|| Shree Hari ||
(Satsang Sunneki Vidya)
continued ......
If the listener does not have the exclusive aim of God
Realization, and he is listening to satsang simply for learning and
after learning to give lectures, then, he is making the satsang a
subject of the intellect. And he assumes that learnt knowledge to be
experiential knowledge. Such people,
who are doing satsang with the aim of only learning, such listeners do
not find anything new in satsang and they say that we already know these
things, what is the benefit of listening to these same things time and again? With the learnt
knowledge a listener can become a speaker, a scholar, a writer, but he cannot
become a enlightened soul, a liberated soul, a loving devotee of God. He can respond to others questions, he can
teach them on subjects pertaining to the knowledge, he can write books, but he cannot have experiential knowledge of
the Essence (tattva). The reason
is that by having bookish knowledge, he
develops a pride of knowing. Just as Kaliyug
resides in the shade of "bahede" tree, similarly under the shade of pride lies predominantly all the sins
and their causes. But he who
longs for God Realization with a true and sincere heart, he is listening only
for the purpose of realization, not for learning book knowledge. He does not make satsang simply a
subject of the intellect, rather
alongside he becomes absorbed in it.
On reading spiritual books and by listening to
spiritual tapes one can benefit, but
listening from a realized soul, one can benefit immensely. He who has previously heard discourses, if
he listens to that tape, then the impact that it will have on him, it will not have as much impact on a newcomer. Because
he
who has previously listened to satsang, if he listens to that tape, for
him the entire scene will come in front of his mind, by which it will have an unusual influence. In the same way, the extent to which listening to satsang has an impact, that much reading a
book does not have. Because while listening to satsang the expressions
and the feelings and sentiments in the speakers eyes, hands etc., his
appearance have an extra-ordinary impact on the listener. In listening the predominance
is of the speakers intellect, but in
reading a book or listening to cassette,
the predominance is of the listener's intellect. If the
listener listens to the discourse of the speaker attentively then his intellect
merges with the intellect of the speaker.
A listener cannot understand as much with his own intellect, as he can
with the intellect of the speaker. If the speaker's sight becomes filled with
grace, then it will lead to immense benefits.
Just as a calf becomes healthy and nourished on drinking the milk from
the mother cow's udder. If the mother cow dies, and he is made to
drink the milk of another cow, then he will not become that healthy and
strong. The reason is while drinking
milk, the mother cow licks the calf lovingly.
When she calls out to the baby, by
which the calf becomes even more nourished, unlike simply drinking milk out of
a bowl. Similarly if saints and great souls
speak in a special way by showering their grace, and the listener turns towards, faces the
speaker and listens with great enthusiasm then immediately he can attain
enlightenment.
In every work, there is future, but in God Realization, there is no
future. God Realization does not happen slowly
and gradually, a little bit at a time, rather
it happens instantly.
If a realized speaker is present, and the listener, an aspirant,
with a keen
and eager quest to know is present, and the conscious element is always
present,
then what is the use of the future?
There is no reason for delay! The
Supreme Conscious element is eternal and always present. The
speaker pointed in that direction and the listener grasped it - in this
what is the delay? Many brothers and sisters are of the opinion
that as we continue to keep listening,
as we continue to engage in spiritual practices, slowly but surely we
will realize God. But in reality, only worldly work will happen
at some time, but spiritual work will not happen at some time, it will
happen "NOW" only.
That
which is to be created, its realization
is in the future. but that which is not
created, that which is always and constantly present, that conscious element,
how can its attainment be sometime in the future? There is no hunger for listening, there
is no intense and piercing quest at all,
there is no yearning, no torment at all.
For realizing this, you experience no uneasiness, no restlessness at all. Therefore there is a delay!
Narayan ! Narayan
!! Narayan !!!
From "Jit Dekhu Tit Tu" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
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