Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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A Devotee is Worriless

 

The more at ease and free of worries that a devotee is, to that

extent the impact, the influence, the impression of the God's grace

is seen in him. And the more that he worries, to that extent the

influence and power of God's grace is obstructed. The point is that

after surrendering to God, an interruption, a barrier is created in

the grace that is unfailing, never ending, unusual, unbroken, grace

that is continuously flowing from God. God sees that if his devotee

is worrying, then God assumes that the devotee himself will try to

solve the problem. Thus the flow of God's grace is interrupted.

 

The more worriless, the more dependent, the more without doubts, the

more without regrets, the more without resolves or vows that a

devotee is, to that extent the devotee's surrender to God is better.

Therefore, I must experience no weight or burden on myself. There is

no responsibility what so ever on me. Now I have become entirely

God's.

 

When we desire anything at all from God, e.g. such and such should

happen for me, then we remain separate from God. Just like an only

son of a billionnaire tells his father that if I could get Rs.

100,000, it implies that he is intending to separate from the

father, even though in reality the millions and billions are his

alone. I have nothing to take. When there is desire to take, it

separates God from us. The grace that is flowing from God, is

blocked. Just like a kitten has no concern about his own welfare and

where he has to go and what he has to do? He remains entirely

dependent on his mother. When the mother holds him, he gently

withdraws his paws inwards and uses no strength what so ever to

resist. Now wherever the mother wants to take him and place him, it

is the mother's call. Similarly, God's devotee, looks towards God.

In God's wish and directive, the devotee is happy. For him, neither

happiness nor unhappiness, praise or complaints, wealth or

poverty, union or separation, honor or dishonor, none of these make

any difference. From his own point of view, there is no worries. If

a thought arises, then he calls out to God, " O Father ! What should

I do? " In this manner, leaving all worries, he surrenders to God.