Should I leave for India or stay in the Moravian Karst?
There was a discussion that I should go to Jadan (an ashram in India) and live near the Master. I do not think so, however, and I am deliberately pursuing my vision of a relatively independent life as a hermit in the Czech Republic. I just feel it in my Heart and this Journey has my heart. I am close to God wherever I think of Him. A quiet and peaceful place in a cave in the Moravian Karst will help me concentrate on the Divine Principle better than a crowded monastery. Although I have great respect for all the karma yogis and bhakti yogis who are helping Swami to build the colossal Om Ashram, I am staying at a distance here in the Czech Republic. I think it has a deep meaning, among other things because I have been instructed by the Master to take care of my mother. So I cannot travel anywhere. And so I want to pursue it in accordance with God’s will. “It is far better to discharge one’s prescribed duties, even though they may be faulty, than another’s duties. For to follow another’s path is dangerous.” Bhagavad Gita (3.35). It is pure jnana: I will probably not live in an ashram or a monastery, but separately in an anonymous hermitage. Because in our ashram, as I had the opportunity to find out, it is unfortunately not possible to live a purely contemplative hermit life.
© Swami Gyaneshwarpuri
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SWAMI GYANESHWARPURI POUSTEVNÍK
