Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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Become Free with Correct Assumptions and Strong Belief

 

Just as the wave being a part of the ocean, both the ocean and the

wave belong to the same class. In the same manner, the body being a

part of the world, thus the body belongs to the same class as the

world. Man does not take the world, to be his own Self, but by

erroneous understanding, he believes the body to be " I " .

 

Just as a wave without the ocean, has no independent existence of

its own, similarly, without the world, there cannot be any separate

existence of the body. But, when a man, whose mind is deluded by

egoism, identifies the " Self " with the body, several desires are

born in him, as he has desire for family, riches, praise and

pleasures etc. He does not realize, that by identifying the self

with the body, he is already a captive and these desires will

further strengthen the bondage and will hurl him into the abyss of

adversity.

 

Even though a spiritual aspirant during his disciplining period, may

not feel that he is above and beyond the modes of prakrti (nature)

but when he accepts to be so with a strong faith, he starts feeling

himself beyond prakrti. Thus, just as a person, is bound due to his

wrong assumptions, in the same way he is freed from his shackles

through correct assumptions, because it is a principle that an

assumed fact, ceases to be by unassuming it. The same fact, has been

pointed out by Bhagwaan, in Gita 5:8 by the term " manyeta " (should

believe) when He declares, " The man, who is united with the Divine

and knows the truth, thinks that he does nothing at all " . One must

have such belief, that is innate and natural.

 

When even the unreal assumptions such as 'I am the body', 'I am

doer', become so firm and solid, that it seems difficult to renounce

these; then why that which is truth and reality, 'I am not the body'

and 'I am not a doer', not become firm and steady? And once firm and

confirmed solid, thereafter how can it be abandoned?