(Continued)

What am I to do?-

Be like a log of wood in the stream of His will. Love lives, Love work, love duty. Be of good cheer. Only remember God. And do whatever you do in the name of Him. That is enough.

One who can fully relish and utilize the present, without worrying about present, past and future, he or she really enjoy the state of. His supreme Love. The essential thing about life is to see it and enjoy it as (God’s Play).

We shall follow our desires. Do not force them into a special pattern Eat, drink, do everything, but remember God, Who is inside the body.

To move according to nature is only safe course. Do not go beyond the limitation of the body. If we do not respect it, will it not retaliate? Go about doing everything while remembering Him, that is all that is needed.

What then are we to do? We have to brave the world, bear Prarabdh (Unavoidable evolutionary process of one’s life) with fortitude, and do our respective activities without any sense of ego.

Carry on. We have to do our duty. Duty is the first thing. Have patience with the vicissitudes of life, which are tokens of His infinite Love. Don’t restrain, don’t indulge. Be natural, shorn of all inhibitions.

Bear destiny or fate with patience. No restraint, no effort is necessary for Him. Relish His Love and taste the world of nature, with passive remembrance of God.

By doing our duties, which come from His, will we relish His Love and Bliss. We do and enjoy everything as we like but remember Him. We will see nothing will affect us. Try to act our role in the drama on this stage of the world perfectly.

Evaporation of ego, loving submission to God and braving the world of reality as His bounteous expression in our duty. The duty of all human beings is to carry out all activities of life with Him in view. Remember Him. That is enough, more than enough.

World cannot be discarded to become spiritualist. We have come to the world to do our destined works, Karma’s, not to get Him…. As He is already within. We have to do the work for which we are destined.

A vast field of activities is before us. Enjoy them with Him. (Life force) has everything. We can take meat, fish, and vegetables whatever we like. All are the same. Fasting is not good. Don’t go against your nature. Let our senses and mind do any manner of antics. Let our inner drives led our senses wherever they will. Be a passive spectator of the drama.

We have nothing to do except call to mind that God is within. Do nothing but practice remembering and adhering to Name. Repeat the Name, keep thinking about Him and the rest will be taken care of. Think of God. Keep on remembering God, the seed that has been sown in our heart. It is a wonderful key that makes every door open of its own accord.

We need not to shun the needs of the body. With birth we invited and came with certain desire, lust, passions, and greed. We cannot exist a moment without their help. The senses have an essential role. We shall have to give something to them. If we stop everything, they will revolt.

What is the use of this life?

To attain Mokska- liberation from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Birth means a soul entering a body and death is its departure from the Body. The soul itself has neither a beginning nor an end; it is eternal or anadi and ananta. The soul entering a body on this earth or on other planets of the universe performs some actions that are karma.

Karma may enable a soul to attain the eternal bliss or Mokska. On the other hand karma causes endless continuation of the cycle of birth and death of a soul. As you sow so you must you reap. Thus, Karma plays the pivotal role in a pilgrim’s progress towards Mokska; its attainment or the lack of it. In its Karma, the atama is absolutely free and unfettered. A soul charts its own course evasion on uncharted sea. How does an ataman go about it? The 14th mantra of the 23rd chapter of yajurveda gives an appropriate and crystal clear guidance:

Sanshito Rashmina Rathah Sanshiteo Rashmina Hayah Sanshito Apsvapsuja Brahma Sompurogavah.

 

The horses of the chariot of life must always be well disciplined and well disposed to go at the desired speed. It is though self –control and self – discipline that master of the chariot, ataman, and 10 horses that is indriyas (five sensory and five action organs of the body) perform Karma. The ataman requires Vedic knowledge or Brahma jnyanam to partake of anand and also motivate others to follow the same path.

A good control over the 10 horses or indriyas makes an individual a real Dashrath, a charioteer in complete command of his sensory and action organs. That of course, is the Vedic path leading the ataman to Moksha.

(To be continued)