॥ Shri Hari ॥
The
Quintessence
(Saar
Baat)
Tvameva Maata Cha
Pita Tvameva
Tvameva Bandhusha Sakhaa Tvameva
Tvameva Vidyaa Dravinam Tvameva
Tvameva
Sarvam Mama Deva Deva
Swami Ramsukhdas
The Quintessence
(Saar
Baat)
I
will share with you the quintessence of all that I have heard, read and understood so far. This fundamental point is not any thing new. All have experienced and encountered it. It is man’s nature that he always wants
something new. In reality, a new thing is only that which remains forever. You must pay some more attention with regards
to this point. It is a very beneficial thing,
and it is a simple straight-forward thing.
Retain it. Accept it with a firm
conviction, then at this very moment you will cross the ocean of this worldly
sorrow and attain eternal bliss. Even
at this time if you are not feeling and experiencing so, then too you will
surely be subjected to this in the future – this is undoubtedly true. Knowledge ripens at the opportune time,
after spending time to acquire it. “vidyaa
kaalem pachyate.” Therefore accept the point today
itself. Just as those who farm, they sow
the seeds, and if someone asks, then they say the farming is
done. Similarly I am saying that on accepting this point with a firm conviction then you
will attain the eternally blissful state! Yes!
And he who has a deep
yearning, that one will realize
the element, the entity “tattva” and if you have
a lesser yearning then it will take longer to realize that “tattva”.
This world, is constantly, and every moment, going
towards destruction - this is the gist, the main point. It appears like an ordinary point, but it is a very
central point. It is the quintessence. This world that can be seen, heard,
understood does not last even for a single moment, it is constantly going
away. As many creatures that are living, they are all-in-all
going towards death. The entire world
is moving towards final destruction.
Everything is getting destroyed.
That which is seen today, becomes unseen tomorrow. That which we pay a visit to, becomes unreachable. That which exists, is entering into
non-existence. This is the fundamental
truth. And it is something that all have
experienced. No one at all has any
doubt or wariness in this regard. Now, That which is seen
in the form of “IS” (reality), will be
going towards “Not”
(non-existence). Body,
money, land, house, family, honor, greatness, fame, post, rights, abilities
etc, everything is going towards “Not” in other words, it is going towards “non-existence”. Listen to this very carefully, understand it, and accept it. It is the absolute truth. The main mistake is believing the world to be “Is” i.e. accepting it as
being here to stay.
Recollection
(smruti) is of two kinds. 1) through making effort like repeating divine name (Naam Japa) etc. and 2) through knowing. That which takes place by making an effort, does
not remain constantly, at all times, but that which happens through knowing,
remains all the time. If you know, then you simply know it once and for all. After knowing, then one never loses sight of
it, never
forgets it. The recollection that comes
from doing and making an effort, is forgotten when the activity is not taking
place, then
there can be a mistake. The mistake
made in the recollection that comes from knowing is of a different sort. Just as, an individual considers himself to
be a Brahmin, then for the entire day, he does not remember
even once that he is a Brahmin. However, though not
recollecting, then too within he always
and constantly knows that he is a Brahmin.
Sometimes if someone asks, then he will say that he is a Brahmin. This remembrance can be said to be forgotten
when the man considers himself to be a Vaisya,
Kshatriya, or Harijan. In the same way, if you believe the things of
the world to be real,
then it is a mistake.
Therefore thoroughly accept that this world is all the time moving
towards destruction. Thereafter whether
this is remembered or not, the thing that is accepted
does not have to be remembered.
Brothers
have accepted that “I am a man”, thereafter they do not have to remember
it. In the same way, an ascetic does not have to remember
that “I am a sadhu” He does not have to rotate the holy beads to
remember that. Once you have accepted
then you have done so once and for all.
After marriage, an individual does not have to think whether he is
married or not. In the same manner, you ponder seriously
that this
world is going away every single moment.
It simply cannot stay forever, in that same form as it is right now.
The
second point is, that
world which is “Not”, is perceived only
through “Is”. Just as a person is
sitting and in front of him 20-25 people pass by. On being asked he says, about 20-25 people have passed this way. If that person himself went away with them,
then who would give that news about how many individuals have gone from there? But that person did not go away, he stayed
right there, therefore he was able to relay the information about those that
had passed by. Without staying behind, who would have
given the news about those who went past?
In the same way,
God is here to stay, and the world is passing by. If you accept this point that the world is going
away, then your state will always
remain in that eternal Paramatma (God, Supreme
Consciousness), you will not need to do anything to remain in that
state. The moment you believe that the
world is here to stay, then you forget Paramatma
(God). By accepting the world as departing every single
moment, even on
not remembering God, you will remain situated in God only.
The
world is leaving – this is a very good and priceless point, it is a principle point, it is a point that comes in the Vedas and in
Vedanta, it is a point that is addressed by many great souls. God is the kind that will stay and the world
is the kind that will go away. That God
is in the form of “IS-ness” (Hai). He is perfectly and completely everywhere. The four yugs -
satya, treta,
dwaapar and kali they continue to change, but God never changes. He remains always AS-IS. There are only two
main points – the world is not and God is.
The world is going away and God is here to stay. If you accept these points, then consider
that a very big task has been complete, your life has become a success. Then attaining self-realization, God
Realization, liberation, etc.,
will all take place through this only.
The
world is constantly going,
as you keep seeing this, there will come a state that the world
will become non-existent. Only that one Paramatma alone is there and the world is not there - you will experience
this. Saints have said - “Yeh nahin yeh
nahin, yeh nahi hoyi, take pare agam hai soyi.” This itself is the essence. Fix this in your heart. It is everyone’s experience that where are
all the states,
circumstances, incidents, actions, objects,
companions etc., of the past
gone? Just as they have gone, similarly even the
current state, situation, object etc., will go away. They are constantly going away. It has been customary for the world to follow the pattern
of departing
Some
are gone today, some
tomorrow
Some
are standing to get ready to go
From
the very beginning, it is customary that this world will not stand still even
for a moment. It is every one’s
experience. You do not respect this
experience, this is the main mistake. It
is due to this mistake that you are time and again born and die etc. Therefore today itself accept with a firm
conviction that the world is leaving every moment. This is the main point.
Narayana ! Narayana !! Narayana !!!
From “Tattvik Pravachan” in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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