Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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Who is a Sadhak?

 

The Lord declares " Mayyaa tatmidam sarvam jagadavyaktamoortin aa " (Gita 9/4)

" all this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form " . That which has a form

is called a " moorti " (idol) and that which has no form at all is called an

" avyakta Moorti " (formless). Just as Paramatma is " Avayakta Moorti " (formless),

similarly a sadhak is formless idol - " Avyaktoyyamchtyoya mvikaaryoyamuchy ate "

(Gita 2/25)

 

A sadhak is not the physical body - such things are not mentioned in the

scriptures, but it is the Truth. A sadhak is " bhaava sharira "

(expression of inner sentiments). A sadhak is a " Yogi " (one who is

equanimous). He is not a " Bhogi " (pleasure seeker). Bhog (sense

pleasures) and Yog (equanimity) are opposite and conflicting. One who

is a Yogi (equanimous) is not a bhogi (enjoyer of sense pleasures) and

vice versa. A sadhak does not perform any action with the intent of

seeking pleasures (Bhog buddhi), nor does he perform actions for his own

happiness (sukh buddhi). Rather he performs actions for attaining

equanimity (yog buddhi). Equanimity is called " Yoga " - " samatvam yoga

uchyate " (Gita 2/48). Equanimity is a form of inner sentiment (Bhaav

sharir), therefore a sadhak is " bhaava sharira " (expression of inner

sentiments and feelings).

 

The gross body changes every moment. There is not a single moment,

where it does not change. There are two Natures (Prakriti) of

Paramatma (God). the body is the lower Nature (Apara prakriti), whereas the Soul

is the Higher Nature (Para Prakriti). The higher nature is unmanifest

(formless). All beings were unmanifest before birth, in the middle they are

manifest (with form) and after death of the body they are once again unmanifest

(Gita 2/28).

 

Just like before a dream, we are in a wakeful state, in the middle we

are dreaming and again when we wake up from the dream, i.e. there is

wakefulness once again. Just as there is dream state in the middle,

similiarly, all beings are " manifest " state in the middle.

 

It is a rule that whatever does not exist in the beginning and at the

end, actually does not exist in the present as well - " aadaavante cha

yannaasti vartamaanepi tattathaa " (Maandukya Kaarikaa 2/6, 4/31).

Beings are unmanifest in the beginning and at the end, therefore though they

appear to be manifest state in the middle, they are actually unmanifest. In the

manifest state, even two persons cannot be similar, but in the unmanifest state

all become one. Therefore in the unmanifest form, all can attain Paramatma. He

who can be attained by all is Paramatma (God). That which can be attained my

some and not by others is not Paramatma, rather it is the World. Therefore

Paramatma is attained by the unmanifest, and in the unmanifest form.