Shree Hari
The Lord declares "maya tatmidam sarvam jagadavyaktmoortinaa" (Gita 9/4) "All this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form". A "moorti" (idol) is that which has a form and an "avyakta Murti" is that which has no form. As God is "Avyakta Moorti" (formless), so is a sadhak (aspirant, striver) formless -
"avyaktoyamchintyoyamavikaaryoyamuchyate" (Gita 2/25)
A sadhak (aspirant) is not the (physical) body - this fact has not been mentioned in the scriptures but it is a fact. A sadhak (aspirant) is "bhaava sharira" (existent element, having sentiments and feelings). He is a Yogi (One who is equanimous), not a Bhogi (pleasure seeker). Bhoga and Yoga are contrary to each other. A Bhogi is not a Yogi and a Yogi is not a Bhogi. A sadhak does not perform any action for seeking pleasure but he does for attaining equanimity. Equanimity is called "Yoga" - "samatvam yog ucchyate" (Gita 2/48). Equanimity is a sentiment. Therefore a sadhak is "Bhaava sharira".
The gross body changes every moment. There is no moment when it does not change. There are two Prakritis (natures) of God. The body is "Apara" (Lower) Prakriti and the soul is "Para" (higher) Prakriti. The higher nature is unmanifest (formless). All beings were unmanifest before birth, in the mid-state they are manifest and after death they will be unmanifest.
Avyaktaadeeni bhootaani vyaktamadhyaani bhaarat
Avyakt nidhanaanyeva tatra ka paridevanaa || (Gita 2/28)
When we have dreams, first there is wakefulness, in the mid-state there is dream (sleep) and again there is wakefulness. As there is dream in the mid state, so are all beings manifest in the mid-state.
It is a rule that whatever does not exist at the beginning and at the end, actually does not exist in the mid state also - "aadaavante cha yannasti vartamaanepi tattatha" (Mandukya Kaarikaa 2/6, 4/31). Beings are unmanifest (non-existent) at the beginning and at the end, therefore they are non-existent in the mid state also, though they appear existent. In the manifest state even two persons cannot be similar (one), but in the unmanifest form all become one. Therefore in the unmanifest form all can attain God. He, Who can be attained by all, is God. He who is attained by some and not by others is not God, but is the world. Therefore God is attained by the unmanifest (formless) and in the unmanifest.
An aspirant is formless (unmanifest). An aspirant is not with a form. The manifest does not stay even for a moment. "pratikshan parinaamino hi bhaavaa rute chitishakteh" besides consciousness (the self) all beings and objects are kaleidoscopic, they don't remain the same even for a moment. Think over, when we were born, what was the shape of our body and what is the shape now? On thinking we have to accept that the body and the world are kaleidoscopic. The heap of change is called the world. How can that which changes, be a sadhak (an aspirant)? A sadhak is he who does not change. A sadhak is he who attains perfection, the body does not achieve perfection. Therefore a sadhak first of all should accept the fact that the body is not the self, whether he understands it or not. (to be continued)
From book "For Salvation of Mankind" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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