Sunday, April 22, 2012


God-Realisation is Axiomatic
 
          We labour under delusion that God can be attained by concerted efforts in the same way as farming or business or any other occupation. We  devote our time, energy and intelligence in performing actions under the illusion that we attain Him by and by through effort and practice. But there is a vital point which needs attention. It is that God is already present and near us. All of us have a full claim over Him because "We are His fragment (ansh), a part of Him".
 
 
This is mentioned in the Gita "Mamaivamso Jivaloke" (15/7) and in the Ramcharitmaanasa  "Iswara Amsa Jiva Abinaasi" (7/116/1). Neither knowledge nor power nor wealth nor practice is required to attain Him.
 
 
He is omnipresent and we are part of Him. Just as a child can sit in its mother's lap even if it is not learned, not powerful, nor wealthy; similarly, all of us can sit in God's lap because He is nearer to us than our mother, and He has been our mother, father, brother, friend and relative from time immemorial. He is nearer to us than even our body because the body is ever-changing and separate from us.  Whereas He always remain the same without any change. The body has an identity with the world, whereas we have identity with God. Therefore, it is unnecessary for us to devote time, energy and intelligence to attain Him. The reason why we have not attained Him so far is because we have turned our attention from Him to impermanent worldly things. Though He also pervades these perishable things, yet we cannot behold Him because we attach importance to them and thus look upon them only in the physical form. For instance, when we are in a railway compartment of a stationary train at a station while another train is moving on the other line, it seems that our train is moving while actually it is not. We realise this only when we look at the station. Similarly, if we look at ever-existent God instead of looking at the Kaleidoscopic world, we shall know in reality that the Lord ever remains the same while the world is ever-changing and passing away.

(to be continued....)
 
From "Tattvik Pravachan" in Hindi and "Let Us Know the Truth" in English 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 : 21st April, 2012 "Bhagavatprapti Sahaj hai"