Yogis ~ Phantom of Fame
A deceased friend visited me recently to discuss the matter of acquiring fame while using a material body. We discussed this frequently while he lived as his last body. Since he is deceased some three years plus, he wanted to continue the discussion as it pertains the spiritual advancement.
He asked me to look at a documentary about a famous musician whom he admired. This person, Paul McCartney, still uses a physical form. After seeing the video, we discussed fame.
My deceased friend was both a musician and artist but more artist than musician. During the young adult stage of his last body, he practically idolized Paul McCartney. My friend also chased the phantom of fame. Speaking of my life and my contribution to human history which are my books, my friend suggested this:
“Fame may come in one or two ways, either directly or through the referral of an already famous person. Some work for fame and get it. Others became famous because of being recommended by a celebrity. Perhaps your literature could be known globally through the referral of a famous person. Anyone as famous as Paul McCartney who makes reference to your book could be the cause of your acquiring instant and enduring fame. What is your view on this?”
I replied:
“Fame is a saboteur which interferes with the mission for which one took the body, where when fame enters one’s life it slows the progress of the mission by demanding that one invest time in admirers and opponents. Say for instance that it would require thirty productive years of a person’s life to complete the mission for which that person took the physical body. If that person becomes famous, he or she may spend some years tethering the demands of fame. Whatever time that would take may be deducted from the thirty years for the mission resulting in incompletion of the tasks and completion of other matters which are diversions.
“An argument may arise about fame itself being the mission of one’s life. In that case even fame is a saboteur because the subject of one’s fame may be derailed. One may be misled by fame into some other avenue where one abandons or alters the mission intended. One may service some other objective which is drummed up by the pressure of being well known.
“In my view the best course is to avoid fame. Let fame ride abreast with the performer after the physical system dies, not during its life. Otherwise it is likely that one will be misled into doing something other than what the body was supposed to achieve. Undoubtedly, fame is attractive but it is best to let it facilitate itself after the mission is completed, which is usually after the death of the physical body. Whatever contribution one should make should be done with full attention. One should avoid patronizing fame or the deity of fame during the life of the physical body.
“Many important and contributory persons became famous after the death of the body through which these persons did important service in human history. Why is it necessary to become famous before the death of the body? One should be confident that one will affect human society even if one does not become famous.”
“The master of fame is the person who walks ahead of fame, not the one who either walks abreast or behind it. A yogi should not be a beggar before fame but should instead rapidly complete the purpose for taking the material body. At death of that form he should be satisfied that he never had to look the deity of fame in the eye. He should see fame looking over the events of his life, assessing how it can bring those services to the attention of humanity.”
