin( the scent to all corners of the hall. Everyone could then en,oy it. +uru,i e.plained that it is not enou(h simply to have the fra(rance. %e have to $now how to spread it. /lowers have the fra(rance, but it is the wind that comes and spreads it. In the same way, each one of us is wonderful within -- we are beautiful, carin(, and lovin(. But we do not $now how to spread the fra(rance. &atsan( is that wind which comes and spreads this fra(rance to everyone.

Jai Guru Dev