Feeling of Oneness (Apnapan) with God
In all the three paths in the Gita – Karmayog (discipline of action), Jnaanayog (discipline of knowledge) and Bhaktiyog (discipline of devotion) – it is said that one must renounce proprietary interest (sense of mine) – `mamtaa' and egoism (sense of I-ness) – `ahamtaa'.
Nirmamoha nirahankaarah sa shaantimadigacchyati (Gita 2/71)
Ahankaaram balam darpan, kaamam krodham parigraham,
Vimuchyanirmamah shaanto, Brahmabhooyaaya kalpate . (Gita 18/53)
Nirmamoha Nirahankaarah, samadukhah kshami (Gita 12/13)
These are not mine. They belong to the world –with this acceptance that they belong to the world, Karmayog will take place. By accepting that these are not mine, they belong to the Nature (Prakriti), Jnaanayog will be accomplished, and By accepting that they are not mine, they belong to God, Bhaktiyog will take place.
By accepting that these are mine, cycle of birth and death will take place. In other words, birth then death, then once again birth, and on and on, in this manner a relation with birth and death will be established and confirmed. Wherever your affection and proprietary interest will remain, there itself you will be born. If no proprietary interest remains, then one will be freed from the cycle of birth and death. What an easy and great point this is.
Listener – It is a good point, but it does not happen!
Swamji – It is not that it does not happen. If you accept this today, right now, then it will happen right now. You do believe that I do not deceive you, and that I tell you what saints, scriptures and Gitaji has said. Ask the very old ladies here. When they were very little, they used to consider their father's home as their home. There was proprietary feeling and fondness for that home, that this is my home. However, after getting married, they began to consider the husband's home as their home. The in-laws and husband's family became her own. In other words that affection shifted. You certainly know how to shift that `sense of mine' (proprietary feeling). Staying with the husband's family she become so immersed that at no time does she realize that she at one time did not belong to this house. As the family expands then this sense of mine and as children and grandchildren come along, and when grandson's wife comes home, and causes trouble, then that grandmother says, this stranger has come from somewhere into our house and is ruining the family. Now if someone says to this old lady, this newcomer is an outsider, but were you born here? She has no recollection that she too was one time an outsider. She deeply believes that she is from here only.
Now tell me! Didn't the feeling of my very own, change or not? This outsider will also one day say that this is my house. Though today you may call here an outsider, this house will one day become hers. That house which was not ours has also become ours, then what to say about our Lord's house that has always been ours from the very beginning.
God says – "Mamaivaansho Jeevaloke Jeevabhootah Sanatanah". We are all, each and every one of us, is an element of Paramaatmaa (God). We are the loving children of that Lord! Whether we are good or bad, we are the Lord's.
(To be continued)
From "Bhagavaana se Apanaapana" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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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 : 7th April, 2012 "Bhagavana se Apanaapana"
http://www.satcharcha.
In all the three paths in the Gita – Karmayog (discipline of action), Jnaanayog (discipline of knowledge) and Bhaktiyog (discipline of devotion) – it is said that one must renounce proprietary interest (sense of mine) – `mamtaa' and egoism (sense of I-ness) – `ahamtaa'.
Nirmamoha nirahankaarah sa shaantimadigacchyati (Gita 2/71)
Ahankaaram balam darpan, kaamam krodham parigraham,
Vimuchyanirmamah shaanto, Brahmabhooyaaya kalpate . (Gita 18/53)
Nirmamoha Nirahankaarah, samadukhah kshami (Gita 12/13)
These are not mine. They belong to the world –with this acceptance that they belong to the world, Karmayog will take place. By accepting that these are not mine, they belong to the Nature (Prakriti), Jnaanayog will be accomplished, and By accepting that they are not mine, they belong to God, Bhaktiyog will take place.
By accepting that these are mine, cycle of birth and death will take place. In other words, birth then death, then once again birth, and on and on, in this manner a relation with birth and death will be established and confirmed. Wherever your affection and proprietary interest will remain, there itself you will be born. If no proprietary interest remains, then one will be freed from the cycle of birth and death. What an easy and great point this is.
Listener – It is a good point, but it does not happen!
Swamji – It is not that it does not happen. If you accept this today, right now, then it will happen right now. You do believe that I do not deceive you, and that I tell you what saints, scriptures and Gitaji has said. Ask the very old ladies here. When they were very little, they used to consider their father's home as their home. There was proprietary feeling and fondness for that home, that this is my home. However, after getting married, they began to consider the husband's home as their home. The in-laws and husband's family became her own. In other words that affection shifted. You certainly know how to shift that `sense of mine' (proprietary feeling). Staying with the husband's family she become so immersed that at no time does she realize that she at one time did not belong to this house. As the family expands then this sense of mine and as children and grandchildren come along, and when grandson's wife comes home, and causes trouble, then that grandmother says, this stranger has come from somewhere into our house and is ruining the family. Now if someone says to this old lady, this newcomer is an outsider, but were you born here? She has no recollection that she too was one time an outsider. She deeply believes that she is from here only.
Now tell me! Didn't the feeling of my very own, change or not? This outsider will also one day say that this is my house. Though today you may call here an outsider, this house will one day become hers. That house which was not ours has also become ours, then what to say about our Lord's house that has always been ours from the very beginning.
God says – "Mamaivaansho Jeevaloke Jeevabhootah Sanatanah". We are all, each and every one of us, is an element of Paramaatmaa (God). We are the loving children of that Lord! Whether we are good or bad, we are the Lord's.
(To be continued)
From "Bhagavaana se Apanaapana" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
******************************
If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 7th April, 2012 "Bhagavana se Apanaapana"
http://www.satcharcha.