someone else? The basis of this world is Parabrahman Understand Parabrahman as the water those who, Krishna, Rama or Guru Nanak we say are those in whom a some colour has come which has now got a form that which has taken a shape now, in which now, a language has come, where now a mind and intellect too is attached it too is water only but why liquor the property of both is different why? because in that some additions happened similarly in Sat Chit Anand Vyapak Parmatma when the Antahakaran (conscience) is then mind, intellect & ego now where do these come from? from Maya From where does Maya come? silly! where does Maya come from? From no where. That which is not there is Maya that which is nothing yet seems like everything, that is Maya with which everything can be seen that is Maya and even on being seen which is nothing, that is Maya that Maya is the source, which forms the mind now the mind in which there is more darkness becomes Jiva and the mind with more light is called Avatar that's it! just this difference Sri Guru Nanak Dev on the occasion of his Gurupurab this Shabad (verse) is sung Aap Narayan Kalaadhaar Jag Mei Parvaryeo Narayan himself has come, now the question arises who is this Narayan now the whole world know Narayan is another name for Vishnu He is Narayan Kaladhaar Kalaa Meaning - he comes bearing all the powers some additions, some accessories he has brought with himself what accessory has he brought? he has brought Gyana (pure knowledge) the message of Gyana he has brought He has come now if He only has come then what about the rest of the Jiva's who are they? me or you, who are we? if Guru Nanak is an Avatar if Rama is an Avatar if Krishna is an Avatar of Narayan of Lord of Parmeshvara... of Paramatma then you and me, all have we fallen from somewhere else? we too have originated from the same Lord can any one deny it this notion? God is the true omniscient the omnipresent one, if it is so then his Jiva that is the individual self this is who we call Sat Chit Ananda Sat meaning that which will always prevail Chit meaning that which is conscious Ananda meaning blissful reflection Is Sat Chit, Ananad the path of devotion says Paramatma is omnipotent and Jiva is not absolutely true! there are no two thoughts about it absolute truth a child is 5 years old & the father is even if he lifts 80 kgs of weight & the father is the father 40 years old even if he lifts 80 kgs of weight even if he lifts 80 kgs of weight the father even if he lifts 80 kgs of weight and the small child may be 2 kgs weight too, he might not be able to lift yet will remain his child only or are you getting the point? the Jiva has a mind but no power in the mind Maya has the power Ishwar too has power true! but Ishwar, has become Ishwar from which that source the Sat-chit-anand Parabrahman the source which makes Jiva, Jiva is the same, that is a single source that is not two like a question has come to me 'in' 'order to have Diksha' 'duality?' we have 'do I have to give up' 'duality?' we have been brought up in a belief that God is different from us. God needs to be worshipped with Bhakti my question is whether one can get Diksha when one believes that God has a form and should be worshipped. I have no issue in that. You can worship as much as you want but let me tell you you cannot worship the way Namdev did what is the story of Namdev when Namdev ji was a small child, his grandfather, he would see that at home, he had a statue of God and would pray he would draw the curtain and offer food five times in a day Namdev was very close to his grandfather one day his grandfather had to go somewhere, so he said; 'son' 'will you offer food to God while I am' 'gone', he said, 'yes' 'I will make the offering', because he saw everyday how it was done, Alright, Namdev asked, 'will he eat food?' his grandfather said, 'sure he will eat' 'if you offer he will eat' the grandfather left, now it was Namdev's duty. He laid out the plate and kept it in front of the statue closed the curtain his grandfather rang the bell so he too started to ring the bell, kept ringing, kept ringing, then he thought that for me to eat it takes 10 minutes so for HIM too it will take that time so for 10 minutes he kept ringing the bell and 10 min later he stopped, opened the curtains and saw is lying as it was the food on the plate what is this, he wondered Lord has not eaten my food and then baby Namdev, the little boy Namdev wondered what did I do wrong? how come he is not eating my food, he eats grandfather's food, why is in't he eating my food? so then he asked for forgiveness God if I have made a mistake, forgive me let me close the curtain again, now eat again he rang the bell 10 minutes later he opened again, the food lay as it is the world's devotees when they offer food to God they keep the plate full and pick it up as it is no one eats but Namdev did not know this doing so again and again the whole day passed, Namdev, insisted as a stubborn child, that now if you do not eat, I too will not eat it is my duty to make you eat and if you don't eat I too will not eat, you and we both are here he shut the door, saying, neither will I go anywhere nor will I let you go without eating, he again rang the bell his mother was worried to see what was happening that why was he not stopping to ring the bell, when asked what he was doing he would say, he is offering food to God what kind of offering was this? he said, when God it was not happening is not eating, what should I do? he cried a lot it is said three days and three nights Namdev ji kept sitting he didn't get up? and then he went into a deep meditative state the scriptures of devotional path say that the Lord appeared and ate the food but I take it in this way that no one appeared outside Namdev's mind immersed in a deep meditative state and his own mind conjured this Darshan image of God which he had stored in his mind so it was in the mind only that he saw (had Darshan) and in his mind only the offered food was eaten and with joy, smiling, laughing he came out and said; 'see, God has' 'eaten' now like Namdev who will be as devoted that he did not get up, not leaving the place like all devotees do Namdev too used to do then a time came that in Nasik (a town in Maharashtra) the Kumbh was organised All saints went to attend the Kumbh Namdev ji too went until now after this incident of his childhood till he went to Kumbh 72 times Seventy two times he got Darshan (saw God) 72 times when he went to the Kumbh there was a gathering going on and Sant Gyaneshwar ji's sister Mukta said, Let us investigate, here, who is an accomplished mahatma now, how to find out so like when you buy an earthen vessel then you tap on it to check to see if it is strong, baked properly or still soft and wet so Mukta was assigned to find out all sadhus are sitting, you find out who is accomplished and who is not she would go and she would see, in front of whom she would stand ready, prepared, ready, raw ripe, raw and all sant with all due respect were sitting & waiting that whatever decision Mukta takes, it will be right now Namdev ji what is he thinking? 'how many times have I had Darshan' (seen God)? 72 times I am ready/prepared then Mukta came and said still raw (not ready) Namdev's heart sank Me and not prepared/accomplished but he could not say anything he cried and cried, cried a lot and to sant Gyaneshwar ji he asked, 'how am I raw (not ready yet)?' so Gyaneshwar ji said, 'The one' 'who comes' 'and gives Darshan' (appears) & 'then goes away' (disappears) 'that means he is' 'far from you' 'so the one who comes' 'and goes, that' is not Lord's Darshan Namdev ji said; 'then' 'what is Darshan of Lord?' he said: 'go seek a master' he asked: 'Maharaj, where' 'will I find a master' so he said: 'go to the forest' 'by the name of Vishobha Khechar, a' 'there you will' 'by the name of Vishobha Khechar, a' 'sant you will meet, serve him' he will tell you the path to seek God Namdev ji went when he went there, he saw that it is 12 O'Clock in the day and this Mahatma is lying down, sleeping and the queer thing was that his feet were resting on top a Shiva Linga Namdev lost his mind that, what sort of a mad man is he was about to return back when he heard a voice from within you haven't yet found him and you've already begun to doubt Namdev ji panicked; that this mahatma seems dangerous he is sitting with his eyes closed yet he knows what I am thinking he came back so Vishobha Khechar said if it's bothering you too much then you move my feet and keep them away now in this in the scriptures of devotion many such miracles are accounted, it is said that then where ever he tried to move his feet the Shiv Pindi (statue) moved along thus goes the story Namdev again panicked, now what's happening then he asked what is happening? he said look, you see Shiva; limited; in this Pindi (statue) Shiva is eternal he is omnipresent, found everywhere how do you see it limited to a form? He is in everything wherever you place my feet he exists there Namdev ji could not understand that but he understood this that this saint is special he said to him please take me as your disciple and on the path of true knowledge make me walk and explain to me what is Paramatma and what is it to find HIM Namdev ji then received the higher knowldge from Vishobha Khechar the saint and then after which the same Namdev ji wrote such verses in which Paramatma only as a statue HE is not limited to that alone; or only a place, the one who lives in Baikuntha he did not say the one who in every heart resides, lives in everyone's mind the one who is everywhere, in everyone who is eternal, formless, the absolute truth, cosmic consciousness, ever blissful complete form that is all around me both inside & out this realisation dawned on him so where did the journey begin from? from a statue from worshiping the form and where did it reach? to the formless & then what was the finding? the formless is same as the one, worshiped in any form and the one who has a form too so this is same as the formless that tussle between the formless and form to over come this difference meaning to understand it properly then the Bhagwad Gita certainly must be understood, it will be good because Sri Krishna himself is explaining about his own self saying it himself: Yo Maam Pashayati Sarvatra Sarvam Cha Mai Pashyati: I am present everywhere everything is within me the one who knows this he is not separate from me I am not separate from him Hruday Se Arjuna Tishtati look into your heart Sakshi Cheta Kevalo Nirgunashcha Kevalo Nirgunashcha I am the knower the one you are calling; 'I' this Knower is none other This Sakshi Swaroop is me or you may say this who is sitting as Arjuna this is me and even this the one who is sitting as Krishna too is me, there is one consciousness that is Arjun and Krishna too very beautiful! this supreme knowledge of Bhamhan Vidya, the dialogues of this unless you hear, The Bhagwad Gita's second chapter the thirteenth chapter and the sixth chapter in these three chapters when you understand properly then no doubt will remain in your mind that is why, I again and again say that please respect your scriptures they are great and there is great knowledge in that and I have explained it nicely for all of you to easily grasp and understand, whether it is Gita or Japji Sahib or Jaap Sahib or you know all this beautiful verses which we have from different religions, they are all talking about one truth, but people are not taking the truth, but they are very happy to follow a set of rituals and then they believe, what I am doing is great and everybody else is a fool one who believes the other is a fool and himself to be intelligent he is the biggest fool following it?
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