Art of living
Just
as the stage of celibacy is meant for studies, the human body out of
eighty-four lakh forms of lives is meant for knowledge – divine. This
opportunity or ability or knowledge is not found in other bodies. The gods have
power of understanding, but they are engrossed in immense worldly pleasures and
enjoyments. A person engrossed in worldly pleasures can’t even decide to attain
God—realization. It is generally observed that rich people don’t attend good
company (Satsanga). Extremely poor people also don’t attend good company
because they were worried about their livelihood. Creatures of hells lead a
very miserable life, so they have no opportunity for God realization.
The body of a God is
extremely pure as compared to a human body which is very dirty. If a swine
besmeared with fifth comes near us, we don’t like its presence because it sinks
badly. Similarly the Gods feel a kind of bad odour coming out of our bodies
because their body is celestial. The human body have predominantly the
earth-element while the bodies of predominantly the earth-element while the
bodies of the Gods have predominated in fine elements. But there is greater
significance of the human body because the human body has got to right to attain God
which is not available even to the Gods.
This body is like a railway
junction from where you can travel in any direction you like. This is the
importance of human life. But it has been mentioned earlier that in this life
we may go to hell. Is it significance or reproach? It is reproached. But its
significance is that the highest goal viz., salvation or the lowest goal viz,.
Hell can be attained in it.
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