Fwd: We are Merely His Instrument. Let Us Give Up the Egoism

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Hare Krsna

 

t is God's immense grace that He does not let anyone's egoism remain.

As the egoism comes, it gets confronted and knocked off. God is

alarming us, out of His immense grace and mercy, that do not consider

anything to be your own. He is saying, let Me do all your work instead

(rather depend on Me exclusively) . God breaks down one's egoism; He

simply does not let it remain and that is His greatness, His very

amazing, supernatural and transcedental grace.

 

He in whom

the egoism remains, they become like demons. Hiranyakashipu,

Hiranyaaksh, Ravana, Dantavkrt, Shishupal etc. all of them had egoism.

It is due to their egoism, that they did not care about anything or

anybody. Not even God ! God manifests one earth, and through His grace,

He gets rid of their egoism and destroys it. In reality, God does not

kill anyone, rather He kills their egoism. Just like if someone has a

boil, then first the Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor) lets it ripen, then he

slits it open, to let it drain out. Similarly, God first lets the

egoism ripen, and then he destroys it. He does not follow anyone's

ruling on this matter.

 

God's nature is very unusual and peculiar. If someone else does a

favor, they remind us frequently of it by saying, I helped to lift you

up ! But God even after giving something to us, He says - "Mein toh hu,

Bhagatan ko daas, Bhagat mere mukutmani" ! God does not say that I have

lifted you up, but instead He Himself becomes the devotee's servant.

Not only that, God does not even let the devotee realize that He has

given the devotee everything. Man has this body, sense organs, mind,

intellect, etc. All that he has, it has all been given by only God. God

gives it all so secretively, that man believes these things to be his

very own. Man believes that this is mine only - my mind only, my

intellect only, my abilities only, my capabilities only, my

understanding only etc. It is the unusual and gracious nature of the

giver, that what He has given appears to us as if it is our very own.

If these eyes are our own, then why do you put on glasses ? If the eyes

have become weak, then fix them by yourself. If this body is yours, then don't let it fall sick. Don't let it die.

 

It is the amazing and wonderous thing about the giver, that He does not

ever let us feel that it has been given by Him. It is due to God's

amazing way of giving, that man believes that he himself is the one

that is very knowledgable, very understanding, a great speaker, an

intellectual, a good writer etc. Man exerts his egoism and says things

like, I do so much much ! I do name recitation, I worship God, I

practice devotion, I meditate for so long, I read so many chapters of

the scriptures etc. etc. Man must come to his senses. By what strength

is he able to do this ? He must at least think about this. Where did

this energy, this strength come from? Arjuna was right there, His bow

and the arrow too were right there next to him, and inspite of him

being there, the band of robbers took the Gopis away and Arjuna was

unable to do anything - "Kaabaan looti Gopika, weh Arjun, weh baan,"

This is the same Arjuna that won the Mahabharat war. So what does that

mean ?

The strength during Mahabharat war was not his own, but it was the

strength of the One who had become Arjuna's charioteer, Bhagawan Shri

Krishna. In the Gita, God has also said - "maiyyevaite nihataah

poorvameva nimittamaatram bhav savyasaachin. " (Gita 11:33). "Yeh sabhi

mere dwaara pahelese hi maare huye hai. Hey savyasaachin ! Tum

nimittmaatra ban jaao.They have all already been killed ahead of

time. You simply become the instrument."