All our relationships are with God alone and with no-one else. God has made this concession, to help us concentrate our mind on Him and not get distracted. If this was not the case, we would need a relative for each festival that we celebrate for e.g. one would need a brother to celebrate “Bhai Dooj” and one would need a husband to celebrate “Karwa Chauth”. If you don't have anyone to fulfill that relationship, you would feel bad and try to find these relationships in the world by making someone a “Dharm Bhai” (scripturally approved brother) or going to the court and signing a paper to make someone your son. This happens all too often in this world. Human beings naturally desire to be surrounded all kinds of relationships.
God says, do not worry anymore. You will have all relatives all the time. I will be your mother, father, brother, sister, husband everything. You can change your relationships with Me as many times as you want in a day. I will become that for you. It is a great mercy of the Lord that He has made it so convenient. Now we do not need to desire to have too many physical relatives. We just need to understand our eternal relation with God with the help of a real Spiritual Master.
In the world, it is not possible to attain the knowledge of even the alphabet A, without a teacher. One can start learning only by following the instructions of the teacher and pronouncing the letters and words as directed by him. And one day, one will achieve perfection and become a scholar. Similarly one must accept the advice of the doctor and take medications as prescribed to get better soon. Precisely, in the same manner one has to follow the instructions given by the Guru to achieve the aim of life and be Happy forever. The Guru MUST be a God realized soul.
A non God realized Guru may mislead you and cause your downfall. Imagine if a false Guru gives you the instruction - ‘Think constantly that I am God and one day you will become God”. Isn’t that ridiculous! God is Almighty. He can create the world by merely a smile and He can destroy the world by holding His breath. How can you think that I’m God!! Even then, it has become quite prevalent to say this Ved-Mantra in the ear like
God says, do not worry anymore. You will have all relatives all the time. I will be your mother, father, brother, sister, husband everything. You can change your relationships with Me as many times as you want in a day. I will become that for you. It is a great mercy of the Lord that He has made it so convenient. Now we do not need to desire to have too many physical relatives. We just need to understand our eternal relation with God with the help of a real Spiritual Master.
In the world, it is not possible to attain the knowledge of even the alphabet A, without a teacher. One can start learning only by following the instructions of the teacher and pronouncing the letters and words as directed by him. And one day, one will achieve perfection and become a scholar. Similarly one must accept the advice of the doctor and take medications as prescribed to get better soon. Precisely, in the same manner one has to follow the instructions given by the Guru to achieve the aim of life and be Happy forever. The Guru MUST be a God realized soul.
A non God realized Guru may mislead you and cause your downfall. Imagine if a false Guru gives you the instruction - ‘Think constantly that I am God and one day you will become God”. Isn’t that ridiculous! God is Almighty. He can create the world by merely a smile and He can destroy the world by holding His breath. How can you think that I’m God!! Even then, it has become quite prevalent to say this Ved-Mantra in the ear like
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तत त्वम् असि
अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि |
tata tvam asi
aham brahmāsmi |
These are the Maha Vakya of the Vedas. One should understand the true meaning and the authentic way of practicing these Mantras to obtain the correct results. If you hold the hand of an ignorant teacher and let him lead you then downfall of both the teacher and disciple is certain. So learn to distinguish saint from imposter. Don't accept anyone who is not God-realized-saint as your Spiritual Master. The real Guru, a God realized saint will teach two fundamental concepts
1. Shri Krishna is your only relative
2. You can know Him by surrendering completely unto Him alone.
Having absolute, unflinching determination on these 2 statements is faith.
1. Shri Krishna is your only relative
2. You can know Him by surrendering completely unto Him alone.
Having absolute, unflinching determination on these 2 statements is faith.
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