Protection and Compassion

There was a family who lived on our street. One boy was five or six years old. His mother was very devoted to me. His fellow students every day used to beat him up. He used to cry and cry and cry. One day he came to see me. I looked at him and said, “From now on you will not be beaten.”

He said, “How?”

I said, “Whenever they want to strike you, you only utter the name ‘Supreme’ as loudly as possible.”

He asked, “Why?”

I told him, “They will think that your father’s name is ‘Supreme’. They will not be able to strike you when you shout ‘Supreme’ at the top of your voice.”

It worked. They used to beat him near his house, 40 or 50 metres away. But these boys got frightened when he screamed, “Supreme, Supreme, Supreme, Supreme!” They thought the Supreme was in the house and would come running to his rescue. Then those boys, his fellow students, did not strike him and went away.

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Justice will play its role, but affection has to play its role also. You may or may not believe it, but countless times I have taken upon my two giant shoulders punishments that were meant for the disciples, even so-called serious diseases. Some of the disciples do know that I have taken their punishments in the form of diseases, ailments. Some of them do not know and will never know what I go through for my dear ones. They do not know, and I do not want them to know.

But I know beforehand what ailments they are going to get. Call it affection or call it attachment – call it whatever you like. But at that time, God allows me to use His Compassion instead of His Justice-Light. Out of His infinite Bounty, He allows me to use His Compassion – His Compassion, not my compassion. In that way many, many disciples have been saved over the years.

28 July 2007

Aspiration-Ground, New York

From:Sri Chinmoy,Concern: A Reality of the Heart, Agni Press, 2025
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