Last week, work took me to Jabalpur. As I was heading for a morning meeting, I received a call from the doctor there would be a delay. The taxi had paused by chance… or perhaps by grace. Right in front of us stood the famous Balancing Rock.
With unexpected time in hand, I stepped out to see it. And what seemed like a coincidence slowly felt like a quiet arrangement by Shri Sadguru.
A Silent Teaching in Stone
There it was, an enormous rock resting effortlessly on another, perfectly balanced. No visible support. No movement. No fall. Just stillness.
In that moment, a strange calm arose within. The rock didn’t just stand there, it spoke.
It said: Balance is life.
Just as that rock remains steady despite its precarious position, our life too must remain balanced, between joy and sorrow, success and failure, respect and insult. The moment we lean too far into any one side, we begin to lose our center… and eventually, we fall.
The Invisible Support
A question naturally arises, how does it stay?
There is no obvious anchor, no visible mechanism. Yet, it stands firm.
Isn’t that how our life is?
Behind our ability to stand through challenges, there is an unseen force, the subtle, compassionate hand of Shri Sadguru. Even when situations shake us, even when logic fails us, something within keeps us from collapsing.
That “something” is not accidental. It is grace.
Stability Amidst Change
The rock has endured winds, rains, time, and countless seasons. Yet it remains unchanged.
It teaches something profound:
External circumstances will always shift. Life will not pause for our comfort. But inner steadiness (chitta sthirata) must remain.
The world outside is never in our control. But the balance within… that is our साधना.
Not Height, But Balance
One more insight quietly revealed itself.
That rock does not stand because it is “high.”
It stands because it is balanced.
In the same way, a person does not sustain life’s journey because of status, success, or position. One remains steady because of humility and inner equilibrium.
Height without balance leads to a fall.
Balance, even at the edge, leads to stability.
The Essence
No matter how intense the storms of life become, the seeker who remains inwardly balanced and connected to Shri Sadguru never truly falls.
Because balance is not just a state…
It is a connection.
It is surrender.
It is grace in action.
And sometimes, in the middle of a busy workday…
that truth quietly waits for us, in the form of a rock.
“Whenever I write ‘Sadguru’ or ‘Shri Sadguru’, I am referring to my revered Shri Sadguru, P. Pu. Sadgurunath Shri Kaka Maharaj (Shri Shripad Anant Vaidya).”
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