Free Yourself to Get What You Desire

In Mahabani Ji’s home, in the afternoon people used to visit Shri Maharaj Ji and he used to casually explain spiritual topics. Once in a while when someone important came to visit him and wanted to hear a lecture then Shri Maharaj Ji would give a lecture. But those were far and few in-between.

One afternoon, Shri Maharaj Ji was sitting alone in the courtyard. Banchary Didi approached Shri Maharaj Ji and asked him “will you give a lecture today”? He asked “Why the question?” She replied,”I want to eat a cheese sandwich with coffee. If you don’t plan to give a lecture then I'll go out to eat it”. Maharaj Ji told her “go”. She went and after about 45 min as she was about to enter the house she heard “Albeli sarkar ki jai”. This is how Shri Maharaj Ji used to end the lecture! Hearing those words she hurried into the house. Shri Maharaj Ji had already gone inside his room. She suspected some important person might be there, but all she saw were some senior women sitting in the courtyard and praising the lecture. Banchary Didi asked those women,”Did He give a lecture?”  She was told it was an amazing lecture on “Golok”. She asked each and every woman “what did Maharaj Ji say about Golok?”. None of them remembered anything. All they could say was “it was amazing!”.
She was a little miffed. She went to Shri Maharaj Ji’s room and complained,”you said you won’t give a lecture. No important person was here and yet everyone is saying you gave an awesome lecture on Golok. And I missed it”. Maharaj Ji said,”Go eat cheese sandwich”.

Moral

Think about it. Do you also have your own agendas, wishes and desires?[9]

It is easy to sing the keertan - 

नित सेवा माँगू श्यामा श्याम तेरी, न भुक्ति न ही मुक्ति माँगू मैं ॥
तेरी इच्छा में इच्छा बनाती रहूँ, तेरे सुख में ही सुख नित पाती रहूँ ।
बस चाह इहै इक मेरी, न भुक्ति न ही मुक्ति माँगू मैं ॥
nita sevā mām̐gū śyāmā śyāma terī, na bhukti na hī mukti mām̐gū maiṁ ॥
terī icchā meṁ icchā banātī rahūm̐, tere sukha meṁ hī sukha nita pātī rahūm̐ ।
basa cāha ihai ika merī, na bhukti na hī mukti mām̐gū maiṁ ॥

“I request you to let me serve You uninterruptedly. I don’t wish for luxuries of the material world or mukti. May Your wish become my wish, this is my only wish.”[10]

Chanting this keertan is easy. And yet putting this in practice (not just actions but the thoughts) requires practice. Many jeev like Tulsi, Soor, Meera, Kabir, Nanak, Tukaram have done is before us. With practice we too can become selfless and attain gopi prem.