Recently was celebrated the birth anniversary of Sant Gadge Maharaj. He insisted on cleanliness. His was a drive that was desperately needed in the interior and across the far-flung Maharashtra. He would himself lead through example.
Undoubtedly, the surroundings must be clean. In my opinion, however, much more needed is the cleanliness of heart, of soul, of purpose. I think it is the cleanliness of the mind that matters the most.
Suppose you have a swanky house with whitest of white Italian marbles. It glints like a mirror. Yet it reflects your character, your personality which is aggressive, mean, dominating. You are the kind of person who loves to show others down, belittle them, insult them directly/indirectly so that your non-existent line appears longer than that of people far, far superior to you every which way. Your every single word is laced with crookedness and nastiness. You boast of wealth to which your own contribution is minimal.
Do the flashy Italian marbles have any meaning at all, however clean? A perfectly clean house without books, without plants, without a loving pet is abysmally unclean indeed.
On the contrary, a simple home with a lovely little garden around in which happily pitter-patter the birds the day long, where fragrant flowers share their natural scent with the gentle breeze, a home in which live people intent on self amelioration by the day, who are content and happy so much that they never even feel the need to compare themselves with others as they are happy being themselves, a home wherein the talk is of ideas, concepts, issues rather than of gossip or of silly, cheap material things, such a home, in my opinion, is far far far cleaner than any palace spruced up by millions of minions!
Pratima@"A pure heart is a mirror in which is reflected the image of infinite beauty," says Rumi.
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