भाद्रपद शुक्ल द्वादशी , शुक्रवार , विक्रम संवत २०६८
Realization of Freedom from Evils
Flawlessness (freedom from evils) is not a product of efforts, but it is innate, natural and axiomatic. If an aspirant holds that flawlessness is a product of efforts, egoistic feeling develops in him; and egoism is the root of all evils. It is the duty of an aspirant to safeguard this flawlessness i.e. he should have a strong conviction that he is inherently free from all flaws (evils) and flaws can never enter him. Even then if any evil appears before him, he should invoke God by uttering - "O' Lord! O' my Lord !!" "The Lord looks after His devotees in all respects" - "yogakshemam vahaamyaham" (Gita 9/22). He safeguards their flawlessness and frees them from those evils which merely flash. Then why should we worry? We should depend, on His grace by holding that He, Who has made our flawlessness known to us, will also safeguard it. By having this faith in His grace, flashing of evils will also cease.
As invocation to God is a means to be conscious of our inherent flawlessness, so the strong conviction that we are free from evils is also a means. The existence of "Is"(Self) is totally free from all evils, flaws and blemishes and there is no possibility of any kind of evil or flaw in it. That flawlessness is innate, automatic, natural, eternal and axiomatic. Having a strong conviction in this flawlessness, become completely calm and quiet. Thus by being calm i.e. by attaching a higher value to the flawless entity, we naturally realize the total lack of flaws (evils). Having once realized it, we never get deluded because it is not through practice, rather it is an awareness of the innate reality.
Inclination and taste for the unreal things, the liking of prosperity, hoarding (sangraha) and sense enjoyments (bhog) etc., and seeing pleasure and happiness in them, as well as, having the desire to possess them are the root of all evils. Only he who feels agony and is suffering, has the desire for contact born (sensual) pleasures, because only the afflicted longs for any kind of pleasure. Only such an afflicted person relishes happiness in sensual pleasures, just as food is relished by he who is very hungry. It is a rule that pain follows pleasure. Lord Krishna declares – "The pleasures born of contact (with objects) are sources of suffering only" (Gita 5/22). Thus suffering precedes and follows pleasure. By knowing this fact, the desire for pleasures is renounced because no one desires suffering. The moment we discard this desire for pleasure, we become conscious of our inherent purity.
Narayana ! Narayana ! Narayana !
From "Sahaj Sadhana" in Hindi and English by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Date : 8th September, 2011 - Nirdoshtaa ka Anubhav
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