Realize Your Divinity - dAso'hamiti

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realize your divinity - dAso'hamiti

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" i am your servant [dAsaH aham] " - earlier, this was my thinking for kRiShNa.

da- word was snatched by you, snatcher-of-gopI-cloths [leaving saH aham, i am

He].

 

dAso'hamiti me buddhiH pUrvAsItjjanArdane |

dA-shabdo'pahRitastena gopIvastrApahAriNA ||

 

this is a wonderful shloka, that has word play as well as deep philosophy, which

is ever more relevant today!

 

the word play is dAso'ham = dAsaH aham = " servant, i am "

 

and without the first dA-,

saH aham = " He, i am " = i am He (kRiShNa)

 

the devotee says, o kRiShNa, janArdana, earlier, when i started my bhakti,

devotion, i used to think i am your servant, slave, dAsa!

 

that is how bhakti starts, surrender of ego. as a slave has no separate entity

than the master. so should a traveler on the path of spirituality, have no ego

of one's own. one who takes refuge in the lord, should not have separate

thinking, should merge with the lord. even arjuna, in gItA chapter 2 says - " i

am not going to fight, i would rather beg, i come to thy refuge, tell me what is

good for me. "

 

here it is foolish of arjuna to say i come to thy refuge, i am not going to

fight. if you take refuge, sharaNAgati, you can't decide on your own then. you

have surrendered.

 

the devotee, continues that - " dA- word was snatched (from dAsaH) by you,

snatcher of gopI's cloths, and now i realize that i am you, nothing separate

from you " . i was thinking i am nothing, i am your slave, non-entity, but now i

realized (with your help) that i am same as you, divine to the core!

 

true bhakti should be this. it should elevate you to the realization that you

are as divine as you can be. even though there is an ocean of 15 gazillion 19

trillion 27 billion and 53 million seven thousand four hundred and eighty one

mega gallons of water, a single drop of ocean water is also the same H2O. no

difference.

 

this point of devotion has to be very clearly understood. take care in choosing

and following a 'guru'. many modern day gurus, you have to be very careful, for

they try to become god, which they are not, not any more than you are. media's

power helps anyone project an image, PR companies are ready to help throw an

image of whatever you want to be. in US, we have seen great images projected

during election, of godmen, consumer products etc. anything can be mad grand.

 

so watch out.

 

when the devotee is same as even kRiShNa, then how is a guru any superior? this

is not disrespect to guru, but realization of your own true nature. a guru that

doesn't help you with that, or if you don;t do it yourselves - then the whole

exercise is a farce.

 

a true guru never wants, attention or even your ego, or money. yes, you may give

a token of appreciation for guru's daily needs, but that is nominal, not

millions of dollars! no guru needs that much! those are entrepreneurs,

businessmen who needs that much of money, running mega-business or schools,

hospitals, social work and amassing tons of moolah on the way. a true guru only

wants to help you be able to walk in the right direction with good stamina. he

is not going to be with you forever, giving you a piggy back ride to heaven.

 

you should try to get rid of a guru as soon as possible, which means, gain

knowledge and move on. imagine you are on a journey to meet the divine. and on

the way there are tourist offices for information. after finding out the

direction, modes of transport etc. should you hang around the tourist office

forever?

 

imagine you go to agra to see the taj mahal, and you meet a tourist guide. what

is important, what the guide is telling you or the actual taj mahal? the role of

the guide is over when he has told you of background of taj, shown you the taj.

now it is up to you to enjoy the bliss. and let go of the guide. he has others

to guide.

 

don't be a parasite or a handicap, to hang around the guru and take all his

time. be kind to others as well

 

but most importantly, wake up, arise, you are divine. supreme parabrahma doesn't

want you to spend a life of guilt, servitude, nothingness. do all the good,

serving etc. with the realization that you are also the same divine principle.

don't imbalance the balance.

 

over attachment to the guru is detrimental to both - gurus have started counting

their importance by how many followers they have, which gives them ego. and

followers become relaxed thinking - " guru is there, so why do i have to worry

now? " but our scriptures based on which the gurus tell things, say categorically

- only you and you alone can liberate yourselves. you can't outsource that work.

your deeds without attachment will liberate you, your lack of ego, will liberate

you, your knowing IT will liberate you.

 

nArada in bhAgawadpurANa warns about the signs of kaliyuga, and one of them is -

in kaliyuga, brAhamaNa will be selling their (esoteric) knowledge so it will

lose essence, pilgrimage sites will have lot of hypocrites, so pilgrimage will

lose essence, fakes will be so many that asceticism will lose essence... "

 

focus on the divine, not human.

focus on the destination, not sign post on the road.

focus on crossing the river, not building a house on the bridge.

 

you are divine. wake up. get up. move it.

 

from: http://practicalsanskrit.blogspot.com/