[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] GOD cannot be realized through special methods- 'nistraigu..una'

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HARI AUM

 

" Spiritual practices only aid in renouncing the

assumed affinity for the unreal i.e. insentient

(matter). "

 

True. The above sentence in the post clearly point to

Bhagavan's instruction in

'Gita'-'nistraigunyobhavarjuna'

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA

 

--- Krishna Prasad <rkrishp99 wrote:

 

> God cannot be realized, by a particular practice or

> method, (e.g. meditation

> etc.) because such methods and practices are

> dependent on the body, mind,

> senses and intellect etc., which being part of

> nature are insentient. God,

> who is sentient cannot be bought through objects

> which are insentient

> (inert), because all objects of the world cannot be

> equivalent or even come

> close to God (That Supreme Consciousness).

>

> Worldly objects are acquired through performance of

> actions (effort),

> therefore a spiritual aspirant naturally thinks that

> God Realization is also

> like acquiring worldly things, suchas through

> actions and spiritual

> practices. The spiritual aspirant's beliefs are

> further confirmed when he

> studies the life stories of Manu-Satarupaa and

> Parvati etc., who realized

> God through penance. But in reality, it is not so.

> God is realized only when

> the assumed affinity with the insentient (matter) is

> totally renounced. This

> applies to those individuals who seemed to have

> realized God through

> penance, but in fact, it was due to renouncing

> affinity with the inert. In

> fact, God is ever realized to everyone, but the

> embodied soul is veiled when

> it accepts it's affinity with the insentient. As

> soon as he renounces this

> affinity, God is automatically revealed to him.

> Therefore those spiritual

> aspirants who hold that they can realize God through

> the strength of their

> spiritual practices, are making a grave mistake.

> Spiritual practices only

> aid in renouncing the assumed affinity for the

> unreal i.e. insentient

> (matter).

>

> When a spiritual aspirant does not understand this

> secret, and becomes

> attached to his spiritual practices and disciplines,

> and he depends on them,

> the affinity and relationship with the inert matter

> persists in him. As long

> as there is even the least bit of importance of the

> inert, till that time,

> God realization is difficult. Therefore a Spiritual

> Aspirant should not

> depend and remain attached to his spiritual

> practice, rather through his

> spiritual practice, renounce his affinity with the

> inert.

>

> When a spiritual practice is done only with the aim

> of God Realization, the

> affinity with inert matter can be easily renounced.

>

> From " The Bhagavad Gita - Sadhak Sanjivani " in

> English pg 1366, in Hindi pg

> 801by Swami Ramsukhdasji

>

> Ram Ram

>

> HARE GURUVAYURAPPA!

>

> Krishna Prasad

>

> Dare to give up the comfort of the 'known' and

> venture into the 'unknown'

> The more we know, the more we will come to realize

> what we do not know.

> If we want to achieve our true potential and live

> life to the fullest.

>

> As Poojya Gurudev said it,

>

> " Open your eyes. Burst your shell.

> Spread your wings and fly! "

>

> Swami Chinmayananda

> Hate not the sinner - hate the sin; and always hate

> the sin even with an

> excess of hatred. "

>

 

 

 

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