To cross Bhav-sagar

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Om Guruvay Namah<br><br>Here is a thought came to

me while meditating. I would like to share with

learned members<br><br>If somebody wants to cross a

river, he has two choices:-<br>1. Go along the shores,

reach the origin and come back to the opposite

end.<br>2. Have a boat and cross the river.<br><br>If way

number one is chosen, one has to face a lot of

difficulties, a lot of time is required and there is a chance

of even not getting to the destination during the

span of life.<br><br>Therefore, the 2nd choice is

better. <br><br>To cross this Bhav-Sagar (The world) and

reach GOD, we have two similar choices.<br>One, take

the first path, avoid the world and become Sanyasi.

Ignoring all the creations and worldly things. But beware,

there will be a lot of troubles, difficulties which one

will have to face. It is not easy to travel along the

sides of a river to its origin.<br><br>Second, take the

2nd path. In this path, we will not find a boat made

of wood. We find a boat made of 5 elements, our

body. And our row (the boat can not move without a row)

will the name of GOD. Having these two, we can jump

into the Bhav-Sagar (the world) and with continuous

Jap of name of God (any name of our choice, be it

Shiva, Durga, Vishnu, etc.) will give the required

energy to reach destination. The Jap will save us from

the whirlpools (of all bad things i.e. lust, greed,

anger, etc.) in the ocean and will safely take us to the

other end where rests the ending source of love and joy

and light and Jnan, the Supreme God.<br><br>Om Durgay

Namah<br><br>Pradeep