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under the circumstances they had no choice, but if an unsuccessful task turns into a success, then they claim it was just the thing worth doing. Merely by making such a statement they endorse their doership and become liable for the consequences. Wrong belief in my Mahatmas is gone. They still face the same circumstances, the same karmic effects, and the same relations with a wife, children, in-laws etc. and yet they experience tremendous bliss.
Why should you fear a circumstance, which is destined to
pass?
'You, the real Self', is immortal - you never grow old, you are never born and neither will you die. Only circumstances come and go. For the Gnani, the circumstance of death and the circumstance of a meal, are the same - both are merely circumstances.
There is nothing in this world except the circumstance, which is present and in the now (prapta). "Let the circumstance in front of you discharge with cordiality and equanimity. This sentence, which I just uttered, is a very powerful sentence. It encompasses the essence of every scripture of the world. You are the Knower-Seer of the circumstance that is present in front of you (prapta) and not of the ones that are not (aprapta).
If you are supposed to be in court at eleven o'clock but your meal is served to you at the same time, then that is the circumstance directly present in front of you. You will have to deal with that circumstance cordially and with equanimity first. You should eat your meal peacefully and not rush through it. Peacefully means that your chit should be only on what you are eating and not at the court. In other words, you should not be visualizing scenes of the court while eating. Otherwise the body is eating here and you are in the court. First finish your meal peacefully and then go to the court without haste. But what do
people do instead? They are not able to enjoy the circumstance, which is present in front of them, and they run after those, which are not, in a bewildered state. In the process they lose both of them. Graciously enjoy the meal that is directly in front of you. Then it is discharged for good. The court is still far away, it is not in front of you, so why run after it? Accomplish your work according to the circumstances present in front of you. If you do not get your work accomplished when you are in front of a Gnani Purush, then it would defeat the very purpose of your existence on this earth. Who else would give you such a straightforward and correct understanding? Only the One, who is established as the Self, can do so.
This "Gnani Purush' is the instrument (nimit) of the highest circumstance for all the living beings of this world.
"To him who is simple and spontaneous comes knocking at the door of liberation, the Absolute embodied.'
Those who are close to achieving liberation, effortlessly get the opportunity of coming in contact with the best instrument, a Gnani Purush. Liberation is extremely easy to attain, but a contact with the liberator is extremely rare. The rarity of such an opportunity is beyond all words.
You have come having wandered through every life form and yet you have not found true happiness anywhere. All the while you have done nothing but wailed and roared with yo ego. You have the desire to be free but you cannot find the path. Such a path is extremely rare. A circumstance for a meeting with a Gnani Purush is extremely rare indeed. All other circumstances will come together and disperse, but the circumstance of a meeting with the Gnani Purush is the only one, which will give you permanent bliss. Now all you have to do is get your work done for your liberation. An ardent desire to remain near a Gnani Purush brings forth extraordinary power,
