Seek The Immortal

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eternity and immortality. The happy-go-lucky worldly man does not care for

religion and higher transcendental matters. He does not worry about God,

doctrine of reincarnation, Immortal Soul, Yoga Sadhana, the four means. He

knows two things well viz., to fill his pocket and to fill his belly. He eats,

drinks, jokes, sleeps, procreates and dresses himself in different costumes.

Some cross the seas to get University degrees. Some practise alchemy to turn

copper into gold. Some practise Pranayama to live for hundred years. Some do

banking and business to amass immense wealth. If you reflect deeply for a while

you will find out these people do two things only viz., eating sumptuously and

sleeping. Nothing more than

this. But their eyes are opened a bit when their dearest relative dies, when

they get an incurable disease, when they lose their wealth. They get a

temporary disgust for worldly life. They ask: “What is life? What is death?

What is there on the other side of death? Is there any life beyond? Where shall

we go after death?” The dispassion soon vanishes as they have no discrimination.

Man tries to find happiness in sensual objects. Too much sensual indulgence

wears out the senses and brings disgust, sickness, and disease of all kinds.

The more sexual pleasures he enjoys, the greater the passion becomes. He learns

bitter lessons. He learns that his happiness does not lie in satisfying the

desire of the body and the senses.

At last he seeks to find happiness in his own Atman within. If you oppress

a man you will suffer oppression in another life and reap the fruit of the seed

you have sown in this life. If you injure the eye of a man your eye will be

injured in another life. If you break the leg of a man your leg will be broken

in another life. If you feed the poor, you will have plenty of food in another

life. If you build rest-houses you will have many houses in another life.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite. Such is the law of Karma. Such is

the law of birth and death. Such is the circle through which you must pass on

your way. Many people are rich but they do

not enjoy their life properly. They have plenty of money. They have many

bungalows and yet they are unhappy. Their life is very miserable. They suffer

from several chronic diseases. Their sons are vagabonds. They are miserly. They

are disliked by their friends and relatives. How do you account for this? They

craved for money in their previous births and so they had it in this life but

did not use it well. They were selfish and cruel in their past life. They had

no character in their previous births. So they suffer in this birth. Do good

actions. Entertain sublime, divine thoughts and build your character. Have one,

pure, holy desire, the desire for liberation from the wheel of birth and death.

Your character is built by your thoughts. As you think,

so shall you become. If you think nobly you will be born with a noble character.

If you think badly you will be born with a bad character. This is the immutable

law of nature. Desire determines which sort of objects you will have in your

next life. If you desire wealth very much you will get it in your next life. If

you desire power very much you will get it in your next life. But money and

power cannot give you eternal bliss and immortality. You must be very careful

in your choice. Entertain one strong desire, the desire for Moksha or the final

emancipation. Shun worldly desires ruthlessly. You will soon be freed from the

round of births and deaths. " ----Sri

Swami Sivananda Sivaya Namah

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