How to attain God-Realization?

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Swamiji: When there is a deep longing for God Realization, then everything

else will drop off. Without having an intense longing for God Realization,

nothing can happen. You have everything at your disposal - this human body

has been received, you have received Gita and Ramayan, you have received

good satsang, you have visited Gangaji, what more can there be?

 

Have only one desire, let there be only one (God) that you trust, only one

dependency (God), only one longing (God). Just like the chattak bird, that

drinks water only directly from the rain showers. Even though it is dying of

thirst, and is at the banks of Gangaji, yet the chaatak bird will only wait

for the rains. Let our exclusivity and intense longing for that One be like

the chaatak bird.

 

Human life is successful, only on realizing God. We must realize God. " Tere

bhaave jo karo bhalo buro sansaar, " Do not worry about what others are

doing, what they are thinking of us etc. Simply engage in only one thing

(God), and everything else will follow suit. Everything else will become

super simple, super easy. If there is one intense longing, all else will

fall off.

 

No one is too young or too old to get started. But they all must have only

one desire. Friends, such an opportunity will not be available in the

future. If you do not have such intensity or deep longing for God, then it

will only be self-betrayal. Simply speaking - we must realize God, no matter

what others want, whether others want God or not.

 

And frankly, what other work do you really have?

 

Source: From a Discourse by Swami Ramsukhdasji in Hindi on Aug 19, 2002 at

3:30 pm

 

Question: Gita 4:9 says - Those who know the reality (True Essence) are not

reborn after death, they attain only God. (Gita 4:9). Is there any proof

that such people attain only God?

 

Swamiji: Gita clearly states - Yes, Completely rid of passion, fear and

anger, wholly absorbed only in God, depending on God alone, purified by

knowledge of divinity of God’s activities, many have become one with God.

(Gita 4:10)

 

Source: From " Gita Madhurya " in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji

 

Question: If you say God Realization is so easy, then what are the obstacles

that are preventing us from realizing God?

 

Swamiji: There are many obstacles, such as:

 

 

1) Attraction to enjoyment and gratification from worldly pleasures and

attachment to accumulation of material goods

 

2) Lack of intense longing and desire for inquiry into God Realization.

 

3) Being satisfied with our present state

 

4) Believing God Realization to be similar to acquiring of any other

objects. Because of this belief, immense importance is given to kriya (doing

actions) and less importance is given to our discriminative powers and our

inner disposition - our natural state

 

5) Great Souls and Mahatmas who understand the essence (tattva) well, are

rare to find and meet

 

6) Just with a little bit of knowledge and some practice, we become proud

 

7) Other self imposed limitations are - not found the right guide, I am not

qualified, I am not deserving, times are such, my fate is such, I have to do

something to realize God.

 

Such (samskaars) impressions and ideas are obstacles that prevent us from

realizing God.

 

Source: From " Prashno-uttarmanimala " by Swami Ramsukhdasji

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