|| Shree Hari  ||

Benefits of an Unwavering Aim

उद्देश्यकी दृढ़तासे लाभ

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One who indirectly sees to everyone’s welfare is God and one who both directly and indirectly does things for the supreme welfare of all, is a saint or a great soul.   There is one more thing that is exceptional about God, and that is, that even after giving everything, He does not let the receiver know that He is giving.   He gives in such a way, that the receiver thinks that those things are His own and regards them as His own.  This exceptional quality is greatest (Number One) in God, and next (Number Two) in the saints and great souls.   The benevolence of God and Saints is without any cause or reason,  there is no motive in their kindness.   They do not favor any individual,  place, race, color,  delineation, stage of life, sect etc., and are benevolent to all forms of movable and immovable beings.   Such an eternally benevolent God,  out of His grace,  bestows this human life and the time, tools, understanding,  and abilities.  All these four things have been bestowed only for the salvation of all beings.   

Time, the means (tools, practices),  understanding, and abilities - these are not equally available to all;  some have less and some have more.  However,  there is one exceptional point,  that the amount of time we have, the amount of understanding, the means we have, the abilities we have,  if we engage it all in God, then surely, perfection will be attained,  God will be realized.    An aspirant makes the mistake that instead of properly utilizing the available resources,  he desires new - new means and tools,  and wishes to accumulate more of these.   The more importance he gives to these means (tools)  etc.,  that much he does not give importance to God.   Giving significance to the practices and tools is an obstacle to God Realization .  Therefore the time that we have,  the tools / things that we have received,  with that itself we can realize God.   If there is something lacking,  then God fulfills those things.   God’s kingdom is open to everyone at all times ‒‘यहि दरबार दीन को आदर रीति सदा चलि आई ॥’(विनय॰ १६५ । ५) । Whatever thing we are lacking,  when a need arises, it will be fulfilled.  Just as by walking for a long time,  one gets tired, then without any effort one gets tired and rests, after resting, once again the energy to walk is restored ‒  this is everyone’s experience.   With proper utilization, the power / energy increases and with misutilization, the energy / power is destroyed.   

        

   Here there can be one doubt, that God has given us the time, the understanding, the tools, etc.  He has given us everything,  but why did he give us the independence, the freedom?  We can make proper use of this independence, but, we can also mis-utilize this independence; we can commit sins, but we can also do virtuous deeds;  we can get bound,  and we can also become liberated, we can do everything.   Therefore,  why did God give the kind of independence, by which we can destroy our self ?  The answer to that is that if God made man dependent, then there would remain no significance of this human body.  Best of best is cow’s body.  The cow’s urine and cow dung are also pure;  but a cow cannot do prayers and be in remembrance of the Lord,  because she is only undergoing the consequences of her past actions (karmas)  (to be continued)

   From book ‘Jin Khoja Tin Paayiyaa’ by Swami Ramsukhdasji