|| Shree Hari ||Connection, Disconnection and Unionसंयोग, वियोग और योग
In Gita, God says ‒
तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसञ्ज्ञितम् । (६।२३)
"tam vidyaad duhkhsamyogviyogam yogasangitam" (Gita 6/23).
“That in which there is disconnection from contact with pain is known as yog” (Gita 6/23).
Pleasure and pain both are the kind to come and go, but the light in which one becomes aware of both the coming and going, is called ‘yog’ (Union). In that light there is neither pleasure, nor pain. When one accepts the existence of pleasure and pain, both pleasure and pain are separate. At the time of pleasure, there is no pain, and at the time of pain there is no pleasure.
But in knowledge, in the power of the conscious, both these are not there. They are both the kind that come and go and are impermanent. ‒‘आगमापायिनोऽनित्या’ (गीता २।१४) "aagamaapaayinonityaah" (Gita 2/14). They are transitory and fleeting (Gita 2/14). However, that light which illuminates the two - pleasure and pain, always remains as-it-is. That light is “yog” (union) or “nitya yog”
(eternal union). One does not have to become established in that eternal union, rather our state is already naturally situated in it. Only our attention needs to go in that direction and realize it If we try to get established in it, then pride of doer-ship will come in it.
Just as in a satsang hall, there is light, then even when no one comes to the hall, then too the light is there, and when many people come, then too the light is there, and when the people leave, then too the light remains. Whether people come or leave, whether few come or many come, it makes no difference to the light, the light remains as it is. However, our sight does not remain on the light, rather it is on the men, that so many men came, so many men left. In this manner, whether there is connection or disconnection, there is no difference in the eternal union, it remains eternally as-it-is. there is neither this world, nor the connection and disconnection with the world. We have to only draw our attention over there. It has come in the Gita ‒
आत्मसंस्थं मन: कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् । (६।२५)
Aatmasanstham manah krutvaa na kinchitdapi chintyet || (Gita 6/25 )
“With the mind
centered on God, one should not think of anything" (Gita 6/25)
It means that do not think of anything. Neither of the spirit (aatma), nor of non-spirit, nor of God, nor of the world, nor of connection, nor of disconnection. By doing something, one is serving - worshiping, but one does not realize the Supreme Spirit. Attainment of the Supreme Spirit can only take place by having one's attention (aim) on “This IS” !
Whether it be a great soul, who is enlightened, liberated, or loving devotee of God, or an ordinary man, whether a wise man, or a ignorant man, whether one of good conduct or bad conduct, whether a gentleman or an evil man, whether a devotee or a butcher, in Essence (tattva), there is no difference. In that Essence, there is no hearing (Shravan), no reflecting (Manan), no uninterrupted Contemplation (Nidhidhyasan), no Meditation (Dhyaan), no state of Absolute Nothingness (samadhi) , no rising "vyuthaan". Only your attention (aim) has to be on That.
From Book in Hindi "Jit Dekhu Tit Tu" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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