Tulsi Leaf

(While saying the 108 names of the Guru – Ed)… we say… ‘we surrender everything to you’… after that we have to put a Tulsi leaf, and put the water on it… so we put water to see that it goes away… even it’s smell… everything goes away… everything… all our health… all our wealth… everything that we have… we surrender everything to you… it’s symbolic like that… everything… our body… our mind… our speech… our thoughts… our thinking… everything we’ve surrendered… all our work… our jobs… responsibilities… everything we have surrendered… all our estates… our wealth… our money… everything we have surrendered… all our relations… all our connections… all our friends… all our Nations… the whole world we’ve surrendered… all our education… all our reading… all our books… all that we have done so far, we have surrendered. I hope you have heard it, and… put it in your head again… meditate on this point: we surrender everything… nothing belongs to us. Now the symbolism is like this… you must understand the symbol… that it’s just a leaf… the last thing left with us is this leaf. Of course Tulsi represents left Vishuddhi, and also attachment. So now, when you have it in the hand, it sticks… it doesn’t fall… so you put water to see that it goes away… even it’s smell… everything goes away from the hand… it’s significant of that (1985-0629); Nothing is surrendered to Mother, as such… She doesn’t take anything, nothing goes to Her. Only we surrender ourselves… by leaving all that is not wanted… is a beautifying process (1983-0725)

Tape References:

Date/Ref – Title – Qual – mins

1983-0725 Guru Puja, Why in England, pt 4 – Lodge Hill good 50 1985-0629 Guru Puja – Paris (Strong correcting tape) good

– end – 6 Oct 2002