By dedicating all actions to Me, you will be freed from the bondage of actions having good and bad results, and freed from them, you shall attain Me. (Gita 9/28)
Here a doubt may arise that is there incongruity in God? When He aids in the salvation of those who totally surrender and take refuge in Him, and not all the others? The conciliation to this is provided by God Himself -
Samoham sarvabhooteshu na me dweshyosti na priyah |
Ye bhajanti tu maam bhaktyaa mayi te teshu chaapyaham || (Gita 9/29)
In other words, "I am the same to all beings; as such to Me there is none hateful, nor dear. But, those who worship Me with devotion, are in Me and I am also in them. (Gita 9/29)
In this verse, Lord has expressed his sameness with all beings "I am the same to all beings" i.e. I am equally present in all beings; and am the eternal well-wisher of all, without any favoritism. No being is dear or not dear to me. But anyone who worships Me with devotion, they are in Me and I am in them. That is, they are dear to me, and I am dear to them. They give their entire everything to Me and I too give My everything to them, including, I also offer Myself to them. He and I are so close that he and I have become one.
"tasmistajjane bhedaabhaavaat"; "yatstadeeyaah" (Naradbhaktisootra 41/73)
"He considers me to be a Swami, I consider him my servant. He considers me as a father, then I consider him as a son. Thus I am a friend to one who regards Me as a friend, a lover to one who knows me as a lover. Those who intensely long in anguish and yearn for me, for them I become impatient. For those who cannot live without Me, I too cannot live without them. However the devotees worship Me, so do I approach them (Gita 4/11); Ye yathaa maam prapadyante taanstathaiva bhajaamyaham (Gita 4/11)
Not only sentiments, but even in actions, the faster he runs towards Me, I too run towards him with great intensity and speed. Here it is essential to pay attention to the points that the actions of a being with finite strength, will be according to his strength, whereas One who is all powerful, His power will be of an infinite nature. In other words, if beings with limited powers, apply all their strength and that moves him a bit forward, then God too will apply His full strength and quickly will come to meet him. An easy solution to attract God by applying your full strength is - to march forward towards Him with your full strength. Devotees of God have such extra-ordinary sentiments, that without much effort, they even make the Lord act. They are even able to make the Eternal, All Pervasive, and Formless Lord That is present everywhere, appear at a particular place and behold Him. They bind the attributeless, to appear in the form of attributes. He who is entirely dispirited, they also draw that Lord towards them. Those loving devotees of the Lord, whenever they want, in whatever form they wish to see Him in, God has to come and be seen in that very form, at that very moment.
(to be continued...)
From book "Jeevan ka Kartavya" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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