Shree Sant Kathamrut by Das Ganu Maharaj

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Nana folded his hands and prayed, 'Baba, I have some difficulty in

understanding, here. You said the Bramhan is devoid of pain and it envelopes

everything. It is blissful too. My Mother, you said everything contains this

Bramhan. I, however, find that the world is full of miseries and pain. It is

also infinite. I do not see any properties of Chaitanya in it. How can a

born-blind see beauty? How can Real Chaitanya live in an illusory thing? If

the Soul itself is the life force, then its unity does not exist at all

because there are many souls. The pleasure and pain of one soul do not

affect others. How can we? Then say that all of them contain the same

Chaitanya? Since the bodies are different I feel that the souls are also

different."

 

Baba said, Nana,you make a mistake, here. Now listen to me with full

concentration. If we mix red, white, black, yellow, blue, green, violet and

crimson colours separately with water and keep these mixtures in different

glasses, can the water be different? It gets red colour with red and yellow

with yellow. If we separate the colour from the mixture, the colour of the

water will not be visible again. In the same manner, after the union of the

soul with heart, experience of miseries and pain are caused. Bodies of the

animals are different but there is no difference in their souls. All of them

have the same soul. Pleasure and pain are the properties of the heart

(body). The body, however, is necessary for the soul. Understand this, My

Child.

 

Now, I will analyze this topic so that you will understand it well. My

child Narayan, the Chaitanya has three qualities. They are spiritual

(Parmarthic), customary (Vyavaharic) and illusory (pratibhasic). They are

similar to the three states of the body viz. childhood, youth and old age.

The souls who have reached the state of spiritualism are considered as

holymen. Those who understand the difference between the right and the wrong

and follow" the Shastras are called customary. Those who consider illusion

as the truth are called illusory. They are covered with nescience, Nana.

 

(To be contd...)

Source http://www.saileelas.org/books/4chap.htm