50 DIVINE THOUGHTS - COURTESY KANCHI KAMAKOTI PEETHAM

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PRIYA BHAGAVAT BANDHUVULLARA!,

 

 

50 DIVINE THOUGHTS (continued )

6 TO 10

 

 

6.We know many faults we commit, even if others do not know them. Sometimes we

realise we are doing so many evil things and repent bitterly and feel why we

should be born . Our duty is to pray to God - " I have committed so many faults.

Will you not, 0 God, give me the will power not do like that in future and will

you not purify my mind? " We must note down in a diary every night before we go

to bed the faults committed by us and pray to God to give us courage and

intelligence not to do so. This must be propagated widely.

 

7. Parameswara and Sriman Narayana are one and the same in reality. They are not

two. This is the conclusive view of all the sastras. Names differ, forms are

different, occupations vary, but the reality which is within Them is one and the

same.

 

8. What is the purpose of human birth? To earn, to eat, to undergo misery

everyday and finally to die? Instead of earning and suffering, can we not die

now? The purpose of birth is to avoid re-birth. Except man, all animals grow

horizontally. Only man grows vertically. Instead of growing horizontally, it is

God's will that he should grow vertically in order to look up. God has given to

animals devices for self-protection; to man alone He has given intelligence. By

doing nothing, we avoid re-birth; By giving up attachment, we avoid sins.

 

9. When any object is consumed by fire, it becomes charred. If that black

residue is burnt again, it becomes white ash. White ash continues to remain

white even when burnt again. This shows that white is the ultimate and black is

proximate to it. Science tells us that diamond and coal are basically one. White

and black are not colours. The primary colours get separated from the objects to

which they are attached when subjected to the test of fire and ultimately white.

Similarly, in the mental and spiritual place, the Ultimate Reality is Siva, who

is white and proximate to Him is Parvati, who is dark. When we test everything

in the fire of Jnana, or true knowledge, the residue is Siva. Ash in the

material plane corresponds to Siva in the spiritual plane. We smear our bodies

with the sacred ash to remind ourselves of Siva and the fact that the ultimate

goal of life is Siva.

 

10. Much is said about the personal God and the impersonal absolute God with

attributes and without attributes. It is only when all the colours in the light

mix together that we get the colourless rays of the sun. Similarly by the very

virtue of being the abode of attributes, God becomes Nirguna, attribute-less.