|| Shri Hari ||
(Sukhaasakti se Chootne ka Upaaya)
continued...
You
are the one to know the arising and subsiding of desires. He who is the knower
of the arising and perishing, is imperishable. He is great. That which is born
and destroyed is smaller. But the one who knows about that which is born and
destroyed is greater.
Questioner
- Attachment to pleasure secures a strong
hold, an entitlement over us. At that time we do not realize our power. We
become weak and powerless, we become over-powered and defeated.
Swamiji - It is true that at the time that desires arise, attachment also is born, at that time it has a great impact on us; but have faith in the point that the real thing is only being free of desire. Therefore desires with a motive, cannot suppress the sentiments of being free of desires. Desires are born and they perish, but a state of being free off desires was existing before the desire was born, and it is existing after the desire ends and even while one is in the desirous state, then too it is there as-is.
In fact only the sentiments of being free of desire is eternal. Therefore when desires arise, do not accept defeat from them. Even if you have the biggest of desires, even if you are carried away in those desires, you come under the sway of these desires, then too have mercy and be aware of this one point that this desire will not last, doing so the state of being free of desires will remain. The desires arise and perish, but you are there at all times. Therefore desires are not in you, then how can it cover you? how can it make you fall? The time that you consider yourself to have fallen, at that time too, keep this point ever awakened that the desires are momentary (coming and going), they will not remain. God has clearly stated that be mindful of their coming and going, then very easily you will gain victory over them.
However much you flow away in your passion, but remember that it is "aagamaapaayiyo nityaah" . I have said many times, that Oh brother ! this is a "mantra" ! Just as if a scorpion bites, then through a "mantra" the poison can be removed, in the same way, if you start to repeat the mantra "aagamaapaayiyo nitya", than passion and other flaws will subside, their root will be cut off. there is that much power in God's spoken words ! This is a spiritual practice that requires some action, and it is very easy. You try to do and see for yourself.
I
really like the following saying by the Lord - "Jushmaanasch taan kaamaan
dukhodarkaasch garhayan" (11/20/28). If you are not able to renounce sense
pleasures, then experience them, knowing them to be an abode of sorrow and not
like them, then you will be freed from them. Even though coming under their
influence and submission, do not get suppressed by them. Only remember the one
thing that I am the kind that will remain, and these are the kind that will go
away. Do it and see for yourself. Is this spiritual practice difficult? Think
about this now, contemplate on it, then you will not forget it. The unreal
(temporary) has no ability to stay. There is no existence of the unreal, and
the real is never non-existent - "Naasato vidyate bhaavo naabhaavo vidyate
satah" (Gita 2/16). You are existent and you become suppressed by the
non-existent, then this suppression is not that much a mistake, as accepting
the significance and importance of the unreal (temporary, perishable), thinking
that this is simply irresistible. It is this belief alone that makes it appear
so fantastic. (to be continued)
From book in hindi "Swadheen kaise
bane" by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
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