Thou and Thou Alone
(Tu Hi Tu)
Shree Hari
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There are three steps to realize that everything is God. They are listed below as per order -
Everything belongs to God only
Everything is God only
Nothing at all has ever been except for God
Everything which is seen and heard is acquired and lost. That which we have acquired, will surely be lost. There is no doubt in this at all. In the entire universe, even a small thing the size of a sesame seed is not ours. That which is seen and heard, is all part of lower nature (apara prakruti) which belongs to God. The Lord has declared the lower nature as My Nature -
"ahankaara iti yam me bhinna prakruti rashthadhaa" (Gita 7/4) "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, reason and also the ego – these constitute My lower nature, eightfold." (Gita 7/4). "prakritim viddhi mein paraam" (Gita 7/5), "Know my higher nature." (Gita 7/5). Then what thing is ours? Everything has been of God! Therefore whatever is perceived is of God - if this is sternly accepted then our course of discipline would start. It would not start, as long as we continue to admit the things we have acquired as our own. By considering our own the things or persons we have come across, neither discrimination, nor trust would be strengthened. Saints and devotees have never admitted the world as their own. On the contrary they have considered only God as their own. – "Mere toh Giridhar Gopal, doosero na koyi." Only Giridhar Gopal (God who held up the mountain for the protection of the cows ) is mine, and none else." "Even "I" is not ours, but it is of God only. Body, senses, mind, intellect, vital air, etc., everything belongs to God only.
No sooner is accepted the truth that "everything belongs to God only" then the truth that "everything is God only" would manifest in as much as this world is simply the imagination of the self. The world exists neither in the view of the noble soul, every (i.e. the great saint who has realized the Ultimate Truth) nor in the view of God, but is in the view of the individual Soul (Jivaatmaa). In the view of the noble soul, everything is God only - "Vasudeva Sarvam" (Gita 7/19) - Vasudeva (All pervading God) is everything" (Gita 7/19). According to the Lord also, all that is manifested and unmanifested is He alone - "sadsacchahumrjuna" (Gita 9/19) - Everything which is manifested and unmanifested is Myself, O Arjuna" (Gita 9/19). But the individual self has sustained the world in his intellect on account of his own attachment and aversion "yayedam dhaaryate jagat" (Gita 7/5) - By which the whole universe is sustained " (Gita 7/5) Really speaking there is not even the trace of the world. Only God pervades all places time, objects, individual beings, incidents, situations etc. If we do not understand this fact, our understanding is faulty and not the Ultimated Truth. Truth would remain truth, even though we do not understand it. How can it be untrue? An aspirant may do whatever he wants to do, but he must have to admit the truth.
After realizing "Vasudevha Sarvam" "The Lord is everything", there would not remain "sarvam" - "everything" also. This has bee names "Final absorption" (Aatyantika Pralaya) in the Srimad Bhagwat (12/4/23-34) and this has been called as "Ultimate Repose" by the noble Tulasidasji - "paayo parama vishraamu" (manas, Utter. 130/3) - Achieved the ultimate repose." As in the case of agriculture of wheat, so long as agriculture remains, leaves and stalks also are perceived, but in the end, only wheat remains; similarly the import is this that only Vasudeva (i.e. All pervading Lord) is there. Noting else is there, never it was, never would it be and ever can it be. By this, it is proved that nothing has been ever created except God, this state is indescribable, because there remains no describer. (to be continued)
From book in hindi "Tu Hi Tu" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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