Thou and Thou Alone
(Tu Hi Tu)
(Tu Hi Tu)
Shree Hari
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Out of the three, the lower nature (aparaa), the higher nature (Paraa) and God, the lower nature and the higher nature are the objects to be known, but God is not an object of knowing, but He is the object of believing. God should be believed and cannot be known. How can the created know the Creator? How can the effect know the cause? God has, therefore, stated in the Gita -
"Vedaaham samateetaani vartamaanaani chaarjuna,
Bhavishyaani cha bhootaani, maam tu veda na kaschana." (Gita 7/26)
"Arjuna, I know all beings of the past as well as the present, nay, even those that are yet to come; but none (devoid of faith and reverence) knows Me." (Gita 7/26)
"Na mein viduha surganaah prabhavam na maharshyah |
Ahamaadirhi devaanaam mahasheenaam cha sarvashah ||" (Gita 10/2)
"Neither gods nor the great sages know the secret of My birth (i.e. My appearance in human form out of mere sport); for I am the prime cause of gods as well as, of the great seers."
We do not know our parents, but only believe them inasmuch as we did not see them at the time of birth as it ws quite impossible to see them. Similarly, we can't know God also, but only can believe Him. It is absolutely impossible to know the father as compared to the mother, because our body was already formed at the time when we were born from the womb of mother, but there was no existence of our body when the father begot us. (i.e. when he placed the seed in the womb of the mother.) God is the father of the whole universe. "aham beejpradah pita" (Gita 14/4). I am the procreating father. (Gita 14/4). Pitahamasya jagatah (Gita 9/17) I am the father of this Universe. (Gita 9/17) . Pitaasi lokasya charaacharasya (Gita 11/43). You are the father of the animate as well as, inanimate beings. (Gita 11/43). Mamaivaansho jeevaloke (Gita 15/7) "The individual soul is a part of Me only in this world of life." (Gita 15/7) Therefore God can only be believed. It is absolutely impossible to know him. It is like this - We can refrain from believing our parents. If we admit existence of our body, then we must admit the existence of our parents. Similarly, we cannot be admit the existence of God. How can there be effect, without a cause? From where did we come without God? No one deny or refuse the existence of God saying - "there is no God" as none can deny or refuse one's own existence saying "We do not exist" We can only believe and accept that everything is only God. We cannot know this; because this is beyond our understanding, rather understanding (intellect) is within its sphere. (to be continued)
From book in hindi "Tu Hi Tu" 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 : 16th October, 2012 (Tu Hi Tu ) at http://www.satcharcha.blogspot.com/
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"Vedaaham samateetaani vartamaanaani chaarjuna,
Bhavishyaani cha bhootaani, maam tu veda na kaschana." (Gita 7/26)
"Arjuna, I know all beings of the past as well as the present, nay, even those that are yet to come; but none (devoid of faith and reverence) knows Me." (Gita 7/26)
"Na mein viduha surganaah prabhavam na maharshyah |
Ahamaadirhi devaanaam mahasheenaam cha sarvashah ||" (Gita 10/2)
"Neither gods nor the great sages know the secret of My birth (i.e. My appearance in human form out of mere sport); for I am the prime cause of gods as well as, of the great seers."
We do not know our parents, but only believe them inasmuch as we did not see them at the time of birth as it ws quite impossible to see them. Similarly, we can't know God also, but only can believe Him. It is absolutely impossible to know the father as compared to the mother, because our body was already formed at the time when we were born from the womb of mother, but there was no existence of our body when the father begot us. (i.e. when he placed the seed in the womb of the mother.) God is the father of the whole universe. "aham beejpradah pita" (Gita 14/4). I am the procreating father. (Gita 14/4). Pitahamasya jagatah (Gita 9/17) I am the father of this Universe. (Gita 9/17) . Pitaasi lokasya charaacharasya (Gita 11/43). You are the father of the animate as well as, inanimate beings. (Gita 11/43). Mamaivaansho jeevaloke (Gita 15/7) "The individual soul is a part of Me only in this world of life." (Gita 15/7) Therefore God can only be believed. It is absolutely impossible to know him. It is like this - We can refrain from believing our parents. If we admit existence of our body, then we must admit the existence of our parents. Similarly, we cannot be admit the existence of God. How can there be effect, without a cause? From where did we come without God? No one deny or refuse the existence of God saying - "there is no God" as none can deny or refuse one's own existence saying "We do not exist" We can only believe and accept that everything is only God. We cannot know this; because this is beyond our understanding, rather understanding (intellect) is within its sphere. (to be continued)
From book in hindi "Tu Hi Tu" 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 : 16th October, 2012 (Tu Hi Tu ) at http://www.satcharcha.blogspot.com/
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