Surrender Path To Liberation

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" Surrender " Path To Liberation

 

This whole Universe, with its varied natural forms and creations is a

manifestation of the Will of God. The universal life force behind this reality

of Brahman is the positive energy pure universal consciousness, Self being its

integral part. At the individual consciousness level therefore " He is the real

Me and real You " . One, however, cannot perceive Him with gross eyes. The veils

of Maya form layers of illusions blocking the vision to Almighty Brahman. To

attain this wisdom, one has to approach a worthy Saint: a Sadguru, who has

himself, attained God vision. What cannot be achieved through reading of Vedas

and other religious scriptures or hearing religious lectures, can be achieved

under the blessings and guidance of such Souls. The objects of life such as

Dharma, Artha and Kama are achievable by our efforts but the fourth object

˜Moksha' can be attained only with the blessings and guidance of a Sadguru. Shri

Shirdi Sai was such a Sadguru who while living in physical form, by His 'life's

actions' always imparted spiritual wisdom and showed people, irrespective of

caste, colour & creed, the path to spirituality and liberation. He continues to

guide and bless one and all even today from His 'Samadhi' in SHIRDI.

 

Sai always said We get human body as a result of merits in the past births and

it is worthwhile, that with its aid, we should obtain devotion and liberation in

this life. " The purpose of life indeed is not to live a physical existence in

this materialistic world, full of evils of passion, anger, pride, envy by man

against man, generating 'negative sanskars' but to realize 'Self and 'Brahman'.

 

This 'Self of ours is surrounded by three basic walls of Gross, Subtle and the

Casual Bodies. There are several paths to pierce these three walls before

experiencing glimpses of divinity in the 'Brahmrandhra' the Seventh Sahasrashar

Chakra. The Four known paths are : 'Bhaktiyoga', 'Karamayoga', 'Jnanayoga' and

'Rajyoga'. Whatever path one may follow, it is always a lifelong process of

'surrender' and deep concentration, with all purity of mind and intense desire

to realize 'Self and 'Creator' of this Universe. When the powers of mind are

concentrated and turned back upon it, the mind penetrates its innermost secrets

and enlightens us by revealing the real meaning of man's existence in this

world. The journey to spirituality realized through any chosen medium, helps

remove negative energy within a man, and transforms his Sanskars gradually with

positive energy. This positive energy then radiates his inner Self and the

'aura' around him. The inner dynamism, joy, peace and compassion emerge from

this chosen path of Divinity. As this spiritual awareness expands, a Sadhak is

able to see through 'Maya' and finally, the divine light which communicates to

him - 'Aham Brahmasmi'. The Sadhak begins to live within the spiritual fragrance

of Satya, Chita and Anand an experience of absolute Existence, Knowledge and

Bliss.

 

The truth and intrinsic strength in all the four paths to Self realization and

realization of God, however, lay in the whole hearted " devotion and surrender an

unconditional and unflinching faith in the existence and supremacy of Almighty.

All spirituality is in fact embodied in the " Total Surrender. " Bhagavad Gita

expresses the same secret 'Sarva Dharman Parityajya Namakan Saranam Vraja. It

means be thou fully surrendered to His Will. All your sins will be pardoned.

Holy Bible reiterates the same message. Prophet Muhammad always strolled about

with His head lowered and His message was " Be surrendered " .

 

Sai Baba is not finite or limited. He dwells in all beings from ants and insects

to God Brahman. He pervades all. How beautiful one day at noon after the Arti,

He gave the following advice to Anna Chinchanikar : Remember that all what you

do is known to me. I am the inner ruler of all and seated in their hearts I am

the controller the wire-puller of the show of this universe. I am the

Mother-origin of all beings the harmony of the three gunas, the Creator,

Preserver and Destroyer. Nothing will harm him, who turns his attention towards

Me, but Maya will lash or whip him who forgets Me. All the insects, ants, the

visible, movable and immovable world is My Body or Form. By this Baba conveyed

that He is infinite, omnipresent and controller of this universe. Baba also said

I feel indebted to him who surrenders himself completely to Me, and ever

remembers Me, I shall repay his debt by giving him salvation.

 

Once a rich gentleman came to Baba in Shirdi and asked for a Quick Brahman

Jnana. To teach the lesson of Brahman, Baba made him sit in the Masjid and

despite his insistence of ˜Brahman Jnana " engaged him in some other talks. Then

He called a boy and asked him to go to Nandu Marwari and get from him a hand

loan of Rs. 5/-. The boy went, but returned saying that Nandu was absent and his

house locked. Then Baba asked him to go to Bala grocer and get from him the said

loan. Again the boy was unsuccessful. This went on twice, thrice and with the

same result. The rich man had a bundle of currency notes and if he knew that

Baba would return the loan, could have given that money to Baba. He, however,

wanted from Baba the greatest thing in the world ˜Brahman Jnana " . The rich man,

getting impatient again asked Baba about ˜Brahman Jnana " and Baba told him that

He was in fact showing him ˜Brahman Jnana " only but unfortunately, he could not

see.

It is, thus, the veils of ˜Maya " which blocks the vision to the reality of

Brahman.

 

By above preaching Baba conveyed that for being able to realize and see Brahman

one has to Surrender desires of Five Senses, Mind, Intellect and Ego. It is only

by this process of renunciation/vairagya that one is able to move towards the

path of self realization. As one achieves richness and strength in his inner

purifications, he is able to attain ˜Brahman Jnana " . The path of ˜Self

Realization " is as hard as to tread on the edge of a razor. All saints have

advocated that to get the knowledge (realization) of the Self, ˜Dhyana " is

necessary. If one practices it continuously, the vrittis (thoughts) will be

pacified. To realize Brahman, one could meditate either on the form or formless

nature of Sai. His formless nature is knowledge incarnate, consciousness and

bliss (Satta, Chitta, Anand). If one cannot do this, he/she should meditate on

His form from top to toe. " Hemadpant in Shri Sai Sacharitra says " Look at Baba's

posture, He is sitting with his legs folded, the right leg held across the left

knee. By this posture Baba means to say, as it were if you want to see My light,

be egoless and most humble and meditate on my toe through the opening between

the two branches, index and middle fingers and then you will be able to see My

light. This is the easiest means of attaining devotion, the ˜Moksha " the real

aim of human existence.

 

Our human existence will be rendered meaningless if we are unable to understand

the purpose of this life and know the basic truth of human birth. Human birth is

result of untold sufferings and struggles in eighty four lakh species. Human

form is the most nearer form of God with inherent God like powers lying dormant

in the gross body. It is awakening of these inherent super natural divine powers

that a man in physical existence realizes his Godly form and merges his

individual consciousness with Universal consciousness. He is one with Brahman

the 'Allah Malik' as Baba used to say. The path to this sole aim of human birth

is inherent in " Surrender " a ‘Total Surrender' to God Generator of Divinity.

Sai is thus Generator of Divinity Look to Him and seek His blessings for

" Moksha " .