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Sunahu Sadhak Pyare - Part 19

हरि में गुरु में गुरु में भक्ति में रह, रति अनन्यहिं प्यारे ।

hari meṃ guru meṃ guru meṃ bhakti meṃ raha, rati ananyahiṃ pyāre ।

One more very important point. ALWAYS realize Hari and Guru beside you at all times. Practice it. You might take 10 days, 20 days, 2 months, 6 months to have unyielding faith. Wherever we think we are alone, that is where we sin. Privacy! Ved says even if you don’t consider Guru is there with you at all times, at least believe that God is present in your heart and notes down all your thoughts. Consider Hari Guru are there to protect you.

हरि को गुरु को सदा ही, राखु साथ अपने प्यारे ।

hari ko guru ko sadā hī, rākhu sātha apane pyāre ।

"Always feel that you are not alone". They are there with you and noting down every thought that crosses your mind. So, let alone perform wrong action you should not even think of wrong things. When you become careful, you will stay away from sin.

Another point to remember is that we are house-holders. We don’t practice devotion at all times. We might practice devotion for 2 hours, 4 hours or 6 hours in a day. We need to think, that we might not get another moment. We have to earn everything we can in this very moment.

This human body is short lived. Just like with the bubbles in river water, some bubbles disappear the moment they are formed while some stay for a minute or so. Our time to leave this body is predetermined. But we haven’t been told when that day will arrive. We state, “Oh, I am not old. I am barely 60 years, Kripalu ji is 80 years.” Forget about 80 years. Some children die before turning 80 days old. That is why one must always remind oneself, “This human body might be snatched away from me at any time. That is why I should not procrastinate till tomorrow.” Some say, “Oh yeah, I will do it. I am waiting for such and such to happen, after that what else but devotion remains to be done? Several have died with this very thought and then they roamed around in 8.4 Million life forms. That is why,

क्षणाहिं क्षण व्याकुल बनो नित, हरि मिलन हित प्यारे ।
सुनहु साधक सुनहु साधक सुनहु साधक प्यारे ।

kṣaṇāhiṃ kṣaṇa vyākula bano nita, hari milana hita pyāre ।
sunahu sādhaka sunahu sādhaka sunahu sādhaka pyāre ।

"every moment, increase your urge to meet Him". Feel the desperation, that helplessness, that longing that your dearest person is not showing Himself to you.