Suffering –

I had an opportunity to listen to the speeches of Sri Anandhamayi Ma, I am writing down some of the interesting aspects in her lecture which my little brain could grasp, it added my beliefs and pursuit of learning spirituality.   Suffering is purifier of the soul; it works like a fire that burns the waste into ashes, hence suffering should be welcomed with a clear frame of mind, deeper adversities will leads to nearness to Supreme Being, it may drive the unfortunate to stay away from spirituality forever, and fortunate will make the opportunity to grow spiritually.  Suffering is unavoidable and it is essential to improve the perception, like everyday feast will make a person dull and unhealthy, therefore fasting is necessary, it will teach the agony of hunger, we will grow more caring and compassionate to people who are lacking it.  Every time sufferings chisel down our inner impurities like an ax carve a beautiful statue out of wood, we get hurt by this process, we may push hard into a state of extreme mental anguish and pain, Ma says it all momentary, all those sufferings and pain take the person nearness to supreme being which is supreme bliss, after a day’s struggle under the scorching heat of the sun gives us the opportunity to experience the coolness of moonlight, hence sufferings are purification process, it is the beginning of the search for supreme-consciousness.  Sufferings are for educating a person like a mother punishes her child for wrong-doing, a mother never abandons her child, in this way, Supreme Being shape us by putting us into momentary struggles and sufferings, depth of sufferings drive us too close to supreme being, eventually we will learn the method of master over the sufferings.  Ma beautifully explains the ultimate truth of ‘Oneness in all’, we are not free to act independently, and we are His tool.  Ma affirms that devotion is the supreme instrument to keep oneself unharmed from sufferings.