Dharma and Duty - The Right Action at the Right Time - Duty to the Divine Self Part 08

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Sai Ram

 

Bro.Swamy Mahadevan

 

Your explanation is not so clear in this article

Can you please explain what is Duty to the Divine Self?

 

 

Divinity neither comes nor goes. God is total love. It is important

to remember that you and the world are temporary, but Truth and love

are permanent. Love is god, so live in love; truth is God, so follow

truth. Like the two wings of a bird, truth and love can make you fly

to noble heights. Follow the greatest path, the path of love. Take

the example of the magnet and the iron: they unite, and the iron

becomes one with the magnet. Likewise, the knower of Brahman (the

Universal Absolute) becomes Brahman. You are children of immortality,

you are eternal. The relationship between you and God is eternal. The

body changes through many births, but the mind and deeds continue

from birth to birth. Just as an auditor totals the accounts of the

day and carries the balance over onto the next page, our mind follows

to the next life. You should be able to control the mind by

controlling the senses – then merge in truth and experience oneness

with God.

 

Divinity is fully present in everyone; it is patent for those who

have eyes that can see clearly and deeply. Whoever denies this is

only cheating himself of his reality. The conclusion, therefore, is

inevitable: it is the duty of man to see in society the expression of

divinity, and to use all his skills and effort to promote the welfare

and prosperity of society. You must cultivate expansive feelings,

inclusive thinking and intuitive vision. Without these, you are but

an inert being; if you deride all three, you lose the title to be

human. The spirit of renunciation, adherence to virtue, eagerness to

cooperate, the sense of kinship – these are the characteristics of a

human being.

 

 

Sai Ram

With love

Dr.Pooja Sai Bhatia

Puttaparthi

 

, swamy mahadevan

<mahadevanvnswamy wrote:

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> Dharma and Duty - The Right Action at the Right Time -

> Duty to the Divine Self Part 08

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> Each of us has within the potential for realizing our

> divinity. Divinity manifests when we listen to the

> voice in our inner hearts and act according to our

> duty. With time and practice, each of us is rewarded

> with joy and peace. The performance of duty earns for

> us the opportunity to perform more responsible duties.

> When the inner voice is heeded, we expand into

> unbounded freedom.

>

> " To be free is your birthright, not to be bound. It is

> only when you guide your steps along the path

> illumined by the universal unbound dharma that you are

> really free " Baba

>

> As we approach the latter stages of life, the

> cultivation of detachment and wisdom acquire primary

> importance. Our highest duty is to realize our

> divinity. Our unique characteristic as human beings is

> our ability for introspection, which we have been

> given for this purpose. The birds and animals share

> many other functions, but we alone have the capacity

> and duty to discover the residence of God within.

>

> " Your duty is yo yearn for the attainment of the

> consciousness of the One, behind all this apparent

> multiplicity " Baba

>

> Next...

>

> Miracles - Outward Signs of Inner Events -

> What Is a Miracle? Part 01

>

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Dharma and Duty - The Right Action at the Right Time -Duty to the Divine Self Part 08Each of us has within the potential for realizing ourdivinity. Divinity manifests when we listen to thevoice in our inner hearts and act according to ourduty. With time and practice, each of us is rewardedwith joy and peace. The performance of duty earns forus the opportunity to perform more responsible duties.When the inner voice is heeded, we expand intounbounded freedom."To be free is your birthright, not to be bound. It isonly when you guide your steps along the pathillumined by the universal unbound dharma that you arereally free" BabaAs we approach the latter stages of life, thecultivation of detachment and wisdom acquire primaryimportance. Our highest duty is to realize

ourdivinity. Our unique characteristic as human beings isour ability for introspection, which we have beengiven for this purpose. The birds and animals sharemany other functions, but we alone have the capacityand duty to discover the residence of God within."Your duty is yo yearn for the attainment of theconsciousness of the One, behind all this apparentmultiplicity" Baba