A karmayogi serves all three - gross, subtle and causal body. A body
must not be made an enjoyer of pleasures, lazy, or lax in duty. This
is the service to the gross body. To not think about sense objects, to
think about the welfare and happiness of all, is serving the "subtle
body" to get into "samadhi" (deep trance), to remain determinate on
one's principles, to remain firm and unwavering on the aim of salvation
is serving the "causal body". The actions that are to be performed by
the gross body, the thinking and contemplating to be done by the subtle
body, and silence attained by the causal body – by not regarding all
three of these as either "mine" or "for me" is serving them, The reason
is that the gross body has oneness with the gross world, subtle body
has oneness with the subtle world and causal body has oneness with the
causal world.
Therefore is it a big mistake to regard the body as separate from the
world. And to accept the body and the world as "mine" and "for me" is
extremely destructive. One who believes so, cannot become a "sadhak"
even if many years go by ! Therefore a karmayogi should accept that
the body belongs to the world and for serving the world. There is an
illustration pertaining to this subject. People enforce the idea that
money attracts money; because he who has money, they can start various
business and work with that money and so they can earn money. When one
man heard that money attracts money, he took one rupee coin and tossing
it about went to the market for a stroll. There was a pile of rupee
coins in a shop, when the man was tossing his coin it fell on top of the
pile of coins! He said what is the moral here? He who has a rupee,
should attract more rupees? The shopkeeper said that yes, rupee went
to where there were a pile of rupees. Your rupee is small, this pile of
rupees is big, therefore will the smaller go to the bigger, or will the
bigger go to the smaller? It is always that the smaller goes to the
bigger. Similarly this world is not for the body, rather the body is
for the world. The world is not for us, rather we are for the world.
Therefore an aspirant should have the inner sentiments that may I be
useful to the world.
An aspirant should want that if he so chooses then he can purify his
sense of I-ness, or he can wipe out the sense of I-ness or he can
change (transform) that sense of I-ness. A karmayogi purifies the
sense of I-ness, a jnanayogi wipes out the sense of I-ness and a
bhaktiyogi transforms the sense of I-ness. Therefore even on there
being pride of doership, man can observe the practises of karmayog and
bhaktiyog. However if there is pride of doership, then he cannot
observe the practices of jnanayog. Even if he learns, talks about
jnanayog, but he will not attain perfection. In karmayog and bhaktiyog,
first the desires come to an end, then egoism is wiped out. In jnanayog
first the egoism is eradicated, then desires automatically are wiped
out.
The point is, even when there is egoism (sense of I-ness) then too one
can walk the path of karmayog and bhakti yog. But if egoism (sense of
I-ness) is still there, then one cannot walk the path of jnanayog.
Therefore if egoism is present, the practice of jnanayog is very
difficult - "avyaktaa hi gatirdukham dehavadbhiravaapyate" (Gita
12/4) and when egoism is wiped out then the practices take place
joyfully - "sukhem brahmasansparshmatyantam sukhamshrunute" (Gita
6/27). However, he who continues to engage in sense pleasures and
other pleasures, he who is greedy, he who is a hoarder of money, he
who indulges in rest and relaxation, for him none of the "yogs" can be
accomplished. He is not even a sadhak (spiritual aspirant), let alone
being an accomplished, perfected soul.
(to be continued)
From "Satsang Muktahaar" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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