Beatitude
lies in self abnegation
The consumption of human
life lies in God-Realization, not in securing enjoyment. Man seeks endless,
unlimited joy unmixed with sorrow; he naturally hankers after supreme liberty
and craves for lasting immortality of life. All these three are lacking in
luxuries.
Not only there is no joy in
luxuries, they are on the other hand a source of suffering; the joy that
appears to abide in luxuries is only a creation of infatuation and is a
precursor of sorrow. Enjoyments are ever dependent on others and make us
dependent. They are not only transient and perishable themselves, but they also
bring transience and death in their wake. God on the other hand, knows no end
or supremely free and, ridding the Atma(Soul) of all bondage, manifests its
eternal free nature. He is not immortal Himself but also spontaneously bestows
immortality on others.
A man engaged in procuring,
accumulating and enjoying luxuries ever remains engrossed in worries, restless,
stricken with fear and engaged in sinful pursuits. His leading a frustrated
life full of agony here, he dies a painful death a repeatedly goes through the
lowest states if existence like tortures in hell and demoniac wombs. Therefore,
withdrawing attachment from enjoyments, fix your mind on God.
Enjoyments are not as bad as
attachment to them. Such attachment alone gives rise to a hankering for
enjoyment, which in its turn leads to all sorts of sin and suffering.
Therefore, if you are blessed with luxuries, continue to devote them to the
service of the Lord. Their utility lies only in devoting them to the service of
God and then only they will have served their purpose. Therefore, whatever
objects of enjoyment and continue to employ them unstintingly and unceasingly in
the service of the Lord with a cheerful mind free from pride where and when
necessary according to the exigencies of the moment, and thereby account
yourself as well as those luxuries blesses.
Happiness lies in peace of
mind. A man with a restless mind can never be happy, while luxuries not offered
to the Lord give rise to ever new forms of restlessness. You hanker after peace
but seek it from luxuries which are most restless, exceedingly fleeting,
perishable and imperfect in so many respects. This desire of yours is as preposterous
as the desire of a man to get coolness from fire. Fire cannot but burn. Even so
enjoyments must bring restlessness and agony in their wake.
The supreme rarity and
utility of human life lies in this fact alone that it is the only instrument of
God-Realization. The priceless moments of this human life are slipping away in
vain—not only in vain but in suicidal pursuits. The fact that under pressure of
attachment to enjoyment you are engaged in the anfractuous attempt to
accumulate luxuries alone for yourself as well as for all and, restoring to
passion, lust, hatred , anger, bickering, warfare, animosity and violence, are
accounting your life successful and blessed constitutes perversity—an act of
madness on your part. Through these endeavors you are not rendering any
service to your own self, much less to the public, country, the world at large,
the human race or to the living creation. Perversity drives a man to wrong
action and the fruit of wrong actions is also adverse.
Far from bringing happiness,
the aspirations and actions through which you seek to make the world happy will
on the other tend to aggravate misery; instead of ushering an era of peace they
will only intensify disquietude; far from propagating love, they will promote
hatred; and in place of development only destruction will follow.
In the name of service you
are erroneously heading towards destruction and in the name of development you
are erroneously heading towards ruination; nay, regarding in the mission of
your life you are zealously striving
towards this end: this is all the more deplorable on your part. The
mischief wrought by him who mistakes evil for will continue to be aggravated.
Therefore wake up and bestow deep thought on the real character of self and God
and realize the truth that beatitude lies in self abnegation – not in wealth,
position, authority or luxury in the shape of any living being, object or
circumstance: that the goal of life is God and not enjoyment; and that your
duty is to offer in a spirit of denial your entire body, mind and resources,
nay, every living being, object and circumstance at your disposal in the
service of God and not to devote them to enjoyment.
Tagged : supreme liberty, lasting immortality of life, joy in luxuries, Atma, Soul, peace of mind, life is God, faith in god, exists god, exist of god, existence god, existence of god, existence of god proof, Faith in god, Desiring god ministries
- Beatitude lies in self abnegation
Tagged : supreme liberty, lasting immortality of life, joy in luxuries, Atma, Soul, peace of mind, life is God, faith in god, exists god, exist of god, existence god, existence of god, existence of god proof, Faith in god, Desiring god ministries