|| Shri Hari ||

Real Happiness

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Often times,  people are of the belief that one has to make a lot of effort  to realize that ‘tattva’ (Reality, Divinity);   one has to go and live in the forest,   do austerities,  undergo lot of difficulties,  then somewhere they can attain that ‘tattva’.  Such a presumption persists out there.   I too was of the same presumption.  But really speaking it is not so.   This work is easier than all the other worldly work that is out there.   It is not even that a householder cannot realize that ‘tattva’.   It is not so that an educated-learned man can attain this and an uneducated cannot;  a very strong man,  a man with great forbearance,  a highly tolerant person,  only can realize this,  and others cannot.  The sentiments behind this is that,  we all are entirely entitled to  realize that ‘tattva’ (Reality).   Let the pursuit,  let the aim be only one,  that we want to realize that ‘tattva’.  It is for realizing that ‘tattva’,  that we have received all the materials.   It is an exceptional rule in God’s kingdom that ‒ if there is a need, then all the appropriate means and tools will be made available.  Just as a man gets tired after speaking a lot,  and thereafter he becomes silent,  and after becoming silent,  in due time he once again gets the energy to speak.   While walking for a while,  one gets tired,  then after resting for sometime,  he once again gets the energy to walk.   Getting tired after  working all day,  when one sleeps at night,   then in the morning once again there is renewed energy.   It means that whatever work a man does,  on getting tired from that work,  without any effort,   free of any exertion,  he gets renewed energy and ability.   This is everyone’s experience.   You tell me,  on doing work,  all day,  when you get tired,  then what work do you do at night,  by which you are able to get energy in the morning once again ?   Simply by quietly laying down, you get the energy in the morning.  The deeper the sleep,  that much more energy you will acquire.   That power, that energy comes from God.   But with a little power,  do not become contented.  Do not become trapped in it,   then immense power can be realized.   That exceptional power,  that ‘Paramatma-tattva’ (Supreme Reality) can be realized by you,  we and everyone.   That ‘tattva’ that was available in ancient times,  has become ever more cut-price than before.   In Satya,  Treta and Dwapar yug (the three other eras),  people’s life spans were longer,   the intellect used to be very sharp,   abilities were far greater,  this attainment was difficult for them.   Just as for a older person,  it is difficult to get all kinds of favorable facilities;  but a child can easily get all kinds of facilities.  Even if the mother-father do not get food in a timely manner,  then too, they make the appropriate arrangements for the child;  because he is helpless.  In the same way,  the extent to which we are helpless,  that much help and abilities we get from God.  Not only that,  we get more facilities and benefits than our capabilities.   Just as,  the smaller the child,   the more amenities, privileges, concessions etc.  he will get.    

Let our want, inner yearning, longing,  hunger, thirst be powerful and vehemently awakened.  But this will be awakened ,  when spiritually, we are not contented with what we have received.   Because we can never be satisfied with perishable things.   If we rise above the perishable,  and awaken the intense yearning to realize the ‘avinashi-tattva’  (imperishable reality),  then, it will be realized.  

Narayan ! Narayan !! Narayan !!!

‒From the book in Hindi ‘Vaastavik Sukh ’  by Swami Ramsukhdasji