Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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Contented and Self-Controlled

 

He who is ever contented and self-controlled - a Yogi. " Bhagwaan

says such a devotee is dear to Me.

 

Generally a being is content in favorable circumstances, but he

looses his calmness, in undesirable circumstances. The contentment

does not remain all the time, because he wants to derive

satisfaction out of perishable things and beings. He the Self, being

eternal can attain real and permanent contentment, only by realizing

God, Who is eternal.

 

Having realized God, a devotee ever remains content, because he

remains ever united with God, and has no need for the perishable

world. Therefore there is no reason for any discontentment. Being

ever contented, he does not in the least attach importance to any

mundane beings or objects.

 

The term " Satatam " with the term " Santustah " shows that a devotee

ever (all the time) remains content and that contentment never

undergoes any change, nor is there any possibility of any change in

it. A perfect Soul, always remains content, whether he has attained

perfection through the paths of action, knowledge or devotion.

 

The term " Yogi " here stands for a devotee who has realized God (who

ever remains united with Him) through the path of devotion.

 

In fact, no person can ever be disunited with God. He who has

realized this fact, is a Yogi.

 

'Yatatma'-He, who has fully controlled his body, including the mind,

intellect and senses, is 'Yatatma'. A God-realized devotee has not

to control his mind, and intellect etc. These are naturally, under

his control. So, in him there is no possibility of any evil, born of

contact of senses, with sense-objects. In fact, the mind, intellect

and senses should follow a right path. But, these deviate from the

right path, because a person is attached, to the world. A devotee's

mind, intellect and senses, remain under his control, because he is

not in the least attached to the world, and so his actions are

exemplary.

 

The senses of virtuous and righteous persons, never deviate from the

right path. King Dushyanta got attracted and attached to Sakuntala;

so he had full confidence that she must belong to a Kshatriya

family, rather than a Brahmana. According to the poet Kalidasa, in

case of doubt, the inclination of a virtuous person, is testimony of

the right path (Abhijnaana Sakuntalam 1/21).

 

How can, the mind, intellect and senses of a perfect devotee,

deviate from the right path, when the senses of even, a righteous

person do not deviate?