God Realization is the Easiest of All
(Sabse Sugam Bhagwat Praapti )
(Sabse Sugam Bhagwat Praapti )
Shree Hari
There is no work as easy and as instant as God Realization. Never was, never will be, and there can never be ! Effort and delay can be in acquiring those things that do not exist, that is, for those things that have to be created. That which is naturally, self-evident and existent, what is the effort and delay in attaining That? Just as there was immense effort involved in bringing Gangaji to Earth, and many generations were destroyed, but now, what is the effort involved in knowing that "Gangaji is there"? What is the delay in knowing this ? However if there is lack of hunger, lack of intense longing, then what use is that ease of realization? If there is intense longing from within, then all men can very easily and immediately become realized. God Realization is the easiest of all - let us try to understand this subject. All men have experienced that "I am". From childhood till now, the body has completely changed, but I am the same and later on in old age, even though the body would have changed, but I will remain the same. The body will change, but I will not change. The point is that even though there is changes taking place in the body, the "existence" is changeless. Even if we leave this body and go to other forms of births in other wombs, then too "existence" (satta) will not change. In other words, we will remain the same. If we become "devatas" (demigod) then too we will remain the same, if we become birds-animals, then too we will remain the same, if we become ghosts-evil-spirits, then too we will remain the same. Whether we become a movable or an immovable creature, going into any form of birth, the self will remain existent, constantly and As-is.
In waking, dream, and deep-sleep, in all three states, we will remain the same. When we wake up from deep sleep, we say that we had such a pleasant sleep, we did not feel anything. However, we at least knew that "I did not know anything". Therefore even in deep sleep, our existence is proven. Dissolution and final dissolution is also like deep sleep. Even in final dissolution the beings are existent. Just as we awaken from the deep sleep state, similarly beings come from final dissolution to creation. The point is even in creation and dissolution, birth and death, the existence of the self remains AS-IS. That sentient existence (IS-ness) is our true nature (self). Body, senses, mind, intellect, ego is not our real nature; because they are all visibly evident.
The body changes, intellect changes, sentiments and feeling change, principles change, beliefs change, space changes, time changes, things change, individuals changes, conditions change, circumstances change, incidents change, everything changes, but the existence (IS ness) does not change. Everything comes together and later parts, but there is no union and separation in "existence". That which changes, that which unites and separates, is not our true nature (self). That which never changes and that which never separate, that is our true nature (self, swaroop).
In waking, dream, and deep-sleep, in all three states, we will remain the same. When we wake up from deep sleep, we say that we had such a pleasant sleep, we did not feel anything. However, we at least knew that "I did not know anything". Therefore even in deep sleep, our existence is proven. Dissolution and final dissolution is also like deep sleep. Even in final dissolution the beings are existent. Just as we awaken from the deep sleep state, similarly beings come from final dissolution to creation. The point is even in creation and dissolution, birth and death, the existence of the self remains AS-IS. That sentient existence (IS-ness) is our true nature (self). Body, senses, mind, intellect, ego is not our real nature; because they are all visibly evident.
The body changes, intellect changes, sentiments and feeling change, principles change, beliefs change, space changes, time changes, things change, individuals changes, conditions change, circumstances change, incidents change, everything changes, but the existence (IS ness) does not change. Everything comes together and later parts, but there is no union and separation in "existence". That which changes, that which unites and separates, is not our true nature (self). That which never changes and that which never separate, that is our true nature (self, swaroop).
From book in hindi "Tattvagyaan kaise ho?" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
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