Satsang talk by Guruji in Bangalore Ashram few years ago :
So have you all become like children ? The signs of a sadhak are contentment, bliss, patience and awareness.
You would see that some people are only in bliss - they are blissed out , and they cannot take right decisions. they mess up. They lack awareness. Some others are only in awareness, very alert, and therefore they get angry. They are not in bliss , but bliss and awareness are like two legs. to be balanced in life you need both. without any one of them you go through life being lame, limping.
What do you do with a cell phone? You talk and the battery runs down and then you put the plug of the charger to the power source, recharge and talk again, right ? Is a dead cell phone any use ? Do you hold a dead cell phone to your ears and keep on talking ? Then the person at the other end would not hear anything, right ? It is the same with our lives. people go on through with their life like dead cell phones - they are not even aware !
I tell you sadhana ( spiritual practice) is your charger in the world. It connects you to the source and the talking is the work that you do in the world.With all the talking when the charge runs out, you are drained, then you need to recharge with sadhana and of course, only then are your prayers heard - with a dead cell phone your words are not heard on the other side - your sadhana will make your prayers heard.
- His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar
