|| Shri Hari ||
Perfection of Human Life in the Awakening of Love
man has a disinclination for the real and by supposing the unreal as the real and by giving importance only to this mistaken belief, he gets attached to it. He supposes the unreal as the objective of his life; the result is this, that he becomes dependent (slave), unhappy (miserable), tired, defeated, poor and destitute. Not only this, when the attachment to the unreal is intensified, he supposes independence, in dependence, pleasure in pain, rest in tiredness (fatigue), victory in defeat, prosperity in poverty and supportful feeling in supportlessness and goes from humanity to brutality.
A man may be degraded to any extent, in him the eagerness for the real, consciousness and bliss may be suppressed but it cannot completely be finished. His real necessity is never destroyed. Just as a man does not like even a little poverty, similarly, he does not like his destruction, his unconsciousness and his pain and suffering in the least. Sometimes by a holy book or by good company (noble Satsanga) or on facing some calamity, by the grace of God, his vision gets off from the unreal and goes toward the real ‘illumed’ self, he has disinclination for the unreal and an inclination to the real, and then the desire for the unreal does not stay in him and it transforms into the inquisitiveness for the real i.e. the distinction between desire and inquisitiveness for the real becomes clear. After this distinction being clear, the necessity is fulfilled and the desire is destroyed. i.e.. the supposed relationship with the unreal does not persist. By the elimination of the association with the unreal, man attains peace. By not enjoying this peace, he attains constant peace (bliss) and if he is not satisfied with that constant bliss, he attains infinite bliss.
By detachment from the unreal (inertia), a striver attains peace and by getting established in the self, he attains constant peace. In the Yoga of action (Karmayog) peace is attained and in the Yoga of wisdom (Jnanayog) constant peace is attained. The result of Karmayog andJnanayog is one and the same i.e. the result of both is that the aspirant gets established in the self (salvation is attained). When salvation is accomplished, then the desire for salvation or eagerness does not remain, but the thirst for love still remains. Therefore when the emancipated soul is not satisfied with constant bliss, then the Lord by His causeless grace provides him infinite bliss. This infinite bliss is called ‘love’. The desire for salvation or eagerness to know the reality is fulfilled but this form of love never ends and never gets fulfilled. Just as by obtaining wealth, its greed goes on increasing, similarly on getting the love i.e. on the awakening of this love, it goes on increasing every moment. Therefore this love has been called as increasing every moment ‘pratikshan vardhamaanam’ (Narada Bhakti 54).
to be continued.....
From article by Swami Ramsukhdasji in 'Kalyaan Kalpatru' from Gita Press, Gorakhpur, Issue - dated Jul 2014