Mystery of Birth

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13. Are the mundane, materialistic and artificial objects illgot wealth,

power, prompts ego-and status eternal and permanent? No, not at all In

your existence in the world, eternal or the mundane objects, you love, adore

and admire do not come with you, when you leave this world. Those are

materially acquired, artificially got by wicked and foul means by egoism,

selfishness, hatred, pride and threat by brutal and barbaric acts of

violences as a wild and ferocious beast pouncing on an innocent weak

creature for its prey. Man is endowed with some sense of understanding and

discretory realising and feeling capacity. He is not supposed to resort to

such acts for acquiring temporary glory, pomp, power and status - which is

nothing but ego.

 

14. Granting that a man has acquired all, is he to enjoy, possess them

eternally and do they accompany him when he dies? Why should they be

acquired at all? How far and what for is this temporary desire? It is on the

contrary. The more one possesses, the more worries, anxiety, mental agony,

bodily ills will haunt him. So that is not worth possessing. Why should one

possess that and what for?

 

15. To quote an example - take the case of a materialistic, great, big or

rich man and a spiritually disposed great saint or seer. Both are

men. Both live - the former in a mansion with all luxuries, the latter

all alone, solitary, secluded and isolated in an Ashram - a hut - with no

luxuries or men to attend on him -all self help - self served. The former

wades through in the storm of wicked world with all vicious surroundings,

thoughts, desires, deeds with no goal in sight for salvation or God

realisation - for Moksham or Mukti. Only this man's name and fame will

echo in public, only for a temporary period so long he is in lime light with

some position or status. The moment he is pulled down from his position

or status, none will recognise or even look at him. He dies a miserable

death with all wicked ideas, thoughts and deeds of past, surrounding him.

 

Some may die in harness. Although they might have lived a luxurious life

with pomp and power and some even a most exciting life still what a

contrast? The same man if he were a saint, a seer, spiritually devoted,

dedicated, living and meditating in an ashram (hermitage) away and

unconcerned of the wicked and vicious world, detached from the mundane

objects, surrendered to the LOTUS FEET of the ALMIGHTY for God realisation,

salvation, Mukti or Moksha contented and satisfied, with his

hermitage life, he is loved and revered and respected by all. This

saint or seer is enemy to none. He is striving to guide the people and

steering them to the path of divinity. This saint or seer has no

anxieties, worries or ambitions. His food even is restricted. His only aim

in life or the goal is to reach Brahman from where he came. To that place

he seeks to go back. That should be the aim of a man. Only such soul

finally reaches the goal by rejoining Brahman and gets rid of the wretched

birth in the world again, not to live a tempting, dodging, deceitful,

purposeless and vicious worldly life.

 

To be continuted......

(Source Sai Leela Magazine December 1976)