|| Shri Hari ||
Ease in God Realization
There is one very significant point. Please pay attention towards it. All actions and objects, are the kind to come into being and later perish. If said in different words, they are all the kind that are constantly changing. Actions have a beginning and an end. Objects (things) are created and later destroyed. Incidents take place and they end. Situations and circumstances come, but do not remain the same. States do not remain the same. Persons do not remain the same. They are all constantly changing. All of this put together, is called life. This is the worldly life in it. One who desires pleasure from these, is making a grave mistake. It is not an ordinary mistake. Himself being an ‘ansh’ (ray of consciousness) of Paramatma (God), devoid of an modifications and changes, what will it gain from this ever-changing world ? There is nothing to gain. It will be betrayal only; he will have to cry; he will have to regret ! This can be understood properly only by man. If seen from one perspective, then even the ‘devatas’ (demi-gods) have no such entitlements. They too are trapped in sense pleasures. Just as in this world there are many extremely wealthy men, that are unable to have ‘satsang’ (association with Truth, holy company), they are not able to abide in good qualities and conduct, then the ‘devatas’ who are far more indulgent in pleasures, what will they be able to do ? Men surely have the capabilities, but they are unable to get away from the abundance of pleasures. Due to the longing for pleasures and hoarding, they are very speedily moving towards their own decline and destruction. They cannot be saved from hell ! They will become ghosts, evil spirits, demons, devils etc. They will not be able to save themselves from grave troubles and pain.
Your very ‘self’ is veritably an ‘ansh’ (ray of consciousness) of Paramatma (God), which in its immutable form remains ever as-is. There never was any changes in it, there isn’t any changes in it, there will never be any changes in it, and it is not ever possible for any changes in it. You being the ‘ansh’, you too are as-it-is. Many eras have gone by, but you are the very same one ‒
‘भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते’ (गीता ८ । १९) ।
Bhootagraamah sa evaayam bhootvaa bhootvaa praleeyate |
(Gita 8/19)
‘All the beings dissolve in THAT as being manifest from the same.’
But how can he whose attention is on the ever-changing objects, understand the unchanging, immutable ‘tattva’ (God) ? Due to placing value on the changing, he remains entangled in that alone; therefore, he cannot draw his attention towards the immutable ‘tattva’ (Truth, God).
From book ‘Swaadheen Kaise Bane?’ by Swami Ramsukhdasji, published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur, INDIA