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With all that,my troubles and difficulties are multiplying. I have lost my job. I am starving now. What
shall I do? Is this the Grace of the Lord? How can I continue my Sadhana when I have
nothing to eat?
It is said that the Lord gives food even to the frog that lives between the strata of rocks.
Why has He failed in your case alone? This is a great wonder! Has He failed in His duty? This
cannot be. He is all-merciful, all benevolent! Is it because He wants to develop in you the
constructive qualities¾courage, presence of mind, endurance, strong will, fortitude, more mercy
and love¾and make His instrument more fit for His Divine Lila? Yes, this must be the case.
The struggling and sincere aspirant also gets more troubles and difficulties, because he
has to march quickly on the path to reach the portals of the Kingdom of Supreme Peace and
Unalloyed Bliss.
Princess Mira renounced the pomp and glory of the Palace and walked in the burning
sands of Rajputana. She starved on her way to Brindavan. She slept on the ground. She lived on
alms. The Pandavas underwent countless sufferings even when Lord Krishna was at their back.
Draupadi was placed in a very bad plight even though she had Bhima, Arjuna and Dharmaputra
to fight for her. Our sufferings are nothing, when compared to the persecutions underwent by the
five Pandavas, Sri Rama and Mira. Look at the sufferings of Raja Harischandra and his wife!
He had to serve in the cremation ground and do the work of a Chandala to keep up truthfulness.
It is suffering that develops the will. It is suffering alone that moulds a man on the spiritual path.
Be not troubled. Feel Lord Siva’s grace and mercy at every step. All difficulties will melt away
like mist before the sun. Have perfect unswerving faith in His grace.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda