|| Shri Hari ||

Why does the Jeev Return?

In the Srimad Bhagavad Gita,  the Lord says that this Jeev (embodied soul) is verily a part of Me only -

Mamaivaansho jeevaloke jeevabhootah sanaatanah |  

(Gita 15/7)

Meaning: An ‘ansh’, a ray of My consciousness, an inseparable part of Me only,  comes to this worldly plane and becomes an embodied soul (jeev).  

And -

yadgatvaa na nivartante taddhaam parama mama |

(Gita 15/6)

Meaning: My eternal abode is such, that on going there one does not need to ever return.

Then this 'jeev'  (embodied soul) must go to the abode of the Lord.   Just as a child goes to the father's home, in the same way, the 'jeev' must go to the abode of the Lord.   This 'jeev'  (embodied soul), why does it return back to the world?

Now pay attention and listen very carefully to the answer to this question.  Just as you, me, we all have come here for satsang (association with truth, with good company), and when the time is up, we will leave from here.  But if before going back, we forget our floor spread over here, or leave behind one of our things, then we will want to return to collect it.  In the same way, whatever things that the jeev (embodied soul) develops attachment and sense of mine-ness with in this world,  whether it be a house, a family, a property, some money, whatever it may be, one has to return back to this earthly plane, due to the sense of mine-ness with it.   Whatever things you have regarded as your very own (sense of mine-ness), you will have to return to them.   This body will not remain forever,  thus taking on another body,  one will have to return.   Now,  whatever form of birth one takes,  it will have to come near those same things.  (continued....)

From "Kalyaankari Pravachan"  in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji