My journal: God is in the details

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                                                                 AUM SAI RAM

Dear Saibandhu,

            Humble Pranams at the Lotus Feet of BHAGAWAN.

 

   Excellent is your writing with indepth querries about visualising GOD in everything and the querry would  arise when the heart and Intellect combine together in the quest of GOD,-- not the God which we normally picture as per our fancy, but the BRAHMAN( our BHAGAWAN ), who is allpervading,beyond the immagination, beyond the senses, beyond the mind, beyond intelligence, beyond all duality.

 

  There are two main aspects in the querry. one is the Positivity and  the other Negativity-( in fact there is no positivity and negativity, but it appears so when viewed through the lens of mind). It is easy to see God in the positivity, but mind cannot at all comprehend God in negativity.  Because we have been taught, lectured, advised, guided, may be by our elders, the society, by some scriptures of minor  wisdom that God is present in Love, Compassion, Goodness, purity, etc,etc,. Hence accordingly our minds carve a picture of God of the above specifications only.  And we shudder to think or immagine our God's presence in any other format or aspect. So we enter the duality ( God is beyond duality)  and see or experience God only in one aspect, like we see only one face of the coin and donot want to see the other side because, we have been taught to see only one side of the coin and nothing has been told about the other side. Hence we are highly satisfied by  only seeing one face  and scared to see the other face. An ordinary view is sufficient to see one face of the coin, but to see the other face  which appears to be blurred, a magnifying glass is is essential to get a clear picture of the image, oterwise we will assume the coin is of no value -- That magnifying glass is the one,  which all the great scriptures, Realised Souls, Avadhutas,Saints say unequivocally is to possess " JNANANETHRA - EYE OF WISDOM. "   When the highest JNANA or WISDOM  is obtained by the so called our small efforts and the Divine Grace of Sadguru or the God installed in our hearts everything will  become crystal clear and no doubts will arise. When such Sadhaka attains JNANA or WISDOM, he will directly experience the saying of Mahavakyas-- " Sarvam khalv idam BRAHMA - All that we see in this world is BRAHMAN " , "  Prajnaanam Brahma-- Brahman is knowledge " .etc. He will see GOD in everything irrespective of  good,bad,positiveness,negativeness. For such realised Soul there is no good or bad and HE transcends all Duality.

Just like an expert Director-cum-Producer makes a very good film comprising of good,bad,violence,non-violence,love,hate,sympathy, cruelty, happiness,tragedy, and any positivity and negativity will only be acclaimed and applauded by the audience ( Always only positivity in the film will not be appreciated by the audience). The Director of the film is not affected by the dulaity or various characters because he knows that the film is only non-reality.Even the actors in the film are not affected by the parts assigned to them, since they are aware that it is only acting and not reality and hence not affected. If they forget that they are the actors, then they would suffer experiencing the pleasure and pain of the film.  Similarly our Brahman BHAGAWAN is the  Greatest and Wonderful Director and Producer of this COSMOS and not affected by the duality.

 

God doesn't bother about anything. God wants his devotees constant remembrance of Him. Only constant Remembrance, it may be by Love or hate. Otherwise how else Ravana,Hiranyakashipu,and Kamsa could achieve Salvation?. They remembered God by intensely hating Him. God wants this intensity irrespective of love or hate. And it is not very easy to achieve God by hating God. Almost all Sadhakas have attained God by love and devotion only. Very few people like Ravana,Hiranyakashipu,Kamsa had attained salvation through hate. So God is above all duality. To realise this, intense sadhanas and surrender to only attain HIM is the way. 

Sai Ram

Saibandhu,

Ranganatha.Rao.         .   

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On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Sai Sravanthi <sai_sravanthi_999 wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They say God is in the details

But is it easy to see Him?

 

It's easy to feel Him in my breath,

But is it easy to see Him in the fumes of factories?

 

It's easy to see Him in the daffodils that push through the hard earth,

But is it easy to see Him in the earthquakes?

 

It's easy to see Him in the pretty little birds in my backyard,

But is it easy to see Him in the airplanes that take flight into the sky?

 

It's easy to see Him in my sleeping baby,

But it is just as easy to see Him in my angry boss?

 

It's easy to see Him in my dreams,

But how easy is it to see Him in my nightmares?

 

It's easy to hear Him in the depths of silence,

But can I hear Him in the middle of a traffic congestion?

 

It's easy to feel Him in the vibration of a sweet song,

But how easy is it to feel Him in the hoarse voices of an angry mob?

 

Tolerance is when I can put up with the angry voices, hurtful accusations,

turning a deaf ear to blaring traffic, waiting patiently for the dust to settle after a storm,

But is tolerance love?

 

Can I love my angry boss as I would love my baby?

Can I truly love a murderer, the same as I would love a saint?

Knowing that it's the same God in all?

 

Can I love destruction and uncertainty,

Knowing it's the same God who's behind them,

As the one who sent me protection and miracles?

 

Who am I to God? What am I to God?

I'm the same to Him as my neighbor, the murderer,

the earthquake and the tiny snail;

I am His child as much as the saint in a monastery, the homeless pauper,

the warring countries, the rivers and the oceans.

No more, no less.

 

I am His creation.

And it is entirely up to Him how He takes care of His creation.

I have no cause or reason to doubt or worry.

All I need to do is live my life - to the fullest,

To find Him in every detail of my life.

That's all. Easy?

 

Sai Ram and Love.

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