Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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1.

The Best of All Spiritual Practices

 

There are three spiritual practices that lead to God Realization

 

1) Seeing God in the World - " Yo maam paschyati sarvatra. " (Gita 6:30)

2) In God, seeing the World - " Sarvanch mayi paschyati. " (Gita 6:30)

3) Seeing the World as a form (manifestation) of God - " Vasudeva

Sarvam. " (Gita 7:19)

 

The best of all three spiritual practices, is accepting that the

World is a divine form of God, i.e. everything is only God. This is

the best of all spiritual practices, because the inner feeling or

expression that comes at the end of the other two spiritual

practices, is already there in the third one (Vasudeva Sarvam) from

the very beginning.

 

In the Srimad Bhagavad, it is said -

 

" Ayam hi sarvakalpaanaam sagreehcheeno mato mam;

Madbhaadvah sarvabhooteshu manovaakkaayvrtibhi . " (Srimad 11:21:19)

 

" Of all the spiritual practices to realize Me, I understand the best

of all to be that in all beings and objects, in mind, speech and body

and in all dealings (relating), perceiving and being conscious of all

as only Me. "

 

The Upanishads have given three examples to help in understanding

this point - Gold, Iron and Soil. Just like there can be many

different types of jewellery from gold and each have different shapes

and combinations, name, form, weight, usefulness, price etc., but in

all of them the gold is only one. Besides gold, it is nothing else.

Similarly with Iron and Soil. Just like all the jewellery is seen as

gold, similarly all that came from God, is seen as God's divine form

(manifestation) . That is, the entire Universe is only God's divine

manifestation.

 

2.

Our Oneness is Only with God (Jan 1, 2008)

 

The truth is that everything that is received, will separate from us. How can we

continue to depend on that which we have received but will soon part from us?

Our attachment and dependence on these is a problem. Improper use of the things

received leads to development of desire and attachment. Let us utilize the

things we have received properly. Proper use is where there is no desire for

anything from it. The main cause of improper use of the received things / people

is desiring something for yourselves from it.

 

The truth of the matter is that everything that we have received, belongs to the

World and therefore it must be used for the benefit of the World. To benefit

all, to serve all as it belongs to the World. It is our ignorance that makes it

appear as though these people and things belong to us. By believing that our

oneness is with the World, we develop egoism and attachment. Simply speaking,

these things that we have are not ours, they are leaving us every minute and so

very fast. So fast that we cannot even see them exactly the same, twice.

 

Considering our oneness with the World is egoism. Our childhood left us and

everything else is leaving us constantly, every moment. They do not stay with us

for a single minute. But the Self is with us at all times. So why dependent on

that which never with us. Therefore God has said in the Gita " Mamekum sharam

vraja " Leave all other dependencies and become free of all worries and remain

ever joyful. Unhappiness and sorrow will not come to you ever again. Gita 6:22

says - On attaining That there is nothing else greater to be attained. There is

nothing else besides That Essence (God). God is ever present, in all places,

situations, circumstances, time, etc. Our oneness is with God, and not the

world. Our oneness is only with God (Supreme Consciousness)