The Ultimate Frontier of Spiritual Practice

Shree Hari
Ram Ram
21th January, 2012, Saturday
Maagh Krishna Trioydasi, Shannivar, Vikram Samvat 2068

The Ultimate Frontier of Spiritual Practice

Whatever spiritual path an aspirant follows, he will have to reach till "Vasudeva Sarvam" (All is God). Everything is only God, you – me- this – that are "not" there - this is where one has to reach. On this subject an aspirant must never feel a sense of hopelessness. With great enthusiasm he must proceed. The reason is that this is the truth.

Those "beings" that turn towards perishable objects can never attain happiness and peace. Therefore however much money, wealth, grandeur, land, property etc. that you acquire, the thirst does not leave. The reason is that "jeev" (being, embodied soul) is visibly and evidentially a part (ansh) of Paramatma (Supreme Being). Being a ray (ansh) of God's consciousness, how can it's thirst be quenched by nature bound objects? God says -

"Mamaivaansho jeevaloke jeevabhootah sanaatanah | (Gita 15/7)

"In this world the self (swayam, atma) that has become an embodied soul (jeev) is an eternal part (ansh) of Me alone." God did not say "mamaasah" (part of Me), rather He said "mamaivaanshah" (only a part of Me). This means that "jeev" is only a part (ansh) of God. In this there is no mention whatsoever of it being a part of Nature. Although both lower (apara) and higher (para) nature belong to God only, then too God never ever says, and no where does He say that the lower nature (apara) is His "ansh". Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect and ego – these form the "lower nature" (apara prakriti) and "jeevatma" (embodied soul) is the "higher nature" (Para prakriti). So the purpose of saying "mamaivaanshah" is that "jeev" is entirely free of the "lower nature" (apara prakriti). Just as in this body there is compound part of both father and of the mother, like that, the "jeev" does not have both a part (ansh) of nature (prakriti) and a part (ansh) of God. Jeev is only a part (ansh) of God; therefore just as God is, so is this "jeev" also -

Ishvar ansh jeev abinaashi |
Chetan amal sahaj sukhraashi (Manas, Utter 117/1)

Soul being a fragment of God in its nature is sentient, pure and an embodiment of bliss.

Being a pure "ansh" (part) of God, Jeev is free from doership and enjoyership. Therefore it is said in the Gita -

Anaaditvaannrgunatvaatparamaatmaayamavyayah
Sharirasthopi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate || (Gita 13/31)

"The self, being without beginning and without attributes, is imperishable Paramatma (Supreme Soul), though dwelling in the body, it neither acts nor is tainted."

Doership and enjoyership is in fact in Nature (Prakriti) only. Therefore a spiritual aspirant does not have to renounce doership-enjoyership, rather he has to not accept these in himself at all. In fact even though residing in the body, the "self" never became a doer-enjoyer, he will never become so and he can never become so. It has come in the Gita -

Yasya naahomkrto bhaavo buddhiryasya na lipyate |
Hatvaapi saa imaamllokaann hanti na nibadhyate (Gita 18/17)

He who is free from egoism, whose intellect is not tainted, though he may slay other creatures, he slays not, nor is he bound (by actions) (Gita 18/17) (to be continued.....)

From "Sant Samaagam" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji

If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.

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