Responsibility... or... Sankoch
Hi once
again everyone...
Apologies for
the long delay in answering the mail about the question of Responsibility...
and to which chakra this quality is properly
attributed. A little researching into Mother's Talks
quickly reveals a
very clear connection with the Vishuddhi Chakra...
Responsibility is a quality of the Vishuddhi (831001)… that's why most of us
have bad Vishuddhis, because we do not take
responsibility… and we have to be much much more responsible than even ordinary
government servants are (830821); This Vishuddhi centre can also catch, if we
feel 'too responsible', and can result in tensions and headaches - the remedy
is to witness, and realise that everything is done by the Divine (890801); We
should also be responsible in the Ashram, switching off electricity, not
wasting food, being alert to the vibrations of the children etc. (850421); You
have to take up the responsibility… those who do not, are not the people who
are yet matured… every type of responsibility that you can take… think of what
responsibilities you can take up (830821); When you are responsible, you
will be amazed… you will drop out most of your habits… automatically. Once you
take the responsibility of Sahaja Yoga on your shoulders… immediately all the
dimensions of your new life will open out… knowledge will pour into you… a new
style of understanding will develop… the subtleties of life will open out
before you… the joy will pour onto you… you will feel as if the Ganges is
flowing over your Sahastrara… but you have to be responsible (770126.1)
Audio
Clip No1 below - 830821 Responsibility clip, Mother Earth, Surbiton.mp3
Audio
Clip No2 below - 831001 Responsibility clip, Santa Cruz Interview.mp3
So if this is
the case... how is it that we have arrived at the situation where many
Sahaja Yogis all round the world believe that Responsibility is connected with
the Heart? The answer it seems may be two fold... Firstly as mentioned in an
earlier contribution, each and every one of us when we first came to Sahaja
Yoga... were greeted by others who were there before us... and we naturally
accepted without question what they told to us. Then secondly, these people
were perhaps a little confused by the explanation given by Shri Mataji about a
very special quality of the Right Heart which Mother calls as Sankoch... the
special quality embodied by Shri Ram... which according to Shri Mataji has no
English word equivalent... but which superficially may seem a little like
Responsibility. But if you see below... how Shri Mataji describes it...
Shri Rama… is the embodiment of all the good
qualities in a man… like Sankoch… you see there is a Sankoch… like not… sort
of… to go to somebody's house… and then… to start demanding… this and that…
rather…you should be… worried… how far to go with a person… how far to talk to
a person… how far to go with your wife… with your children… you see… all that
is Sankoch. Sankoch means… restraint… in a wise way… enlightened restraint… how
far to go is the question (0.0012)
Shri Rama being Sankochi… means he's a man full of Grace (850000.2); Shri Rama
was known to be a very formal person… Sankoch… that he would go to any extent
to bear upon himself the problems, than to tell others to do something… this is
one of the greatest qualities of Shri Rama… that he would not order anyone do
anything for him. The softness of Shri Rama goes to the extremes… which I call
the Sankoch (871004; 861223)
There's no
word in English language… because you have 'formality'… which is a very insipid
word to describe Sankoch… because there is no 'integration’ between your
‘heart’ and ‘formality'… but if you can think of a 'formality of the heart',
what do you call that… sweet formality… it's an action… formality of the heart…
in action you see. Not to say something in such a way that you touch the wrong
side of a person… is Sankoch. The delicacy of understanding. You see… this
arrogance and rudeness comes to us because we have no Sankoch. That Sankoch,
that understanding comes if you love someone and understand (820402)
Rama was on the right side of the heart… means the heart put to activity… do
you understand that. When you are in the left heart that’s your sincerity… your
heart felt thing… but the heart felt thing… what's the use you see. There are
many Sahaja Yogis who really feel this world is horrible and something must be
done… Sahaja Yoga must be brought in… but how many of you are really putting
that to action… absolutely into action. Without that your Rama's tattwa cannot
be improved. Rama's tattwa is only improved when you put all the things into
action… that’s exactly what Shri Rama did (820402)
see pdf
file below: Sankoch_sec_val2.pdf
The question
of the 'Affirmations' is a very good example of the sort of thing that has
been with us it seems like for ever... yet do we know what is the basis of
their adoption as such... can we point to the occasion when they were
adopted... or to the recording of the event when Shri Mataji gave them to us?
Many... indeed most... of the Affirmations are no doubt correct... but
this confusion regarding Responsibility or Sankoch is just one of the areas
where we need to do a little research... and see what Shri Mataji is really
telling us. Those of us round the world who are doing the research into
Mother's Talks for the Book Project will probably have already found out the
distinction between the two... Responsibility and Sankoch They may also
have discovered the origin of the Affirmations... if so please do enlighten us
all...
The quality of
Sankoch is such a beautiful one... the quality of the Heart... in action... put
into action... how far to go... without disturbing someone... without upsetting
someone...
It has been
suggested to translate it as Dignity... or Decorum... or some other word...
like…
Discretion...
Tact... Concern... Consideration... Compassion... Love... and of course...
Responsibility...
But don't you
think it might just be better to accept Shri Mataji's suggestion... and maybe
adopt a new word into our vocabulary. If we use any other word... won't we be
losing some of that special quality that distinguishes it from all others?
Personally I like the quality described by our Beloved Mother... as a loving
compassionate activity of the heart... the quality possessed by Shri Rama...
and projected by Him. Let's try to understand it and absorb... and project
it... to others...
From all the
forgoing... it will be clear to us all... why it is that an act of
irresponsibility will affect the right heart so much - it will absolutely
offend against Shri Ram...
Finally I am
reminded of an occasion many years ago in London... when a senior Sahaja Yogi
was showing us all a series of Photos of our Mother... telling us that they
showed Mother in Her various aspects. One such Photo was of Shri Fatima/Hazerat
Ali and we were told it was associated with left Swadisthana. I immediately put
both hands to the Photo... and felt strong cool on the right thumb. So being
then a little confused, I asked Mother why this was so... why did I feel it on
the right thumb, if it was linked to the left thumb? She said quite simply...
yes but they work on the right side also! So we should not think that things
are too rigidly laid out... this way and that... but that each affects
the other to some degree or other... and of course they do...
Hope you all
will forgive me for perhaps labouring the point... but if Shri Mataji has taken
the trouble to talk about these things in some detail... then shouldn't we take
a little trouble to try to understand Her... so we can better do the job to
which we are all appointed... the work of Salvation of the Global Human
Family...
With much love
to all
Jai Shri
Mataji
Nick
PS – Click on
either of these links to hear a very short clip of Shri Mataji speaking about
Responsibility,
Or click the
pdf file to view the article about Sankoch.
Clip
No. 1 - 830821 Responsibility clip, Mother Earth, Surbiton.mp3
Clip No.
2 - 831001 Responsibility clip, Santa Cruz Interview.mp3
Pdf file - Sankoch (After clicking this file, you
may need to hit the ‘Esc’ Key to get the correct ‘file view’)
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