Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

[Guest guest]

We are Innately and Naturally Pure

 

After taking refuge there is no fear, no worries, no doubt, no

yearnings that remain. Because in reality there is no such thing as

fear, worry, doubt, and yearning. Everything ends. Anger ends. Just

like when the Sun comes out, there can never be night (darkness).

Similarly life will become perfectly pure. The impurity is from

associating with the world. If we accept no affinity with the world,

how can there be an issues?

 

In Ramcharitramanasa it is said - " Ishvar ansh jeev avinashi " and " so

maaya bas ho ... " Even though being a part of God, and being pure

consciousness and ever blissful, we have become entangled in maya. It

is truly not that we are entangled, but we have assumed that we are

entangled. All sorrows will end and life will be perfectly pure,

because we are pure. Faults do not come, rather we grab hold of these

faults. If we do not grab hold of these faults, how can they come ?

The truth is that we are innately and naturally pure. " Amal " is that

without any impurities and " sahaj sukh raashi " is ever blissful.

 

Therefore with a firm determination, bravely accept... " I am only

God's and only God is my very own. " And this is natural. One type of

practice requires effort and another happens naturally. In that which

is natural, it is simply by recognizing our true and natural Self. For

being in our natural state (Self), God has said " Maamekum sharanam

vraja " that is - exclusive dependency on only Him. Not many

dependencies, rather leave all other dependencies. What amazing joy !

 

Just like a child, is so joyful in his mother's lap. He feels - she is

simply my mom, similarly we too are simply God's. To eliminate all

fears, take refuge in only God, as there is no one as Almighty, All

knowing and All capable as He is, and His door is ever open for us. We

are welcome at any time. What else do we want ? Expecting or wanting

things from the world is a grave mistake. Face away from the world and

face only God, and thereafter all worries and all fears will end. Take

refuge in only God. God has never not accepted us. He is caring for

this entire Universe's well-being. The minute we turn towards Him,

there will be joy. If we have no expectations from anyone else, God

will make all evil tendencies leave us and He will do it with love,

with friendship, with care, with compassion and more .

 

By taking refuge in God, there is a certain kind of humility,

gentleness and mildness (namrataa) that will come in us. Therefore at

all times keep Him the forefront - Let me not forget You, my Lord!

Refuge (surrendering to Him) also happens only by His grace. By

relishing the world too we become alert, we feel guilty and we

experience regrets. See this also has His grace. For those whose aim

is only the realization of Truth, only God realization, all this will

go away. They will recieve satsang (association with Truth), and they

will receive His messages. In the presence of God, how can there ever

be any sorrow?

 

How splendid! How wonderful! (Vaah Prabhu Vaah). Eternal peace.

Turning towards the perishable, all faults come in, whereas turning

towards God, all evils come to an end. He who is in bondage of this

body, he who believes he is this body, only he experiences pain and

sorrow. The world is a storehouse of unhappiness (dukhaalai va

shaasvatam). It is filled with sorrow, and new sorrow manifests

continuosly and naturally. But sorrow never remains forever, whereas

joy is innately in us, at all times.

 

Oh Lord, My Father (Hey Naath, Hey mere Naath), call out to Him. Some

of us don't even realize how He has transformed us. As we look deeper,

we realize it is God's grace alone. When we listen to God and His

messages, then we will get committed. God says all are loving to Him

(sab mama priya..) Therefore let us accept with a firm conviction our

true Self (a ray of His Consciousness). Let us take refuge at His

lotus feet.