Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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Become Free of Likes and Dislikes 1

 

One of the main obstacles in the path of God Realization is having likes

(attraction) and dislikes (aversion). They are thieves. When you engage in

spirituality, often the likes / dislikes shift from worldly matters to spiritual

matters such as – we do not believe in Shankarji. We will only say " Jai Shri

Krishna " but not " Jai Shankar. " Or thinking that if we say " Ram Ram, " while

believing in Krishna, we will be without a foundation, a support. Such things

are like carrying with us biases that will surely lead to hell.

Even in our worship, contemplation/ thinking if we hold on to likes/dislikes, it

will take us to hell!

 

The obstacles are only in our mind. There is no other obstacle. There never was,

there cannot be. " Let things happen according to my wishes " - this is the main

obstacle. Some say Allah O' Akbar, and others say Sita Ram, or Ram Ram or

Krishna Krishna. Now it is not necessary that you say Ram Ram, but you must get

the same joy when hearing Ram Ram, knowing that it is the name of the our Lord.

We must

become happy, that they are speaking our language (spiritual/divine) in worship

and reverence of the Lord. If anyone wants to attain the Divine Truth (God), he

may do so in any form, or worship any name; it is all OK. Why must we have

dislikes? Ram, Madhav, Mukund, Damodar are all names of Bhagwaan (God),

similarly, Allah, Akbar are names of God. Therefore let us feel joy, let us be

pleased, that everyone is calling out to the Lord in their own way.

 

Remove likes-dislike from your heart, in whatever way that you can . When you

are counting, add any which way you want, but the total must add up. Similarly

in total there should be no likes-dislikes. Get

rid of all of these - Good-not good, favorable-unfavorab le, attraction-repulsio

n, in which ever way you can, whether it be through scriptural teachings or

other, then you will be greatly benefited.

 

" Jneyah sa nityasannyasi yon a dvesti na kaanksati |

Nirdvandvo hi mahaabaaho sukham bandhaat pramucyate || (Gita 5/3)

 

He who neither hates, nor desires anything, should be known as a " Nitya

Sannyaasi " (ever a renouncer); being free from dualities (pairs of opposites) he

is liberated easily from bondage, O mighty-armed (Arjuna).

 

Gitaji says that if you become free from the pairs of opposites, then you will

joyfully be liberated. Liberated you already are naturally. It is only due to

foreseeing likes – dislikes (attraction and

aversion) that you have become trapped. And what is bondage? This is good and

this is bad, this is alright-this is not etc – this itself is bondage. Get rid

of this account once and for all from the mind,

and you will be freed. Do it and see for yourself. Find any solution. You are

free in finding a solution. Do what the Gita, Ramayan, Bible, Quran etc. say in

it. Whatever comes to mind, do that, but in

" total " (all-in-all) , attraction and aversion (likes-dislikes),

elation-dejection etc. should not be there.

 

" Yo na hrshyati na dveshti, na sauchati na kaanchati |

Shushbhaashuparitya agi bahktimaanyah same priyah " || (Gita 12/17).

 

However much you study, however educated you become, however knowledgeable you

become of the Vedas, but if there is likes-dislikes in the heart, then you will

not be benefited. " Aachaar heen na punati

vedah. " In proper conduct, there is no likes-dislikes. Why is Gitaji liked by

all? In Gitaji the main emphasis is on salvation, on liberation. There is no

insistence. There is no dislikes. Whether you are a Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist,

Christian, Jain, Jewish, Parsi or any other, become free of dislikes and

dislikes, and you will smoothly cross this ocean of life. If you become a Hindu,

or a Muslim, and have your own little groups, then will not likes and dislikes

remain or will they not? " Mana changaa to kathoti Ganga " . Make your mind

" changa " ( good, honest, kind etc.) and there will be nothing but great joy,

delight, bliss!

 

From summary of discourse in Hindi on Jan 27, 1992 at 5 a.m. by Swami

Ramsukhdasji