Attaining God
(Bhagavatpraapti)
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One who has not attained God, he has done nothing, done nothing, done nothing at all !
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In attaining God, the greatest hindrance is of desire for enjoyment and accumulation of things. By sharing the joy of others, the desire for pleasure and sense enjoyment is wiped out and by sharing other's sorrow of others, the craving for hoarding and accumulation is wiped out.
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To trust the thing, the world which is ever-changing and to accept it as real, is the main impediment to God-realization.
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The attraction for pleasure born of contact is the prime obstacle to the realization of an ever-attained God.
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In seeking God, things are not the obstacles, rather it is the importance of things that have created a screen.
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Acting in selfish interest and accepting one's close link with the inert (like body etc.,) the realization of God— though all pervading, is obstructed.
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God is all pervasive in space and times etc. In accepting the world as real, man realizes the distance between himself and God.
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No circumstances are factors for the attainment of God, and no circumstances are obstructive in realizing Him, as God is beyond all circumstances.
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God is not far off, only the pull of desire to attain Him is weak.
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The world exists, exists now and is ours — by accepting this itself, that God Who is, exists now and is ours—perceiving this is not possible.
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An aspirant admits that "God exists," but that the "world does not exist", this he does not acknowledge. It is because of this, obstacles arise in attaining God.
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By having an insistence of one particular path and opposing other paths, there arises obstructions in fulfilment of our goal.
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If we attach importance in our heart to anything except God, then the same, impedes in God-realization.
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Faith in God, is even greater than God, though God exists always at all places, we do not see Him, but by faith we meet Him.
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God is experiential consciousness, only our gaze is not there.
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"If we do something then we will achieve God," this attitude strengthens the bodily ego. What we gain by action, will be impermanent.
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In renouncing the world, `discrimination' helps; and what assists in God's realization, is faith.
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In reality, God is ever-existent, the Guru also is, so is the knowledge of the self, in addition are competence and capability in oneself. It is because of attachment to ephemeral pleasure, there is obstruction to the revelation of God.
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The body can deal with worldly affairs, and render service, but it cannot attain God. After detachment from the body, God-realization takes place by one's own self and and its own.
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Narayan ! Narayan !! Narayan !!!
From "Amrita Bindu" in Hindi and "The Drops of Nectare" 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 : 15th may, 2012 "Bhagavatpraapti"
If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 15th may, 2012 "Bhagavatpraapti"
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