Upanishads say that a human being can transcend to a divine plane only with the help of
1. Divine grace - Iswara Krupa
2. Guidance of a Sadguru - Guru Krupa
3. Sadhana - Svadyayam
Sadhana seems to be the most difficult step since the challenges of everyday life is huge for a middle class family homemaker. Kamalamma practised all her austerities without any pomp, show and display without compromising her family responsibilities. She has proved to us that family life is not a deterrent to upliftment.
Firm conviction, commitment and obedience to the guru’s instructions shall lead us forward. Getting a mantra from the guru, merely falling the feet of the Guru or being in their physical service alone does not suffice. Treating the Guru as a solution provider to our mundane problems will not help in our spiritual progress. Kamalamma herself never invoked her guru to solve her domestic problems.
Her devotion, practice and penance must have definitely blessed her with many Siddhis. But she never used any of these towards her benefit or for the benefit of her husband and children. This is where she stands apart from other spiritual aspirants. Most of the highly evolved Sadhaks have either taken to Sanyasa or have detached themselves mentally from their family. Some were busy exhibiting and establishing their divine powers by materialising objects, reading others mind and displaying their healing touch. As their popularity increased their ego got inflated and the time for their sadhana took a back bench and in that process they spiralled rapidly to the ground level.
But Kamalamma garu’s devotion strengthened her spiritually; her austerities and penance made her a store house of Divine Energy. Most importantly she transcended from the plane of human love to that of divine love. Thus she crossed the barriers of human suffering of bondage, fear and strife through her inner strength and conditioning. Her love and compassion became unconditional irrespective of human relationship. Thus she balanced her Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic qualities and elevated herself to a plane which beyond the three Gunas - (GUNATHEETA). Thus began the transition of Kamalamma to Kamalambika.
In the following part we shall see how she firmly established herself in the Divinity!
JAI SREE MATA...
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