THE HOLY NAME · 08
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The Name's power does not depend on your understanding — fire burns even a child's hand
The Name's power does not depend on your understanding — fire burns even a child's hand
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"Fire has the capacity to burn. If a child does not know this and they touch the fire, but still they'll be burnt. So in the same way, Nama Prabhu has his own power and it does not depend on our intelligence."
Stop assuming the Name will only work once you have finally understood it correctly. Gurudev says there is a power that does not depend on your intelligence at all — just like fire, which burns the one who has studied its nature and the child who reaches for the flame knowing nothing about it, exactly the same way. So it is with the Holy Name: it does not ask for a diploma in understanding before it reveals itself. Here is your hand with its beads — bring it to the Name as simply as a child brings a palm toward a glowing flame, without waiting for the mind's permission.
Today, stop waiting to understand — just touch the Name with sound and let it burn you.
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