Approach to God

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Gita says “ Bahuni me” i.e., “several births have passed away for you and for

me. I remember all those but you do not remember”. Sometimes the ‘Sadhana’ of

a devotee may be less during this birth. God shows lot of grace on that

devotee. The reason for this is the penance done by that devotee during the

previous births. Even that devotee forgot that penance done by him. The other

devotees who are doing lot of penance to God in this birth become jealous about

that devotee. These devotees do not know that their penance done in this birth

is very less compared to the penance of that devotee done in the previous

births. The wealth of a person should not be decided by looking into his

current account only. His fixed deposits, which are the fruits of the penance

of his previous birth, should also be taken into account. Only the Lord can see

these fixed deposits but not by the people. Vivekananda came to Paramahamsa for

the first time. Paramahamsa taken him into a room and placed

a sweet in his mouth and wept with folded hands. Vivekananda could not

understand this and was confused. Parahamsa is the incarnation of Rama and

Krishna. Vivekananda is the incarnation of Arjuna and he does not remember his

previous births. But Parahamsa remembers all the previous births. The other

disciples could not digest this and became jealous of Vivekananda.

 

 

 

Once Satyabhama hit the forehead of Krishna by her left leg. Krishna pressed

her feet stating that the foot might have been pained. This looked very odd for

all the other devotees. They thought that Krishna became the slave of her

beauty. Any external beauty in this world cannot attract the Lord. Only the

internal beauty attracts him, which is the sacrifice and love. She is the

incarnation of goddess Earth. She was bearing the violence of all the demons

that were strengthened by the boons of the God. Like this she tolerated God

indirectly. She is tolerating the feet of all the living beings. She is

another form of tolerance. Even though Lord killed her son Narakasura, She kept

silent. In fact she helped Him in that war. She crossed the wheel of

‘Anahatha’, which is connected, to the children. Nobody can have more tolerance

than the Goddess Earth. God knows all this background. Without eligibility,

God will never give anything to anybody at any time. But the devotee

must put the first step towards God. The necessity is for the devotee. Veda

says ‘Aptakamsya’ i.e., “God has attained everything and there is nothing which

He has to achieve”. You have come near the sea with a pot. You should put a

step into the water and make an effort to fill your pot. Then the sea moves the

water into the pot. Therefore the human effort is necessary even in the case of

God.

 

 

 

When the God is in the human form, He is bound by the manners of humanity. The

properties of human body co-exist. The electric wire is having both the

qualities of wire and electricity. Giving shock is the property of electricity.

Being thin and lean is the property of the wire. The property of the wire is

clearly seen by the naked wire. Similarly the properties of the human body of

the God are clearly seen by the people. As people misunderstand the electric

wire as a common wire without electricity, the human body of God is also

misunderstood as an ordinary man. As the current is not seen the divinity in

the human form is also not seen. But whenever a necessity arises the

electricity becomes intensive in the wire and heat is radiated out. Similarly

the divinity in the human form exposes its divine qualities like Jnana, Love,

Bliss and Miracles whenever necessary.

 

 

 

Sudama felt bad to approach Krishna who was his classmate even though he was

suffering with poverty. Krishna also kept silent, though He was ready to give

infinite wealth. But Sudama did not put even one step towards Dwaraka City to

meet Krishna. Sudama was chanting the name and worshipping the statue of

Krishna. But even a trace of poverty was not removed because he neglected the

human form of God. Unless he approached the human form of god and did Karma

Phala Tyaga by offering some rice, Lord did not respond. At his level the

offering of that handful rice to Krishna is the best sacrifice. Similarly

Krishna gave infinite wealth according to His level. When Sudama went to

Krishna, Sudama did not ask Krishna to remove his poverty. He was prepared to

undergo the result of his sins. At the same time he did the highest sacrifice

of that handful rice. His family is starving and if that handful rice is cooked

at least a little food can be given to his children. But he offered

it to the Lord. He did not ask any thing and also did not even think in his

mind to ask. Similarly a devotee should not ask or even think in his mind about

the removal of his difficulties by God. He should be prepared to undergo the

results of his sins. He should offer Guru Dakshina to the human form of God to

his level best. Then God will remove his difficulties.

 

 

 

at the lotus feet of sri datta swami

 

surya

 

 

 

 

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