Cultivate Genuine Meekness: An
Abode to Serenity
The lower scale of a balance
is the heavier. In the same way he alone is really great, who is meek by
disposition and relinquishes honour, through treating others with honour; nay,
who is polite in his dealings, reckoning himself as the humblest of all, and
bows his head to all and serves all, visualizing God as manifested in all. In
the realm of spirituality he alone who is lowly, is exalted and he who is
perched on the summit of empty pride is low.
Everyone remains pleased
with the meek. All derive gratification from him who is disposed to serve; any,
all love him from the core of their heart and look upon him as their own. God’s
supreme grace descends upon him as a matter of course; for God never recedes
even for a moment from the presence of man who sees Him in all. When he
perceives God in all at every place and time, God too keeps His eyes fixed on
him.
Friends gather round the
meek while the haughty gather enemies about them. People rush to lift up the
meek in the event of their sustaining a fall, whereas the haughty meets with
pushes and kicks. The meek never feel insulted or humiliated, because they
refuse to take notice of effrontery or disrespect; whereas the haughty feel
hurt by ignominy and effrontery every now and then. Any natural gesture gait or
word would touch them to the quick. All these tribulations of the proud are self-invited
and constantly remain with them, their kindred and stock ever growing. The
meek, on the other hand, are fortified by an impregnable citadel of divine
virtues, into which these sufferings can never penetrate.
The meek alone are capable
of rendering service to or reforming anybody. The proud remains ever unbent
with pride; nay, swayed by it, they even insult their elders. Thus they remain deprived of the letters’
goodwill and blessings. Pride proves to be a very great obstacle even in the
way of their learning things; for a haughty man considers it below his dignity
to seek enlightenment from anyone. He never stoops to regards anyone as
superior to himself in any province whatsoever. Due to his pride; whereas the
humility of the meek prompts the Lord to play a loving role towards them.
Serenity constantly abides
in the heart of the meek, whereas the proud man’s heart ever continues to burn.
He cannot bear to hear about anyone’s exaltation, advancement uplift prosperity
and renown and the fire of hatred in his heart fiercely bursts into flames the
moment he hears of these. Nay, in order to assuage that burning sensation he
goes the length of perpetrating misdeeds that turn the fire burning in his
heart into a blazing fire of agony and the fire of damnation and thereby
aggravate his burning to a violent and appalling degree.
He alone who is meek is
truly learned and wise. Meekness is the invariable outcome of learning; and
moral worth and prosperity too immediately follow in the wake of meekness. He
alone is wise, who acquires moral worth and prosperity, which bring happiness
and peace of mind.
Fruit-bearing trees bend low
and gratify all and sundry with their nectarine fruits; whereas fruitless trees
keep standing erect and are ignored by all. Meekness alone in here all kinds of
choicest gains. Hence you too should turn meek and thereby make everybody your
own.
Meekness should be genuine
and not showy. Sham meekness is a kind of camouflage which deceives one’s own
self. Therefore, eschewing sham meekness, cultivate and practice genuine and
ideal meekness.
- Cultivate Genuine Meekness, Abode to Serenity