Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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Accept Any Relationship You Like with God

 

Whatever relationship you accept with Bhagwaan, God too is prepared

and willing to accept the same relationship. Whatever sentiments

easily and simply come to you, those sentiments itself you should

accept. In the Vinaya Partikaa (letter of courtesy), Tulasidasji

says -

 

Tu dayaalu deen haun, Tu daani mein bhikaari

Haun prasiddh paatikee, Tu paap - punjahaari

Naath Tu anaath ko, anaath kaun moso

Mo samaan aarat nahin, aaratihar toso "

 

" O Lord,

If You are merciful, I am forlorn; if You are charitable, I am a beggar;

If You are destroyer of the heaps of sins, I am a great sinner;

If You are the Father of orphans, I am an orphan and

If You are the remover of distress, I am distress. "

 

Tohin mohi naate anek, maaniye jo bhaavai

Jyon-jyon Tulasi kripaalu! charan-saran paavai.

 

" O gracious, accept any relationship which you like. Change your

sentiments towards Bhagwaan (God). Consider Bhagwaan to be Bhagwaan,

or if you like accept Him as your beloved. Whatever sentiments

appear to be sweet, accept the same sentiments with him.

 

Question: Can I accept God as my mother, because I like that

relationship ?

Answer: Yes, you can call Paramatma, mother. There is no

distinction of male or female in Paramatma. In Prabodha-Sudhaakara ,

Sri Sankaracaryaji Maharaja, the annotator of Vedanta has called Lord

Krsna as mother. So call Paramatma mother, if that invokes a special

sentiment and love. If your mind remains engaged then call Bhagwaan

mother, or father, or brother, whatever name appears sweet, whatever

relationship appears sweet.

 

Your mind may be diverted so long as you have not accepted your

relationship with Him. But once you fix the relationship in your

mind, your mind will not be diverted from Him. For example when you

talk about the selection of a husband for your daughter, she listens

to the conversation regarding various boys, but once it is decided

who is her life partner, once the relationship is fixed, she will

only pay close attention, when the conversation is about her future

husband, not about the other boys. Similarly if you decide your

relationship with God and have your only aim to attain Him, you will

develop a great liking, a fondness for Him, and then your mind will

not be diverted.

 

" Hamey kyaa kaam duniyaa se, hamey Sri Krsna pyaare hai

Yashodaa nand ke nandan mere aankhon ke taare hai. "

 

Then without caring for the worldly relationship, Lord Krsna will

become the apple of your eye. You will develop the feeling " Only God

is mine, and I am only His. "