An Easy Spiritual Discipline
It is the absolute truth that "Only God is mine, there is no else" (mere to Giridhar Gopal, doosero na koyi." What is the difficulty in accepting this? You certainly know how to accept. Just as you accept someone as your friend, your Guru etc., similarly you also know about not accepting. Just as initially you accepted yourself as a bachelor, but on getting married, you no longer consider yourself as a bachelor, but you begin to accept yourself as a married man. If you leave the household life and become a "sadhu", then you stop considering the house, the family as your own, and you begin to regard the Guru Maharaj as your very own. Therefore you already know both – about acceptance and non-acceptance. Everyone has knowledge of acceptance and non-acceptance. Now apply this knowledge by accepting only God, and not the world.
The mistake we make is that while listening we accept, but then we trivialize it. Whereas that which is not true, we begin to accept it as true. One more mistake we make is that brothers-sisters say that we forget this point. Really speaking if you have firmly accepted this, then even if it is not remembered then so be it. Without remembering, you accept that you are at present in Vrindavan. Has any brother-sister completed even one "mala" repeating that " I am in Vrindavan"? Just one time you accepted that you are currently in Vrindavan, then do you have to try to remember time and again or what? Is there any doubt about this or what? When someone asks, you immediately say that you are in Vrindavan. Similarly, without remembering too, the point remains within. When you start to believe that you are in Haridwar, then this will be considered a mistake. Therefore I do not regard the not remembering as a mistake. "I am God's" - if this is not remembered then it is not a mistake; but the mistake is when one accepts that "I am not God's and I belong to the world."
After accepting one time with a true heart that you belong to God, then if you don't remember at all, so be it. Now what is to be remembered is God's name. Repeat His divine Name (japa), remember Him, Sing His glories, meditate on His divine play, meditate on His form - these are to be done. After accepting God as your very own, let it be. But do not doubt that you are God's, Whether you a believe or not, whether you experience or not, do not be concerned.
Many people say that what difference has this made in your life? Even if there are no changes - no change in measurement, no change in weight, no change in color, no change in mannerism, no change whatsoever, then too it is OK! However by saying - "I cannot accept; I cannot remember; I am not capable; I don't have the rights; I am not the proper recipient; I did not meet a Guru; I did not meet any saint; the times are not good; it is the age of Kali yug; the environment is not proper; associations are not good etc.," do not trash this point. By applying various tactics, if you continue to make this point trashy, then you will not attain perfection. However, if you do not scrap this point, then surely you will attain complete knowledge. This attainment can be in a few days, months, or it can take years. If you continue to indulge in worldly pleasures, then it will take very long, but in the end you will attain that complete knowledge. (to be continued)
From "Bhagwaan mein Apnaapan " in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 24th January, 2012 "SUGAM SAADHAN"