THE INFINITE OCEAN - Tales for Children, Mischievous and Otherwise as related by Bhau.

Stories for Children, Mischievous and Otherwise as related by Bhau

THE INFINITE OCEAN
This story is connected with the inner planes and is as follows: There are six oceans of the world, and there is one Infinite Ocean. These oceans of the world are connected with each other. Beyond these six oceans lies the Infinite Ocean. In the first ocean, there are millions of boats containing men and women. These men and women try to go into the next ocean. For this purpose, they fight and fight against their lower selves. Three-quarters of these men and women cannot destroy their lower self and remain in the first ocean. Only one-quarter of them are worthy of reaching the second ocean. After reaching the second ocean, again the war against their lower selves begins for these men and women. Only a very few manage to reach the third ocean successfully. The fight continues against their lower selves in the fourth and fifth oceans, until only a few men and women reach the sixth ocean. Now, they could not reach the Seventh Ocean, that is, the Infinite Ocean, by their own efforts. But 120 of them had the fire of love to the greatest extent. They were longing and longing to reach the Seventh Ocean. Because of their longing and helplessness, the Boatman (the Avatar or Sadguru) comes down to the sixth ocean and takes them to the Infinite Ocean. In this way, within a stipulated period of time, out of millions and millions of men and women, only 120 reach the Seventh Infinite Ocean and find the goal of life.		It is not easy to have God consciousness, and this story depicts how difficult it is to go from one plane to another. Those who lose their gross consciousness in love for God can reach only the first inner plane of the subtle world. Therefore, what can we say about those who remain attached to the world and have no love for God? Only love can solve all problems. Only love can take one to God. But this love should be real. There should not be any hope or expectation in it. Meher Baba says, "If you love me with the hope of getting something from Me, that is not love. If you sacrifice something in order to get anything from Me, it is like a blind man sacrificing his eyes in order to get sight from Me. I am that Beloved, Who should be loved, because I am love itself. One who loves Me for the sake of love can get infinite sight from Me and then can see Me as Reality." Dictated Friday, 24th January, 2003

THE INFINITE OCEAN

This story is connected with the inner planes and is as follows:

There are six oceans of the world, and there is one Infinite Ocean. These oceans of the world are connected with each other. Beyond these six oceans lies the Infinite Ocean.

In the first ocean, there are millions of boats containing men and women. These men and women try to go into the next ocean. For this purpose, they fight and fight against their lower selves. Three-quarters of these men and women cannot destroy their lower self and remain in the first ocean. Only one-quarter of them are worthy of reaching the second ocean. After reaching the second ocean, again the war against their lower selves begins for these men and women. Only a very few manage to reach the third ocean successfully. The fight continues against their lower selves in the fourth and fifth oceans, until only a few men and women reach the sixth ocean.

Now, they could not reach the Seventh Ocean, that is, the Infinite Ocean, by their own efforts. But 120 of them had the fire of love to the greatest extent. They were longing and longing to reach the Seventh Ocean. Because of their longing and helplessness, the Boatman (the Avatar or Sadguru) comes down to the sixth ocean and takes them to the Infinite Ocean.

In this way, within a stipulated period of time, out of millions and millions of men and women, only 120 reach the Seventh Infinite Ocean and find the goal of life.

It is not easy to have God consciousness, and this story depicts how difficult it is to go from one plane to another. Those who lose their gross consciousness in love for God can reach only the first inner plane of the subtle world. Therefore, what can we say about those who remain attached to the world and have no love for God?

Only love can solve all problems. Only love can take one to God.

But this love should be real. There should not be any hope or expectation in it.

Meher Baba says, "If you love me with the hope of getting something from Me, that is not love. If you sacrifice something in order to get anything from Me, it is like a blind man sacrificing his eyes in order to get sight from Me. I am that Beloved, Who should be loved, because I am love itself. One who loves Me for the sake of love can get infinite sight from Me and then can see Me as Reality."

Dictated Friday, 24th January, 2003

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