Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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Qualities of a Devotee - Fearlessness and Free from Worries

 

After taking refuge in the Almightly God and worrying at the same

time - these two points are opposing; because after having taken

refuge in the Lord, what is there to worry? And if you are worrying

then what kind of surrendering is that? Therefore, surrendering

should be looked upon as when God has said that I will release you

from all your sins, then do I have to do anything for me to be free

of all natural instincts, behavior, conduct and tendencies? I am

simply yours! Oh Lord! Let me never have the feeling that these

tendencies are mine. Oh Father, let me never see this body, these

sense organs, this life breath, this mind, this intellect as mine.

But Oh Father! after surrendering everything to you, then too if

this body at times appears to be mine; then please release me, save

me from this grave mistake. After saying this - become worriless and

at peace!

 

Another quality of a devotee who has surrendered to God (sharanagat

bhakt) is Fearlessness. When one's conduct and behavior is not up to

par, then within there is fear, and externally this fear is seen as

fear of snake, scorpions, tiger etc. For a devotee who has taken

refuge in God, all such fear is wiped out. Not just that, Patanjali

the great one who has written about the fear of death as being the

fifth in the order of suffering, that is experienced even by great

scholars and learned men, that fear is also completely wiped out.

 

Also my tendencies will become bad - such fears should also be

completely removed from within; because I have become immersed and

soaked in God's immense grace, now I have no fear whatsoever, of

anything at all. It was only due to considering these tendencies as

mine, that I was not able to purify them; because considering these

to be mine is itself the impurity - " mamta mal jari jaayi. " (Manasa

7:117:ka). Therefore from now onwards, at no time will I consider

these to be mine. When these natural tendencies, the conduct, the

behavior, the habits are not mine at all, then what is the basis of

my fear? Now there is only grace and more grace of God! It is only

His grace that is showering and permeating my entire being. This is

a very joyous moment, a happy moment.