The Easy Way to Divine Bliss

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THE EASY WAY TO DIVINE BLISS

 

You may have an idea of what constitutes Bhakti and how every one of us old

and young, men and women, rich and poor strong and disabled, cultured and

uncultured—can follow the path of devotion to attain salvation. To be deeply

devoted to God, we should have an idea in the first place. God is

everywhere. There is no place where He is not. Everything rests in Him. He

resides in the heart of every being. He is in the King, in the beggar, in

the animal, in the minutest worm, in plants and also in inanimate objects.

That is why in the Gita the Lord said, " He who seeth Me everywhere and

seeth everything in Me, of Him I will never lose hold and he shall never

lose hold of Me."

The Lord further said that Yogi who worships God abiding in all beings

liveth in Him for ever, whatever his mode of living. For this reason the

Lord has emphasized in the Eleventh Chapter of the Gita that the devotee who

dedicates every act to God and does not have hatred towards any being is

very dear to Him. The Lord appeared in a stone pillar to save his devotee in

distress (Prahlada). The devotion of Akrura is regarded as the purest for

the reason that God is most dear to one who is by very nature and

disposition kind to all creatures. Gautama Buddha also has taught us the

greatness of Ahimsa (non-cruelty to beings) and the superiority of love for

all. As a true disciple of Jesus Christ Saint Francis loved all creatures.

To him all things were sacred -and nature was an image of God. " Animals and

plants are creation of my Heavenly Father," said He and took delight in

flowers and embraced all creatures in love. He carried little worms to the

roadside saying to himself, " Am I not a tiny worm?"

In short this should be the general outlook of every devotee who is sincere

to attain emancipation by following the path of Love. He should commit to

his memory the grand truth contained in those famous lines of Coleridge :

"He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ;

For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all."

May Sri Sai Baba guide us all in the path of devotion and bless us !

OmShanthi! Shanthi!! Shanthihi!!!

 

(Adopted from the Book Pearls of Wisdom by His Holiness Swami Kesavaiahji)