Acceptance of Truth Leads to Salvation
( Satya ki Sweekruti se Kalyaan )
( Satya ki Sweekruti se Kalyaan )
Shree Hari
There are two things that humans come across in life - One is unchanging or imperishable and the second is ever changing or perishable ! The Self that is the essence of existence is imperishable, and the body and the world, which are ever changing, are perishable. Regarding the subject of the essence (the self), the following verses are mentioned in the Gita and the Ramayana:
Mamaivaansho jeevaloke jeevabhootah sanaatanah | (Gita 15.7)
"In this world, the Atman (self) behaving as (having become) an individual (jeev), is My own eternal part."
Ishvar ans jeev abinaasee | Chetan amal sahaj such raasee || (Manasa., Uttara. 117.1)
Significant point here is that our essential relationship is not with body-world; rather, being a part of the Lord, our essential relationship is with the Lord alone. There is a fundamental error implicit in the assumption that regards the self as belonging to the world and the world as belonging to the self; we have established an erroneous relationship with this body-world.
Being a part of the Supreme (Paramatma), in reality the self can never be distant from the Supreme, and can never be one with this ever-changing world; This is an established principle. Our relation with Paramatma (Supreme Consciousness / God) can never be severed and we can never establish a permanent relation with this inert body / world. It is indeed a major mistake that the One who we have an eternal and real relationship with we have forgotten. We do not consider that relationship with Paramatma (the Supreme) as real. And that which we have no relationship with, we have accepted as our very own - i.e. we have established an unreal relationships with the world. If we accept that "I belong to the Lord and the Lord belongs to me", then "the world does not belong to me" would become clear. If on the other hand we accept that "I do not belong to the world and the world does not belong to me", then, "the Lord belongs to me" would be established. The important point is to accept any one of these two points.
Please think, whether there can be oneness or identity, between this inert and ever changing world and one's self (consciousness)? If there cannot be, then please accept the fact that, essentially, there cannot be a real identity or relationship between our self and this world. Acceptance of the oneness of the self with this world is a mistake. Minimally, if we understand this mistake inwardly, then everything would be all right over a period of time. Identification of the self with the inert world is a losing premise. There is no gain whatsoever. And there is only gain, and absolute gain only in non-identification of the self with the world. There is no loss at all.
The absolute truth is that body does not remain with us. How can a thing that is not really ours remain with us? Neither we can become distant from the Lord, nor can the Lord become distant from us. The Lord is our own, He is ever close to us and we are never distant from Him; how can He become distant from us? Body, objects, money, property, house etc., are perishable; these things cannot remain with us and we cannot remain with them. However, whether we know the Lord or we do not, there cannot be any separation between our self and the Lord. Bodies – whether it be the gross, subtle or causal body, it belongs to Prakriti (nature) and whether we consider our self as good or bad, we belong to the Lord. If this is understood, then one is liberated in the present, as our bondage is due only to this identification with perishable objects. We are bound only by the things that we regard as ours. That which we do not regard as our own, we are not bound by those things. (to be continued)
From book "Discovery of Truth and Immortality" by Swami Ramsukhdasji Mamaivaansho jeevaloke jeevabhootah sanaatanah | (Gita 15.7)
"In this world, the Atman (self) behaving as (having become) an individual (jeev), is My own eternal part."
Ishvar ans jeev abinaasee | Chetan amal sahaj such raasee || (Manasa., Uttara. 117.1)
Significant point here is that our essential relationship is not with body-world; rather, being a part of the Lord, our essential relationship is with the Lord alone. There is a fundamental error implicit in the assumption that regards the self as belonging to the world and the world as belonging to the self; we have established an erroneous relationship with this body-world.
Being a part of the Supreme (Paramatma), in reality the self can never be distant from the Supreme, and can never be one with this ever-changing world; This is an established principle. Our relation with Paramatma (Supreme Consciousness / God) can never be severed and we can never establish a permanent relation with this inert body / world. It is indeed a major mistake that the One who we have an eternal and real relationship with we have forgotten. We do not consider that relationship with Paramatma (the Supreme) as real. And that which we have no relationship with, we have accepted as our very own - i.e. we have established an unreal relationships with the world. If we accept that "I belong to the Lord and the Lord belongs to me", then "the world does not belong to me" would become clear. If on the other hand we accept that "I do not belong to the world and the world does not belong to me", then, "the Lord belongs to me" would be established. The important point is to accept any one of these two points.
Please think, whether there can be oneness or identity, between this inert and ever changing world and one's self (consciousness)? If there cannot be, then please accept the fact that, essentially, there cannot be a real identity or relationship between our self and this world. Acceptance of the oneness of the self with this world is a mistake. Minimally, if we understand this mistake inwardly, then everything would be all right over a period of time. Identification of the self with the inert world is a losing premise. There is no gain whatsoever. And there is only gain, and absolute gain only in non-identification of the self with the world. There is no loss at all.
The absolute truth is that body does not remain with us. How can a thing that is not really ours remain with us? Neither we can become distant from the Lord, nor can the Lord become distant from us. The Lord is our own, He is ever close to us and we are never distant from Him; how can He become distant from us? Body, objects, money, property, house etc., are perishable; these things cannot remain with us and we cannot remain with them. However, whether we know the Lord or we do not, there cannot be any separation between our self and the Lord. Bodies – whether it be the gross, subtle or causal body, it belongs to Prakriti (nature) and whether we consider our self as good or bad, we belong to the Lord. If this is understood, then one is liberated in the present, as our bondage is due only to this identification with perishable objects. We are bound only by the things that we regard as ours. That which we do not regard as our own, we are not bound by those things. (to be continued)
Ram Ram
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