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From superficial to genuine love and devotion for God

In the morning it was conveyed that we have a deep and lasting relationship with God.  God says in Gita -

 

ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।   ।।15.7।।

 

‘Mamaivaansho jeevaloke jeeva bhootah sanatanah’  

 

From time immemorial,  Jeev (embodied soul) is an ‘ansh’  (fragment, part) of Me only.  He did not say that ‘jeev’ is a Sadhu,  a man,  a woman, a Brahmin,  one with good or bad conduct, one who is virtuous or sinful.  All beings whether moving or stationary, whether on land, water, or in air, are an ‘ansh’ (fragment) of Me only.  Therefore we have a very special relationship with God.  God is ours and we are God’s.   

 

It is not that we become God’s,  we already are His.  And  only God is for us.   That which we receive and which later parts from us,  how can it be for us  ?    Things are acquired and later they part from us,  whereas God is ever with us.    He cannot part from us.    He cannot separate from us.  

 

We turn away from God,  but God is never unconnected from us.   How can he be unconnected.  He is everywhere.   You say that He is eternal,  He is Omnipresent,  He is in everyone,  and He belongs to everyone.  Every brother or sister,  can accept God as their very own.   Just as a mother may have several children,  but each child can acknowledge the mother as his mother.   Because each one belongs to the mother.   In the same way,  we are God’s.  The mother has given birth to the children,  so from the physical and gross perspective,  the children  are of the mother.   The mother has given the body.  So she is the mother of the body.  But our (self’s) mother is God.  We are an ‘ansh’  (fragment, part) of God.  Though being a fragment of God,  we have forgotten.  The reason is due to having assumed an affinity (sense of mine-ness) with the world.  This sense of mineness with the body, sense of mine-ness with the family,   sense of mineness with the children,   sense of mine-ness with honor, respect, and praise,    sense of mine-ness with property and possessions.   All this affinity (sense of mineness) is created.  This sense of mineness will not last.   It will not stay.  This is absolutely true.  

 

How long can something that is fabricated last ?   Tell me ?   That which is superficial,  how can it be lasting ?  Only that which is real, which is genuine will stay.  The real thing is that ‘We are God’s’   

TO BE CONTINUED.....

From Discourse by Swami Ramsukhdasji in Hindi, on 7th May,1998 at 9:00 am


Ram Ram