Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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Importance of an Objective

 

In order to ralize the divine elements, the importance of an objective

is crucial. Evaluating in terms of percentage, the aim, the objective

accounts for 94%, the " feelings / sentiments " account for 3% whereas

the " actions " account for merely 1%. However these days an aspirant's

eyes are fixed only on actions, not sentiments, nor objectives. We will now

discuss the importnance of objectives.

 

What is the goal of our life? What do we want to achieve? Which

essential element do we want to know and recognize and which to bring

into realization? On giving due consideration to this, one's only aim, only

objective would be to realize God, to know the divine elements, to recognize

one's everlasting relationship with God and to make God our visible reality.

Only God is eternal. Nothing else is. Whether we particpate in worldly matters

or not, whether we get food or not, whether we get clothes or not, whether we

get a place to sleep or not, whether we get rest or not, whether we get respect

or not, whether we get praise or not, all of this is immmaterial. Our aim is

only one - Realizing God's Divine Elements / God's grace (Paramatma tattva).

" Experts in politics may criticise or shower praise, riches may come or go;

death may knock today or years from now, one who stick fast to his aim, his

objectives, one who does not deflect from his chosen path, nor takes a step

back. "

 

If the sole aim of a person is to achieve divinity, he cannot stand

still at one place. When one does not get money, a person fond of money would

not be interested. When one's real objective is to reach God, can he be deceived

or deviated by sweet words? What is Paramatma's Divine Element (Paramatma

tattva). Anyone who has a strong thirst for knowledge, cannot be satisfied with

speeches and discourses. He cannot stop there. If he stops then he does not have

a firm aim, however educated or learned the person may be.

 

We have only to reach Paramatma. This objective is worth 94%. Faith or

sentiments may change often; sometimes good and sometimes bad.

Sometimes these are pure (sattvik), sometimes high activity and passion filled

(rajasik) and sometimes filled with inertia and ignorance (Tamasik). But one's

objective when firm, never changes. If these change then nothing is attained, or

the real objective is not truly known or understood.

 

Aim and objectives are basis of human foundation. If one has no

objective, then as such he is not a human being. Many are receiving

education these days, but many do not know what they are studying? The

aim and objectives are not defined. How surprising that they go to

study and yet do not know their objective.

 

In truth, this human body has not been received by our volition, but has been

bestowed by Paramatma to attain the objective of realizing Him. It is because of

this objective that human birth has great importance. Otherwise the product of

five elements has no sanctity whatsoever.