|| ShriHari ||

God Can Be Attained Assuredly Today  

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If you think that God can be attained today, He will assuredly be attained today! But there should not be even a shadow of doubt that how can God be attained so soon, so quickly? God is not obstructed by your actions. If God is obstructed by your evil actions (dushkarma), if He is impeded by your sins (paapkarma), then on meeting Him also how can He gratify or bless you? But God is not impeded by any actions. There is no power at all that can prevent God from being attained. He is neither obstructed by meritorious deeds, nor by evil deeds. He is easily attainable and accessible for all. If God is obstructed by our sins, then our sins are mightier and stronger than even God! If sins are mightier than God, then how can we be blessed, even if He is attained ? What is the benefit of His being attained ?   But God is not so weak, that He will be stalled due to our sins. None else is as mighty as He is, nor anyone has been, nor would be or can be. If you ardently wish, long, and want only God, then it does not matter the sort of person you are, He will surely meet! He will join! He will unite! There is no doubt about this. He will be attained. The human birth has been bestowed on us only for attaining God. Otherwise what would be the difference between being an animal and a human being?

"Khaadate modate, nityam, shunakah sookarah kharah,

teshaaneshaam ko vishesho vrttiryesaam tu taadrsi."

"A dog, a hog, and a donkey – each of these eats, and enjoys itself daily; if the attitude of those and these (i.e. those animals and these human beings) is the same, what is the difference between them?     

"sooker kookar oonta khara, bad pashuanamein chaar `Tulasi' Hariki bhagati binu, aise hi nara naara."

"The hog, the dog, the camel and the donkey – these four are prominent amongst the animals; Tulasi opines that the male and the female are of the same sort, if they do not have devotion for God." The gods' (Devataah, demi-gods) life is a birth for enjoyments. They too desire to attain God –

"Devaa apyasya roopasya nityam darshankaadishanh" (Gita 11:52) – "Demi-gods also are always desirous of beholding this form." (Gita 11:52). Though desiring God, they are unable to give up desire for enjoyments.

The same is the condition of human beings. If you earnestly wish to behold God, God will have to appear before you; there is no doubt in it.

to be continued.......

 

Ram Ram 

From book in Hindi "All is God"  by Swami Ramsukhdasji